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Publications sur l’Olympisme et le sport – Année 2012 

Publications on Olympism and sport – Year 2012 

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Retrouvez la liste complète des nouvelles publications acquises par la Bibliothèque 

du CIO en 2012. 

Find the complete list of new publications acquired in 2012 by the IOC Library. 

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1. Mouvement olympique / Olympic Movement ...................................................... 3 

1.1. Comité International Olympique / International Olympic Committee ....................................... 3 

1.2. Mouvement Olympique / Olympic Movement........................................................................... 4 

1.3. Olympisme / Olympism ............................................................................................................. 9 

1.4. Présidents & membres / Presidents & members ................................................................... 11 

2. Jeux Olympiques / Olympic Games................................................................... 13 

2.1. Candidature 2020 ................................................................................................................... 13 

2.2. PyeongChang 2018 ................................................................................................................ 14 

2.3. Rio de Janeiro 2016 ............................................................................................................... 15 

2.4. Sotchi 2014 / Sochi 2014........................................................................................................ 16 

2.5. Londres 2012 / London 2012.................................................................................................. 16 

2.6. Vancouver 2010 ..................................................................................................................... 31 

2.7. Beijing 2008 ............................................................................................................................ 32 

2.8. Jeux Olympiques 1896-2012 / Olympic Games 1896-2012 ................................................... 33 

2.9. Héritages et impacts des JO / OG legacies and impacts ....................................................... 49 

2.10. Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse / Youth Olympic Games ................................................... 61 

2.11. Jeux Paralympiques / Paralympic Games .............................................................................. 65 

2.12. Jeux Antiques / Ancient Games ............................................................................................. 67 

2.13. Autres Jeux / Other Games .................................................................................................... 68 

3. Thèmes sportifs / Sports themes ....................................................................... 69 

3.1. Arbitrage / Refereeing ............................................................................................................ 69 

3.2. Art & culture ............................................................................................................................ 70 

3.3. Développement / Development .............................................................................................. 73 

3.4. Droit / Law............................................................................................................................... 73 

3.5. Economie / Economics ........................................................................................................... 75 

3.6. Education ................................................................................................................................ 77 

3.7. Environnement / Environment ................................................................................................ 78 

3.8. Ethique / Ethics ....................................................................................................................... 79 

3.9. Femme / Woman .................................................................................................................... 80 

3.10. Handicap / Disability ............................................................................................................... 82 

3.11. Histoire / History ..................................................................................................................... 83 

3.12. Jeunesse / Youth .................................................................................................................... 85 

3.13. Management ........................................................................................................................... 88 

3.14. Marketing ................................................................................................................................ 92 

3.15. Médecine du sport / Sport medicine ....................................................................................... 96 

3.16. Médias / Media ..................................................................................................................... 107 

3.17. Participation en sport / Participation in sport ........................................................................ 110 

3.18. Philosophie / Philosophy ...................................................................................................... 110 

3.19. Politique / Politics ................................................................................................................. 111 

3.20. Science ................................................................................................................................. 118 

3.21. Sociologie / Sociology .......................................................................................................... 119 

3.22. Technologie /Technology ..................................................................................................... 124 

3.23. Tourisme / Tourism ............................................................................................................... 125 

3.24. Valeurs / Values ................................................................................................................... 125 

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4. Athlètes / Athletes ............................................................................................. 127 

4.1. Carrière / Career ................................................................................................................... 127 

4.2. Entraînement / Training ........................................................................................................ 130 

4.3. Olympiens / Olympians ......................................................................................................... 133 

4.4. Psychologie / Psychology ..................................................................................................... 143 

5. Sports olympiques / Olympic sports ............................................................... 148 

5.1. Par pays / By countries ......................................................................................................... 148 

5.2. Par disciplines / By disciplines.............................................................................................. 153 

Les textes de résumé proviennent principalement des éditeurs. 

The texts of the publications summaries mainly come from the editors. 

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1. Mouvement olympique / Olympic Movement 

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1.1. Comité International Olympique / International Olympic 

Committee 

2012 Olympic day: start-up kit for the National Olympic Committees 

Lausanne: International Olympic Committee, 2012. – 32 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM. 

CIO MA 25671 * classif.: 327(04) 

2e Forum international sur le sport au service de la paix et du développement: 10- 

11 mai 2011, Genève, Suisse = 2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace & 

Development: 10-11 May 2011, Geneva, Switzerland 

Lausanne: Comité international olympique, 2011. – 1 CD-ROM + 1 feuillet explicatif 

CIO CA 353 * classif.: 327:33 

Connaissez-vous les Jeux Olympiques ? 

3ème éd. Lausanne: Le Musée Olympique, cop. 2011. – 31 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25367 * classif.: 327 

Destiné à un grand public, ce manuel est une première approche du Mouvement olympique et des 

JO. Composé de 15 sections, lesquelles sont introduites par une question, le livret donne des 

informations élémentaires, tout en proposant un bref développement des thèmes abordés. 

How well do you know the Olympic Games? 

3rd ed. – Lausanne: The Olympic Museum, 2011. – 31 p.: ill. 


This manual, which is intended for the general public, provides an introduction to the Olympic 

Movement and the Olympic Games. The brochure is made up of 15 sections, each one introduced 

by a question. Each section provides basic information and some additional details about the 

topics that it covers. 


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Journée olympique 2012: dossier de lancement pour les Comités nationaux 

olympiques 

Lausanne: Comité international olympique, 2012. – 32 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM. 

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Kennen Sie die Olympischen Spiele ? / 

3. Ausg. – Lausanne: Das Olympische Museum, cop. 2011. – 31 p.: ill. 


Das für das breite Publikum bestimmte Handbuch vermittelt erste Einblicke in die Olympische 

Bewegung und die Olympischen Spiele. In 15, jeweils mit einer Frage eingeleitete Kapitel 

gegliedert, enthält die Broschüre grundlegende Informationen und kurze zusätzliche Erläuterungen 

zu den einzelnen Themen. 

Les jeux olympiques: organiser les jeux 

Lausanne: Comité international olympique, 2011. 64 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25242 * classif.: 327(04) 

The Olympic Games: staging the Games 

Lausanne: International Olympic Committee, 2011. 64 p.: ill. 

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1.2. Mouvement Olympique / Olympic Movement 

Barney, Richard K. 

Tsar Nicholas II’s Comrade in arms: IOC member John Hanbury-Williams 

IN: Journal of olympic history, Vol. 20(3), 2012, pp. 56-62 

Analysis throughout the time of athletes who won a bronze, silver, and gold medal in the same 

sport, event, and discipline over the course of their Olympic career. 

Beacom, Aaron 

International diplomacy and the Olympic movement: the new mediators 

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 313 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780230241060 

This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement, 

charting its continuity and change from an historical perspective. Using the recent body of 

literature on diplomacy it explores the evolution of diplomatic discourse around a number of 

themes, in particular the increasing range of stakeholders engaged in the Olympic bid, disability 

advocacy and the mainstreaming of the Paralympic Games and the evolution of the Olympic 

boycott. The work addresses the increasing engagement of a number of non-state actors, in 

particular the IOC and the IPC, as indicative of the diffusion of contemporary diplomacy. At the 

same time it identifies the state as continuing in the role of primary actor, setting the terms of 

reference for diplomatic activity beyond the pursuit of its own policy interests. Its historical 

investigation, based around a UK case study, provides insights into the characteristics of 

diplomatic discourse relating to the Games, and creates the basis for mapping the future trajectory 

of diplomacy as it relates to the Olympic Movement. 


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Benn, Tansin & Dagkas, Symeon 

The Olympic Movement and Islamic culture: conflict or compromise for Muslim women? 

IN : International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, pp. 1-14, Ahead of Print, 9 March 

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This discursive article critiques the interface of religious and secular values through analysis of 

Islamic culture and the Olympic Movement. Recent resurgence in religious interest gives 

importance to this topic. The authors address the paradox between Olympic ideals for inclusion 

and sport policies that exclude, in this case, particularly Muslim women. For example, the Olympic 

Charter commits to universal human rights to participate in sport and be free from discrimination 

on the grounds of gender and religion; and yet Olympic sport dress code regulations can deny 

Muslim women's religious requirements of modesty in covering the body. Diverse effects of 

conflicts between religious and secular values are illustrated through sociological studies into the 

lives of Muslim sports women and recent events in sport. Different paths to influencing 

policymakers to become more inclusive of Muslim women in sport are examined. 

Recommendations propose using the global power and reach of the Olympic Movement in order to 

move towards negotiated compromise and greater flexibility for more inclusive sport policy and 

practice. 

Bousfield, Dan ; Montsion, Jean-Michel 

Transforming an international organization: norm confusion and the International 

Olympic Committee 

IN: Sport in society, 30 July 2012, Ahead of Print, pp. 1-16 

The progress of the Olympic Movement as a premier international organization has increasingly 

garnered the prestige and influence accorded to other liberal institutions such as the United 

Nations (UN). The International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s permanent observer status within the 

UN raises questions about its seemingly unpredictable decisions and the IOC's incorporation of 

widely accepted norms within the UN system such as gender equality and sustainable 

development. In this paper, we present a model highlighting the normative pressures of the IOC's 

premier status and the subsequent confusion that stems from inherent tensions between three 

normative arenas that have emerged within the organization over the last century: 

transnationalism, domesticity and corporatism. 

Chatziefstathiou, Dikaia ; Henry, Ian P. 

Discourses of Olympism: from the Sorbonne 1894 to London 

New-York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 305 p. – ISBN 9780230289574 

Most of what has been written in relation to the modern Olympic Movement has focused on the 

Games or more recently on the failings (both in terms of ethics and more practically of 

governance) of those operating within the Olympic Movement. Yet the Olympic Movement was 

intended by Pierre de Coubertin, the central figure in the revival of the Olympic Games, to be 

based upon a philosophy, ―Olympism‖. This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, 

developing an analysis of the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of 

Olympism from the 1890s to the present day. The book also explores contemporary concerns with 

youth, governance, sport for development and international relations. 

Das IOC hat Gibraltar zu Recht den Status als eigenständiges NOK verweigert 

IN: Causa Sport, no 2(2012), pp. 187-188 


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Evans, Owen 

A clear Olympic vision 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 120 (July 2012), pp. 32-35 

As the only founding partner to have never hosted the Olympic Games, Argentina and its capital 

Buenos Aires are re-energizing efforts to become one of the key players on the Olympic scene. 

Mauricio Macri, Mayor of Buenos Aires, tells Owen Evans why next year‘s IOC Session in the city, 

and a bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, is the first stage in achieving this. 

Evans, Owen 

Burning Olympic bridges? 


Its long-standing revenue-share feud with the IOC is now over, but has the USOC made too many 

enemies within the Olympic Family to make bidding for future Olympic Games any easier? Owen 

Evans reports. 

Evans, Owen 

Sport’s golden ticket 


Eight sports (baseball, cable wakeboarding, karate, roller sports, softball, sport climbing, squash 

and wushu) are vying for a place at the 2020 Olympic Games. Only one will be selected. With little 

more than a year to convince the Olympic Movement of their credentials, Owen Evans takes a 

look at the contenders. 

Frasca, Augusto 

Giulio Onesti: lo sport italiano 

Roma: CONI, 2012. – 287 p.: ill. 

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Biography of Giulio Onesti, IOC member (1964-1981). 

Ionescu, Simona Angela ; Terret, Thierry 

A Romanian within the IOC: Alexandru Siperco, Romania and the Olympic Movement 

IN: The international journal of the history of sport, 31 May 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-19 

Alexandru Siperco was the third and last Romanian member of the International Olympic 

Committee. After joining the prestigious institution in 1955, he remained there for 41 years and 

was named vice president at the beginning of Antonio Samaranch's presidency. His Olympic 

career, which developed throughout the Cold War, reflected the ambivalent position of Romania, 

which tended to go it alone in the Eastern Bloc, in the shadow of the USSR. Using IOC Archives, 

the reconstruction of his institutional rise and the analysis of his proposals in several international 

projects, including the Rules of Amateur Status, IOC collaboration with UNESCO and Romania's 

participation in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, clearly highlight his diplomatic skill and serve to 

confirm the great complexity of communist positions within the Olympic movement. 

Lennartz, Karl; Buschmann, Jürgen 

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The IOC and the start of the Cold War 

IN: Journal of Olympic history, Vol. 20(2), 2012, pp. 61-63 

The impact of the great East-West divide on the Olympic world was not limited to the problem of 

German representation… 

Lennartz, Karl 

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Martínková, Irena 

Pierre de Coubertin's vision of the role of sport in peaceful internationalism 

IN: Sport in society, 20 July 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-10 

This paper presents the topic of peacemaking in relation to the practice of sport within Olympism. 

It is based on the thinking of Pierre de Coubertin and his understanding of Olympism. First, it 

discusses the practice of sport in relation to two kinds of competition – excessive and moderate. 

Second, it identifies six key themes in the work of de Coubertin that help to promote moderate 

competition and that enable sport practice to be peace promoting. These are equality, amateurism, 

the importance of process and discipline, the role of knowledge of self and others and respect for 

others. An understanding of these themes can help to make the practice of sport more peaceful – 

and truly Olympic. 

Österreichisches Olympisches Comité ; Roth, Erwing 

Olympische Moment Aufnahmen: 1894-2008: 100 Jahre ÖOC 

[S.l.]: ProSport, 2008. – 204 p.: ill. 

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Pound, Richard W. 

Side-Swiped: the IOC and the China issue at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games 


Pound, Richard W. 

Side-swiped: the IOC and the China issue at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games 


The IOC session in Montreal began on 13 July 1976, in the midst of various and daily discussions 

at the Executive board and efforts to negotiate with the government of Canada and the Republic of 

China delegation. 

Renson, Roland; Ameye, Thomas 

Stepping out of Coubertin’s shadow: the Count and the 1932 Winter Olympics 



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London 2012 and beyond: concluding reflections on peacemaking, sport and the 

Olympic Movement 


The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games have reinvigorated the debate on Olympic 

legacies for peace and development. Addressing this debate and building on the articles in this 

collection, this epilogue argues that the theoretical–conceptual understanding of peace and 

peacemaking remains poorly developed within the peacemaking discourse espoused by the 

Olympic movement. The authors draw upon insights from mainstream peace research to identify a 

series of key themes and questions across six dimensions of peacemaking – aim, means, time, 

actors, process/action and organization. 

Spaai, Ramón 

Olympic rings of peace? The Olympic Movement, peacemaking and intercultural 

understanding 


This article examines the historical and contemporary links between Olympism and peacemaking. 

It traces the development of thought and praxis in relation to the Olympic Movement's aim and 

capacity to promote peaceful coexistence and intercultural understanding from the ancient 

Olympic Truce to the revival of the modern Olympic Games by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to the 

current relationship between the Olympic Movement and the United Nations peace agenda. The 

article highlights the perceived discrepancy between rhetoric and reality, and between theory and 

practice, as well as the persistent criticisms that have been levelled at the Olympic Movement with 

regard to its peacemaking achievements. 

Stockdale, Liam 

More than just Games: the global politics of the Olympic Movement 


This paper is rooted in the premise that the Olympic Movement represents an important global 

political site, and it begins by situating the Olympic Movement within the global polity by focusing 

on its role as a forum in which participating states can both affirm their sovereignty and propagate 

a virtuous identity. The tension between Olympism's normative political aims and the practical 

operation of the Movement is then critically examined, and it is argued that the interests of both 

participant states and the International Olympic Committee itself in producing an extravagant 

spectacle most often trump any ostensible commitment to positive political change. The final 

portion of the paper charts how the Movement's interventions in the global polity are nevertheless 

noteworthy, particularly as regards its position at the forefront of doping control, its role as a site 

for acts of protest and its contradictory and complex interactions with the global citizenship regime. 

Teetzel, Sarah 

Charting the Charter: an analysis of eligibility rules and the Olympic Games 

IN: Olympika, Vol. XX (2011), pp. 31-54 

To qualify to compete at the Olympic Games, an athlete must satisfy the rules set by the 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) in addition to the requirements determined by his or her 

International Federation (IF), National Olympic Committee (NOC), and National Federation (NF). 

Through a review of the history of eligibility rules in the Olympic Games, an analysis of the 2010 

Olympic Charter, and a discussion of additional Olympic eligibility rules imposed by Ifs, this article 

demonstrates that Olympic qualification is a complex process. Before one can assess the moral 

acceptability of the current eligibility rules for participation at the Olympic Games, and propose 

what the rules should be, one must first determine how the rules came to exist and what 

requirements are in force today. Thus this paper raises important philosophical questions to be 

explored in future research related to eligibility and fairness in Olympic sports. 


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Adler, Darryll 

Cashing in on collectibles 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 181 (Aug. 2012), pp. 12-13 

Darryll Adler explores the world of Olympic memorabilia and asks what and why it is the most 

desired in sport. 

Amann, Dominique 

L'écrivain toulonnais Jean Aicard et la création des Jeux Olympiques modernes: 

(Paris, Congrès international athlétique, juin 1894) 

Toulon: [s.n.], 2012. – 41 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25420 * classif.: 327:061"1894" 

Burleson, Cindy 

The ancient Olympic Truce in modern-day peacekeeping: revisiting Ekecheiria 

IN: Sport in society, 2 August 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-16 

This paper explores if and how Ekecheiria, or Olympic Truce, can contribute to the development of 

a global culture of peace. Olympic Truce was the basis for the Olympic Games in ancient times. In 

a period of constant war, it became necessary for Greece to establish the Ekecheiria, or truce, to 

ensure that competition would take place under conditions of fairness and the order of 

administered rules. This paper examines two modern case studies, one of the 1998 Nagano 

Winter Olympic Games and the other of the OLOS Foundation in Italy, to examine the role the 

ancient Olympic Truce plays in contemporary diplomatic relations. 

Latvian Olympic Committee 

Olympic order: edition 2012 

Riga: Latvian Olympic Committee, 2012. – 319 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789984976976 


L‘Ordre Olympique représente la plus haute distinction du Mouvement olympique. Etabli en 1975 

par le CIO, il récompense des personnalités singulières qui ont, par leur travail, leur performance 

et leur action, permis d‘une manière ou d‘une autre de mettre en valeur les idéaux olympiques. 

Olympic Order recense les 1200 personnalités honorées à ce jour par cet ordre. Au fil des pages, 

le lecteur découvre le portrait de ceux qui ont marqué de leur empreinte le Mouvement Olympique. 

Ce recueil rend hommage à des hommes et des femmes qui ont effectué des prouesses à la 

hauteur de la vision de Pierre de Coubertin et qui incarnent et véhiculent, pour les générations à 

venir, l‘idéal olympique de façon vertueuse et noble. On doit cet ouvrage encyclopédique à 

Genadijs Maricevs et au Comité Olympique de Lettonie. 

MacAloon, John J. 

Introduction: Olympic flame relay: local knowledges of a global ritual form 

IN: Sport in society, 27 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-20 

This article introduces and contextualizes an anthropological study of the Olympic Flame Relay 

across 25 years, from Los Angeles 1984 through the aftermath of Beijing, punctuated by the 

announcement by the IOC Executive Board in March 2009, that there would be no more global 

relays. This extended ethnological research offers a rare case study of continuity and change in a 

leading transnational and transcultural ritual form. It also further exposes the managerial 

revolution, with its characteristic language of ‗world's best practice,‘ that has succeeded the 

commercial revolution in international Olympic affairs. Analysis of the transnational flow of Olympic 

operations management offers important corrections to much existing globalization theory, 

demonstrating both how powerful and how culturally and politically parochial world's best practices 

can turn out to be. Finally, this extended case study offers a further development of the author's 

theoretical work on complex cultural performance systems, in particular the dialectic between the 

performative genres of ritual and spectacle that indexes the wider Olympic Movement's struggle to 

preserve itself from the successes of the Olympic sports industry. 


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“My programme became very strict”: a conversation with Athanassios Kritsinelis 

IN: Sport in society, Vol. 15(5), June 2012, pp. 674-699 

Athanassios (Nassos) Kritsinelis is known and respected across the world as the dean of Olympic 

Flame Relay (OFR) practice. As OFR technical director and manager, first for the Hellenic Olympic 

Committee (HOC) and then for the 2004 Athens Olympic Organizing Committee (ATHOC), he has 

for over 30 years been the most notable on-the-ground guardian and innovator of Greek OFR 

traditions, as well as the chief Greek interlocutor with the succession of Olympic Games 

Organizing Committees (OCOGs) receiving the flame. Kritsinelis was the main ATHOC planner for 

the Athens 2004 relay. 


Olympic Flame Relay operations under a “world's best practices” regime: a conversation 

with Steven McCarthy 

IN: Sport in society, Vol. 15(5), June 2012, pp. 363-373 

Steven McCarthy is founder, Chairman and CEO of Além International Management Inc., today's 

leading transnational provider of operational services for the Olympic Flame Relay (OFR). As 

operations manager for the 1996 Atlanta relay, managing director of the 2002 Salt Lake City relay, 

and operations manager of the international segment of the 2004 Athens relay, as well as the 

author of the IOC's official OFR technical manual, McCarthy has played the leading role in 

innovating key aspects and codifying the whole of today's ‗world's best practices‘ model of OFR 

production. In this article, he discusses the origins of transnational OFR operations companies, the 

core ritual responsibilities of relay supervisors, security and safety issues, negotiation strategies 

with local authorities, and collaboration and conflicts among commercial sponsors, organizing 

committees, and operations personnel. A persistent theme in the conversation is just how 

universal or ethnocentric any world's best practices model turns out to be, and what the future role 

of the central IOC administration should be in protecting and replenishing the symbolic and moral 

capital of the OFR and through it the Olympic Movement. 


This flame, our eyes: Greek/American/IOC relations, 1984-2002: an ethnographic 

memoir 

IN : Sport in society, 27 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-41 

This article presents an ethnographically based analysis of Olympic flame relay (OFR) relations 

among the Hellenic Olympic authorities and the Greek public sphere, three American Olympic 

Organizing Committees (Los Angeles 1984, Atlanta 1996, and Salt Lake City 2002), and the 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) across a 20-year period. It provides the first scholarly 

analysis of the controversies created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee that 

nearly led to violence at Ancient Olympia during the flame-lighting ceremonies for those games. It 

explains how the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games managed to overcome this poisonous 

history through intensive intercultural diplomacy and to secure an Olympic flame for Atlanta. 

