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PLEKET, H. W. "The Olympic Games in antiquity." European Review 12, no. 3 (July 2004): 401–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798704000341.

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The Olympic Games are an invention of the ancient Greeks. They were held in Olympia in a quadrennial rhythm, without interruption for ca. 1200 years. Compared with the modern Olympics, the ancient programme was small: running events (over several distances), the pentathlon, and the so-called ‘heavy’ events: wrestling, boxing and pankration. Various equestrian events (with and without chariots) completed the programme. This programme is discussed with the athletes, their social background and ideology. Although in ancient Olympia a wreath of olive-leaves – a forerunner of our modern gold medal – was the first and only prize, there was no amateurism in Greek athletics. Olympic athletes happily participated in highly rewarding money games both before and after the Olympics. Money was not despised; abuse of money, in the form of Wine, Women and Song was criticized, but some athletes, then as now, were unable to resist the temptations of life.
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Stoiljković, Sofija. "Olympic entertainer." Metodicka praksa 26, m. br. (2023): 228–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/metpra2302228s.

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Daily practice shows that educators, teachers, and children find it interesting to jointly organize sports events and competitions that they call "small Olympics, athletic Olympics - in the world of competition and the like". For example, similar to this was the final event of preschoolers in the primary school "Mladost" from Belgrade in June 2023. It is interesting to emphasize that before the new era, the Olympiads represented a unit of measure of 4 years between two Olympic Games. The Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024. This paper is intended, primarily for those who are interested in the Olympic Games as the largest sports competition in the world, which is held every four years. In this paper, all members of one family can find something interesting, both the youngest and the oldest. The purpose of this paper is to acquaint readers of different ages with the origin of the Olympic Games, both ancient (Olympia before the new era) and these modern (renewed) ones that were created inspired by the ancient Olympic Games. This paper can serve as a good starting point, primarily for educators, but also for teachers, for planning project and teaching activities on the topic of the Olympic Games, sports competitions, mythology, winter and summer sports, Paralympic competitions, various symbols that are dominant before some planetary events in the near future such as the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, as well as nations, continents and cities that at least briefly unite the idea of the Olympic Games.
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Huang, Bailin. "Organizational Model and Event Operation of the Modern Olympic Games -A Case Study of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games." Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences 51, no. 1 (December 1, 2023): 117–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2754-1169/51/20230642.

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This study is mainly about the organization of the modern Olympic games and the way they operate these games. In the beginning, the passage will introduce the Olympic games, like the original of the games and the whole situation about the Olympic games. Then, the passage will introduce the Paris Olympic Games. The passage will go through the Paris Olympic Games to analyze the organizational model and event operation of the modern Olympic Games. Firstly, the passage will analyze the new sports which are the first time appearing in Paris and the planning of each competition. Next, the passage will talk about the venue in Paris. In the next paragraph, the passage compares Paris and London Olympics. It will use some specific data to show the advantages of the Paris Olympics, which are better than the London Olympics and show the progress of the Paris Olympic Games. The passage will compare these two Olympic games in some ways, like cost, venue, arrangement of the competitions, containment, the new technology used in the Olympics. Moreover, it will talk about the improvement of the Paris Olympic Games, even the modern Olympics, which will hold in the future. Finally, the conclusion will show the advantages of the operation and organization model of the Paris Olympic Games. The data on the Olympics may have limitations, so it will also show the progress and the improvement of the Olympic games through the comparison between the two Olympic games.
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Smart, Barry. "Consuming Olympism: Consumer culture, sport star sponsorship and the commercialisation of the Olympics." Journal of Consumer Culture 18, no. 2 (April 27, 2018): 241–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540517747146.

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The roots of Olympism lie in the late 19th century and Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s revival of the Olympic Games. The values of Olympism have been increasingly compromised by subsequent developments which have significantly transformed modern sport. Professionalism, commercialism, proliferating forms of spectacular media representation and a globalising consumer culture have transformed the Olympic Games and reduced the values of Olympism to marketing rhetoric. The summer Olympic Games in particular have become unrivalled marketing opportunities for host cities, consumer brands, and participating athletes, for whom the prospect of sporting success now promises to deliver wealth, stardom, and iconic global status beyond track and field. The complex forms of articulation of the Olympics with consumer culture are at the heart of the article which gives critical consideration to (1) the increasing commercialisation of the Olympic Games, (2) the growth of Olympic merchandising and (3) a comparison of the athletic performances, profiles, and consumer sponsorship statuses of three generations of iconic Olympic sprinters, Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, and Usain Bolt, confirming in conclusion that the Olympic Games is immersed within and infused by a pervasive consumer culture.
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Beck, Peter J. "Britain and the Olympic Games: London 1908, 1948, 2012." Journal of Sport History 39, no. 1 (April 1, 2012): 21–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.39.1.21.

