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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 33/No. 1 – 2025
May 19, 2025The International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) extends its warmest congratulations to the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC) on its 50th anniversary. This milestone is a testament to the Committee’s
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 3 – 2024
December 17, 2024For the first time, ISOH has joined Panathlon International, the Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC) and the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) at a gathering during an Olympic Games. The aim was to debate how these four long standing organisations could become stronger […]
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 2 – 2024
November 2, 2024A 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 […]
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 1 – 2024
May 1, 2024Paris 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 […]Posted In: Recent Journals
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Return to Tokyo
September 6, 2025A Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on the history of the World Athletics Championships has already attracted 150,000 visitors to Tokyo as the city prepares to welcome the event for the second time. They are scheduled to begin […]
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Australian Olympians Share Memories of Sydney
September 1, 2025Gold medallists from the Sydney 2000 Olympics have been visiting schools to launch an Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) “Olympics Unleashed” Roadshow to mark the 25th anniversary of those Games. It is the latest in a series of […]
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Taranto 2026 marks 75th anniversary of Mediterranean Games
August 22, 2025Taranto’s Castel Saint Angelo has been lit up in the colours of the Italian tricolor and a special clock set in motion to mark exactly one year until the 2026 Mediterranean Games. “The Games are a historic opportunity, and […]
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Rebuilding the Olympics After War
August 13, 2025This week 80 years ago, the second world war came to an end after the surrender of Japan was announced. Although many of the formal instruments were not signed until September 1945, the revival of international sporting competition was seen as an important part of […]
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