McLaughlin, Douglas ; Torres, Cesar R. 

A moral justification for a more inclusive Olympic program 


Since its inceptions, the modern Olympic Games have expanded on many different levels, not 

least of all the size and scope of the Olympic program. Of particular significance in this process is 

Pierre de Coubertin‘s elaboration of Olympism, which commits the Olympic Movement to a moral 

approach to sport and a sport governance. Given debates over Olympism‘s role in guiding the 

Olympic Movement, a more complex account of Olympism is necessary. When understood as an 

inter-subjective moral approach to sport, Olympism can more compellingly address the challenges 

facing the Olympic Movement. The ascribed meanings and values of the Olympic Movement are 

contextualized between the realism of human experience and idealism of human aspirations. So 

constituted, Olympism becomes a more effective tool for addressing the challenges to the Olympic 

Movement. An analysis of the Olympic program identifies an inconsistency between Olympic 

ideals and practice. From an intersubjective moral perspective, a recommendation for an Olympic 

program that is consistent with the universal aims of the Olympic mission is presented. 


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Miah, Andy ; Garcia, Beatriz 

The Olympics: the basics 

London: Routledge, 2012. – 192 p. – ISBN 9780415595889 


"The Olympics: the basics" is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic movement 

and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us with a range of 

contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters, including: peace development 

and diplomacy, management and economics, corruption, terror and activism, the rise of human 

enhancement, ethics and environmentalism. This book explores the controversy and the legacy of 

the Olympics, drawing attention to the deeper values of Olympism, as the Olympic movement‘s 

most valuable intellectual property. 

Monnin, Eric (dir.) 

Education et olympisme en Europe 

Belfort: Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, 2012. 206 p. ISBN: 

9782914279581 


Cet ouvrage résulte des échanges et des débats qui se sont déroulés lors de la journée d'étude 

francophone du 3 décembre 2009, intitulée Place et rôle de l'olympisme dans l'éducation en 

Europe. Il semble que depuis quelque temps, le concept d‘éducation olympique redevienne un 

facteur important de l‘acte pédagogique, sinon en France, du moins en Europe: c‘est sans doute 

parce que l‘éducation appelle à la transmission de valeurs et que celles-ci sont questionnées dans 

leur capacité à assurer les défis des temps à venir tout en assurant la pérennité des sociétés. Il 

est donc intéressant de voir dans quelle mesure cette éducation est une valeur à prendre en 

compte, à discuter ou à rejeter, et de quelle manière on peut éventuellement la mettre en oeuvre 

ou la promouvoir. Dans tous les cas, il importe de considérer l‘olympisme dans toutes ses 

dimensions, car c‘est un objet qui s‘impose à la jeunesse, aux éducateurs et aux chercheurs, mais 

aussi aux politiques et à la société civile par sa réalité tant médiatique que culturelle. 

Reid, Heather L ... [et al.] 

The Olympics and philosophy 

Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2012. – 295 p. – ISBN 9780813136486 

CIO MA 25528 * classif.: 327:01 

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, 

symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the 

ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, religious, community, and individual 

ideals of the time, the modern Olympic Games, by comparison, are widely known as an 

international, bi-annual sporting event where champions have the potential to earn not only glory 

for their country, but lucrative endorsement deals and the perks of worldwide fame. Editors 

Heather L. Reid and Michael W. Austin have assembled a team of international scholars to explore 

topics such as the concept of excellence, ethics, doping, gender, and race. Interweaving ancient 

and modern Olympic traditions, ―The Olympics and Philosophy‖ considers the philosophical 

implications of the Games' intersection with historical events and modern controversy in a unique 

analysis of tradition and the future of the Olympiad. 

1.4. Présidents & membres / Presidents & members 

Comité international olympique 

Biographies des membres du Comité international olympique par ordre 

alphabétique 

Lausanne: Comité international olympique, 2012 

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Olimpismo: selección de textos 

Lausanne: Comité international Pierre de Coubertin, 2011. – 870 p. : ill. – ISBN 

9783885004158 

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Translation in spanish of the French edition Texte choisis de Pierre de Coubertin. 

International Olympic Committee 

Biographies of the members of the International Olympic Committee by 

alphabetical order 

Lausanne: International Olympic Committee, 2012 

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The biographies of all IOC Members : part X 


The biographies of all IOC members: Part XI 


Biographies of the IOC Members from n°210 to 230. 

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2. Jeux Olympiques / Olympic Games 

2.1. Candidature 2020 

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Baku 2020 

Baku 2020 applicant city: demande d'acceptation de candidature de Bakou pour 

organiser les Jeux de la XXXIIe Olympiade en 2020 = candidature acceptance 

application for Baku to host the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 

Bakou: Baku 2020, 2012. – 121 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM 

CIO MA 25248 / CIO CA 348 * classif.: 732 BAK 

Réponses de Bakou au questionnaire du Comité International Olympique pour être candidate à 

l'organisation des Jeux en 2020. 

Response to the IOC questionnaire for Bakou to be candidate to the Games in 2020. 

Doha 2020 

Doha 2020 applicant city: dossier de candidature: réponse au questionnaire du CIO pour 

la tenue des Jeux de la XXXIIe Olympiade à Doha = application file: response to the IOC 

questionnaire for Doha to host the Games of the XXXII Olympiad 

Doha: Doha 2020, 2012. – 130 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM 

CIO MA 25245 / CIO CA 346* classif.: 732 DOH 

Réponses de Doha au questionnaire du Comité International Olympique pour être candidate à 


Response to the IOC questionnaire for Doha to be candidate to the Games in 2020. 

Evans, Owen 

Istanbul’s Olympic dilemma 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 182 (Sept. 2012), p. 44-45 

In twelve months time, Turkey‘s leading sports figures will be in Buenos Aires to find out whether 

Istanbul has won the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Owen Evans speaks to Turkey‘s three 

most important sports leaders to find out why the International Olympic Committee (ICO) should 

grant their wish. 

Evans, Owen 

Japan: a history of Olympic bids 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 181 (Aug. 2012), pp. 58 

Having narrowly lost out on its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Tokyo is back in the fray for 

2020 having reached candidate city status in May. Owen Evans looks at the bidding history of 

Japan. 


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Olympic resolve 


Qatar is determined to keep on bidding to host the Olympic Games despite failing to reach 

candidate city stage two cycles in the row. Owen Evans reports. 

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Tokyo’s green card 


Tokyo‘s tag as favourites in the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games in certain sections of the 

media will be bittersweet for the city‘s bid committee and the Chairman and CEO of its 2016 bid, 

Ichiro Kono. Owen Evans explains why. 

Istanbul Olympic Bidding Committee 

Istanbul 2020 applicant city: demande d'acceptation de la candidature d'Istanbul à 

l'organisation des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de 2020 = Candidature acceptance 

application for Istanbul to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games 

Istanbul: Istanbul Olympic Bidding Committee, 2012. – 99 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM 

CIO MA 25236 / CIO CA 347 * classif.: 732 IST 

Réponses d'Istanbul au questionnaire du Comité International Olympique pour être candidate à 


Response to the IOC questionnaire for Istanbul to be candidate to the Games in 2020. 

Comité de candidature Madrid 2020 

Madrid 2020 applicant city: réponses au questionnaire du CIO = Replies to the IOC 

questionnaire 

Madrid: Madrid 2020, [2012?]. – 143 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM 

CIO MA 25246 / CIO CA 344 * classif.: 732 MAD 

Réponses de Madrid au questionnaire du Comité International Olympique pour être candidate à 


Response to the IOC questionnaire for Madrid to be candidate to the Games in 2020. 

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Bid Committee 

Tokyo 2020 Applicant City: dossier de la ville requérante = application file 

Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Bid Committee, 2012. – 90 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25247 / CIO CA 349 * classif.: 732 TOK 

Réponses de Tokyo au questionnaire du Comité International Olympique pour être candidate à 


Response to the IOC questionnaire for Tokyo to be candidate to the Games in 2020. 

2.2. PyeongChang 2018 

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Plans on ice 

IN: Sportbusiness international, No 175 (Feb. 2012), p. 25 

The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang could see a breakthrough in eco-friendly sports 

facilities, with organizers waiting for the green light to heat and cool an Olympic ice rink using just 

sea water. 


2.3. Rio de Janeiro 2016 

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Olympism in Action, Olympic hosting and the politics of “Sport for Development and 

Peace”: investigating the development discourses of Rio 2016 

IN: Sport in Society, 8 August 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-19 

This paper offers an overview, and critical, comparative reading, of the discourses of international 

development championed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) versus those ascribed 

through media and corporate communications to the 2016 Summer Olympics, awarded in 2009 to 

the city of Rio de Janeiro. The first Olympics bestowed to a South American host, the Rio 2016 

Games continue the trend of (a) sports mega-events moving to the Global South and (b) the 

positioning of such events within a broader development policy agenda that advocates for a focus 

on sport and physical culture. Based on the data analyzed, although the IOC now champions 

‗Sport for Development and Peace‘ (SDP) in ways that ostensibly and progressively challenge 

traditional development orthodoxy, there remains a tension between this vision of SDP on the one 

hand, and, on the other, the hegemony of new-liberal development philosophy as it underpins the 

hosting of global sports mega-events. These competing discourses of development suggest the 

need for the ongoing critical analyses into the ability, or the likelihood, of the Rio 2016 Games to 

contribute to sustainable and equitable change for the people of Rio. 

Pentifallo, Caitlin ; VanWynsberghe, Rob 

Blame it on Rio: isomorphism, environmental protection and sustainability in the Olympic 

Movement 

IN: International journal of sport policy & politics, 19 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-20 

The goal of this study is to examine if hosting major sporting events represents a relevant strategy 

to brand a place ‗internationally‘ through brand association transfer and to identify whether or not it 

should be seen as co-branding process. Based on social representation theory and an abductive 

research strategy, a survey was carried out among British citizens to identify their opinions about 

the Olympic Games and the city of Beijing following the organisation of the Games in August 2008. 

The content and the structure of the social representations were analysed and then compared to 

determine whether or not a double transfer of associations occurred between the place and the 

sporting event. The analysis concludes that although there was a transfer of elements from the 

sporting event to the place, few clearly positive elements were transferred and several negative 

associations remain. The results do not explicitly corroborate the transfer of associations from the 

place to the sporting event. The paper confirms the value of sporting events in place branding 

strategies but highlights some limitations such as the transfer of negative elements and the lack of 

media control. It also highlights the importance of the place selection process to protect the 

sporting brand. 

Savage, Philip 

Brazil: opportunities in the business of sport 

London: SportBusiness Group, 2011. – 208 p.: ill. 


The sports industry in Brazil is growing on every measure imaginable representing a huge 

opportunity for the international business of sport. Sports industry executives have been 

collectively beating a path to Brazil keen to explore and develop these opportunities into profitable 

business. With Brazil hosting the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, there is a 

need for infrastructure and experience which brings with it major opportunities for those 

organisations looking to expand. Brazil presents a unique prospect to the sports industry. It has 

shrugged off the effects of global recession, is expanding rapidly and its industries are moving 

steadily upward. Although progress towards the 2014 World Cup may not always be smooth, there 

is no doubt that the country will be centre stage in the next five years up to Rio 2016. These major 

events are expected to kickstart massive expansion in sports media and marketing. The 

infrastructure that will be built in the next few years will require expertise from experienced firms in 

the sector whether in design, construction, fit-out, overlay, lighting and many others. The country is 

not without its pitfalls but this new report from SportBusiness will prepare you to access the 

opportunities without falling into the traps. 


2.4. Sotchi 2014 / Sochi 2014 

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Biathlon Stadium in Sochi passes first test 

IN : Biathlon World, No 26(2012), p. 14 

2.5. Londres 2012 / London 2012 

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100% Londres 

L‟Equipe mag, no 1567 (28 juillet 2012), numéro spécial 

Contient notamment: 

Wiggins speaking – Bradley Wiggins, vainqueur du Tour, parle de ses Jeux 

Sporting London – Entre Vincent Duluc et Londres, c‘est tout une histoire 

Brit tops – Huit athlètes emblématiques du sport britannique posent 

Circuit de légende – tour des lieux mythiques du sport en Angleterre 

Le hand made in England – la Grande-Bretagne a monté de toutes pièces son équipe 

Nos héros de 1948 – 11 médaillés français des précédents JO de Londres racontent. 

Londres 1948, Jeux particuliers – le monde sortait de la guerre et retrouvait l‘olympisme 

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A knight’s tale 


Sir Craig Reedie, British member of IOC's Executive Board, talks to Kevin Roberts about London 

2012, the future of the Olympic Games and his ―far from thankless‖ career in sports administration. 

AMA research 

Olympic Games construction and refurbishment market - UK 2008-2012 

Cheltenham: AMA research, 2008. 94 p. 

CIO MA 25265 * classif.: 730(086) 

This study provides an overview of the current status of the planned construction and repair, 

maintenance & improvement projects for the delivery of the 2012 Olympics in London. Following 

the successful completion of the Beijing Olympics, all eyes are now on London to provide a 

memorable sporting spectacle. A key element underpinning a successful event is the development 

of ‗world class‘ facilities which requires a substantial investment programme in stadia, 

accommodation and infrastructure. 

Aquatics at its best: 2012 Olympic Games, London [GBR] 

IN: FINA Aquatics world, No 3 (2012), London 2012 special edition 

Table of content: London 2012: Aqualympic Games / Do not put a limit on anything / Swimming – 

ready to fight / Diving – the diving Tower of London / Synchro – a tale of success / Open water – 

Hyde Parke swimmers‘ corner / Water polo – it has never been so balanced. 

Asia at the London Olympics 

IN: Sporting Asia: official newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia, ed. 18 (Sept. 2012), 

pp. 7-26 

Table of contents: Medal rankings / OCA salutes Golden Asia / My London experience / Women 

and sport 


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Barker, Philip 

Happy and glorious – London’s Olympic ceremonies in 2012 



“In Session – in London” : the 2012 meeting of the Olympic Family 


Presentation of the 124 th IOC Session held in London in July 2012. 

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BBC 

London 2012 Olympic Games: BBC the Olympic broadcaster 

London: BBC, 2012. – 5 DVD-vidéo (zone 1) (15 hours) 

CIO DA 191/1-5 * classif.: 730(086) 

A five-volume set looking back at the London 2012 Olympic Games, featuring all the key moments 

in what was to become an historically unforgettable event. The set includes a specially-edited 

version of Director Danny Boyle's Opening Ceremony, as well as day-by-day highlights of the 

sporting successes from all the main venues, including the Velodrome, 'Super Saturday', and the 

Aquatic Centre, and the full Closing Ceremony. 

Big Games !: Games of the XXX Olympiad in London (GBR) 

IN: World of Gymnastics, no 66 (June 2012), pp. 10-30 

La Fédération internationale de gymnastique présente les prochains Jeux Olympiques de Londres 

2012. 

Cutler, Matt 

Round the houses 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 177 (April 2012), pp. 78-79 

NOC houses have become central to fan celebrations around an Olympic Games host city. Matt 

Cutler showcases some of London 2012‘s most exciting public venues and explains why NOC 

houses will play such an important role in celebrating culture in a city made up of a range of 

nationalities. 

Deutsche Presse-Agentur ; Simon, Sven 

Olympische Spiele London 2012: statistik mit allen Medaillengewinnern seit 1896 

München: Copress Sport, 2012. – 193 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783767909724 

CIO MA 25638 * classif.: 730(086) 

Ein kompetentes Team von Fachautoren und die besten Fotografen von Sven Simon, der 

renommierten Sport-Bildagentur, berichten aktuell von den olympischen Sommerspielen 2012 aus 

London. 


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The Sports Journalists' Association's guide to the London Games 

South Croydon: Sports Journalists' Association of Great Britain, 2012. – 62 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25668 * classif.: 730(086) 

This guide provides some insight and advice for journalists working at the London 2012 

Games. 

Dyckhoff, Tom & Barrett, Claire 

The architecture of London 2012: vision, design, legacy 

Chichester: Wiley, 2012. 264 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781119993865 

CIO MA 25639 * classif.: 072.5 

This guide describes the buildings created for the London 2012 Games, including both permanent 

and temporary structures built for the Olympic Park and venues across the city. Two of Britain's 

most incisive and entertaining writers on contemporary architecture and design, Tom Dyckhoff and 

Claire Barrett, examine what's been built, who designed the work and how it is set to transform 

London itself. Considering the human as well as the architectural stories behind the designs, they 

also look at how the programme for the 2012 Games has pioneered a new level of sustainability 

and explore the lasting legacy of London 2012. 

Eggert, Greg 

Swimming in your house: the athletes tested and loved the London Aquatic Centre 

IN: FINA Aquatics world magazine, No 2(2012), pp. 32-39 

With its distinctive architecture and curved roof, the London Aquatics Centre will be the first venue 

visitors see upon entering the Olympic Park. 

L'Equipe mag 

JO 2012 à vos marques!: vivez à l'heure olympique du vendredi 27 juillet au 

dimanche 12 août armés de votre guide complet sur la quinzaine londonienne / 

[Issy-les-Moulineaux]: L'Equipe, 2012. – 98 p.: ill. – (L'Equipe mag ; suppl. du no 1566, 

samedi 21 juillet 2012) 

CIO MA 25562 * classif.: 730:0 

Guide en prévision des Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012. 

Evans, Owen 

London awaits 


London‘s leisure industry is under Olympic levels of scrutiny as it attempts to cash in on the 2012 

Games. Owen Evans gets an update on the UK‘s preparations to host the Olympic family and 

sports fans from Sandie Dawe MBE, CEO of VisitBritain, and Martine Ainsworth-Wells, director of 

marketing and communications at London & Partners. 

Gallagher, Brendan 

The Games: Britain's Olympic and Paralympic journey to London 2012 

Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. – 288 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781119973133 

CIO MA 25181 * classif.: 7:93 

An official London 2012 publication. ―The Games‖ traces Britain's great Olympic and Paralympic 

past through powerful narrative, striking anecdotes and over 250 compelling original images. It 

captures the individual atmosphere of past Games across the world, from 1930s Berlin to 1980s 

Moscow, Sydney in the Millennium to Beijing's Birds Nest in 2008, and explores the explosion of 

interest in the Paralympic Games. 


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Fuelling the Olympic flame 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 178(May 2012), pp. 20-21 

As the widespread opposition to Dow Chemical‘s Olympic sponsorship looks set to run into and 

beyond the London Games, energy company BP is determined not to let the backlash from the 

2012 Deep-Water Horizon oil spill tar its 2012 activation program. 

Hartman, Hattie 

London 2012 sustainable design: delivering a Games legacy 


CIO MA 25535 * classif.: 730(086) 

Beginning with the bidding process, planners for London's 2012 Olympics envisioned nothing less 

than a transformation of East London with permanent structures that would bring to life the driving 

creative principle of sustainability. In London 2012, this visionary undertaking is documented in 

brilliant full colour‖ with in progress construction photos, computer-generated visualisations, and 

detailed construction drawings. Arranged around individual case studies, starting with the largescale 

infrastructure and transport work in Stratford, the book then addresses individual structures, 

including the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre, as well as finer design details. Written by 

an architect and the sustainability editor for the Architects Journal, "London 2012 sustainable 

design" is a wide-angle look at how environmental thinking has informed all aspects of staging and 

planning the Olympic Games from transportation to entertainment and nowhere more than in the 

design of specific venues. 

Hellenic Olympic Committee 

The journey of the Olympic flame in Greece: "London 2012": Ancient Olympia - 

Panathenaic Stadium 10/5/2012 - 17/5/2012 

Athènes: Eptalofos, [2012]. – 62 p.: ill. 



Best of London 2012 

Lausanne: CIO, 2012. – 1 DVD-vidéo (NTSC / PAL) 

CIO DA 188 * classif.: 730(086) 

DVD inclut dans la Revue olympique 84 (2012). 

DVD is included in the Olympic Review 84(2012). 

Knight, Tom ; Ruscoe, Sybil 

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: the official commemorative book 

Chichester: Wiley, 2012. – 312 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781119973140 

CIO MA 25703 * classif.: 730(086) 

A glorious keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, full of 

unforgettable images, powerful quotes and fascinating statistics. It traces the whole incredible 

story, from early preparation through the creation of the Olympic Park, the Torch Relay and the 

innovative Cultural Olympiad. It explores both Games in detail, revealing how record-breaking 

athletes, spectators, volunteers and locals have all made London 2012 their own. Beautifully 

designed and featuring the Games' most evocative photography and a foreword by Sebastian Coe 

KBE, ―London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: the Commemorative Book‖ captures the 

magical atmosphere of a once in a lifetime event. 


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Les J.O. culturels de 2012 

IN: L‟oeil, no 647 (juin 2012-06-05), pp. 32-39 

Contient : 

Architecture : Londres en formes olympiques / Sophie Flouquet, Christian Simenc 

Parc olympique : le tour des propriétaires / Sophie Flouquet 

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Lewis, Michael 

L‟appel de Londres 

IN: FIFA world, no 30 (juillet 2012), pp. 36-43 

L‘éternelle quête de l‘or olympique du Brésil chez les hommes et le nouvel épisode de la rivalité 

entre le Japon et les États-Unis chez les femmes sont au cœur des passionnantes discussions à 

l‘approche du coup d‘envoi des Tournois Olympiques de Football de Londres 2012. 

Lezard, Nicholas 

The nolympics: one man's struggle against sporting hysteria 

London: Particular, 2012. – 164 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780718197612 

CIO MA 25683 * classif.: 730(086) 

Journalist and literary critic Nicholas Lezard comes to the Royal Society of Arts to give an 

alternative review of the London 2012 Games. 

Littlefield, David 

London (re)generation 

Chichester: Wiley, 2012. – 136 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781119993780 

CIO MA 25363 * classif.: 730(086) 

A lively, thought-provoking exploration of the contemporary regeneration of London Plans to 

regenerate East London and transform the capital are integral to the vision of the London 2012 

Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Loan, Andrew 

Linging up to London 

IN: FIFA World, no 29 (May-June 2012), pp. 18-21 

The 28 teams competing in the men‘s and women‘s Olympic football tournaments can begin 

plotting their pathways to the podium following last month‘s official draw at Wembley Stadium. 