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Abstract London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic games was accompanied, indeed reinforced, by the presentation of histories recording the lengthy and committed nature of Britain’s relationship with the Olympic Movement, most notably as highlighted by hosting the 1908 and 1948 games. Apart from being employed to contextualize London’s bid, the 1908 and 1948 London Olympiads represent key chapters in histories presenting both Britain’s Olympic past and the Olympic Movement. In particular, they illuminate major issues concerning the nature and role of the Olympic games as well as the attitude of British governments, media, and opinion towards Olympism. Despite the British Olympic Association’s best efforts, during the period between 1908 and 1948 Britons often proved indifferent, indeed frequently negative, towards Olympism, even if the 1948 Olympics showed evidence of a possible change of course, at least in the short term.
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Printz, János Károly. "Hungary’s Olympic Successes." Polgári szemle 17, Special Issue (2021): 343–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.24307/psz.2021.0024.

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The games that took place in the an­cient city of Olympia every four years for over a mil­len­nium held great in­terest for the people of Greece, and the same is true for the mod­ern Olympics, which have re­cently cel­eb­rated their125th an­niversary. The title of Olympic cham­pion has al­ways com­manded great re­spect, grant­ing vic­tori­ous ath­letes lifelong re­cog­ni­tion in their home­land. Hun­gary has been a part of the Olympic Move­ment since the re­vival of the Games. Our ath­letes have rep­res­en­ted our na­tion at every Sum­mer and Winter Olympic Games ex­cept for two, and they never re­turned without vic­tor­ies from the Sum­mer Games. Not too long ago, the first Hun­garian gold medal was won in the his­tory of the Winter Olympics. The per­form­ance of Hun­garian Olympi­ans has al­ways been re­mark­able. As a res­ult, stat­ist­ics and as­sess­ments show that Hun­gary is a real sports na­tion, among coun­tries that boast the best res­ults. This has been demon­strated by the six gold medals and al­to­gether twenty po­dium fin­ishes achieved in Tokyo. With the re­cent suc­cesses at the Tokyo Olympics in mind, the pur­pose of this paper is to provide a brief over­view of cer­tain rel­ev­ant as­pects of the his­tory of the Olympics and the suc­cess achieved by Hun­garian ath­letes throughout the years. It also aims to ex­am­ine the room for man­euver of the eval­u­ation and ana­lysis of the Olympic res­ults, in­clud­ing dy­namic ap­proaches and com­par­is­ons with in­ter­na­tional res­ults.
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Stamenković, Miloš. "A time of success and pride: From Paris (1924) to Paris (2024): Representatives of Serbia at the Olympic games." Fizicko vaspitanje i sport kroz vekove 10, no. 2 (2023): 113–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/spes2302113s.

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The history of the Summer Olympic Games is too rich and deserves a lot of space and attention. Between the two Olympics in Paris (1924-2024), exactly 100 years have passed. A whole century. This city was the organizer of the Olympic Games in 1900, when France won the most medals. This work and the idea of extracting the names of medal winners from these areas from the multitude of data is a modest contribution to the preservation of the Olympic spirit. For all athletes, going to the Olympic Games is a dream come true. The intention is to encourage already established athletes to fulfill the norm and find themselves in the selection of Serbia in 2024 at the Olympics in Paris. And so that they never forget the message: Persistence, will and love for sports are the drivers of many sporting and life activities and feats. The history of Olympism, scholarly works and books, will celebrate the pride of each Olympic medal-winning nation.
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Zeleneva, Irina Vladimirovna, and Mikhail Sergeevich Terekhov. "The influence of the Olympic Games on the formation of the image of Russia." Мировая политика, no. 4 (April 2022): 98–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-8671.2022.4.38609.

