Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 2 – 2024
A major milestone and groundbreaking achievement was celebrated at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris 2024. For the first time, female athletes were given the same number of places at the Games as the men. It has been a long road to get there. No women were allowed to take part at all in […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 1 – 2024
Paris is preparing for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024. Once again, they will surely be superlative,
the river Seine meandering through Paris will play a role, the programme will be innovative and cultural events will be diverse and heterogeneous. We, the Olympic […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 3 – 2023
Anniversaries should be celebrated; people want to remember what has happened and engage in a culture of remembrance. As historians, we are particularly fond of doing this and like to note that 100 years ago, the first Winter Olympics took place in the winter sports destination of […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 2 – 2023
MONUMENTS OF OLYMPIC CULTURE
ISOH President Christian Wacker examines Olympic Heritage and asks How can Olympic monuments be protected and preserved for posterity? In SPORT FOR A WORLD OF PEACE, Richard Pound offers a personal reflection on the Olympic Congress […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 1 – 2023
A SMILE FOR ETERNITY
ISOH President Christian Wacker remembers Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known as Pele, who never competed in the Olympics but carried the Olympic Flame in Rio de Janeiro with great emotion and was a standard bearer for all that is best in sport. […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 30/No. 3 – 2022
This is the last edition of our journal for 2022, a tumultuous year by any standards. The ISOH executive board wishes you a peaceful holiday period and hope you enjoy the contents of our magazine. In “JUBILEES, CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE,”
ISOH President Christian […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 30/No. 2 – 2022
At the suggestion of Czech professor Josef Gruss, the 23 of June, the day on which it was decided to reintroduce the Olympic Games in 1894, has been celebrated worldwide as Olympic Day since 1948. In this year’s message of “Together, for a Peaceful World”, Thomas Bach reaffirmed the role sport can […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 30/No. 1 – 2022
The 24th Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 are history. IOC President Thomas Bach called them “truly exceptional” at the closing ceremony, which seemed to reflect the opinion of most of the athletes. The COVID-19 pandemic forced these Games to be held in a bubble as well, which meant they lost a lot of their flair. […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 29/No. 3 – 2021
The Olympic flame in Tokyo had hardly been extinguished when the flame for the XXIV Winter Olympiad in Beijing was ignited ten weeks later in Ancient Olympia. Philip Barker reports on both events in this issue, which closes the 29th year of the Journal of Olympic History. A key focus will be on China, […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 29/No. 2 – 2021
At this moment, as I write these words, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo – postponed by a year – are officially being opened. The Japanese hosts, forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to adjust their plans to constantly changing conditions, have done a great amount. Most importantly, they have promised safe […]