London 2012 

IN: FEI Focus, no 3(July 2012), pp. 46-53 

The 2012 Games mark the centenary of equestrian sports on the Olympic program and are the 

third Olympics and first Paralympics to be hosted by Great Britain. FEI Focus looks at the venue, 

the media services and the veterinary services. 


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London 2012 

IN: FINA Aquatics world, no 3 (2012), pp. 16-29 

Contains: 

They are ready to fight - athletes and statistics related to the participants 

The diving tower of London – presentation of the diving competition in London 

A tale of success: synchronized swimming – elegance, effort, performance 

Hyde Park: swimmers‘ corner – open water, 50 marathon men and women seek medals 

It has never been so balanced – water-polo tournaments at the London Olympic Games 

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London 2012: decade of design 

IN: Panstadia, Vol. 17(4), 2012 pp. 110-113 

A decade in the making: how global design practice populous has helped in the creation of the 

London 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. 

London 2012: special preview 

IN: Planet Canoe, 2012, pp. 72-98 

Paddling will again play a vital part in the Games through Canoe Slalom and Canoe Sprint events. 

To celebrate this momentous occasion, Planet Canoe dishes up all the information you‘ll need to 

enjoy the Canoe events and venues, make the most of London, and five you and inside peak into 

the personalities behind the sport, from administrators to the athletes that will be taking centre 

stage and giving their all for the ultimate prize in sport – an Olympic medal. 

London 2012: the verdict 

London: SportsPro Media Ltd, 2012. 138 p.: ill. (SportsPro; No 48 Oct. 2012) 


"Grading the Games: the final business report card for London 2012". In his comprehensive review 

of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, former International Olympic Committee marketing director 

and renowned consultant to Olympic partners and broadcasters Michael Payne dissects London 

2012 and rates the sponsors and strategies that shaped it. Writing exclusively for "SportsPro", 

Payne offers his own conclusions about the success of the biggest sports event the United 

Kingdom has ever staged - what went right and what went wrong. 

"IFs and buts‖. As the dust begins to settle on London 2012, senior executives representing the 

International Federations on the Summer Olympic programme gauge the success of the Games 

for their sports. In their own words, they give sport's review of London 2012. 

"Meet the Games-makers". Baseball, softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, and 

wushu are campaigning for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games ahead of next year's 

International Olympic Committee decision. "SportPro" takes a careful look at those auditioning for 

a part in the greatest show on earth. 

London 2012 activity book 

London: Carlton, 2011. – 1 vol: ill. ISBN 9781847328960 

CIO MA 25510 * classif.: 730(086) 

Get creative with this fun book, packed with puzzles to solve and games to play, as well as over 50 

brilliant colour stickers to decorate the pages. Enough fun to last the entire London 2012 Games. 


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London 2012 Olympics 

IN: AIPS magazine, no 2(2012), pp. 44-61 

Contains: 

Bolt or Blake? Glen Mills‘ dilemma 

Phelps v Lochte: who will be no 1 ? 

Rudisha and Cheruiyot Kenya‘s stars 

Fantu Magiso: a new chance for Ethiopia 

Here I am – Oscar Pistorius 

Destinee Hooker: starring role 

LeBron James: the chosen one 

Handball: 24 teams, 24 dreams 

Palestine olympic hopes 

Assunta Legnante: now blind, seeks Paralympic title 

Interview of Micheal Johnson 

Women‘s football to kick off Games 

Niyonsaba: the surprise 

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London 2012 reloaded 

IN: FINA Aquatics world magazine, no 5 (2012), pp. 20-47 

Contents: Creating bronze statues / 52 nations tasted Olympic glory / The new wave : only 3 

successful title defences in individual events / Teaming up for glory: relays at London 2012 and 

throughtout Olympic history / A new French revolution / Pool to lake: one-way traffic: the 

background of the poolswimmers‘ success in open water 

Londres 2012: le rôle de l‟AMA aux Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Londres et 

les efforts de le communauté antidopage mondiale pour présenter des Jeux propres 

IN: Franc jeu = Play true, No 2(2012), special issue 

Contient notamment: 

Messages du Président de l‘AMA et du Président du CIO 

L‘AMA aux Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques 2012 

Agence antidopage du Royaume-Uni: objectif Jeux propres 

Laboratoire antidopage de Londres 2012: l‘accréditation expliquée 

Londres 2012: regards sur le sport, l'olympisme et la société = London 2012: 

perspectives on sport, Olympism and society 

Saumur: Sport et citoyenneté, 2012. 35 p.: ill. 


"Sport et Citoyenneté" vous présente son hors série 2012 qui aborde les enjeux qui structurent les 

rapports entre l‘Olympisme et le monde d‘aujourd‘hui. La XXXe Olympiade de l‘ère moderne qui 

s‘ouvre à Londres justifie en effet la mise en œuvre d‘un regard renouvelé et prospectif sur la 

place et le rôle de l‘Olympisme dans le monde, son institution et ses avancées. 

Londres en mode prépa olympique 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1538 (7 janv. 2012), pp. 68-71 

Les Jeux Olympiques commencent le 27 juillet prochain. Tour de chauffe pour savoir comment et 

où profiter de la capitale britannique côté sports. 

Lovell, Clare 

Unbeatable: London 2012 Paralympic Games 

IN: ITF World: the International Tennis Federations‟ official magazine, No 48 (Autumn 

2012), pp. 24-27 

The magic of London 2012 transferred effortlessly to Eton Manor for the Paralympic tennis event, 

where familiar faces and some new names took top honors. 


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Olympic record for the number of tests: London 2012, medical and doping control 

programm 

IN:FINA Aquatics world magazine, no 5 (2012), pp. 94-97 

The anti-doping programme was a collaborative effort between the IOC Medical Commission, the 

WADA, the FINA and the LOCOG. More doping control tests were completed at the London 

Olympic Games than at any other Games in history. 

Marshall, Peter 

The greatest show on earth: London 2012 Olympic Games: an official day-by-day 

photographic celebration 

London: Carlton, 2012. 158 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781847329332 

CIO MA 25642 * classif.: 730(086) 

―The Greatest Show on Earth‖ relives every important moment from every day of the London 2012 

Olympic Games, recording the joy and exultation of the Olympic gold medalists as well 

sympathetically remembering some of the hard-luck stories. The book is structured in such a way 

that each day's activities are covered, the great stories, outstanding achievements and heroic 

efforts, and all are brought to life by stunning action photographs. 

McDermott, Andrew 

London 2012 Olympic Games: the official book: competition schedule - venues 

guide - full event previews - athlete profiles - action photography - records and 

statistics 

London: Carlton, 2012. – 127 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781847329240 

CIO MA 25342 * classif.: 730(086) 

The Olympic Games comes to London in 2012 and “London 2012 Olympic Games The Official 

Book” is a stunning illustrated guide to the world's greatest sporting event and essential reading for 

sports fans everywhere. Packed with glorious photography and expert analysis of the star athletes 

and their prospects at the Games, “The Official Book” is an authoritative and comprehensive 

preview of the 30th Olympiad. The book features a guide to each of the Olympic Games sports 

and venues, a brief history of the Games and the competition schedule to ensure you won't miss a 

moment of the Games. Whether you are watching the Olympic Games live in London or from the 

comfort of your own living room, this is the preview for you. 

Nelson, Jeff (ed.). 

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill: source book 

edition: current political debates of the UK Parliament (55th Parliament / Vol. 1) 

London: Dictus Publishing, 2012. – 196 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783845469287 

CIO MA 25320 * classif.: 730(086) 

What are the discussions about 'London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. This nonpartisan 

documentation offers the reader a direct glance at the parliamentary debate on London 

Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and the discussions of the Parliamentary members in 

relation to the political agenda. 

Newsham, Gavin 

The London 2012 Games fact file 

London: Carlton, 2012. – 63 p.: ill.– ISBN 9781847329295 

CIO MA 25473 * classif.: 730(086) 

This London 2012 official junior book contains everything young readers need to become true 

Olympic Games and Paralympic Games experts as they study the easy-to-follow event analyses 

and star athlete profiles while absorbing the brilliant action photographs. Readers will meet 

Wenlock and Mandeville, the official London 2012 Games mascots, and be entertained by the 

special features on the venues, great Games moments, and amazing facts. 


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The London 2012 Games superstars 


CIO MA 25509 * classif.: 730(086) 

This guide includes an introduction explaining what it takes to become an Olympic or Paralympic 

hero. It covers such athletes as Usain Bolt, Rebecca Adlington, Rafa Nadal, Tom Daley, Yelena 

Isinbayeva, Oscar Pistorious, Jessica Ennis, Haile Gebrselassie, Ellie Simmonds, Chris Hoy, 

Michael Phelps, Blanka Vlasic, Tyson Gray, the U.S. Basketball Team, and Ian Thorpe. 

Nixon, James 

London 2012: Olympic venues 

St. Catharines, Ont.: Crabtree Pub., 2012. – 32 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780778740094 

CIO MA 25746 * classif.: 730(086) 

This book is packed with information about the venues and events in the upcoming 30th Olympiad 

in London, England. Topics include the sustainability of the design and construction and how the 

venues will be used after the Olympics. 

Oertel, Heinz Florian … [et al.] 

London 2012: unser Olympiabuch 

Berlin: Das Neue Berlin, 2012. – 239 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783360021427 

CIO MA 25637 * classif.: 730(086) 

Unser Olympiabuch" lässt mit spektakulären Bildern, Expertenkommentaren und 

aufschlussreichen Statistiken Höchstleistungen, triumphale Siege und dramatische Niederlagen 

Revue passieren. 

Official programme: London 2012 Olympic Games: 27 July-12 August 2012 

London: Haymarket, 2012. 194 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780860240792 

CIO MA 25640 * classif.: 730(04) 

This publication features all the key aspects of the Olympic Games: the athletes, venues, people 

behind the scenes, history, the London 2012 Festival, facts and figures and legacy. This ―Official 

Programme‖ also includes the competition schedule and a comprehensive A-Z of all Olympic 

sports including information on the classifications for each sport. 

Official programme: London 2012 Paralympic Games: 29 August-9 September 

2012 

London: Haymarket, 2012. 162 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780860240808 

CIO MA 25641 * classif.: 730-05 

This publication features all the key aspects of the Paralympic Games: the athletes (from, venues, 

people behind the scenes, history, the London 2012 Festival, facts and figures and legacy. This 

―Official Programme‖ also includes the competition schedule and a comprehensive A-Z of all 21 

Paralympic sports including information on the classifications for each sport. 

Overend, Jonathan 

Unforgettable: London 2012 

IN: ITF World: the International Tennis Federations‟ official magazine, No 48 (Autumn 

2012), pp. 18-23 

Olympic tennis at Wimbledon was always going to be a unique and special event, and so it proved 

when the home of tennis provided the stage for a memorable nine days. 


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Pallister, James 

Hopkins Architects: London 2012 velodrome: design in pursuit of efficiency 

London: Emap Inform, 2011. – 104 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780956787712 

CIO MA 25708 * classif.: 072.5 

In a world of contemporary building, 'cost control', 'value engineering' and 'scope' are terms that 

dominate the design and construction process. It is easy to forget that the old-fashioned virtues of 

a 'fresh pair of eyes', 'imagination' and collaboration' can often result in a building that costs less, 

and is more efficient and more beautiful that one that follows convention. So it has been with the 

London 2012 Velodrome. 

Parker, Graham 

Olympics: a snapshot history of the Olympic Games: from Ancient Olympia to 

Olympic fried chicken 

London: Open Agency, 2011. – 140 p.: ill. – 9780956912701 


―Olympics, a snapshop history of the Olympic Games‖ takes readers on a fascinating journey 

through the history of the Olympic Games, from their creation in Olympia to the 2012 London 

Games. It is a light-hearted history of the world‘s greatest sporting event, brought to life through 

recently commissioned photographs taken around the streets of Britain. 

Martyn Routledge, one of the photographer explains: ―It was in November 2009, as I cycled to 

work through the streets of east London that I noticed a shop in Statford – close to the site of the 

new Olympic Park – that had cunningly change its name to include the word Olympic in the title. 

The next week I spotted another one, then another. Looking around, we soon came across other 

examples of Olympics up and down the length of Britain, and photographed them as we found 

them‖. What has Olympic Chiken & Pizza got to do with Usain Bolt‘s historic 100m victory? What 

about Olympic Hair Salon‘s connection with Eric Liddell and the famous ―Chariots of Fire‖ 

Olympics of 1924? Whatever their origins, and reason for their name, this fascinating photographs 

help tell the most outrageous and fascinating Olympic stories since the Games began all the way 

back in 776 BC. This book is a celebration like never before of all things Olympic; of the Games 

and the Olympic movement, but also a reflection of what it means to the people in the real world. 

Payne, Michael 

Grading the Games: Michael Payne's final business report card for London 2012 

London: SportsPro, 2012. – 15 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25743 * classif.: 730(086) 

In his comprehensive review of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, former International Olympic 

Committee marketing director Michael Payne, writing exclusively for SportsPro, dissects London 

2012 and rates the sponsors and strategies that shaped it. 

Petterson, Alexandra 

Jeux Olympiques 2012: Londres place le parc olympique au centre de gravité de 

sa "région Est" en attente de régénération 

Saarbrücken: Editions universitaires européennes, 2012. 103 p.: ill. – ISBN: 

9783838181271 

CIO MA 25645 * classif.: 730(086) 

Le 6 Juillet 2005, Londres remporte la course aux Jeux Olympiques de 2012, devançant Paris la 

favorite. Ce fut le coup de départ d‘un immense projet, sur l‘Est de Londres, en quête de 

régénération. Ce fut surtout l‘aboutissement d‘une course politique de longue haleine, menée au 

niveau gouvernemental et métropolitain, dans laquelle tous s‘accordaient sur la nécessité de 

développement économique et urbain de Londres et sur l'opportunité apportée dans ce domaine 

par les JO. Depuis, un système d‘acteurs s‘est constitué autour d'une stratégie métropolitaine 

faisant consensus, basée sur la régénération de l‘Est de Londres et le marketing territorial de la 

métropole mondiale. La mise en œuvre de cette stratégie se trouve néanmoins bloquée par un 

certain nombre de points de divergence: les barrières entre les actions publiques et privées, les 

divergences d‘échelles d‘action spatiales et temporelles, les différences de priorités sont autant de 

freins à une action collective efficace et sans encombres. A ceci s‘ajoutent les incertitudes 

actuelles liées à la crise immobilière et financière et au changement du maire de Londres. L‘avenir 

du projet reste donc en point d‘interrogation. 


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Pre-Olympic panorama: getting ready for London 2012: preparations, hopes, goals 

IN: World weightlifting, no 1(2012), pp. 32-41 

Contains: 

The Dominican Republic and London 2012 

Interview with Kévin Caesemaeker, France 

London expected to inspire Japanese people and contribute to the betterment of the world 

Iranian athletes on Olympic countdown 

Greece is looking beyond London: towards a new beginning 

Quinlan, James 

Public perceptions of the London 2012 Olympic Games: a non-host city perspective on 

the awareness, interest and engagement of young people with the Olympic Games and 

London 2012 

[Grande-Bretagne]: [s.n.], 2011. – 99 p. 

Despite promises from organisers that the London 2012 Olympics will leave a lasting legacy for 

young people across the UK, there has been little research analysing whether young people in the 

UK are currently demonstrating the levels of awareness, interest and engagement that will be 

required in order to benefit from the hosting of the Games in London. The aim of this paper was to 

focus specifically on the perceptions of young people from a geographic location outside of the 

Olympic host-community and produce results which contribute to mega-events literature by 

analysing how awareness, interest and perceptions of the event impact upon overall levels of 

engagement. 

Rendez-vous à Wembley 

IN: FIFA World Magazine, April 2012, pp. 18-19 

Le calendrier des matchs des Tournois olympiques de football 2012 sera connu dès la fin du mois, 

après le tirage au sort organisé dans la suite Bobby Moore du mythique stade de Wembley. 

Roberts, Kevin 

The business of the Olympic Games part 7 : My Olympic experience 


After seven years of preparations and extensive coverage in ―Sportbusiness international‖, the 

2012 London Olympic Games came and went in 17 days. So to find out exactly what happened on 

the ground during Games-time, we asked a cross-section of Olympic stakeholders – from the 

International Olympic Committee itself to broadcasters, sponsors and Games Makers – what 

challenges they faced, what worked and what did not, what their personal highlights were and 

what lessons can be learned for future Olympic Games. 

Slovenského Olympijského Výboru 

Londýn 2012: hry XXX. Olympiádi: oficiálna publikácia 

Bratislava: Slovak Olympic Committe, 2012. – 467 p.: ill. – ISBN 9788097103903 

CIO MA 25692 * classif.: 730(086) 

Souvenir book on London 2012 from the Slovak Olympic Committee. 


Article 

Article 

SportsPro ; Special ed. (August 2012) 

The Olympic Games: special edition 

London: SportsPro Media Ltd, 2012. – 130 p.: ill. 


Special edition on the London 2012 Olympic Games. 

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USOC ; NBC 

London 2012 highlights: Games of the XXX Olympiad 

USA: Ten Mayflower, 2012. – 1 DVD-vidéo (zone 1) (122 min.) 

CIO DA 186 * classif.: 730(086) 

This documentary compiles many of the most memorable moments from the 2012 London 

Summer Olympics including Usain Bolt's historic track victories, Michael Phelps record-setting 

swimming accomplishments, and the ongoing domination of Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh 

Jennings in beach volleyball. 

The perfect Games ! 

IN: World of gymnastics, no 67 (Oct. 2012), pp. 6-45 

Article de la FIG bilingue français – anglais présentant toutes les compétitions de gymnastique qui 

se sont déroulées aux Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012. 

Tinker, Christopher 

Road to 2012 

London: National Portrait Gallery, 2012. – 159 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781855144347 

CIO MA 25561 * classif.: 730(086) 

This remarkable collection of portraits showcases the diverse range of men and women who have 

come together to prepare for, stage and participate in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic 

Games. Commissioned over three years as part of the National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 

project, these photographs tell the incredible stories of those responsible for the London 2012 

Games, as well as the athletes whose dream it is to take part. 

Walmsley, David 

What’s in a name? 


With the 2012 London Olympic Games edging ever closer, the issue of legacy looms menacingly 

over the Olympic Park. David Walmsley investigates the merits and pitfalls of potential naming 

rights deals for seven of the event venues that will remain long after the Summer‘s action has 

ended. 

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 

(LOCOG) 

E-document 

Advertising and trading implementary strategy: February 2012 

London: LOCOG, 2012. – 33 p. 


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Art and culture in the Olympic park: April 2012 


Selection 

Brand protection: London 2012 Olympic Games 

London: LOCOG, 2008-2012. – 3 vol 

Contains: Vol. 2008: Conferences and events: what you need to know.- Vol. 2010: Information for 

the tourism sector.- Vol. 2012: Information for the betting industry 

Closing ceremony media guide: London 2012 Olympic Games 


Get set to have lots of fun: London 2012-themed activities, ideas, puzzles and 

games for primary schools 

London: LOCOG, [2011?]. – 1 vol.: ill. 

CIO MA 25302 * classif.: 730(04) 

LOCOG fact pack: May 2012 


This act pack gives all the important facts and figures about the London 2012 Olympic Games. 

LOCOG sustainable sourcing code: July 2011 

3rd ed. – Londres: LOCOG, 2011. – 32 p. – 

Sustainable sourcing is the procurement of products and services with environmental, social and 

ethical issues in mind. At LOCOG, we see this as sensible and efficient business practice, which is 

integral to the way we work. It helps us to make properly informed and balanced decisions when 

procuring the products and services needed for the 2012 Games. The Games represent an 

opportunity to deliver a truly world-class event and a lasting legacy for London and the UK. Our 

vision is to set the benchmark for sustainability, which other organisations around the world will 

seek to. 

London 2012 festival: official guide: 21 June to 9 September 

Londres: LOCOG, 2012. – 139 p. 

With thousands of performances and events around the UK, the London 2012 Festival started on 

21 June and ends on 9 September, the last day of the Paralympic Games. Whether you love 

dance, music, comedy, theatre, fashion, art or film, you‘ll find something you can get involved in. 

Inside you‘ll find listings of all London 2012 Festival events taking place this summer – you can 

read about the highlights, browse events by artform category, or check out what‘s happening today 

in your area using the Daily Diary – it‘s up to you! Dive in and plan your festival. 


E-document 

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London 2012 international education programme 

London: LOCOG, 2011. – 86 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25305 * classif.: 730(04) 

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London 2012 venues: July 2012 

London: ODA, 2012. – 103 p. 

This handbook will equip you with facts and figures about all the venues in London and across the 

UK. 

London 2012 zero waste Games vision: February 2012 


London 2012 promised a truly sustainable Games that will inspire a lasting positive impact before, 

during and beyond the main event. An operation on this scale is a unique challenge, and requires 

a unique approach. This document details the steps that London 2012, and our partners, will take 

to deliver a Zero Waste Games and complements our overarching commitment to stage a Low 

Carbon Games. 

Manuel des inscriptions sportives: Jeux olympiques Londres 2012 = Sport entries 

manual: Olympic Games London 2012 = ... 

London: LOCOG, 2011. – 68, 66 p.: ill. + 2 CD-ROMs 

CIO MA 25258 * classif.: 730(04) / CIO CA 345/1-2 

Contains: London 2012 Olympic games sport entries manual. – NOC sport entries e-Learning 

tutorial. - Confirmation of authority form - NOC representatives. - User account application form. – 

Contains. 

Official spectator guide: London 2012 Olympic Games 

London: LOCOG, 2012. – 50 fascicules. 

Opening ceremony.- Archery.- Athletics (2 fasc.).- Badminton.- Basketball (2 fasc.).- Beach 

volleyball.- Boxing.- Canoe/kayak (2 fasc.).- Cycling (6 fasc.).- Diving.- Equestrian (2 fasc.).- 

Football (6 fasc.).- Gymnastics (2 fasc.).- Handball (2 fasc.).- Hockey.- Judo.- Modern pentathlon 

(2 fasc.).- Rowing.- Sailing.- Shooting.- Swimming (3 fasc.).- Table Tennis.- Taekwondo.- Tennis.- 

Triathlon.- Volleyball.- Water Polo.- Weightlifting.- Wrestling.- Closing ceremony. 