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In recent years, Russia has been paying great attention to the Olympic Games. The Olympic Movement plays an important role in shaping the country's foreign policy image and promoting national interests. The purpose of this article is to determine what impact the Olympic Games have on the formation of the image of the Russian Federation. The main stages of Russia's participation in the Olympic Games in 1994-2022, forming the image of the country, are highlighted. The study showed that the first two stages, including the period from 1994 to 2012 and the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, were extremely successful in forming a positive image of Russia, which was constructed thanks to the successes of Russian athletes, the construction of a "Russian House" in Olympic parks, the opening and closing ceremonies at the Sochi Olympics, as well as the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad project. The image of Russia as a great sports power was strengthened. However, Russia's participation in the Olympics from 2016 to 2022 was not so successful and affected the image of our country. The deterioration of the image was caused by various doping scandals related to Russian athletes. The authors came to the conclusion that the Olympic Games from 1994 to 2012 and the Olympic Games in Sochi – 2014, which we refer to the first two stages, had a steady positive effect on the image of Russia. However, the negative factors that have arisen since 2016 partially offset the successes achieved in this direction in previous years. Due to the current geopolitical situation, holding another Olympic Games in Russia is not expected in the foreseeable future, so at the moment the best option is to focus on the development of sports within the country. Also, to create a positive image of Russia, it is important to revive the practice of creating a "Russian House" in Olympic parks.
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Xu, Jiale, Xiaoyu Hua, Ruheng Yan, and Xinyu Han. "Research on Organizing Strategies for the Olympic Games Based on the TOPSIS Method." Highlights in Business, Economics and Management 21 (December 12, 2023): 1025–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/hbem.v21i.14943.

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Fewer and fewer countries have bid to host the Olympic Games in recent years because of the negative short- and long-term impacts that bidding to host the Games has had on the country. A sustainable and healthy Olympic Games will have a huge positive impact on the country, so it is quite meaningful to assess the ability of an Olympic Games to be sustainable. In order to assess the success of the Olympic Games, we designed the Olympic Sustainability Index (OSI) as a primary indicator. Then, using McKinsey Logic Tree Analysis, we constructed a three-level evaluation index system, and we designed three secondary indicators and 10 tertiary indicators. The entropy weight method was used to determine the weights between the three-level indicators, and CRITIC weighting method was used to determine the weights between the second-level indicators, and finally an OSI evaluation model was built. After that, we collected the data of tertiary indicators from 1992 to 2020 Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics, and based on the above evaluation model, we got the OSI of each Olympic Games, among which the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Beijing Summer Olympics had the highest index. Since the OSI of the Olympic Games fluctuates greatly, in order to attenuate it, we propose the strategy of "fixed host city", i.e., selecting Vancouver and Beijing as the host cities of the Winter Olympic Games and the Summer Olympic Games, respectively.
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Miller, Peter J. "The Archaeology of Hellenism: Olympia and the Presence of the Past." Journal of Olympic Studies 5, no. 1 (May 1, 2024): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/26396025.5.1.01.

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Abstract Olympia holds a central place in conceptions of modern sport, Hellenism, and the Olympic Games. This article traces the concurrent development of the site and Panhellenism and Hellenism through its landscape, built environment, and its reception over the past 3,000 years. By tying together Pierre de Coubertin's Olympism to the physical landscape of ancient Olympia, this article argues that the site itself has contributed, through multiple permutations and through several key changes in the early Iron Age, Roman period, and nineteenth century to the global Hellenism that is at the foundation of the modern Olympic Games.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Olympic games"

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Karlsson, Lukas. "The Olympic Games – An Instrument for Environmental Political Change. : A case study exploring the Environmental Political approaches of the Olympic Games – with special focus on the 28th Summer Olympic Games in Beijing." Thesis, University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-2278.

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UNIVERSITY OF KALMAR - SWEDEN

The institution of Social Science

Project: Master Essay 15points

Title: Olympic Games – An instrument for Environmental Political Change?

 

-A case study exploring the Environmental Political views of the Olympic Games – with special focus on the 28th Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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The essay´s aim was to explore the complex political environmental opinions and opportunities to use the Olympic Games as an instrument for environmental political changes, with special focus on the 2008 summer Olympics Games in Beijing. 

In the light of two environmental political theories (The Green Business and Critical Ecology Theories)  The International Olympic Committee's (The IOC) third pillar, the environment, the Beijing Olympic Committee 's motto (BOCOG) “Green Olympics” and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO:s) such as Greenpeace and their motto “Green Games” have been reviewed. The aim was to see the organisations aim to use the Beijing Olympics as a tool for environmental political changes.  

