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 […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 29/No. 1 – 2021
Along with the start of the cherry blossom front, which brings the Japanese islands to bloom from the southwest to the northeast, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay began on 25 March with a year’s delay. There is no going back now! The 121-day countdown, for which extensive hygiene measures have been taken in the […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 28/No. 3 – 2020
COVID-19 has changed the world. People have learned to deal with it, although there is no end in sight to the pandemic. The ISOH has also been forced to face this challenge. Since the printed edition of the Journal cannot be sent to all countries, we have decided to make the new edition available without restriction to all […]
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