The recurrence syndrome: A case study of the repeatability of political developments during the Olympic Games .
Journal Title: Studies in Sport Humanities - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue
Abstract
The article examines instances of the impact of international relations and politics on the Olympic movement and sport in view of the so-called Syndrome of the 25-year Recurrence. The recurrence of developments directly related to multilateral politics can be observable since the organization of the fi rst Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896. Although the degree of relations between the Olympics and international politics has varied and depended on specifi c circumstances, politics has tended to overshadow the Olympic spectacle and aspired to be the key component of the Games, roughly every twenty years. The author argues, on the basis of numerous examples, that the Olympic Games in the years 1896, 1916, 1936, 1956, 1976 and 1996 were dominated by political developments.<br/><br/>
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Mateusz Rozmiarek
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- DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0012.6487
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