The study involves six qualitative interviews, one group interview, one written questionnaire and participating observations, during an eight week field study, during the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The conclusion of the study demonstrates that the Olympic Games can be used as important instrument to address the organisations environmental work toward a “Greening” of Olympic cities with firstly technical measures under political control.  The Olympics are also used as an instrument to raise the environmental awareness of the public in Beijing and China.

The City of Beijing was seen as a showcase of green standards hopefully to be spread nationally. The “Greening of Olympics” is still though a complex social and scientific matter. Countries and cities have different conditions, knowledge, interests and ambitions. Universal standards are not always universally understood.

 

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Cahill, Shane. ""The Friendly Games"? the Melbourne Olympic Games in Australian culture, 1946-1956 /." Connect to this title online, 1989. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2401.

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Melbourne is making a concerted bid to obtain the centenary 1996 Olympic Games. While much of its bid is occupied with explanations of the city’s ability to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) requirements, it is underpinned by a common theme that the city possesses a unique quality of “Friendliness”. (For complete abstract open document)
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Malia, Allison. "Reading the Olympic Games : nationalism, olympism, globalisation, and London 2012." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14880.

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Nationalism and globalisation are two topics of great debate. In an increasingly connected world, these concepts are contrasted as opposites unable to coexist with a rise in one there must be a fall in the other. In this study, these concepts are explored alongside Olympism through the medium of the Olympic Games. Historically, the Olympics are structured around nations/nation-states, and national teams, while still attempting to promote universalism, internationalism, and the unity of humankind. This work aims to explore how and why nationalism, Olympism, and globalisation are expressed in the Olympic Movement through a case study of the London 2012 Olympic Games and what the outcomes of these actions are. Backed by an interpretivist paradigm, this study focused on selected events in the lead-up to the London Games, starting in the summer of 2011, and culminated with a prolonged period of observation at the London Games, both at Olympic venues and the live site at Hyde Park. Throughout the course of data collection there was a focus on not only the institutions staging the Games but also the spectators taking part in them.
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Glosniak, Quinn. "The 1936 Nazi Olympic Games; The First Truly Modern Olympiad." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1707.

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Revived in 1896 by the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Games have come to represent the ultimate international celebration of sport, culture, and the human spirit. The grandiose festival of the current day evolved into its mature form throughout the course of the twentieth century. However, no Olympiad altered the Olympic Movement as radically as the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Through the examination of key secondary sources and primary sources like, International Olympic Committee (IOC) records, personal testimonies, and newspaper articles, this thesis examines how and why the 1936 Nazi Olympics fundamentally altered the Olympic Movement and forced the Olympic Games to confront and adapt to a rapidly changing world. While the 1936 Berlin Games set many new precedents in the Olympic Games, three in particular stand out: the politicization of the host city selection process; the rise of government investment in Olympic outcomes; and the use of new technology and media.
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Staalstroem, Jannicke. "The Influence of the Youth Olympic Games Education Program on Athletes." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26765.

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The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international event introduced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for youth aged 14–18 years. First held in 2010 and alternating every two years between summer and winter sports, the YOG differs from the Olympic Games because it is a mix of sport and education. While several studies have examined this new mode of international sport, most have focused on traditional concerns such as performance, sports science and coaching but failed to examine the unique feature of the combined sporting and educational focus. This thesis addresses this gap, and examines the influence of the YOG education program on athletes by focussing on the five key themes which underpin it: Olympism, skill development, social responsibility, well-being and healthy lifestyle, and expression. This study applied a mixed methods approach and collected data from athletes who attended one of the first four YOG: Singapore 2010, Innsbruck 2012, Nanjing 2014, or Lillehammer 2016. The quantitative data was from a survey of 173 athletes from Singapore and Norway, 2 to 8 years after they attended, and the qualitative data was from 30 semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed using correlation analysis and regression modelling. The semi-structured interviews provided a broader understanding of the survey results. Results demonstrated, that the YOG education program is successful as it had a positive influence on the lives of the athletes. Specifically, while the theme of Olympism did not meet its educational targets, the other four themes were more influential on athletes. Other results included: athlete role models were the most effective method to teach the objectives of the five themes; the younger the athletes were, the more pronounced the learning that took place; and in general females and Norwegians were less influenced by the YOG activities. Although the study demonstrates that athletes are being influenced by the YOG education program, there are still opportunities to improve the program and several recommendations are made. Further research should build on and verify these findings with a more representative sample including more nations.
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Leopkey, Becca. "The Governance of Olympic Games Legacy." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23640.