Official spectator guide: London 2012 Paralympic Games 

London: LOCOG, 2012. – 13 fascicules. 

Contains: Opening ceremony.- Athletics.- Rowing.- Wheelchair Basketball.- Cycling (2 fasc.).- 

Equestrian (2 fasc.).- Marathon.- Swimming.- Multi ticket (2 fasc.).- Closing ceremony. 

Opening ceremony media guide: London 2012 Olympic Games 



E-document 

E-document 

Pre-Games sustainability report: summary report London 2012: April 2012 


This summary gives the wealth of information about sustainability at the Games. 

Programme éducatif international Londres 2012 

London: LOCOG, 2011. – 86 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25304 * classif.: 730(04) 

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Sustainability report London 2012: April 2012 

Londres: LOCOG, 2011-2012. – 28p. 

This summary report is provided by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and 

Paralympic Games (LOCOG) on behalf of the London 2012 Sustainability Group. It covers London 

2012‘s delivery of the whole Olympic and Paralympic programme, with a spotlight on our 

performance up to April 2012, three months before the Games start. 

Retrouvez toutes les publications du LOCOG sur notre bibliothèque numérique 

Find all the LOCOG‘s publications in our digital library 

Guides d‟équipe / Team guides 

CONI 

The Italian team: London 2012 

Roma: CONI, 2012. – 205 p.: ill. 


In English and Italian 

Korean Olympic Committee 

The Korean delegation: London 2012 

Seoul: Korean Olympic Committee, 2012. – 151 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25583 * classif.: 730(086) 

Latvian Olympic Committee 

Olympic team Latvia London 2012 

Riga: Latvian Olympic Committee, 2012. – 64 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25585 * classif.: 730(086) 

Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland ; Red. Dirk Schmidtke, Volker Kluge 

The German Olympic team: London 2012 

Frankfurt: Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland, 2012. – 448 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25584 * classif.: 730(086) 

In English and German 


Polish Olympic Committee 

The Polish olympic team for the Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012 

Warsaw: Polish Olympic Committee, 2012. – 123 p. 

CIO MA 25595 * classif.: 730(086) 

Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté 

Swedish olympic team: London 2012 

Stockholm: Swedish Olympic Committee, 2012. – 128 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25596 * classif.: 730(086) 

Swiss Olympic Association 

Team guide: Swiss olympic team: London: we make it happen 

Berne: Swiss Olympic Association, 2012. – 239 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25597 * classif.: 730(086) 

In English, French and German 

Turkiye atletizm federasyonu 

London 2012 Olympic Games: Turkey team guide athletics 

Istanbul: Turkiye atletizm federasyonu, 2012. – 43 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25594 * classif.: 730(086) 

In English and Turkish 

Turkiye milli olimpiyat komitesi 

Turkish olympic team guide 

Istanbul: Turkiye milli olimpiyat komitesi, 2012. – 145 p. : ill. 

CIO MA 25593 * classif.: 730(086) 

In English and Turkish 

2.6. Vancouver 2010 

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VANOC 

Collector's guide to pins: officially licensed lapel pins: Vancouver 2010 = Guide 

des épinglettes pour le collectionneur: épinglettes officielles: Vancouver 2010 

Vancouver: VANOC, 2006-2010. – 3 fasc. : ill. 

CIO MA 24444/1-3 * classif.: 729.21(04) 

Contains: Vol. 1 : Released January 2006 - September 2007 / Publié pour la période de janvier 

2006 à septembre 2007. – Contient: Vol. 2 : Released January 2006 - December 2008 (Version 2) 

/ Publié pour la période de janvier 2006 à décembre 2008 (version 2). – Contient: Vol. 3 : 

Released January 2006 - February 2010 (final version) / Publié pour la période de janvier 2006 à 

février 2010 (version finale). 


2.7. Beijing 2008 

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Bodet, Guillaume ; Marie-Françoise Lacassagne 

International place branding through sporting events: a British perspective of the 2008 

Beijing Olympics 

IN: European sport management quarterly, 19 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-18 

The goal of this study is to examine if hosting major sporting events represents a relevant strategy 

to brand a place ‗internationally‘ through brand association transfer and to identify whether or not it 

should be seen as co-branding process. Based on social representation theory and an abductive 

research strategy, a survey was carried out among British citizens to identify their opinions about 

the Olympic Games and the city of Beijing following the organisation of the Games in August 2008. 

The content of the social representations were analysed and then compared to determine whether 

or not a double transfer of associations occurred between the place and the sporting event. The 

analysis concludes that although there was a transfer of elements from the sporting event to the 

place, few clearly positive elements were transferred and several negative associations remain. 

The results do not explicitly corroborate the transfer of associations from the place to the sporting 

event. The paper confirms the value of sporting events in place branding strategies but highlights 

some limitations such as the transfer of negative elements and the lack of media control. It also 

highlights the importance of the place selection process to protect the sporting brand. 

De Ruijter, Florence S. 

Controversial mega-events and the sponsor's image: the affect of the 2008 

Olympic Games on its sponsor's social image 

Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011. – 92 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783844310887 

CIO MA 252301 * classif.: 729(086) 

How do controversial mega-events affect the social image of its sponsors? This is the main 

question considered in this book. The research attempts to respond to this question as fully as 

possible. Therefore, several theoretical research streams are being discussed, such as corporate 

social responsibility (CSR), corporate image, sport sponsorship, and social risk. It is concluded 

that the finding are opposing the expectations. This research proves that negative publicity 

surrounding a mega-event regarding human rights abuses which are not related to the sport event 

do not damage the sponsor's image. Florence S. de Ruijter studied Intercultural Management at 

the Business School of Copenhagen. Her interest for events, sports, and branding together with 

the media attention for human rights violations during the run-up to the 2008 Olympics in China 

developed into an interesting subject for her master thesis. 

Feng, Huiling 

The humanistic values of the Beijing Olympics 

Singapore: Silkroad Press, 2011. – 318 p. – ISBN 9789814298667 

CIO MA 25215 * classif.: 729(086) 

Highlighting the historical and culture context surrounding one of the most important events for all 

of Chinese society, the 29th Olympic Games, this account explores the Beijing Olympics' 

humanistic values as it pervaded nearly all social fields. From the Olympic bid and preparations to 

the hosting of the games, this analysis discuses China's culture, society, and politics as they 

related to the main event. This record will interest those fascinated by China's traditions and 

principles and their relationship with sports. 

Wanquan, Sha 

Look back in glory 

[Beijing]: China Photographic Publ. House, 2012. – 136 p. : ill. – ISBN 9787802367869 

Edition bilingue anglais - chinois. 

CIO MA 25659 * classif.: 072.5 

Cet ouvrage contient principalement des photographies du Bird's nest, le stade olympique des 

Jeux Olympiques de Beijing 2008. 


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Wei, Na 

Experience value influence: a research report on the volunteer work legacy 

transformation of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 

Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2010. – 348 p.: ill. – ISBN 9787300130644 

CIO MA 25261 * classif.: 729(086) 

Organized by Beijing Volunteer Federation. – Based on solid, systematic, in-depth empirical study 

this book demonstrated the comprehensive summary and assessment of the Beijing Olympic 

Games and Paralympic Games volunteer work. First, the analysis of the Beijing Olympic Games 

and Paralympic Games volunteers composition, origin, motivation, role and contribution. Secondly, 

the Beijing Olympic Games Volunteer Work organization structure, working mechanism and 

content of the work described, and by 5000 volunteers will survey a comprehensive assessment of 

the volunteer work. 

2.8. Jeux Olympiques 1896-2012 / Olympic Games 1896-2012 

Athènes 1896 / Londres 2012: l'histoire véridique des Jeux Olympiques 

Dijon: Faton, 2012. Sport & vie. Hors série ; n° 35. 83 p. 82 p. : ill. 

CIO MA 25223 * classif.: 7 :93 

Ce numéro abondamment illustré contient quelques articles de fond et de très nombreux textes 

courts évoquant des anecdotes marquantes de l‘histoire des jeux. 

Beijing Olympic City Development Foundation ; Fengchao, Zhang (ed.) 

Olympic city forever: 1896-2012 

[Beijing]: Beijing Olympic City Development Foundation, 2012. – 357 p.: ill. 

CIO MB 1185 * classif.: 7:93 

Olympic City forever contains abundant and accurate historical data in simple language and 

attractive photography. It explores the relation of the mutual promotion between the modern 

Olympic Movement and the development of the cities. 

Benamou, Guy 

L'aventure des Jeux olympiques: un siècle de passion olympique 

Paris: Jacob-Duvernet, 2011. – 375 p. – ISBN 9782847243796 


Voici un ouvrage à conseiller à tous ceux qui s‘intéressent à la grande aventure des Jeux 

Olympiques : 141 209 athlètes dont 32 124 femmes qui ont eu le bonheur de faire de leur rêve 

une réalité en participant à cet événement hors du commun. Ces immortels qui, heureux souvent, 

déçus parfois, ont donné aux Olympiades leur dimension universelle et ont écrit la légende des 

Jeux. Entre ces athlètes de 1896 partis à l'aventure comme Spyridon Louis le marathonien, 

Eugène Gravelotte l'escrimeur, Paul Masson le cycliste et la nouvelle génération de 

professionnels tels Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Laure Manaudou, il existe un point commun : tous 

ont connu la gloire en participant à ces Jeux que Pierre de Coubertin voulut placer dès le début 

sous le signe de l'engagement. Jesse Owens, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Abebe Bikila, Wilma 

Rudolph, Nadia Comaneci et bien d'autres ont acquis la célébrité en montant sur la plus haute 

marche du podium. Le célèbre journaliste de sport Guy Benamou nous invite, Olympiade après 

Olympiade, à un véritable voyage à travers le temps. 


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Bladon, Rachel 

The story of the Olympics: an unofficial history 

Oxford: MacMillan, 2012. – 77 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783195729574 


The Olympic Games are the most famous sporting event in the world, but how much do you know 

about their history? In this Macmillan Reader, Rachel Bladon describes the Games‘ beginnings 

back in ancient Greece to the billion-dollar international event that they have become in the 

present day. 

Bobrick, Benson 

A passion for victory: the story of the Olympics in Ancient and early modern times 

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. – 143 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780375868696 


From the barefoot races of 8th century BC to the underwater obstacle courses in the early 20th 

century to the high-tension Berlin Games preceding World War II, the Olympics have always been 

exciting dramas of athletic prowess and human interest. In ―A Passion for Victory‖, award-winning 

author Benson Bobrick tells the details of the captivating story of the Olympic Games, starting with 

their inception in Ancient Greece. 

Brassey, Richard 

The story of the Olympics 

London: Orion, 2011. – 30 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781444000481 


Records and reputations, cheats and champs, victors and venues - here's the lowdown on the 

modern Olympic games, published in advance of London 2012. 

Butterfield, Moira 

The Olympics history 

London: Franklin Watts, 2012. – 32 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781445110417 


Each title The ―Olympic‖ examines the Olympic Games from ancient times, then the revival of the 

1890s through to today's multi-million pound business. From the history of the games to which 

events are included and why, the series puts the reader at the centre of the action with fact-packed 

text, full-color photos, facts and statistics. 


The Olympics records 


CIO MA 25478 * classif.: 7:93.09 

Each title of ―The Olympics‖ examines the Olympic Games from ancient times, then the revival of 

the 1890s through to today's multi-million pound business. From the history of the games to which 

events are included and why, and from scandals to record breakers, The Olympics puts the reader 

at the centre of the action with fact-packed text, dramatic full-color photos, facts and statistics. 

Christopher, Matt 

Great moments in the Summer Olympics 

New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2012. – 104 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780316195799 


The Summer Olympics are chock full of epic athletic achievements across hundreds of disciplines, 

especially track and field, gymnastics, and swimming. Now readers can relive those moments in 

this fact-filled volume just right for young sports enthusiasts. 


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Cox, Michael 

Fitter, faster, funnier Olympics!: everything you ever wanted to know about the 

Olympics... but were afraid to ask ! 

London: A. & C. Black, 2012. – 128 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781408165584 


From unbelievable tales of triumph (with all the shocking bits left in) to incredible facts about 

Olympic athletes, this is an aspirational, informative, interactive and hilarious guide to the 

Olympics - what they're all about and what made them what they are today. Packed with funny 

illustrations, inspirational ideas and amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to the Olympics past 

and present. 

Crow, Maurice ; Morris, Juliet 

A guide to the Olympic Games and London 2012 

London: Wharncliffe Books, 2012. – 158 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781845631499 


This guide provides a brief history of the Olympics from their origin until the present day, including 

a guide to London 2012. 

Deffrennes, Geoffroy 

Un siècle d'olympisme: les J.O. de 1896 à nos jours 

Waterloo: la Renaissance du livre, 2012. – 360 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782507050443 


Dans cet ouvrage richement illustré, chaque édition des JO est restituée dans son contexte 

historique et local : la ville d'accueil, le stade, les installations, etc. Pour chaque discipline, vous 

retrouverez les meilleures images commentées et les résultats. Portraits de grands athlètes, 

évolution des techniques, performances, anecdotes et événements historiques complètent ce 

tableau riche en découvertes. 

Di Serio, Vincent 

Ces petites légendes olympiques oubliées 

Paris: L'Harmattan, 2012. – 183 p. – ISBN 9782296967410 


Nous découvrons ici des moments de vie qui, bien qu'ayant forgé l'histoire des Jeux Olympiques 

modernes, ont disparu des mémoires collectives : Karoly Takacs, valeureux soldat devenu 

champion olympique de tir en apprenant à se servir de la main gauche après avoir perdu la droite 

au combat; Bill Havens, qui renonce à son rêve olympique pour rester aux côtés de sa femme 

enceinte sans se douter que cette dernière donnera naissance à un futur champion olympique. 

Fredj, Jacques (dir.) 

Le sport européen à l'épreuve du nazisme: des J.O de Berlin aux J.O de Londres 

(1936-1948) 

Paris: Mémorial de la Shoah, 2011. – 126 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782916966625 

CIO MA 25251 * classif.: 079(4) 

Exposition réalisée par le Mémorial de la Shoah. Des J.O de Berlin aux J.O de Londres (1936- 

1948), cette exposition remarquable montre comment le sport est devenu une arme de 

propagande nazie et soviétique. 


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Gifford, Clive 

So you think you know the Olympics 

London: Hodder Children's books, 2011. – 166 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781444906851 


The ultimate Olympics quiz book with over 1000 questions. 

Goldfarb, Clifford 

Arthur Conan Doyle and the Dorando Affair 


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Goodbody, John 

A history of the Olympics 

Franklin, TN: Naxos AudioBooks, 2012. – 6 CD audio (401 min.). – ISBN 

9781843794929 

CIO CA 351/1-6 * classif.: 7:93 

Includes in-depth interview with the Olympic Gold medalist Sebastian Coe. – Performers: Read by 

Barry Davies. – John Goodbody, for many years chief sports writer for The Times, has covered 

every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories 

of each of the modern Olympics. 

Greenberg, Stan 

Stan Greenberg's olympic almanack 2012: the encyclopedia of the Olympic Games 

Cheltenham: SportsBooks, 2012. – 304 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781907524226 

CIO MA 25351 * classif.: 7:93.09 

Launched in 1984 for the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Almanack rapidly established itself as 

the leading Olympic statistical book. It contains an extensive and entertaining collection of facts 

and figures from Athens 1896 to Beijing 2008, plus the Ancient Games at Olympia and the Winter 

Olympics. There is coverage of every Summer and Winter Games with detailed descriptions of 

venues, sports, competitors and records. There are medal tables by sport and by year which 

makes it the most comprehensive record of Olympic reference.. 

Halliday, Stephen 

Amazing & extraordinary facts: the Olympics 

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 2012. – 144 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781446302019 


"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: The Olympics" is a unique and entertaining collection of facts 

surrounding the Olympic Games. From their origins in ancient Greece to the most famous Olympic 

medallists, the book covers a range of fascinating trivia for every sport lover to enjoy. You can 

discover the athletes who have set the marks for modern sporting excellence, and wonder at the 

records set by competitors across the years. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide 

variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. 


Young readers 

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Harlan, Hugh 

History of Olympic Games: Ancient and Modern: together with official Olympic 

and world records and proposed program of Xth Olympiad 

Whitefish: Kessinger Publ., 2011. – 116 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781163151525 


Reprod. de l'éd. de: Los Angeles: Bureau of Athletic Research, 1932. 

Hunter, Nick 

Behind the scenes at the Olympics 

London: Wayland, 2012. – 32 p.: ill.– ISBN 9780750270656 


From the winning bid to the Olympic village and stadiums, this book looks beyond the sports and 

into all aspects, such as the costs involved, the media and where events will take place around the 

country. 

Kessous, Mustapha 

Les 100 histoires des Jeux Olympiques 

Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2012. – 127 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782130606291 


Les Jeux Olympiques sont l'un des plus grands spectacles mondiaux. Nous venons y contempler 

les Dieux du stade accomplir des exploits, vivre des tragédies, rechercher le geste parfait. Nous y 

observons aussi - le sport n'est pas hors du monde - les enjeux géopolitiques et économiques, les 

progrès techniques, et puis les mesquineries, la corruption, le dopage, etc. Un concentré de notre 

société et des destins individuels mêlés. Voici 100 histoires qui ont fait celle des Jeux Olympiques. 

Kluge, Volker 

Olympia Stadion Berlin: Berlin's Olympic stadium 

Berlin: Das Neue Berlin, 2009. – 191 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783360019073 

CIO MA 25254 * classif.: 072.5 

Das Berliner Olympiastadion ist ein Ort, an dem deutsche, Berlin- und Sportgeschichte 

geschrieben wurde. Volker Kluge erzählt in diesem Bild-Text-Band die wechselvolle Geschichte.. 

Lagrue, Pierre 

Le siècle olympique: les jeux et l'histoire: Athènes 1896 - Londres 2012 

Paris: Encyclopaedia Universalis, 2012. – 2 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9782852299245 

CIO MA 25742/1-2 * classif.: 7:93 

Contient: Vol. 1: 1896-1972. Vol. 2 : 1976-2012. 

Cet ouvrage en deux volumes est le fruit de près d‘un demi-siècle de passion, de quinze ans de 

recherche et de quatre années d‘écriture. Pierre Lagrue nous raconte le Siècle olympique sous 

l‘angle de la chronologie, sans rien oublier. Après un premier chapitre consacré aux Jeux 

antiques, à la renaissance des Jeux Olympiques modernes, au Comité International Olympique et 

au Musée Olympique, il revient sur chaque édition des Jeux Olympiques modernes. Il nous 

raconte les faits, la grande Histoire, les petites histoires, les anecdotes, les hommes et les femmes 

et les résultats. Au fil de son récit, l‘auteur s‘offre des arrêts sur image, les zooms, dont le principe 

est de partir d'un événement précis qui survient lors d'une édition pour développer une 

problématique générale, le plus souvent extra-sportive. Pour chaque édition, Lagrue nous propose 

aussi les portraits d‘athlètes légendaires. L'enracinement de la compétition dans le réel et 

l'irrésistible séduction de l'exploit sportif forment la véritable trame de ce Siècle olympique. 

D‘Athènes à Londres, de Chamonix à Vancouver, de 1896 à 2012, voici un passionnant voyage, 

dans l‘espace et dans le temps, appelé à faire date par la précision de ses informations et 

l'ampleur des perspectives qu'il ouvre. 


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Lanz, Julian 

Zwischen Politik, Protokoll und Pragmatismus: die deutsche Olympiageschichte 

von 1952 bis 1972 

Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, 2011. – 427 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783865736260 

CIO MA 25159 * classif.: 079(430) 

Von 1956 bis 1964 startete trotz deutscher Teilung eine gemeinsame Mannschaft bei den 

Olympischen Spielen, die aus den besten Sportlern der beiden Teilstaaten zusammengesetzt 

wurde. Juliane Lanz geht vor allem der Frage nach, wie diese Mannschaft funktionierte. In diesem 

Kontext werden externe und interne Einflussfaktoren, sportpolitische Bedingungen, die Vorgaben 

des IOC, die Bildung der Mannschaften und die Zusammenarbeit der Funktionäre untersucht. 

Sowohl die Befragung von Zeitzeugen in Ost und West als auch umfangreiche Archivstudien 

bisher unausgewerteten Materials verschaffen einen Einblick in ein bisher wenig untersuchtes 

Thema und ermöglichen die Gesamtbetrachtung von zwei Dekaden deutscher Sportgeschichte. 

Ledu, Stéphanie 

Les Jeux Olympiques 

Toulouse: Milan Jeunesse, 2012. – 29 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782745955463 


Le plus grand événement sportif du monde a lieu tous les quatre ans. C'est l'occasion de découvrir 

son histoire et ses nombreuses disciplines. A vos marques... Prêts ? Partez! 

Lenk, Hans... [et al.] 

S.O.S. Save Olympic Spirit: toward a social philosophy of the Olympics: selected 

writings 

Kassel: Agon Sportverlag, 2012. – 311 p.: ill. – ISBN 9783897843967 


Hans Lenk ist der erste moderne Philosoph, der zugleich Olympia-Goldmedaillen Gewinner (1960) 

und Präsident der Weltakademie für Philosophen (I.I.P.) ist. In diesem Band trägt er 15 auf 

Englisch erschienene Beiträge seiner olympischen Studien zusammen, dazu einen Ausblick (Text 

16) aus der Sicht des Jahres 2012. Die 15 Beiträge erstecken sich über einen Zeitraum von 1963 

bis 2012. 

Lennartz, Karl... [et al.] 

Olympia: Deuschland - Grossbritannien: Beiträge zu den Olympischen Spielen 

2012 in London 

Köln: Deutsche Sporthochschule, 2012. – 294 p.: ill. 


Gemeinsam mit Karl Lennartz haben Jürgen Buschmann und Stephan Wassong einen 

Sammelband zur Olympischen Bewegung zwischen Deutschland und Großbritannien vorgelegt. 