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The purpose of this study was to understand the governance of Olympic Games legacy. Legacy is broadly described as “all planned and unplanned, positive and negative, intangible and tangible structures created by and for a sport event that remain for a longer time than the event itself” (Preuss, 2007a, p. 86). The specific objectives of this study were: a) to map the historical evolution of legacy throughout the modern Olympic Movement (OM) (i.e., 1896-current day) in order to contextualize and conceptualize the major trends (e.g., changes in legacy, network actors/stakeholders, governance structures and processes) over time; b) to understand, explain, and compare/contrast the network governance of Olympic legacy, using Australian and Canadian case settings; and c) to critically analyze the overall structure and process of the governance of legacy within the OM focusing specifically on the aspects of performance, transparency, accountability, and participation to build a framework and provide policy recommendations for the governance of legacy in mega-events. In order to accomplish these objectives, a historical review of legacy within the OM and two descriptive case studies (Sydney 2000 and Vancouver 2010) were built using interviews and archival materials. Findings showed how the growth of the Games has culminated in the increased use and importance of legacy, leading to greater concept complexity. This resulted in the emergence of several trends including: new legacy themes, heightened interconnectedness, and formalization of governance mechanisms. Institutional theory was then applied to further explore the emergence of legacy and its habitualization, objectification, and sedimentation as an accepted norm in the Olympic Field. The examination of the legacy governance networks in the two cases showed four legacy network governance phases: legacy conceptualization, legacy planning and implementation, legacy transfer, and post-Games legacy governance, as well as a number of governance mechanisms (e.g., contracts, policies) that had an impact on the overall governance of the event’s legacy. Finally, a critical analysis of the governance of Olympic Games legacy was completed. The end result of the research project was a theoretical framework detailing the levels and fluidity of legacy governance in the OM.
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Oyelade, Oluwaseyi Gabriel. "The Olympic Games and business enterprises." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2016. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/18683/.

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Research into sports mega-events, of which the Olympics is the modern archetype, has often focused on the macro-economic and regional economic effects of hosting the Games. This research suggests that the local promoters and organisers of the event seldom, if ever, fulfil their promises. Drawing upon sport management, economic, and socio-historical analyses this thesis examines the economic trends and activities that occur within the business enterprises that are associated directly and indirectly with the Olympic Games. The thesis examines the commercial strength of the Olympic brand and how the brand has managed to evolve from being an instrument of peace and goodwill to a transnational nongovernmental commercial giant of imposing power and influence. The thesis provides an overview of the historical relationship between business and the Olympics and specifically analyses how business has engaged with the Olympics since the 1980s. Using London 2012 as a case study it attempts to assess how far London 2012 was good for business in the UK by examining the published accounts of the sponsors and suppliers of the Games. It also assesses the regional impact of the Games by looking at small and medium sized business enterprises (SMEs) in the south-east and the north-west. The results suggest that claims for a positive business impact from the Olympic Games are largely unwarranted. While the Olympics can be a catalyst for economic change, it should be viewed as a singular investment within a broader strategy for development. As a single event, the Olympics cannot guarantee a widespread economic impact on either major corporations or SMEs.
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Zhuang, Juan. "Volunteering for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games : visions, policies and capitals." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294459.

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This research examines the use of volunteering at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for the creation of human, social and political capital at individual, organisational and societal levels. Despite a long tradition of Olympic volunteering, this has not been investigated so far. The concept of volunteerism at Beijing 2008, in fact, was constructed upon multiple contexts including the Olympic Movement, Chinese society and an international understanding of the ternl (BOCOG, 2005). Hence, volunteerism as an under-investigated concept is firstly studied individually in each of these contexts. The frameworks underpinning this research include Getz's (2005) human resource planning process which explains how specific policies for managing event volunteers are formulated for fulfilling its vision(s); and theories of social, human and political capital as developed by Putnam (2000), Bourdieu (1986; 1991) and Coleman (1988) respectively. Multiple qualitative case study strategy is adopted for this investigation, following a constructivist paradigm. The subjective and interactive epistemology is constructed upon the knowledge and experiences of a total of fifty-seven infoIDlants, most of whom were directly involved in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Volunteer Programme. The research findings illustrate that the Chinese state and BOCOG's interpretation of the concept of volunteerisrn was manifested in organisational visions for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Volunteer Programme. These visions were accomplished through a range of management policies, which in fact placed volunteerism at Beijing 2008 in line with the maturity stage of volunteerism in the Olympic Movement. During the course of the management practices, social, human and political capital were created in varying degrees at all of the three levels. It was also evident that participation and training were the critical processes in the creation of different forms of capital. Moreover, the findings suggest that the created social, human and political capital have both positive and negative effects on those involved, while full possible long-term effects are yet to become apparent. This research makes distinctive contributions to the body of knowledge. It adds six-dimensional conceptual frameworks for both volunteerism in general and Olympic volunteerism in specific. Investigation into how volunteering for the Beijing Games has been used for the creation of social, human and political capital at individual, organisational and societal levels is deemed to be original. Research findings will contribute to the development of volunteerism in the Olympic Movement and future Olympic volunteer programmes. Suggestions for future research are also proposed to investigate on further issues of issue of the use of volunteering for the creation of social, human and political capital at future Olympic Games as well as other mega events.
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Nordby, Petter. "Environmental Accounting System for the Youth Olympic Games : A Thesis on Environmental Management for the Youth Olympic Games." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-24835.

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The thesis is written in collaboration with Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games Organising committee (LYOGOC) and their desire to create an environmental strategy for the upcoming Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at Lillehammer in 2016. The thesis focuses on the environmental aspects connected to a youth Olympic game and how to control and handle these in a responsible manner. It was therefore chosen to develop a design for an environmental management system, which is coordinated and combined with an environmental accounting system.The Olympics are regarded as one of the world?s most prestigious sporting events, with history linked back to the ancient Greek society. The modern Olympic debut, with summer disciplines, where held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The winter games were established twenty-eight years later in 1924, with Chamonix as the first host. The exaggerating development of the Olympic games might have given thoughts of wanting to bring back the true spirit, Olympism and Olympic values. IOC made an effort to get in touch with the old values, which resulted in the concept and establishment of YOG. The vision of YOG builds upon the thought of inspiring young people around the world to participate in sport, and adopt and live by the Olympic values. The event was created to educate, engage and influence young athletes in order to inspire them to play an active role in their communities.The YOG concept is built upon the thought of using former facilities, to set the focus on the third pillar of the Olympic games, the environment. The concept reduces the total environmental impacts of the events and a possibility to educate, develop and form the next generation. This means that the most significant environmental aspects occur during the staging of the event. The thesis intends to visualise a systemic picture of the environmental aspects of the YOG, pointing the attention on procurement, accommodation, venues, transportation, waste management and recycling.The analysis of environmental aspects was performed after creating a systemic picture of the event and interviews with key informants at each site. The analysis gives thereafter a basic in the development of the environmental management system and the environmental accounting system.The environmental management system will be based on the ideas of ISO 14001, ISO 20121 and EMAS. The system uses the high level structure of ISO 14001, with the procedures and measurements reflecting the systemic picture of YOG with the five main focus areas. Each sub element has its own procedures and measurements to control the environmental outcome of the games.The venues and accommodations will be rented in the event period, so it will be harder to affect the total environmental impact, because the willingness to improve environmental performance lies in the hands of the owners, and optional venues are not available. The thesis therefore stresses the importance of extra focus and environmental awareness on procurement, transportation, recycling and communication to increase environmental performance.
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Silva, Lakmal, and Yu Xin. "Mobile Service For the Olympic Games 2008." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för telekommunikationssystem, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2222.

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Mobile tourism service applications can be developed and successfully deployed with the rapid developments in mobile phones, communication technologies and tourism. In many situations, when travelers visit a country for a special event or just as travelers, it is obvious that they want to utilize the time and resources efficiently to enjoy the events and visit many places as possible. To achieve this, a traveler needs variety of information to make decisions and travel plans. Traditionally, this means purchasing tour guide books about a county or a city that refer them. At the same time, the 29th Olympic game is coming to the oldest civilized country China in 2008. The goal of our mobile service is to provide needed tourist information of the host country as well as event specific information. In the case of traveling for a special event, it is crucial to be informed about the last minute changes in the schedules. Our implementation tries to address these issues as much as possible.
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Books on the topic "Olympic games"

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What, Leslie. Olympic games. San Francisco, Calif: Tachyon Publications, 2004.

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Swaddling, Judith. The ancient Olympic Games. London: British Museum, 1999.

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Hilton, Christopher. Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Stroud: Sutton, 2006.