Darin versammeln die drei Herausgeber Beiträge zur Vorgeschichte der modernen Olympischen 

Spiele in England, zu den bisherigen Olympischen Spielen in London (1908 und 1948), zu 

besonderen Ereignissen wie IOC-Sessionen und natürlich auch Ausblicke auf die Olympischen 

Spiele 2012. 


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Lenskyj, Helen ; Wagg, Stephen 

The Palgrave handbook of Olympic studies 

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 592 p. – ISBN 9780230246539 

CIO MA 25362 * classif.: 038.2 

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection fills a long-standing gap in the fields of 

Olympic studies and sports sociology by applying a critical lens to a wide range of issues and 

controversies that have surrounded the Olympic movement. Mapping the past, present and future 

of the Olympic Games and drawing together an impressive line-up of international scholars from 

across a variety of disciplines, this essential guide provides an authoritative overview of the core 

debates and key social and political issues related to the most established and influential sporting 

event in the world. Divided into five parts - Olympic History, Olympic Case Studies, Olympic 

Disciplines, Social and Political Issues and the Olympics: For and Against - this substantive 

reference work includes debates on race, gender, amateurism, the environment, security, 

sponsorship, housing, Indigenous peoples and the mass media and provides in-depth case 

studies on individual Olympic Games ranging from the St Louis Games in 1904 to the most recent 

Games in Beijing in 2008, and discusses the forthcoming Olympics in London and Rio. Global in 

its perspective and definitive in content, this one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference 

resource for a wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of sociology, sports 

studies, sports history, Olympic studies, politics, media and communication studies and leisure 

and tourism studies. 

Lisin, Vladimir 

Summer Olympic Games: an illustrated history: 1896-2012 

Moscow: Knigi Wam, 2012. – 119 p.: ill. – ISBN 9785914320499 

CIO MB 1187 * classif.: 7:93 

This book takes the reader through the history of the modern Summer Olympic Games, starting 

from the 1896 Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, through to the 21st century. The stories weave 

their way through feats long forgotten or unheralded, as well as those which are Olympic legend. 

The narrative, prepared by a distinguished team of Russian sports promotion and education 

experts, is brought to life with authentic archived photographs and materials, including official 

poster and winner medal designs. 

Longmore, Andrew 

Heat of the moment: 25 extraordinary stories from Olympic and Paralympic 

history 

Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. – 240 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781119973119 


An official London 2012 publication. – Heat of the Moment is a remarkable collection of twenty-five 

unforgettable stories from the Olympics. It draws on contemporary sources and eyewitness 

accounts from the Olympic and Paralympic Games from 1908 through to 2008 and includes a 

fascinating mix of personal achievements, victories against the odds, unexpected drama, 

legendary athletes and incredible teams. Rediscover some of the Games greatest – and darkest – 

moments that have shaped a dramatic hundred years. Edited by award-winning sports writer 

Andrew Longmore, the book features compelling accounts which delve into the stories behind the 

headlines to bring the events vividly to life. It reveals insights, reflections and sometimes poignant 

accounts of what happened next. This book is one of nine illustrated books, published by Wiley 

over 2011 and 2012 which celebrate the London 2012 Games. 


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Miller, David 

The official history of the Olympic Games and the IOC: Athens to London 1894- 

2012 

Edinburgh: Mainstream, 2012. – 683 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781845966119 


"London 2012: The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC 1894-2012" is a dramatic 

account of the history of the world's foremost sporting spectacle. It is the lavishly illustrated story of 

the re-creation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin, of the often controversial fortunes of 

the governing body, which was formed in 1894, and of the highs and lows of the Olympics 

themselves since the first Games in 1896. It also tells the stories of the historic competitors - from 

Spyridon Louis (the inaugural marathon winner) and such heroes as Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi, 

Sonja Henie, Jesse Owens, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Emil Zatopek, Herb Elliott, Kip Keino, Mark 

Spitz, Franz Klammer, Sebastian Coe and Carl Lewis through to Hicham El Guerrouj, Michael 

Phelps and Sun-Yu Jin. Each chapter begins with a personal reminiscence by either a famous 

champion or a notable IOC figure. Detailed background is provided to the many crises: the Nazi 

Games of 1936; the massacre at Mexico City in 1968; the terrorist slaughter of Israelis at the 1972 

Munich Games; the boycotts; the advent of professionals from 1988; and, the Ben Johnson 

scandal and the ongoing threat of drug abuse. As the sporting world awaits, with eager 

expectation, the 2012 Games in London, this book gives an unparalleled account of the Olympics 

story from its beginnings in Athens 1894 to the build-up to the Games in London. 

Monego, Maurizio 

La troisième fois de Londres 

IN: Panathlon international, no 2 (mai-août 2012), pp. 16-18 

This article describes the tree Olympiads held in London in 1908, 1948 and 2012. 

Olympic Games through a lens postcards 

London: Time Out, 2011. – 20 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781846702273 


A collection of 20 postcards which take a fascinating look at the modern Olympic Games, from 

Athens 1896 to the build-up to London 2012 - each with a description - taken from the worldfamous 

archives of Getty Images. 

Oxlade, Chris ; Ballheimer, David 

Histoire des Jeux Olympiques 

Paris: Gallimard Jeunesse, 2012. – 72 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782070643707 


Découvrez l'histoire des Jeux Olympiques, de leurs origines antiques jusqu'aux Olympiades 

d'aujourd'hui. Comment se déroulaient les Jeux antiques à Olympie ? Qui proposa en 1894 de 

ressusciter les jeux ? Quelles sont aujourd'hui les disciplines des Jeux d'été et de ceux d'hiver ? 

Suivez l'évolution des techniques et du matériel au fil des Olympiades et retrouvez les grands 

athlètes qui ont marqué ces fabuleux rendez-vous sportifs. 

Platt, Richard 

Through time Olympics: from ancient Greece to the present day 

Boston: Kingfisher, 2012. – 44 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780753468685 


Come along on a time-traveling adventure to explore the history of the most famous - and most 

international - sporting competition in the world, from its ancient origins to the present day. 

Readers will follow the narrative from city to city, exploring the impact of the Games on each host 

nation as well as the key social, political, and cultural events of the era. Amazing cross-sections 

and finely detailed artwork invite readers to explore the cities, stadiums, and games across time. 


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Siclis, Alain 

Le petit livre des Jeux Olympiques 

Turquant: L'Apart éditions, 2012. – 121 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782360351022 


Tous les 4 ans, la saison sportive se termine en apogée avec les Jeux Olympiques et 

Paralympiques. À cette occasion, le monde entier se tourne vers le pays organisateur, et vers les 

nouveaux dieux du stade. Les budgets alloués à la manifestation sont colossaux, les enjeux 

financiers et commerciaux immenses. Mais qu'en est-il des valeurs de l'Olympisme ? "Le petit livre 

des Jeux Olympiques" retrace l'histoire passionnante des Jeux, des origines lointaines à leur 

renaissance, et nous fait découvrir les sources des valeurs qui sous tendent l'esprit olympique, 

ses symboles, ses rituels, sa grandeur mais aussi son côté sombre. Un chapitre complet est dédié 

à l'histoire du Mouvement Paralympique. 

Smith, Martin 

The Telegraph book of the Olympics 

London: Aurum, 2012. – 309 p. – ISBN 9781845137076 


Drawn from the pages of the ―Telegraph‖, this superb anthology pulls together the very best writing 

on the Olympics. Published for London 2012 and beyond, it spans over a hundred years, and 

counts famous Olympians. 

The Business of the Olympic Games. Part 6: Ceremony and symbolism 


Contains: Let the Games begin – Kevin Roberts outlines the importance of the Olympic opening 

and closing ceremonies and the different apporaches local organising committees have taking 

since the birth of the modern Olymic era. In for the long run – Kevin Roberts tracks the evolution of 

the torch relay and explains why it is now integral in representing the values of the Olympic 

Movement. Olympics clean sweep – no matter where they are staged, planning and delivering the 

Olympic Games is a massive logistical and managerial challenge. 

Tibballs, Geoff 

The Olympics' strangest moments: extraordinary but true tales from the history of 

the Olympic Games 

New ed. – London: Portico, 2012. – 268 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781907554476 


The world's greatest sporting occasion has historically been filled with unusual occurrences and 

peculiar situations. In 1908, Dorando Pietri was stripped of his gold medal in the marathon after he 

was helped over the finish line by over-anxious officials. From "Eric the Eel" of Equatorial Guinea 

‖the slowest swimmer in the history of the Games‖ to Fred Lorz, who was disqualified after it was 

discovered that he had hitched a lift in a car during his marathon run, this is an exciting collection 

of the most humorous and jaw-dropping stories from the Olympic Games. 


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Trova, Eleni… [et al.] 

The Olympic Games of the European Union 

Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2011. – 299 p. – ISBN 9783832963729 

CIO MA 25132 * classif.: 079(4) 

This study shows the importance of sports law and, more specifically, the regulatory framework of 

the Olympic Games. The main issue of the book is the synthesis between the rules of the Olympic 

Games and European Community (EC) law, given the fact that full appliance of the Olympic 

Games under EC law has already taken place in a European city (Athens in 2004) and are about 

to take place in the near future (London in 2012). This gives the book a very timely character, 

since it is dealing with a very original legal issue, which is occurring right now. The book deals with 

the major issues of sports - such as doping, transfers, etc. - but also with other legal matters - such 

as urban planning, the environment, and the impact the Olympic Games will have on them. The 

book is accompanied by an analytical bibliography and presents the relevant jurisprudence of 

national, European, and international courts. The book will be a very useful tool not only for 

lawyers, judges, and jurists in general, but for anybody who is interested in sports law. It is the first 

book to present the rules of the Olympic Games in combination with EC law. 

Wallechinsky, David ; Loucky, Jaime 

The book of Olympic lists 

2012 ed. – London: Aurum Press, 2012. – 300 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781845137731 


David Wallechinsky has a uniquely vast knowledge of the Olympics and an unrivaled head for 

trivia, and now the two are combined in this collection of 150 unexpected Olympic lists, including 

the eight slowest Olympic competitors, the 12 strangest sports ever contested, and the six most 

spectacular collisions and falls. 

Wallechinsky, David 

The complete book of the Olympics: 2012 edition 

London: Aurum Press, 2012. – 1334 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781845136956 

CIO MA 25291* classif.: 7:93.09 

Full descriptions of rules and scoring for every event included in the London Olympics. The top 

eight finishers in every Summer Olympic event since 1896. – The Complete Book of the Olympics 

is just that ―the pre-eminent point of reference for sports enthusiasts and journalists alike, and the 

essential guide to the London games. At 1300 large-format, closely typeset pages, the tome is a 

prodigious and compendious work of reference. But it is also an amazingly readable book, for in 

the course of recording every single modern Olympic final at every single Games, it reveals the 

strange, the memorable, and the frankly unbelievable. Who knew that croquet or tug of war were 

once Olympic sports, or that a 72-year-old once won a silver medal for target shooting? This new 

edition is updated to include every final‘s result (to the first eight places) for every event at the 

Beijing 2008 Olympics, as well as a comprehensive preview of the London 2012 Games. 

Wiéner, Magali 

Les Jeux Olympiques d'hier à aujourd'hui 

Paris: Flammarion, 2012. – 127 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782081266995 


Pour comprendre les enjeux et la portée de cet événement majeur, voici, des origines à nos jours, 

toute l'histoire des JO: des luttes politiques aux combats idéologiques, des disciplines sportives 

aux records de légende, des victoires d'hier aux nouveaux défis d'aujourd'hui... Une aventure 

unique pour vivre l'Oympisme ! 


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Witt, Richard 

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds: Olympians in their own words / by 

London: Bloomsbury, 2012. – 194 p. – ISBN 9781408164037 


Every four years the Olympic Games capture the world's imagination, catapulting new athletes into 

the pantheon of sports legends, a reputation built by their accomplishments on the field as well as 

their spirit of sportsmanship and perseverance. This new collector's edition, A Lifetime of Training 

for Just Ten Seconds, captures the very best quotes by athletes themselves on their Olympic 

moment of glory. Beautifully laid out in bold designs that are highly evocative of the style and era 

of the Olympiad in which they participated, the book presents the athlete's quotation and gives a 

concise history of the Games of that year and the participants involved. 

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Bearing light: flame relays and the struggle for the Olympic Movement 

IN: Sport in society, forthcoming special issue, 20 June 2012, Ahead of print 

Contains: 

Struggling to celebrate: management of the 2004 Olympic flame relay segment in Greece / Spriros 

Spiropoulos 

The 2004 International relay: a Greek around the world with the Olympic flame / Penelopi B. 

Amelidou 

American media, intercultural stories and the 2004 Olympic flame ceremonies / Marianthi 

Bumbaris Thanopoulos 

Hybridity and subversion: the Olympic flame in India / Boria Majumdar, Nelin Mehta 

Wenn, Stephen... [et al.] 

Tarnished rings: the International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City bid 

scandal 

Syracuse N.Y.: Syracus Univ. Press, 2011. – 273 p. – ISBN 9780815632900 

CIO MA 25194 * classif.: 032.8 

In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an 

organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure 

votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city‘s bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter 

Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its 

president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, staggered through the opening weeks of the scandal, but 

ultimately Samaranch and key actors such as IOC Vice–President Richard Pound, Marketing 

Director Michael Payne, and Director General François Carrard weathered the storm, safeguarded 

the IOC‘s autonomy, and subsequently spearheaded the push for reforms to the Olympic Charter 

intended to better position the IOC for the twenty–first century. In ―Tarnished Rings‖, the authors 

delve into this fascinating story, exploring the genesis of the scandal and charting the IOC‘s efforts 

to bring stability to its operations. 

Cooper, Mike 

I was an Olympic volunteer 

Leicestershire: Upfront Publ. 2011. – 161 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25657 * classif.: 726(086) 

To play a part in the Olympic Games is a wonderful experience - probably a once in a lifetime 

opportunity - and a rare privilege. No matter what role they play, the support of thousands of 

volunteers is absolutely vital to the success of any Olympiad. I was one of the few British 

volunteers at the Atlanta Centenary Olympic Games. It was the most exciting and rewarding three 

weeks of my life. 


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Moore, Richard 

The dirtiest race in history: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Olympic 100m final 

London: Wisden Sports Writing, 2012. – 326 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781408135952 

CIO MA 25489 * classif.: 724(086) 

The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of 

all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly 

the most infamous in the history of athletics, and more indelibly etched into the consciousness of 

the sport, the Olympics, and a global audience of millions, than any other athletics event before or 

since. Ben Johnson's world-record time of 9.79 seconds - as thrilling as it was - was the beginning 

rather than the end of the story. Following the race, Johnson tested positive, news that generated 

as many - if not more - shockwaves as his fastest ever run. He was stripped of the title, with Lewis 

awarded the gold medal, Linford Christie the silver and Calvin Smith the bronze. More than two 

decades on, the story still hadn't ended. In 1999 Lewis was named Sportsman of the Century by 

the IOC, and Olympian of the Century by Sports Illustrated. Yet his reputation was damaged by 

revelations that he too used performance-enhancing drugs, and tested positive prior to the Seoul 

Olympics. Christie also tested positive in Seoul but his explanation, that the banned substance had 

been in ginseng tea, was accepted. Smith, now a lecturer in English literature at a Florida 

university, was the only athlete in the top five whose reputation remains unblemished - the others 

all tested positive at some stage in their careers. Containing remarkable new revelations, this book 

uses witness interviews - with Johnson, Lewis and Smith among others - to reconstruct the buildup 

to the race, the race itself, and the fallout when news of Johnson's positive test broke and he 

was forced into hiding. It also examines the rivalry of the two favourites going into it, and puts the 

race in a historical context, examining its continuing relevance on the sport today, where every 

new record elicits scepticism. 

Moscou 1980 / Moscow 1980 

Livre audio / 

Audio book 

MacGregor, Sue 

1980 Moscow Olympics: the reunion: featuring Colin Moynihan, Duncan Goodhew, 

Frank Dick, Dick Shepherd and Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 

[Grande-Bretagne]: Audio Go, 2012. – 1 CD audio (40 min.). – ISBN 9781445883663 

CIO CA 350 * classif.: 722(086) 

This edition of BBC Radio 4's Reunion was recorded in July 2005, just after the UK won the 2012 

Olympic bid. – Sue MacGregor talks to members of the 1980 British Olympic team who defied their 

Government to attend the Moscow Ggames. In 1979, the British team was in training for the 

following year's Olympic Games when Russia invaded Afghanistan. President Carter, backed by 

Margaret Thatcher, urged athletes to boycott the event, and the worlds of politics and sport 

seemed caught in a headlock. This fascinating programme sees Sue MacGregor reuniting 

members of the British Olympic team as they recall that controversial year. Swimmer Duncan 

Goodhew, athlete Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, and rowing cox Colin Moynihan faced their own personal 

dilemmas about competing for their country in the face of political opposition. Team leader Dick 

Palmer carried the flag alone into the Olympic stadium, and as the hate mail stacked up, coach 

Frank Dick did his best to shield the athletes from the pressures. Together, they reminisce about 

the difficult decisions they made, the trials of participating without Government support, and 

ultimately the triumph of a record-breaking British medals haul. 


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Robertson, Sheila 

Shattered hopes: Canada's boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games 

Toronto: Iguana Books, 2012. – 323 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781927403082 

CIO MA 25472 * classif.: 032. 

On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a distant land unknown to most 

Canadians. Knowledge would come quickly over the coming months, particularly to the dozens of 

Canadian athletes who were entering the final stages of training for the 1980 Olympic Games in 

Moscow. The invasion set off a chain of events that dominated the headlines of the day. A crucial 

fall-out was the American-led boycott of the Games, which Canada eventually joined, forcing 212 

Canadian athletes to shelve their Olympic dreams, some temporarily, many more permanently. 

―Shattered Hopes‖ is an oral history of key players, including eight decision makers, five national 

team coaches, two senior administrators, two personnel from the Canadian team, and 27 of 

Canada's athletes. For many, memories of the boycott are painfully clear; for others, the details 

have faded, but anger and disappointment remain. For all, there is sadness at a missed 

opportunity to excel on the Olympic stage and disappointment that their sacrifice was but a token 

response and remains largely unacknowledged. 

Frenkel, Peter 

Remembering the Munich massacre: never should we give way to terror 


Written by Peter Frenkel, Olympic 20 km walk champion in Munich 1972. 

Large, David Clay 

Munich 1972: tragedy, terror, and triumph at the Olympic Games 

Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012. – ISBN 9780742567412 

Munich 1972 tells the compelling story of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads within 

the turbulent context of simmering global tensions: the ongoing Cold War, political posturing 

between the two Germanys, seemingly endless warfare in Indochina, lingering recriminations 

surrounding decolonization in Africa, and, of course, the cauldron of religious and ethnic hatred 

known euphemistically as the "Middle East Conflict. Drawing on a wealth of contemporaneous 

sources, including recently opened files in the German and Olympic archives, eminent historian 

David Clay Large offers a comprehensive exploration of the 1972 festival. He interweaves the 

political drama surrounding the Games with the athletic spectacle in the arena of play, itself hardly 

free of political controversy. Writing with flair and an eye for telling detail, Large brings to life the 

stories of the indelible characters who epitomized the Games, ranging from the city itself to the 

visionaries who brought the Games to Munich against all odds to the athletes, obscure and 

famous alike. 

Dir. by The Sibs 

Freedom's fury: one team, one country, one chance for revenge 

[S.l.]: Wolo Entertainment, cop. 2007. – 1 DVD-vidéo (90') 

CIO DA 184 * classif.: 716(086) 

―Freedom's fury‖ is the critically acclaimed feature documentary about the Hungarian Revolution of 

1956 and the "Bloodiest Game in Olympic History". This hard-hitting doc tells the story of the 

fateful moment in 1956 when Hungary explodes in a people power revolt and climaxes with the 

infamous water polo showdown between Hungary and the Soviets at the Melbourne Olympics. 

The documentary follows the journey of the Hungarian Olympic water polo team and its young 

star, Ervin Zador, who find themselves the unwitting focal point of the most politicized sports match 

ever played. 


Londres 1948 / London 1948 

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For London 2012, the mantra is location, location, location. The Olympic village offers a bed for all 

the competitors. In 1948, the arrangements very necessarily very different… 

Clare Balding 

The ration book Olympics: when London hosted the austerity Games 

[Grande-Bretagne]: Audio Go, 2012. – 1 CD audio (60 min.). – ISBN 9781445878386 

CIO CA 354 * classif.: 714(086) 

Clare Balding looks back at the time the Olympic Games came to London in 1948. Three years 

after the end of the Second World War, Britain was still gripped by austerity. Rationing was still in 

force, severe bomb damage was still much in evidence and no new sports facilities could be built. 

Visiting athletes were put up in schools and RAF camps. Yet the Games were a resounding 

success and actually made a profit. Clare Balding meets athletes who competed in 1948, including 

cyclist Tommy Godwin, who won two bronze medals, and Dorothy Manley, who won silver in the 

athletics. She also talks to Roger Bannister who saved the day for the British team in the opening 

ceremony. The program also includes fascinating voices from the archives, including Dutch 

sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals. 

Edgerlaey, David 

How about volunteering at the 1948 London Olympics 


The 1948 Games, or XIV Olympiad, was a relatively Spartan one for participants and spectators. It 

was known as the Austerity Games… 

Leach, J.E. 

London: a tale of two Olympics 

London: Little Angel, 2012. – 139 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780957129009 

CIO MA 25319 * classif.: 730(086) 

One city, two Olympics, 64 years apart. That's how long it's been since London last staged the 

greatest sporting extravaganza on earth. We may be just emerging from a recession, but our 

relative poverty would have been considered untold wealth in 1948 when Britain was faced with 

paying the huge cost of World War II. Austerity, rationing, bomb sites, these were the everyday 

realities for citizens as they struggled to pick up the pieces of their lives. And I wonder if today, 

given a repeat of such circumstances, would we ever have dared to put on such an event at such 

a time ? It wasn't just the world that was different so were the Games. The amateur spirit was all, 

and athletes then took the Olympic oath literally. They turned up and ran, jumped, vaulted, played 

football, boxed all with preparation that would be considered laughable to our stars today. In this 

book you will hear the memories of some of those who took part and maybe you will be struck by 

the casualness of their attitude, but that's the way it was. This is not a book of statistics but one 

that captures the mood of London across two very different Olympic eras. 