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Arapogiannē, Xenē. Olympia: The cradle of the Olympic Games. Athens: ISP (International Sport Publications), 2004.

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Hilton, Christopher. Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Stroud: Sutton, 2006.

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Hilton, Christopher. Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Stroud: Sutton, 2008.

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Flinders, Steve. The Olympic Games. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Middleton, Haydn. Ancient Olympic games. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2008.

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Guiney, David. The Olympic Games. Dublin: Sportsworld, 1996.

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Rabley, Stephen. The Olympic Games. London: Macmillan, 1991.

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Gold, John R., and Margaret M. Gold. "The Paralympic Games." In Olympic Cities, 137–65. 4th ed. London: Routledge, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003298175-6.

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Jennings, Will. "Risk and the Games." In Olympic Risks, 41–63. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137022004_4.

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Short, John Rennie. "Financing the Games." In Hosting the Olympic Games, 16–27. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351000352-3.

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Jennings, Will. "Costs, Complexity and Size of the Games." In Olympic Risks, 29–38. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137022004_3.

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James, Mark, and Guy Osborn. "Income and Earnings at the Olympic Games." In Olympic Laws, 41–64. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429323355-3.

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Solanellas, Francesc, Alain Ferrand, and Andreu Camps. "The Olympic Games Influence." In Barcelona 92, 11–35. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9038-8_2.

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Schmidt, Sascha L. "Hosting the Olympic Games." In Economic Ideas You Should Forget, 119–20. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47458-8_51.

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Short, John Rennie. "The Olympics." In Hosting the Olympic Games, 4–15. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351000352-2.

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Jennings, Will. "Introduction: Governing the Games in an Age of Uncertainty." In Olympic Risks, 1–8. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137022004_1.

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Jennings, Will. "Counting the Costs and the Benefits of the Games." In Olympic Risks, 94–113. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137022004_6.

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Conference papers on the topic "Olympic games"

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Vitanova, Emiliya. "THE OLYMPIC FLAME THROUGH BULGARIA – 1936." In INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS “APPLIED SPORTS SCIENCES”. Scientific Publishing House NSA Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37393/icass2022/142.

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ABSTRACT The topic of this report is related to introducing information about the Olympic flame’s passing through Bulgaria in 1936. Our country takes a significant place in the development of the international Olympic movement. Since it participated in the first modern Olympic Games, our country has persisted in establishing the Olympic values in society through the gymnastics movement, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee activities, and other prominent sports people’s activities. An important feature related to Bulgarian sport’s involvement in the Olympic idea and the Olympic movement was our active participation in organizing the first carrying of the Olympic flame. This study aims to reveal new information on the topic. The research encompasses several major areas for collecting information – foreign literary sources research (13 sources); a survey of all publications by Bulgarian researchers-historians in the field of sport and the Olympic movement in Bulgaria (11 sources); a review of all preserved Bulgarian periodicals since 1936 (74 articles found), review of the „Olympia Zeitung“since 1936 (8 articles found) and review of Greek newspapers since 1936 (4 articles found). Methodologically, all the information found in scientific or popular publications was systematized by using content analysis, comparative analysis, and critical analysis. The keywords used to search for information on the topic were: Olympic Flame, Olympic Flame Torch, Olympic Games 1936, and Olympic symbols. For the aim of the research we used data retrieved from Journal of Olympic History, Journal of the History of Sport, International Olympic Academy, Olympic Review, www.academia.edu, as well as books and publications pre-served in the historical archive of National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski”, the Central National Archive, the Regional archives, and the regional history museums in the towns where the Olympic flame went through. In the unfavorable material and economic conditions in the 1930s our country created an excellent organization and turned this event into one of the most important social-cultural phenomena, which influenced the new perception about the role and significance of the Olympic Games and amateur sport.
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Grosu, Vasile. "Jocurile olimpice – eveniment social sportiv." In Congresul Ştiinţific Internaţional "Sport. Olimpism. Sănătate". State University of Physical Education and Sport, Republic of Moldova, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.52449/soh22.24.