Obey, André 

Londres 48 : chroniques des Jeux 

Paris: Fluo, 2012. – 129 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782917304358 

CIO MA 25495 * classif.: 714(086) 

Chroniques des Jeux, compilation inédite de tous les articles d'ANDRÉ OBEY, envoyé spécial du 

journal l'Équipe aux J.O. de Londres. 


Berlin 1936 

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Les Jeux défigurés Berlin 1936 

Paris: Les Indes savantes, 2012. – 295 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782846543149 

CIO MA 25695 * classif.: 711(086) 

Août 1936. Les nazis ont ravalé les façades, fait disparaître toute trace d‘antisémitisme et préparé 

avec faste et apparat « leur » Olympiade. La trêve et son illusion de paix rassurent pour un temps 

les démocraties et les athlètes présents à Berlin, bien qu‘à tout moment, les parades militaires ne 

cessent de faire peser une tension aussi oppressante que prémonitoire... Trente athlètes français 

présents à Berlin témoignent... 

Klemmer, Thomas 

Vom Siegerkranz zur Goldmedaille: das Phänomen "Olympia" und seine 

neuzeitliche Rezeption: eine kulturhistorische Untersuchung unter besonderer 

Berücksichtigung der Berliner Spiele von 1936 

Bonn: R. Habelt, 2012. – 225 p. – ISBN 9783774937802 

CIO MA 25699 * classif.: 711(086) 

Nach einer über 1500 Jahre währenden Pause werden die Olympischen Spiele am Ende des 

19.Jahrhunderts wieder ins Leben gerufen, und zwar in bewusster Anlehnung an ihr antikes 

Vorbild. Bei einem genaueren Blick auf die Festlichkeit auf der Peloponnes ist aber schnell zu 

erkennen, dass sich die modernen Spiele – trotz ihres ausdrücklichen Nachahmungs-gedankens – 

nur bedingt und oft ziellos an der Antike orien-tieren. 

Heck, Sandra and Terret, Thierry 

The 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles: a new beginning in the French and 

German press representation of the former enemy ? 

IN : Olympika, Vol. XX (2011), pp. 79-100 

Previous research on the subject of Franco-German relations in the sporting press shows that a 

period of open hostility between the two countries, which lasted until 1928, was followed in the 

mid-1930s by one where the French showed admiration towards Germans, while the Germans 

demonstrated arrogance or indifference with regard to France. Yet, this change in media 

representation has attracted only limited research and points to the need for a focused study of the 

1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. At that time, contraction of the money supply and loss of 

purchasing power, coupled with unemployment and bankruptcies, became common in the 

industrialized world and resulted in an economic depression. To what extent did these events 

impact the respective representations of ―the other‖ in France and Germany‘s discourses on sport 

during the Summer of 1932? This question is the focus of a press analysis based on a selection of 

French and German sports and generalist newspapers. It would appear that press accounts of the 

1932 Olympics reflected the ongoing process of redefining the relationship between France and 

Germany in a time of transition. 


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L'orgue du stade ; suivi de Huit cents mètres 

Paris: Fluo, 2012. – 218 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782917304341 

CIO MA 25496 * classif.: 708(086) 

Grand dramaturge français du XXe siècle, André Obey découvre l‘athlétisme au stade de Saint- 

Cloud, grâce à un ami, en 1913. Coureur amateur de 400 mètres, lui-même, il assiste ébloui aux 

Jeux Olympiques de Paris en 1924, qui lui inspirent ces chroniques qui créent, avec les écrits 

sportifs de Montherlant, de Giraudoux et de Jean Prévost, entre autres, un genre tout à fait 

nouveau pour l‘époque ; et même aujourd‘hui où la littérature est relativement eu conviée aux 

compétitions. 

Bolling, Hans 

Stockholmsolympiaden 1912: tävlingarna, människorna, staden 

Stockholm: Stockholmia Förlag, 2012. – 450 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789170312540 

CIO MA 25563 * classif.: 705(086) 

Ce livre, en suédois, commémore le centième anniversaire des Jeux Olympiques de 1912, à 

Stockholm. 

Jönsson, Åke 

Vägledning till solskens Olympiaden 

[Suède]: Kotornet Media, 2012. – 512 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789163700859 

CIO MA 25490 * classif.: 705(086) 

A commemorative book of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912, in Swedish. 

Molzberger, Ansgar 

A premiere with obstacles: the Olympic art competitions 1912 in Stockholm 


The inclusion of art competition in the program of the Olympic Games is known to have been a 

special affair of the heart for Pierre de Coubertin and something he had pursued since the 

beginning of his Olympic career. 

Londres 1908 / London 1908 

Davis, David. 

Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: the 1908 Olympic marathon and the three runners 

who launched a sporting craze 

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2012. – 308 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780312641009 

CIO MA 25507 * classif.: 704(086 

The eyes of the world watched as three runners—dirt poor Johnny Hayes, who used to run 

barefoot through the streets of New York City; candymaker Dorando Pietri; and the famed Tom 

Longboat—converged for an epic battle at the 1908 London Olympics. In ―Showdown at 

Shepherd's Bush‖, David Davis recalls a time when runners braved injurious roads with slips of 

leather for shoes and when marathon mania became a worldwide obsession. 


Athènes 1896 / Athens 1896 

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Küttner, Berthold 

Where there still Olympic champions in rowing in 1896? 


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Reisler, Jim 

Igniting the flame: America's first Olympic team 

Guilford: Lyons Press, 2012. – 192 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780762778485 

CIO MA 25547 * classif.: 701(086) 

The first U.S. Olympic team ―a ragtag group of 14 men, mostly Ivy Leaguers‖ caused a swell of 

national pride while taking home 11 gold medals and paving the way for generations of U.S. 

Olympians. Author Jim Reisler chronicles the growing American sports scene in the 19th Century, 

the men of influence who established a modern Olympics, and how a squad of moderately 

talented Americans, funded independently, competing without the backing of the Amateur Athletic 

Union or their universities, went off to Athens, anyway. By triumphing in their events, they won not 

only gold but also the hearts and minds of the world. 

2.9. Héritages et impacts des JO / OG legacies and impacts 

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Adrega, Pedro 

Hosting is winning: Olympic Games through history 

IN: FINA Aquatics world magazine, No 2(2012), pp. 32-39 

It is easy to understand the weight and importance of the Olympic Games for a host city. It 

happened in Ancient times, it continues in the present. 


The story of the Olympic Torch 

Stroud: Amberley, 2012. – 126 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781445601809 


Passed from hand to hand, the Olympic flame has become one of the great symbols of sport. The 

relay from the ruins at Olympia in Greece forges a powerful bond with the Ancient Olympic 

Games. Using original documents, ―The Story of the Olympic Torch” chronicles the development of 

the run as the first great event of the Games. It describes the symbolism as the spark is kindled 

from the rays of the sun in Olympia at the start of the journey. It reveals the obstacles faced by 

organizers in 1948 before the flame could be brought to London. It explains why three Olympic 

torch relays were organized in 1956, and describes the many original ways the flame has been 

transported, from under the ocean and to the highest mountain. The lighting of the cauldron is the 

final dramatic moment of an opening ceremony, but it is by no means the oldest part of the 

Olympic ritual. Barker explores the importance of music and the five Olympic Rings. Tables detail 

the facts and figures of each relay and for the first time list every runner to have carried the torch 

on British soil and the main stopping points of the route for 2012. The roll of honour also includes 

those who have taken the Olympic Oath. 


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Planning for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy: a figurational analysis 

IN: International journal of sport policy and politics, Vol. 4(3), 2012, pp. 361-377 

The purpose of this article is to provide a figurational analysis of the plans for the participation 

legacy of London 2012. In the build-up to hosting the Games, there have been three different 

Prime Ministers and two different London Mayors; therefore, the changing political, and economic, 

landscape that impacted on the policy formation is a feature of this article. From a figurational 

sociological perspective, policy tends to be a complex, often contradictory and messy process 

frequently lacking a convincing evidence base. Such features are quite apparent within the legacy 

policies analysed for this article. This research entailed qualitative documentary analysis of official 

publications (n = 102) from selected organizations. Documents were analysed through coding 

emerging themes. A key feature of our findings was the centrality of the notion of an inherent 

‗inspiration‘ in virtually all publications analysed. It also emerged that the complexity of the 

networks involved in ‗delivering‘ the legacy contributed to an unintended consequence that few, if 

any, organizations were willing to take accountability for any specific participation legacy 

outcomes. There was also limited reference to valid evidence in support of the claims being made 

in most publications. Despite the changing political climate, policy was characterized by continuity 

alongside change. The London 2012 Games were found to be too much of a ‗focusing event‘ that 

the change in government did not impact substantially on the process. 

Coaffee, Jon 

Policy transfer, regeneration legacy and the summer Olympic Games: lessons for 

London 2012 and beyond 

IN: International journal of sport policy & politics, 19 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-17 

The hosting of major sporting events, often linked to elite sports development systems, has 

become a key determinant of urban and state promotion as well as related policy objectives, 

notably around enhancing levels of physical activity, and stimulating the social, economic and 

environmental regeneration of host cities – commonly now referred to as ‗legacy‘. What is 

noticeable about such major event bidding documents and subsequent market analysis and 

government rhetoric regarding the rationale for, and likely successes of, hosting major sporting 

events is the adoption of a set of uncritical but standardized justifications regarding the benefits 

that such events will bring to the host community and nation. Commonly, it is argued that such 

legacy will ensue simply because it has been evident at prior events around the globe. Within this 

context and with specific reference to the summer Olympiad to be held in London in 2012, this 

article unpacks some of the difficulties that occur when mega-event policy is transferred, often 

uncritically from city to city and nation to nation. After situating this article within the context of 

ongoing political science debates regarding the efficiency and efficacy of ‗policy transfer‘, 

especially within recent and contemporary UK sports policy context, this article focuses upon how 

a number of paradoxes have emerged through attempts to deliver Olympic legacy that highlights a 

number of shortcomings, especially with regard to financial and democratic accountability, and the 

likelihood of regeneration legacies that benefit local people. 


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London 2012 Olympic legacy: a big sporting society? 

IN: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Ahead of Print, 5 April 2012, pp. 1- 

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The Olympic asserts that ‗the practice of sport is a human right‘ and outlines role 12 of the IOC as 

being ‗to encourage and support the development of sport for all‘. This signals an aspiration to the 

right to sport for all. Notwithstanding this, the UK Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition 

government has consolidated and extended a shift in UK sport policy from ‗sport for social good‘ to 

‗competitive sport for sport's sake‘. In December 2010, the government published ‗Plans for the 

Legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games‘. The first of the four areas of focus is to 

harness ‗the United Kingdom's passion for sport to increase grass-roots participation, particularly 

by young people‘ and encourage ‗the whole population to be more physically active‘. This appears 

to relate to sport for some, and physical activity for others. Nevertheless, the coalition has 

signalled a belief in ‗big society‘ and democratic not bureaucratic accountability. 

This article proposes a theoretical framework of a ‗big sporting society‘ comprising three 

generations of sporting rights. This enables an evaluation of emergent sport policy in relation to 

the London 2012 Olympic Games legacy and the Olympic Charter. It is argued that the realization 

of the 2012 legacy relating to the IOC's aspiration to sport as a human right for all, and consequent 

democratic sporting accountability, necessitates a ‗sport for all‘ rather than ‗competitive sport for 

sport's sake‘ policy direction, and the development of all three generations of sporting rights, 

resulting in a ‗big sporting society‘. 

Evans, Owen 

Building on success 

IN: Sportbusiness international, No 175 (Feb. 2012), pp. 52-56 

The feel-good-factor from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics has paved the way for a busy 

sports events era in Canada. Owen Evans analyses the success of Vancouver and sees how the 

country‘s events strategy has developed since. 

Evans, Owen 

Sport’s biggest losers 


How do you justify a multi-million dollar attempt to host a major sports event when it all goes 

wrong? Off the back of last month‘s Global Sports Forum Barcelona, where the topic was 

discussed at length, Owen Evans looks at the cities who have shown how to be victorious in 

bidding defeat. 

Garcia, Beatriz 

The Olympic Games and cultural policy 

London: Routledge, 2012. – 286 p.– ISBN 9780415995634 


This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of 

the Olympic Games. Beatriz Garcia examines the concept and evolution of cultural policies 

throughout the recent history of the Olympic Games and then specifically evaluates the cultural 

program of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Garcia argues that the cultural relevance of a major 

event is highly dependant on the consistency of the policy choices informing its cultural 

dimensions. She demonstrates how major events, such as the Olympic Games, frequently fail to 

leave long-term cultural legacies and are often unable to provide an experience that fully engages 

and represents the host community, due to their over-emphasis on an economic rather than a 

social and cultural agenda. 


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Prime mover 


Tony Blair, who as British prime minister played a significant role in securing the 2012 Olympic 

Games for London, tells Richard Gillis his long-term legacy vision for the event and what role he 

believed big business should have in supporting grassroots sport. 

Girginov, Vassil 

Governance of the London 2012 Olympic Games legacy 

IN: International review for the sociology of sport, Vol. 47 (5), October 2012, pp. 543-558 

This article examines the construction of the 2012 London Olympics sport legacy as a governance 

issue. It presents legacy not as a retrospective but a prospective concept concerned with shaping 

the future through interactions between the state, market and society. 

Goeman, Steven 

Rotterdam 2028 Olympic stadium fleet: a life cycle approach to sustainable 

olympic architecture 


CIO MA 25437 * classif.: 033.2 

Reusing materials and parts of stadium construction will be more important for future events such 

as the Olympic Games. The times when large venues and stadiums are built without post-Olympic 

usage are over. A temporary event asks for different ways of designing venues. The Rotterdam 

2028 stadium fleet is providing a perspective for future Olympic design and engineering. The 

research is based around; existing sustainable designed stadiums, future concepts for sustainable 

stadiums and the engineering of a floating stadium concept. 

Gold, John R ... [et al.] 

The making of olympic cities 

London: Routledge, 2012. – 4 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9780415553520 (Vol. 1). ISBN 

9780415553537 (Vol. 2). ISBN 9780415553544 (Vol. 3). ISBN 9780415553551 

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Vol. I: Contexts and overviews. Vol. II: The early Games: 1896-1956. –Vol. III: Fluctuating 

fortunes: 1960 - 1992. –Vol. IV: Sustainability and legacy: 1994 - 2010. 

In the first forty or so years following its revival at the end of the nineteenth century, the burdens 

placed on cities hosting a modern Olympic Games were relatively modest. However, as the 

Games have grown in size and stature, morphing from a small-scale summer festival into an 

intensively mediated global lollapalooza, demands on host cities have massively increased, 

resulting in the construction of vast and expensive new stadia, Olympic villages, and associated 

infrastructure. Moreover, after the Second World War, host cities have increasingly used the 

Olympics as a means to achieve ambitious non-sporting policy goals. This new four-volume 

collection brings together key primary-source materials and the best scholarship and serious 

commentary to elucidate and explore the planning, making, and generation of Olympic cities. The 

gathered materials (some of which are reproduced in facsimile to give users a strong sense of 

immediacy to the original texts) cover topics such as how cities have embraced the Olympics into 

their town-planning strategies; built new stadia and sports facilities; and constructed new transport 

and other communications networks. ―The Making of Olympic Cities‖ is an essential work. 

Hanssens, Stéphane 

Analyse des impacts de grands événements sportifs sur les politiques publiques 

des Etats les accueillant: études de cas sur la FIFA et le CIO 

Louvain: Ecole des sciences politiques et sociales, 2012. – 142 p. 


Dans ce travail de mémoire, l'auteur a analysé les conséquences des grands évènements sportifs 

organisés par le Comité International Olympique (CIO) et la Fédération Internationale de Football 

Association (FIFA) sur les politiques publiques des pouvoirs en place. 


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Hayes, Graeme... [et al.]. 

Olympic Games, mega-events and civil societies: globalization, environment, 

resistance 

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. – 292 p. – ISBN 9780230244177 

CIO MA 25161 * classif.: 033.2 

This volume explores sports mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value 

systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they make on us and the claims the organisers 

make for them, the spatial and ethical relationships they create, and the responses of civil 

societies to them. Our premise is that sports mega-events are not simply sporting or cultural 

phenomena. They are also political and economic events, characterised by the generation and 

projection of symbolic meanings – most obviously over the nature of statehood, economic power, 

and of collective cultural identity – and by social conflict, especially over land use, and over the 

extent and contours of public spending commitments. 

Heere, Bob and Xing, Xiaoyan 

BOCOG's road to success: predictors of commitment to organizational success among 

Beijing Olympic employees 

IN: European sport management quarterly, Vol. 12(2), 2012, pp. 161-181 

The success of mega sport event organizing committees is measured by their capacity to deliver 

the event at the end of their lifecycle when committees undergo fast growth and staff members are 

under high pressure. To examine event employee commitment during later stages of event 

preparation, we tested the relationship between organizational identity, national identity, benefits of 

working for an organizing committee, job satisfaction, and the commitment to organizational 

success (COS) among Chinese employees of the Beijing Organizing Committee (N=307) through 

structural equation modeling. It appeared that COS is explained by national identity and the 

particular benefits of working toward the organization of the Olympic Games. Whether they are 

satisfied with the job, and their levels of organizational identity do not affect their commitment to 

the event. These findings suggest that these employees view their work as an investment in their 

future and as a service to their nation. 

Heimermann, Benoît 

Grèce: ces Jeux qui ont attisé la crise 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1544 (18 fév. 2012), pp. 56-60 

Si les Jeux Olympiques d‘Athènes en 2004 n‘ont pas précipité la crise financière qui étouffe la 

Grèce, ils ont contribué à l‘amplification du marasme général. Enquête. 

Hiller, Harry H. 

Host cities and the Olympics: an interactionist approach 

New York: Routledge, 2012. – 176 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415522410 

CIO MA 25529 * classif.: 033.2 

Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national 

significance, this book understands the Games as a civic project for the host city that serves as a 

catalyst for a variety of urban interests over a period of many years from the bidding phase 

through the event itself. Traditional Olympic studies have tended to examine the Games from an 

outsider's perspective or as something experienced through the print media or television. In 

contrast, the focus presented here is on the dynamics within the host city understood as a 

community of interacting individuals who encounter the Games in a variety of ways through 

support, opposition, or even indifference but who have a profound influence on the outcome of the 

Games as actors and players in the Olympics as a drama. Adopting a symbolic interactionist 

approach, the book offers a new interpretive model through which to understand the Olympic 

Games by exploring the relationship between the Games and residents of the host city. Key 

analytical concepts such as framing, dramaturgy, the public realm, and the symbolic field are 

introduced and illustrated through empirical research from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, 

and it is shown how the social media and shifts in public opinion reflected interaction effects within 

the city. 


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London 2012: „race‟ matters and the East End 


This article examines legacy claims made by a range of agencies and organizations involved in 

the London 2012 Olympic Development Programme, and specifically the notion that this will 

inevitably lead to the regeneration of communities. We advocate the application of critical race 

theory (CRT) to provide an article that argues that ‗race‘ matters in Olympic legacy discourses. We 

identify the shortcomings of the rhetoric of legacy Olympic-speak and its dissonance with the 

micro-detail of accumulated historical factors, experiences and day-to-day routines for these 

communities. It is argued here that single-mega-event policies cannot be the answer to 

entrenched racial inequalities in sport though they can contribute to alleviating many issues. In 

shifting ‗race‘ from the periphery to the centre, CRT ensures that at the very least these issues are 

considered alongside others. The notion of ‗community‘ is critiqued to the point that slippery legacy 

discourses become transparent. Ideologies are neither value-free and neutral nor ahistorical as the 

use of interest convergence here reasonably outlines more than altruism in the agendas 

underpinning the bid for the London 2012 Games. If lasting legacy is to be achieved, then broader 

social, cultural and historical factors need to be fully considered by policymakers or policy gaps will 

be further perpetuated. 

Holz, Jean-Marc (éd.). 

Les Jeux Olympiques et leurs territoires 

[Perpignan]: Presses universitaires de Perpignan, 2011. – 247 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9782354121433 

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Les Jeux Olympiques ont conquis la planète : comment s'est opérée cette universalisation du 

sport? Quels en sont les enjeux territoriaux ? Universitaire, expert ou journaliste, une dizaine 

d'observateurs portent le regard du géographe sur les impacts géopolitiques et territoriaux du 

phénomène olympique, de l'échelle mondiale au local. À l'heure des Jeux de Londres 2012 et de 

l'échec d'Annecy 2018, ils proposent un ouvrage très documenté et vivant, reposant sur des 

études de cas précis issues de recherches originales, des témoignages et des enquêtes de 

terrain. 

Hylton, Kevin & Morpeth, Nigel D. 

London 2012: „race‟ matters and the East End 

IN: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, pp. 1-18, Ahead of Print,9 March 

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Jakobsen, Jo … [et al.] 

Fool's gold: major sport events and foreign direct investment 

IN: International journal of sport policy and politics, 29 August 2012, Ahead of Print, pp. 

1-18 

Whether or not a city or a country should bid to host the Olympics or one of the big international 

football tournaments is often the source of heated debates. One question that is always raised is 

whether hosting such an event yields positive economic benefits. Using data from the period 

1970–2009 we investigate whether there is a link between hosting a major sport event and the 

amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) a country receives. We employ time-series cross-section 

data for countries that have hosted either the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics, the FIFA 

World Cup or the UEFA European Championship in that period. While our overall results, on 

balance, offer support to the ‗pessimistic‘ side of the debate about the economic effects of hosting 

mega events, our findings also indicate that some FDI benefits might still accrue to the host. 

Results are not unambiguous, however. More detailed analysis suggests that staging the Olympics 

has virtually no effect on FDI inflows, whereas hosting a major, nationwide football tournament 

might have a small positive impact on foreign investment, particularly in the years leading up to the 

event. These latter results seem to be driven by smaller nations. 