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Within this article is briefly described the mythical appearance of the ancient Olympic Games, and the rebirth of the modern Olympic Games, it was made an analysis of the course of the modern Olympic Games from the perspective of organizing and conducting the games.At the same time, there are other cultural, religious, and sports games that were organized and held at the same time or successively as the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. There are highlighted the major problems facing the International Olympic Committee in organizing the Olympic Games, in particular, the boycotts of the Olympic Games by the National Olympic Committee members of the International Olympic Committee, acts of terrorism on the territory of the Olympic village, military conflicts during Olympic Games, political ambitions, etc.
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Radchenko, Lidia, Valentina Ermolova, and Irina Kroli. "Культурно-образовательная составляющая современного олимпийского движения: содержательный аспект." In Congresul Ştiinţific Internaţional "Sport. Olimpism. Sănătate". State University of Physical Education and Sport, Republic of Moldova, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.52449/soh22.74.

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Studies of the issue of the study of the cultural and educational component of the modern Olympic movement make it possible to single out two groups of publications: the first of which includes works devoted to the socio-philosophical problems of physical culture and sports in general; the second - the analysis of the goals and objectives of the Olympic movement, its ideals and values, Olympism as a philosophical and cultural concept. At the same time, the content of the cultural and educational component of the Olympic movement remains a topical issue. The ancient Olympic Games are the starting point for understanding the Olympic symbols and rituals, their new interpretation and revival at the end of the 19th century by the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Studies allow us to note that the cultural and educational heritage of the ancient Olympic Games should be considered in two directions: material artifacts (architecture, literary and artistic works, sculptures, household items, etc.) and spiritual values (kalokagatiya, athlete’s honor code, ekehiriya and others). The cultural and educational component of the modern Olympic movement can be considered in terms of the following components: environment, artifacts, language, documents, symbols, heroes, stories, rituals, ceremonies.
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Merlin, Gabriel, Norbert Müller, and Nelson Todt. "Students’ perception about the Olympic Values experience in Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the future of the Olympics." In Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2019 - Rio 2016 Olympic Games Second Anniversary Special Edition. Universidad de Alicante, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2019.14.proc3.07.

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Paes-Marques, Braulio. "Sports, the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Programme." In Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2020 - Rio 2016 Olympic Games Third Anniversary Special Edition. Universidad de Alicante, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2020.15.proc1.04.

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Williams, Carmen Mac, and Richard Wages. "Video conducting the olympic games 2008." In the 3rd international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1413634.1413711.

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Kenderdine, Sarah. "1000 years of the olympic games." In the tenth international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/371920.371943.

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Li, Xiaomeng. "Research on Achievement of Olympic Games." In 2017 5th International Conference on Machinery, Materials and Computing Technology (ICMMCT 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icmmct-17.2017.312.

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Farteev, Evgeny Konstantinovich. "HOW GLOBALIZATION AFFECTS THE OLYMPIC GAMES." In Историческая наука и историческое образование в условиях глобальных трансформаций. Екатеринбург: [б.и.], 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.54351/978-5-7186-1774-0_2021_25_23.

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Farteev, Evgeny Konstantinovich. "HOW GLOBALIZATION AFFECTS THE OLYMPIC GAMES." In Историческая наука и историческое образование в условиях глобальных трансформаций. Екатеринбург: [б.и.], 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.26170/978-5-7186-1774-0_2021_25_23.

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Reports on the topic "Olympic games"

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Guselli, Lachlan. Are the Olympic Games still relevant? Edited by Chris Bartlett. Monash University, July 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54377/3c53-b731.

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Georgakis, Steve. Can the Olympic Games still bring communities together? Edited by Lachlan Guselli. Monash University, July 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54377/04b5-6d68.

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Bernard, Andrew, and Meghan Busse. Who Wins the Olympic Games: Economic Development and Medal Totals. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w7998.

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Fernández Peña, Emilio. Olympic Summer Games and Broadcast Rights. Evolution and Challenges in the New Media Environment. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-64-2009-1.000-1.010-eng.

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Chen, Yuyu, Ginger Zhe Jin, Naresh Kumar, and Guang Shi. The Promise of Beijing: Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w16907.

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Hart, Kenneth A., W. J. Steenburgh, Daryl J. Onton, and Andrew J. Siffert. An Evaluation of Mesoscale Model Based Model Output Statistics (MOS) During the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada417161.

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Faure, Alexandre. Why fewer cities are game to host the Olympics. Edited by Chris Bartlett. Monash University, July 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54377/f4f3-a42b.

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Sport Legacy of the Olympic Games London– 2012. Kzm_diss@mail.ru, March 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14526/01_1111_94.

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games Region. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/294979.

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M ethodological approaches to evolution of the olympic winter games. N.Y. Melnikova, June 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.14526/01_1111_14.

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