Jappert, Julian et Emmanuelle 

Des Jeux à la hauteur des enjeux 

IN: Sport et citoyenneté, no 20 (sept./nov. 2012), pp. 26-28 

La flamme s‘est éteinte… Quelques semaines après le fin des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques 

de Londres 2012, quel premier bilan pouvons-nous tirer de cet événement et de son impact 

sociétal ? Lors d‘une table ronde organisée le 4 août dernier au Club France à Londres, « Sport et 

citoyenneté » a ouvert le débat, en compagnie de Jean-Pierre Mougin, secrétaire général du 

Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français, Thierry Zintz, Vice-président du Comité Olympique 

Interfédéral Belge et administrateur de « Sport et citoyenneté », et Alain Arvin-Bérod, philosophe, 

également administrateur de « Sport et citoyenneté ». Nous leur avons demandé de poursuivre ce 

débat à travers une interview croisée proposée ici. 

Kaplanidou, Kiryaki 

The importance of legacy outcomes for Olympic Games four summer host cities 

residents' quality of life: 1996–2008 


The importance of legacy evaluation for Olympic host cities is noted in sport, tourism, economic, 

and sociological journals. However, there was lack of empirical evidence of the Olympic Games 

long-term effects in local societies. Thus, this study explored the importance of legacy outcomes 

for residents' quality of life in four Summer Olympic cities: Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, and Beijing. 

The study utilized survey research with the four cities residents. The questionnaires reflected the 

Olympic Games legacy outcomes as noted in International Olympic Committee official final 

Olympic Games reports. ANOVA and t-tests were used to estimate how significant the outcomes 

were and whether demographics influenced residents' perceptions across the four cities. The 

results suggest that residents of Atlanta and Sydney value outcomes from the Games such as 

emotional investment and spaces associated with the Games that have a socialization dimension 

higher than residents of Athens and Beijing who value the more tangible outcomes as more 

important for their quality of life. All residents evaluated the importance of the outcomes for their 

quality of life in a positive light but differences were found within the different demographic profiles 

of the residents. 


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Legacy perceptions among host and non-host Olympic Games residents: a longitudinal 

study of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games 

IN: European sport management quarterly, Vol. 12, no 3, June 2012, pp. 243-264 

This study examined host and non-host residents' legacy perceptions of the Olympic Games 

utilizing social exchange theory. The importance and legacy outcome evaluation relative to 

residents' quality of life six months prior, during, and six months after the 2010 Vancouver Olympic 

Games were evaluated. Data were collected using a telephone survey from a sample of residents 

living in Vancouver and Ottawa, Canada. Results revealed environmental legacies as the most 

important across cities and over time followed by economic and socio-cultural legacies. During the 

event and six months after the event, residents in both cities and over time evaluated tourism, 

socio-cultural, and psychological legacies as satisfactory, while expected economic legacies were 

not satisfactory. Psychological legacies were valued mostly during and post-event. The study's 

theoretical implications involve the differential weight of legacy outcomes for host and non-host 

residents and the dynamic processes involved in the evaluation of some legacy categories versus 

others. 

Kassens, Eva 

Planning Olympic legacies: transport dreams and urban realities 


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When a city wins the right to hold the Olympics, one of the oft cited advantages to the region is the 

catalytic effect upon the urban and transport projects of the host cities. However, with unparalleled 

access to documents and records, Eva Kassens-Noor questions and challenges this fundamental 

assertion of host cities who claim to have used the Olympic Games as a way to move forward their 

urban agendas In fact, transport dreams to stage the "perfect games" of the International Olympic 

Committee and the governments of the host cities have lead to urban realities that significantly 

differ from the development path the city had set out to accomplish before winning the Olympic 

bid. Ultimately it is precisely the IOC,s influence - and the city,s foresight and sophistication (or 

lack thereof) in coping with it - that determines whether years after the Games there are legacies 

benefitting the former hosts. The text is supported by revealing interviews from lead host city 

planners and key documents, which highlight striking discrepancies between media broadcasts 

and the internal communications between the IOC and host city governments. It focuses on the 

inside story of the urban and transport change process undergone by four cities (Barcelona, 

Atlanta, Sydney, and Athens) that staged the Olympics and forecasts London and Rio de Janeiro,s 

urban trajectories. The final chapter advises cities on how to leverage the Olympic opportunity to 

advance their long-run urban strategic plans and interests while fulfilling the International Olympic 

Committee,s fundamental requirements. 

Kay, Tess 

Accounting for legacy: monitoring and evaluation in sport in development relationships 

IN: Sport in society, 2 August 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-17 

Recent years have seen the extension of the Olympic legacy concept to include the use of sport in 

international development. As in the wider policy area of international development, the external 

partners that fund sport programmes require in-country accountability for the use of their 

investment and this has led to monitoring and evaluation (M+E) programmes becoming prominent 

in knowledge production in sport. Academic and policy debates have emerged around the 

significant methodological challenges in conducting M+E in international development contexts, 

but less attention has been paid to the social processes implicit in M+E systems. These processes 

are significant because of the role of M+E as a mechanism of accountability and control between 

‗donors‘ and ‗recipients‘ of international development aid. Informed by five years experience of 

evaluating international sport in development programmes and Olympic legacy initiatives, this 

paper explores this aspect of the role of M+E. It draws on the wider international development 

literature to examine the role of M+E in the relationship between funders and recipients, especially 

when M+E practices are problematic. The paper suggests that despite the rhetoric of ‗partnership‘ 

that surrounds sport in development and Olympic legacy programmes, M+E systems play a major 

role in constructing the donor–recipient relationship as hierarchical. M+E procedures are shaped 

by funders' information requirements, emphasize external accountability, limit local programme 

learning, compromise data quality and impose burdensome forms of data collection and reporting 

that undermine relationships. 


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The longitudinal changes of national identity in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan 

before, during and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games 

IN: The International journal of the history of sport, Vol. 29(9), June 2012, pp. 1281-1294 

The present study examined longitudinal changes in Asian (i.e. Mainland China, Hong Kong and 

Taiwan) school students‘ national identity before, during and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 

Participants were 946 secondary students aged 12–17 years from Mainland China, Hong Kong 

and Taiwan. This study revealed that residence, especially the hosting city, acted as the most 

significant factor in longitudinal changes and contribution to the national identity among the three 

regions. The time factor (before, during and after the Games) was only significant when it 

interacted with residence. These findings suggest that residence (hosting city) provided the 

greatest contribution in national identity before, during and after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 

Leopkey, Becca and Parent, Milena M. 

The (Neo) institutionalization of legacy and its sustainable governance within the 

Olympic Movement 


The purpose of this article was to further explore the emergence of legacy and the process 

through which it becomes a taken-for-granted institutional rule that has impacted how 

organizations plan and implement the Games. More specifically, this article reviews why and how 

legacy was adopted, the forces at play, and the subsequent implications on bid and organizing 

committees and other actors within the Olympic Movement. Institutional theory is applied as a 

theoretical framework to investigate the emergence and evolution of legacy and its governance. 

The organizational field under investigation consists of the committees involved in the bidding for 

and hosting of the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee as the main rights holder, 

and other actors within the Olympic Movement which impact or can be impacted by the event's 

legacy (e.g., national and international sport organizations and sponsors). Archival material was 

used as the primary source of data. This source included multiple types of documentation such as 

bid documents, candidature files, final reports, and related websites. Institutionalization is an 

ongoing process. As such, in order to further understand the adoption of legacy into the Olympic 

Movement, the evolution of the concept was broken down into the pre-institutionalization, semiinstitutionalization, 

and full institutionalization phases as described by Tolbert and Zucker. 

Managerial implications that arise as a result of the institutionalization of legacy and the 

subsequent objectification of its governance are discussed. 

Looks can be deceiving 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 176 (March 2012), pp. 69-72 

The increasing sophistication and flexibility of temporary structures continues to provide event 

organizers with new ways of creating world-class facilities thatmeet a range of economic and 

environmental considerations. Matt Cutler looks at the latest developments in the field. 

Maenning, Wolfgang ; Zimbalist, Andrew 

International handbook on the economics of mega-sporting events 

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2012. – 625 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780857930262 

CIO MA 25444 * classif.: 033.2 

From the Olympics to the World Cup, mega sporting events are a source of enjoyment for tens of 

thousands of people, but can also be a source of intense debate and controversy. This insightful 

new Handbook addresses a number of central questions, including: How are host cities selected 

and under what economic conditions? How are these events organized, and how is local 

resistance overcome? Based on historical and empirical experience, what are the pitfalls for the 

organizers of these events? What are the potential economic benefits, including any international 

image effects? How can the costs be minimized and the benefits maximized for host cities and 

countries? How do these mega events impact the challenges of globalization and what is their 

environmental legacy? 


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Toronto‟s Olympic ambitions: an investigation of the Olympic bidding legacy in one modern 

city 

Rapport de recherche, 2011, 38 p. 

Toronto has failed to secure the right to the host the Olympic Games on five different occasions 

(1960, 1964, 1976, 1996, 2008). This research expands the concept of Olympic legacy to include 

the bidding process and investigates what Toronto‘s Olympic bid efforts have accomplished. 

Previous research has shown that Toronto‘s Olympic bids do not emerge from a love of sport, 

instead they have been driven by the desire to use the Olympic Games as a vehicle to stimulate a 

large scale redevelopment of Toronto‘s waterfront (Oliver 2011). Toronto‘s most recent bid did 

produce a serious public debate about urban waterfront renewal in Toronto. Less clear is the result 

of the bidding process on the local sport landscape. This research demonstrates that sport and 

recreation are not seen as important pieces of the city‘s public infrastructure and consequently 

Toronto has had to place its hope on the legacies of hosting (or winning), which even if ultimately 

successful, might represent a losing strategy for sport development. 

Paterson, Neil ; Robinson, Adam ; Brylewski, Robin 

Breeam and the code for sustainable homes on the London 2012 Olympic Park: 

lessons from the Velodrome, Aquatics Centre and the Olympic and Paralympic 

Village 

Watford: IHS BRE Press, 2012. – 52 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781848062740 

CIO MA 25603 * classif.: 072.5 

This publication contributes to the ―learning legacy‖ for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic 

Games and shares the lessons learned about sustainable design and construction on this 

exceptional project with the construction industry. The report examines the achievement of high 

levels of sustainability on two of the key venues at the Olympic Park: the Velodrome and Aquatics 

Centre; and the sustainable homes on the Olympic and Paralympic Village. 

Perez, Beatriz ; Zbinden, Céline 

Le village olympique: de l'éphémère au permanent 

Lausanne: EPFL, 2012. – 165 p. : ill. 


Projet de Master, énoncé théorique, EPFL, section Architecture. 

Cette étude se focalise sur les facteurs qui permettent de définir la meilleure stratégie à adopter , 

la situation idéale pour le village olympique au sein de la ville hôte ou encore les mesures qui 

engendreront un projet durable. 

Questions économiques: à Londres, discussion sur le pouvoir d’attraction des 

Jeux 

IN: Panathlon international, no 2 (mai-août 2012), p. 19 

Retour sur l‘article consacré aux Jeux Olympiques de Londres par la ―Business Strategy Review― 

de la London Business School. 

Sheard, Rod and James, Andrew 

Adaptable stadia 

IN: Panstadia, Vol. 17(4), 2012, pp. 114-118 

Populous Senior Principals Rod Sheard and Andrew James explore how the company has been at 

the forefront of challenging perceptions in the development of stadium architecture, from the basic 

reconfiguration of the Sydney Olympic Stadium in 2000, to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium and 

onto the Incheon 2014 Asian Games Stadium. 


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International sports events: impacts, experiences and identities 


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This book offers new insight into International Sports Events (ISEs), examining the relationship 

between sport, tourism and events. It assesses sports events through the lens of both sports 

participants and spectators, based on three primary themes: impacts, experiences and identities. 

The first section of the book contributes to the future development of knowledge by analyzing the 

impact of sport events and their legacies from economic, environmental, social, sporting, political 

and cultural perspectives – an understanding of the impacts and potential legacies of sports 

events is fundamental to their future development. In the second section of the book, the focus 

moves from impact and legacy issues towards exploring consumer behavior and participant 

experiences at a diverse selection of International Sports Events. The emphasis within this section 

is grounded within the tourism dimension of sports events. Section three of the book highlights the 

dominant role of identity at a diverse selection of sports events, and demonstrates how that 

identity is displayed whilst either watching or participating in sport and leisure. The book provides 

an international analysis drawing on emerging empirical research conducted across a diverse 

range of sport and leisure activities and contrasting locations. Linked to the three underlying 

themes of the book, a future research agenda for International Sports Events is provided which is 

centered on four key pillars: impact, identity, internationalization and interdisciplinary research. 

Sotiriadou, Popi & Brouwers, Jessie 

A critical analysis of the impact of the Beijing Olympic Games on Australia's sport 

policy direction 

IN: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, p. 1-21, 9 March 2012 

This article is a critical analysis of the impact of Beijing Olympic Games on Australia's sport policy 

direction. More specifically, the article uses the multiple streams (MS) model as a conceptual 

framework for the analysis of the Australian sport policy environment before and after the 2008 

Beijing Olympic Games. The major influences on this environment at the time of this analysis are 

the Crawford Report, a substantial review of the Australian sport system, structures and policies 

(Crawford, D. 2009 - The future of sport in Australia, Canberra : Department of Health and Ageing, 

Commonwealth of Australia) and the federal government's response to that review in 2010. The 

results of this analysis reflect the synergy of issues, political events and policy direction of 

Australian elite sport after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The analysis shows that Australia is 

heading towards an era in which there will be stronger connections between community sport and 

high-performance sport, with the government playing an increasing leadership role. It is argued 

here that the use of MS provides a strong foundation for understanding policy processes, and that 

it makes it possible to go beyond mere description of sport policies and historical narratives of how 

those policies emerged. 

The secret Olympian: the inside story of the Olympic experience 

London: Bloomsbury, 2012. – 215 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781408154922 

CIO MA 25354 * classif.: 033.2 

The vast majority of us can only dream of being an Olympic-level athlete - but we have no real 

idea of what that means. Here, for the first time, in all its shocking, funny and downright bizarre 

glory, is the truth of the Olympic experience. It is an unimaginable world: the kitting-out ceremony 

with its 35kg of team clothing per athlete, the pre-Olympic holding camp with its practical jokes, 

resentment, fighting and freaky physiological regimes, the politicians' visits with their flirty spouses, 

the vast range of athletes with their odd body shapes and freakish genetics, the release postcompetition 

in the Olympic village with all the excessive drinking, eating, partying and sex (not 

necessarily in that order,) the hysteria of homecoming celebrations and the comedown that 

follows- how do you adjust to life after the Games? The Secret Olympian talks to scores of 

Olympic athletes- past and present, from Munich 1960 right through to London 2012, including 

British, American, Australian, Dutch, French, Croatian, German, Canadian and Italian competitors. 

They all have a tale to tell- and most of those tales would make your eyes pop more than an 

Olympic weightlifter's. 

TSE Consulting 

Maximising social impact: lessons learnt from social programmes of past major 

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The report follows a study conducted by TSE over the summer. The purpose of the report is to 

help host cities gain insight into past social programmes and key lessons learnt from organisers so 

that future hosts can seize the opportunity to create successful and sustainable social 

programmes in the future. The report is not aimed at being an exhaustive study, but an in-depth 

look at a few good cases. In-depth interviews were conducted with past social programme 

organisers such as "2010 Legacies Now" from Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, "Commonwealth 

Games Legacy Programme" from Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and "Football for 

Hope Festival" from South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup. Conclusions from the report show that 

early planning is essential to the success of social programmes. This is due to the need to 

integrate the right stakeholders and that programmes will often take years, rather than months to 

show positive results. 

Van Proove, Ernst-Jan 

The Netherlands 2028: real estate development strategies towards a successful 

Olympic legacy 


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This report encompasses the quote above and searches beyond the regular scope to dissect the 

most optimal Olympic movement. Stakeholders, urban development strategies and sustainable 

development ambition levels are just a small number of aspects former Olympic movements have 

comprehended. This is where this research comes into play; how did former host cities tackle the 

Olympic assignment? Lessons learned from former Olympiads are combined and analysed, to be 

eventually translated to the Dutch context in order to achieve a suited Olympic development 

advice for the Netherlands in 2028 


Picthing camps 


David Walmsley books at the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics in the shape of the new highclass 

facilities created in UK towns and cities built and upgraded to host visiting teams from 

around the world. How will training camps maximize their return on investment now the Greatest 

Show on earth has left town? 

Wicker, Pamela… [et.al.] 

The value of Olympic success and the intangible effects of sport event: a contingent 

valuation approach in Germany 

IN: European sport management quarterly, 19 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp.1-19 

Olympic Games produce tangible and intangible effects that have been extensively researched; 

however little is known on the importance of Olympic success to the population. The purpose of 

this study was to investigate the value of Olympic success using the contingent valuation method 

(CVM). The empirical evaluation is undertaken with data from a nationwide population survey in 

Germany (n=2006). Residents were asked to state their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for Germany 

being ranked first in the medal table and for a German winning a gold medal in track and field at 

the 2012 London Olympics. Average WTP amounts to €6.13 and €5.21, respectively. The 

regression results show that consumption capital and intangible factors were significant 

determinants of WTP. The findings can be integrated into cost-benefit analyses that are carried out 

for major sport events and can help justifying the use of taxpayer money to finance major sport 

events and elite sport development. 


2.10. Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse / Youth Olympic Games 

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YOG: befitting start to the Olympic year 

IN: AIPS magazine : sport media world, no 1(2012), p. 44-45 

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Innsbruck: récit d’Eric Courtois, bénévole aux premiers JOJ d’hiver 

IN: Le Flambeau: revue officielle du Comité olympique et sportif luxembourgeois, no 76 

(juin 2012), pp. 34-43 

Eric Courtois a servi comme NOC assitant aux 1 ers Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse d‘Innsbruck 

2012. En quoi consiste cette fonction ? Quelles ont été ses principales activités ? Récit… 

Evans, Owen 

IOC’s Olympic conundrum 

IN: Sportbusiness international, No 175 (Feb. 2012), p. 24 

Are the Youth Olympics still the IOC‘s trump card to combat its ageing audience, or has its appeal 

already started to wane? 

Fontanet, Elia M. 

A fund raising plan for Youth Olympic Games: the Nanjing 2014 Puerto Rico project 

Poitiers: University of Poitiers, 2011. – 108 p. 

Master exécutif en management des organisations sportives, MEMOS XIV (2010-2011) 

Guth, Fernand 

Les 1ers Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse d’hiver Innsbruck 2012: du 13 au 22 

janvier 2012 

IN: Le Flambeau: revue officielle du Comité olympique et sportif luxembourgeois, no 76 

(juin 2012), pp. 12-27 

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Best of Innsbruck 2012 

Lausanne : CIO, 2012. – 1 DVD-vidéo (NTSC / PAL) 

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Ce DVD est fourni avec la Revue olympique no 82(2012). 

DVD included in the Olympic review 82(2012). 

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Best performance among the little ones: 1 st Youth Olympic Winter Games in 

Innsbruck 

IN: Biathlon World, no 26(2012), pp. 34-38 

The first Olympic Winter Games for young athletes was held this Winter. The Austrian city of 

Innsbruck hosted an Olympic Games for the third time. As compared to the ―big‖ Games, however, 

they were smaller in many aspects. Admission to the events was free of charge, inspections were 

down to a minimum and the opening and closing celebrations were not oversized either. 

Review of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games: young luge talents hooked 

on the Olympic Games 

IN: FIL Magazin, Vol. 1 (June 2012), p.7 

Soliani, Renata ; Monego, Maurizio 

La première édition d’hiver des Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse 

IN: Panathlon international, no 1 (janvier-avril 2012) pp. 22-25 

Strauch, Melanie 

Winter Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck 2012 = Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 

Innsbruck 2012 = Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse d‟Hiver Innsbruck 2012 

IN: Bulletin official FIS, no 161 (2012), pp. 38-41 

Article trilingue (français, anglais, allemand) de la FIS, contenant notamment : 

Un avant-goût de l‘expérience olympique. – Des programmes culturels et sportifs. 

Tisis 2012 

Tiroler Sportinformationssystem: 1. Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2012 in 

Innsbruck und Seefeld 13. – 22. Jänner 2012 

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Innsbruck: Innsbruck 2012, 2012 

Be part of it !: official report of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games 

Innsbruck: Innsbruck 2012, 2012. – 176 p. 

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Guide des services médicaux 

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Innsbruck 2012 spectator guide: 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 

Innsbruck: Innsbruck 2012, [2012?]. – 39 p.: ill. 

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L'important c'est de participer: rapport officiel des Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse 

d'hiver de 2012 à Innsbruck 

Innsbruck: Innsbruck 2012, 2012. – 176 p. 

Rapport officiel des premiers Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse d'hiver à Innsbruck en 2012. 

Media guide 

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Results book: as of 23 January 2012: Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck 

2012. – Innsbruck: Innsbruck 2012, 2012. – 154 p. 

Presents the results of all the sports and disciplines of the 2012 1 st Winter Youth Olympic Games. 

Technical procedures for doping control 



Workforce guidebook = Workforce Handbuch 

Innsbruck: Innsbruck 2012, [2012?]. – 47, 47 p.: ill. – 


Brochures d‟équipe / Team booklets 

British Olympic Association 

Team GB handbook: Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games 

London: British Olympic Association, 2012. – 34 p.: ill. 


Comité national olympique et sportif français ; dir. Denis Masseglia 

Guide de l'équipe de France olympique: 1ers Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse 

d'hiver : du 13 au 22 janvier 2012 à Innsbruck 

Paris: CNOSF, 2012. – 69 p.: ill. 


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Deutsche Jugend-Olympiamannschaft: German Youth Olympic Team: Innsbruck 

2012 Youth Olympic Games 

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The Youth Olympic team of Ukraine: official handbook 2012: I Winter Youth 

Olympic Games = ... 

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Österreichisches Olympisches Comité 

Youth Olympic Team Austria: Olympia guide Winter Youth Olympic Games 

Innsbruck 2012: 13. bis 22. Jänner 2012 

Oberwaltersdorf: Österreichisches Olympisches Comité, 2012. – 97 p. : ill. 


The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia 

U16 Team Russia: Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games 

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2.11. Jeux Paralympiques / Paralympic Games 

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From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford: a history of the Summer Paralympic Games 

Champaign, Ill.: Common Ground Pub., 2012. – 372 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781863359863 

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As Aristotle once said, "If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its 

development." When Ian Brittain started researching the history of the Paralympic Games in 1999, 

it quickly became clear that there was no clear or comprehensive source of information about the 

Paralympic Games or Great Britain's participation in the Games. This book is an attempt to 

document the history of the Summer Paralympic Games and present it in one accessible and 

easy-to-read volume. From the outset, it should be made very clear that this book is not meant to 

be an academic text. It has always been the author's intention that it should be a resource for 

anyone with an interest in the Paralympic Games, their history, or Great Britain's participation in 

the Games. Through twelve years of research, the author has brought together all of the facts, 

figures, and interesting stories that have occurred in the development of the Summer Games-from 

their roots at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the United Kingdom to the global mega-event they have 

become today. This is the first publication to include images of posters, winner's medals, and other 

artefacts connected with the Games-some of which have never been seen in print. Every 

endeavour has been made to include all relevant information, and this text serves as an ideal 

starting point from which future researchers and historians may begin. As we have noticed recently 

with the increased documentation of Olympic history, it is the author's hope that this text will 

inspire others to contribute to a more complete history of the Paralympic Games. 

Brittain, Ian 

The Paralympic Games as a force for peaceful coexistence 


The International Olympic Committee advocates that one of the three ultimate goals of Olympism 

is to build a peaceful and better world through sport. The International Paralympic Committee, on 

the other hand, is slightly less grandiose when stating its key aim of enabling Paralympic athletes 

to achieve sporting excellence and to inspire and excite the world. However, it does state that in 

inspiring and exciting the world, its aim is to contribute to a better world for all people with a 

disability. The objective of this paper is, therefore, firstly to outline some of the reasons why the 

world might need to be made better for people with disabilities. It will then look at some of the 

ways the Paralympic Games have contributed to this process since their inception as the Stoke 

Mandeville Games in the late 1940s. Overall, the objective of this paper is to highlight the ways in 

which the Paralympic Games, have helped to break down some of the perceptual barriers that 

exist amongst non-disabled members of society regarding people with disabilities. 


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Tokyo's Other Games: the Origins and Impact of the 1964 Paralympics 

IN: International Journal of the History of Sport, Ahead of Print, 5 April 2012, pp. 1-19 

In November 1964, Japan became only the third country to host what quickly became known as 

the Paralympic Games. Tracing the origins of the Tokyo Paralympics, this article explores why 

Japan, a country largely overlooked in histories of disability sports and disability rights, opted to 

host these games. Examinations of the planning and preparations for the Paralympics reveals a 

complex picture involving intersecting personal, local, national, and transnational factors and 

actors, all of which culminated in intense pressure to hold the Games in Tokyo immediately 

following the Olympics. In the end, the 1964 Paralympics were widely hailed as a success and 

generally credited with raising disability awareness in Japan. Nevertheless, analyses of these 

Games and especially the ways in which they were presented suggest that organisers and 

promoters relied upon medicalised representations of disability that invoked transnational 

discourses without necessarily advocating broader changes in views of or approaches to disability 

in Japanese society. 

Glendinning, Matthew 

Breaking barriers 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 182 (Sept. 2012), p. 15 

With the London 2012 Paralympic Games the most heavily-sponsored in history, Matthew 

Glendinning looks at the rise of commercial interest in sport for impaired athletes. 

Hunter, Nick 

The Paralympics 

London: Wayland, 2012. – 32 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780750270670 

CIO MA 25476 * classif.: 7:079 

This book looks at the Paralympics, from the athletes and the sports to the stadiums and the 

spectators. 

London 2012 sports profile. Part 1 

IN: The Paralympian: the official magazine of the Paralympic Movement, no 1(2012), pp. 

20-29 

In the next two issues of the Paralympian, all 20 London 2012 sports will be profiled, including 

quick fats, ones to watch, which teams have qualified and how the medal standings looked for 

Beijing 2008. In this issue : Boccia, Para-equestrian, Football 5-a-side, Para-Table tennis, 

Goalball, Football 7-a-side, Sailing, Wheelchair rugby, Wheelchair basketball, Sitting volleyball. 

Paralympic Games special edition 

IN: The Paralympian: the official magazine of the Paralympic Movement no 2 (Aug 2012) 

Table of contents:Great expectations - As excitement mounts for what will be the biggest 

Paralympics yet, we take a look at people‘s expectations for London 2012 / Torch relay - The 

Paralympic Torch Relay will travel around the British Isles spreading the Paralympic Spirit / 

London 2012 sport preview - A day-by-day guide highlighting what to watch at the Paralympics / 

London 2012 sport profiles - A look at all 20 Paralympic sports / Athlete profile - See how Czech 

cyclist Jiri Jezek is preparing for the Games / Medical and science - A look at what has changed in 

classification, including the return of athletes with an intellectual impairment. 


2.12. Jeux Antiques / Ancient Games 

Selection 

Beale, Catherine 

Born out of Wenlock: William Penny Brookes and the British origins of the modern 

Olympics 

Derby: DB Publishing, 2011. – 191 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781859839676 


Chronicles the history of the Wenlock Olympian Games, the inspiration for the modern Olympics. 

This title considers their influence on the modern Olympics. It includes a detailed Athletes 

Biographies section, listing various competitors that took part between 1850 and 1895. It also 

includes a captioned picture section of vintage photographs. 

Cannon, Chris 

The Olympian dream: the story of William Penny Brookes 

Shropshire: Wenlock Olympian Society, 2010. – 17 p.: ill. – ISBN 978052868224 


William Penny Brookes‘s story. While it may come as a surprise to many, the modern International 

Olympics has its roots not in Athens, but instead in this charming and quintessentially English 

town. This is all thanks to William Penny Brookes who established the Wenlock Olympian Games 

in 1850 – the forerunner of the modern Olympics we are familiar with today. 

Stuttard, David 

Power games: ritual and rivalry at the ancient greek Olympics 

London: The British Museum Press, 2012. – 240 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780714122724 

CIO MA 25201 * classif.: 7:938 

Power; the power of the gods; the power of Greek cities; the power of the human body: all these 

were celebrated at the ancient Olympic Games. Ancient Olympia symbolized excellence and 

supremacy in every sense of the word, not only athletic, but also political. Every four years, this 

international festival carefully timed to coincide with the August full moon drew the strongest and 

fastest athletic champions, hoping to win glory for their city-state. With them came the ruling elite, 

equally intent on displaying their city's power and prestige by excelling at the Games. After the 

athletic contests, Olympia also served as the ideal forum for political parleys and alliances. This 

absorbing narrative, told from a spectators viewpoint, revolves around the Games of 416 BC a 

turning point in Greek politics when a cold war between Athens and other major cities was about to 

erupt into bloody fighting. 

Unterberger, Martina 

Die antiken Olympischen Spiele als Referenzrahmen für die modernen 

Olympischen Spiele: Klischees, Stereotypen und reale kulturhistorische Bezüge 

Norderstedt: Grin Verlag, 2011. – 32 p. – ISBN 9783656103790 

CIO MA 25349 * classif.: 7:938 

This Bachelor Thesis examines the cult of the body in the Ancient and the Modern Olympic 

Games. The research questions are whether and to what extend the cult of the body in modern 

times has parallels with the one in the ancient times and which significance the body takes place in 

society. Through the hermeneutic research process it could be found that there are analogies 

between the two epochs - e.g. now and then a youthful, athletic body was considered as aesthetic. 

At about 720 BC the individuality of the body cult in antiquity occurred: The athletes in gymnic 

sports - like running, martial arts and the pentathlon - started to be naked. They oiled themselves 

generously, which emphasized the shape of their perfect body even more. Self-control and ritual 

abstinence was regarded for the Greeks with an athletic body. The shaping of the body has been 

integrated into education -the boys were sent to Gymnasium at a young age. There the muscle 

shaping was accelerated by specific training and the young Greeks were confronted with nudity: 

They trained naked and so they learned ‗how to be naked‘. Nowadays the athlete‘s body gets 

more and more exposed by the media; it becomes a ‗social body‘ which means it is a ‗social 

construct‘. The audience sees it as an image during the television broadcast and can participate 

directly in the feelings and emotions of the athlete. Just as in ancient Greece also certain 

mesomorphism can be observed today: 


2.13. Autres Jeux / Other Games 

Selection 

Roebuck, Matt 

The other Olympics: playing with identity 

Milton Keynes: FeedARead, 2012. – 269 p. – ISBN 9781781765715 


Stories from Olympics with character: 13 international multi-sport events. The Sportsmen and 

women of the 2011 Other Olympics weren‘t always the elite. Some will compete at London 2012, 

whilst others would barely make the school team. I wanted to understand the motivation behind 

these events. On a year long journey to discover the stories and motivations behind these games, 

what stood out most was the sense of community, whether that be the hospitality of the locals at 

the Pan Armenian Games, having tea with the Princess of Liechtenstein, shopping with the 

Palestinian National Football team or doing the conga with a dozen uniformed officers of the South 

Wales Constabulary. 


3. Thèmes sportifs / Sports themes 

3.1. Arbitrage / Refereeing 

Selection 

Dosseville, Fabrice ; Laborde, Sylvain 

Les facettes de l'arbitrage: problématiques et recherches actuelles 

Paris: Publibook, 2011. – 380 p. – ISBN 9782748369588 

CIO MA 25187 * classif.: 079.063 

Acteur essentiel d‘événements engageant d‘énormes investissements financiers et émotionnels, 

l‘arbitre est le plus souvent ignoré, mais quand il se trompe, il est montré du doigt. Pourtant, ceux 

qui le dénigrent n‘ont que rarement conscience de la complexité de son rôle. De la gestion du 

stress et des conflits à son entretien physique, en passant par l‘appréhension juridique de ses 

décisions, il est soumis au regard de tous. Loin des fantasmes habituels, "Les Facettes de 

l‟arbitrage" propose un regard éclairé, documenté et rigoureux sur la réalité de la condition de 

l‘arbitre et fait apparaître une question fondamentale dépassant largement le cadre du terrain: la 

prise de décision. Car si l‘erreur, réelle ou ressentie, est parfois le lot de ceux qui jugent, elle est 

avant tout le résultat d‘un processus complexe impliquant hommes et systèmes. Rédigé par des 

universitaires et des psychologues, cet ouvrage collectif aux entrées multiples offre une série de 

réflexions novatrices pour comprendre et remédier aux problèmes de l‘arbitrage. 

Fédération française de judo et disciplines associées 

Shin: éthique et tradition dans l'arbitrage en judo 

Noisy-sur-École: Budo Edition, 2012. – 142 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782846172936 

CIO MA 25288 * classif.: 079.063 

Ce livre met en évidence le rôle essentiel et la responsabilité de l'arbitrage dans la transmission et 

le respect des valeurs traditionnelles du judo. Les premières règles d'arbitrages des combats de 

judo, en 1899, ont été établies pour préserver deux éléments : le Shin (l'esprit de combat), et la 

sécurité des combattants. Les nombreuses modifications de ces règles intervenues au fil du 

temps, bien que faites dans les meilleures intentions et pour aider les arbitres dans leurs 

décisions, ont eu des effets imprévus et pervers. A un point tel que la nature même du judo était 

menacée et par là son devenir. A partir de 2008, principalement sous la pression de la France, 

soutenue par le Japon, d'importantes modifications des règles internationales d'arbitrages sont 

intervenues. Les effets positifs de cette saine réaction ont été quasi instantanés. L'analyse de tous 

ces éléments et de leur évolution vise à aider les arbitres et le corps arbitral en général à prendre 

conscience des vrais objectifs de l'arbitrage : préserver le Shin et la sécurité, et par là, leur 

permettre de mieux remplir leurs missions. L'arbitrage étant partie intégrante de la pratique du 

judo, le contenu de cet ouvrage est de nature à intéresser tous les pratiquants ! 


3.2. Art & culture 

Article 

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Full-text 

Selection 

Blouin, Patrice 

Images du sport 

Montrouge: Bayard, 2012. – 169 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782227483408 


La photo-finish est l'image de sport par excellence. En démultipliant le temps "t" de l'arrivée, en le 

recomposant dans l'espace, elle produit un monstre visuel sans véritable équivalent. C'est en se 

plaçant sous cet emblème que Patrice Blouin ouvre son enquête sur la mise en images du sport et 

la contre-histoire qu'elle permet d'écrire. Croisant l'étude de compétitions majeures et des textes 

fondateurs de Roland Barthes, Eric Rohmer ou Walter Benjamin, il met au jour les liens qui 

existent entre systèmes de jeu et techniques de représentation. Avec une même ligne directrice: 

l'image n'est pas à la fin du sport, mais bien à son début. 

Coltier, Alain Philippe 

October 1968: three men in Mexico 

Tasmanie: Red Kelpies Project, 2012. – 86 p. 

CIO MA 25735 * classif.: 082-2 

A stage play based on the silent and peaceful protest which still keeps on talking. 

Design histories of the Olympic Games : special issue 

IN: Journal of design history, Vol. 25 (3), August 2012 

Table of contents: Foreword: design histories of the Olympic Games by Jilly Traganou / Clothing 

the British Olympic ideal: the emergence of Olympic ceremonial attire, 1896-1924 by Geraldine 

Biddle-Perry / An invitation to ‗Modern‘ Melbourne: the historical significance of Richard Beck‘s 

Olympic poster design by John Hughson / Choreographing the metropolis: networks of circulation 

and power in Olympic Mexico by Luis Castañeda / When icons crumble: the troubled legacy of 

Olympic design by Even Smith Wergeland. 

Edgars, Andrew 

The Aesthetics of the Olympic art competitions 

IN: Journal of the philosophy of sport, 8 Oct. 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-15 

In the Olympic Art Competitions (1912–1948) Pierre de Coubertin expresses his conception of 

both sport and art as instruments of moral renewal. In this paper, this conception is criticised for 

failing to appreciate art and sport as necessary manifestations of modernism. The Art 

Competitions were informed by a traditionalist aesthetic, and thus played a highly conservative 

role within Olympism. A modernist art about sport, in contrast, would have been a source of critical 

reflection, potentially protecting the Olympic Movement from corrupting exploitation by commercial 

and nationalistic interests. The conclusion defends the need for Cultural Olympiads, as a source of 

such critical reflections that are at once modernist in conception and yet, unlike their current 

expression, are centrally about sport. 

Hanley, John F. 

Against the tide 

Leicester: Matador, 2012. – 368 p. – ISBN 9781780882987 

CIO MA 25665 * classif.: 082-3 HAN 

July 1939. In his final days at school, Jack is focussed on breaking the one-minute barrier for the 

100 yards freestyle so that he can get into the British swimming team for the 1940 Helsinki 

Olympics. Desperate for those last few seconds, he listens to Miko, an enigmatic Jewish refugee 

who works as a waiter in a local hotel but claims to have trained the Romanian water polo team for 

the Berlin Olympics. He persuades Jack to try some new techniques, which he promises will bring 

him success. 


Selection 

Hughes, Brian 

Report from Lausanne 

Cambridge: Vanguard Press, 2012. – 408 p. – ISBN 9781843868835 

CIO MA 25404 * classif.: 082-3 HUG 

Louis Springer is a journalist and retired athlete. He arrives in Lausanne to write a book about the 

social history of the Olympic Games. Previously, Louis has worked for George Anscombe, a wellknown 

editor, whom he regards as a mentor. Isolated in Lausanne, he spends his time getting to 

know the city and writing to George. He narrates the amusing anecdotes about the Games that he 

won‘t be able to include in his book. 

Naudin, Pierre 

Rien ne sert de courir: roman 

[Bordeaux]: Aubéron, 2012. – 380 p. – ISBN 9782844981356 

CIO MA 25586 * classif.: 082-3 NAU 

France 1935. L‘histoire de Marc Bongrain, coureur de fond qui enchaîne les victoires, bat le record 

de France sur 5000 mètres et se qualifie pour les Jeux Olympique de Berlin 1936. Peinture de 

l'époque, de la banlieue, des luttes et des espérances suscitées par le Front populaire, épopée 

d'un coureur de fond, critique virulente des dirigeants des fédérations sportives et des amateurs 

marrons, ―Rien ne sert de courir― ressuscite sous nos yeux un climat agité et délétère qui rappelle 

par certains aspects celui de l'époque actuelle. 

O'Mahony, Mike 

Olympic visions: images of the Games through history 

London: Reaktion Books, 2012. – 175 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781861899101 


Since its creation in 1896, the Olympic Games has become a worldwide phenomenon viewed by 

billions across the globe. Staged every four years, people from every country find it difficult not to 

be caught up in the excitement of the games, from the lighting of the Olympic flame at the lavish, 

spectacular opening ceremony to the extinguishing at its close. Over the years it has become an 

honour for a city to be chosen to host this showcase of fitness, strength and skill. And yet despite a 

great deal being written on the subject, few books have focused on how the visuals of the Games 

can shape the way in which the events themselves are viewed - until now. In Olympic Visions Mike 

O'Mahony explores how painters and sculptors, photographers and filmmakers, architects and 

designers have helped to shape the consciousness of spectators around the world. The 

combination of beautiful illustrations and detailed insights into the world of Olympic artefacts 

makes this a crucial addition to the library of any sports fan or Olympic supporter. Olympic Visions 

will also appeal to those with an interest in art, photography, film or design, and will have a special 

relevance in 2012, when London plays host to the spectacle that is the modern Olympic Games. 

Patterson, James ; Sullivan, Mark 

Private Games 

New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2012. – 426 p. – ISBN 9780099568735 

CIO MA 25573 * classif.: 082-3 PAT 

A new thriller in the no. 1 bestselling ―Private series― based around the London 2012 Olympic 

Games. 


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Selection 

Phillips, Murray G. 

Representing the sporting past in museums and halls of fame 

London: Routledge, 2012. – 267 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415883757 

CIO MA 25370 * classif.: 079:06 

We live in a "museum age," and sport museums are part of this phenomenon. In this book, leading 

international sport history scholars examine sport museums including renowned institutions like 

the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in 

Baltimore, the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum in London, the Croke Park Museum in Dublin, 

and the Whyte Museum in Banff. These institutions are examined in a broad context of 

understanding sport museums as an identifiable genre in the "museum age," and more specifically 

in terms of how the sporting past is represented in these museums. Historians explain, debate and 

critique sport museums with the intention of understanding how this important form of public 

history represents sport for audiences who see museums as institutions that are inherently reliable 

and trustworthy. 

Rigby, Robert 

Deep waters: an official London 2012 novel 

London: Carlton, 2011. – 125 p. – ISBN 9781847327642 

CIO MA 25524 * classif.: 082-36 

Lucy Chambers lives to swim. Tipped as a potential Paralympian, she has watched the Aquatics 

Centre rise up near her London home and hopes to make a real impression there in 2012. But the 

ripples of Lucy's success have reached her mother, Sarah, who left her soon after she was born. 

Both mother and daughter share a passion for swimming - but is now te right time to start sharing 

in each other's lives? For Lucy, the waters have never been deeper. 

Rigby, Robert 

Parallel lines: an official London 2012 novel 

London: Carlton, 2011. – 127 p. – ISBN 9781847327505 

CIO MA 25522 * classif.: 082-36 

Blessed with twin talents, Sam Warder appears to have it all. A lightning-fast scrum-half on hte 

rugby pitch, he also performs feats of strength and agility on the parallel bars. Buth the London 

2012 Games are approaching and Sam is at a crossroads. Flying in the face of peer pressure, he 

chooses gymnastics as his sport. And then the threatening text messages begin... Can Sam hold 

fast to his Olympic odyssey in a school where rugby is a religion? 

Rigby, Robert 

Wheels of fire: an official London 2012 novel 

London: Carlton, 2011. – 123 p. – ISBN 

CIO MA 25523 * classif.: 082-36 

Rory Temu is unstoppable on his battered BMX. Weaving and dodging though the Edinburgh 

streets, there's no obstacle he won't tackle. Such brilliance on a bike could take Rory far - maybe 

even as far as the olympci Games. But a gag on the streets has been watching closely, and the 

members have their own plans for Rory's talents. Rory has a gift and he intends to use it, but can 

he keep his balance over such rough terrain? 

Sinclair, Iain 

Ghost milk: recent adventures among the future ruins of London on the eve of the 

Olympics 

New York: Faber and Faber, 2012. – 404 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780865478664 

CIO MA 25575 * classif.: 082-3 SIN 

The Olympics, the story goes, have transformed London into a gleaming, wholly modern city. And 

East London—Olympic headquarters—is the city‘s new jewel, provider of unlimited opportunities 

and better tomorrows. The grime and poverty have been scrubbed away, and huge stadiums and 

grand public sculptures have taken their place. The writer Iain Sinclair has lived in East London for 

four decades, and in ―Ghost Milk‖, he tells a very different story about his home. 


Selection 

Timmers, Margaret 

A century of Olympic posters 

London: V & A Publishing, 2012. 144 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781851776986 


As snapshots through time, Olympic posters provide a fascinating record of our world, a lens 

through which we can explore links between sports and art, politics and place, commerce and 

culture. A Century of Olympic Posters draws largely on the superb poster collection of the Victoria 

and Albert Museum and shows the evolution of the Olympic Games poster, from the first official 

poster for Stockholm in 1912, right up to the present. This diverse collection of images includes 

official posters for the Summer and Winter Games set in their historic context, and linked to 

pervading themes such as politics, commerce, the Olympic symbols, cultural and physical 

diversity, and urban regeneration. This revised edition includes new material from the London 

2012 Olympic Games. 

3.3. Développement / Development 

Article 

Full-text 

3.4. Droit / Law 

Straume, Solveig 

Norwegian naivety meets Tanzanian reality: the case of the Norwegian sports 

development aid programme, sport for all, in Dar es Salaam in the 1980s 

IN: The International journal of the history of sport, Vol. 29(11), 2012, pp. 1577-1599 

In the early 1980s, the Norwegian Confederation of Sports (NIF) initiated a sports development aid 

programme known as the Sport for All in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. One of the objectives of the 

Sport for All was to strengthen women's participation in sports in Dar es Salaam, an objective 

much in line with Norwegian domestic sport politics, as well as general aid policies at the time. 

Through the case of the Sport for All, this paper illuminates what conceptions the Norwegian 

initiative takers had of Tanzanian women and sport, and how a women emphasis fit the Tanzanian 

society at the time. The discrepancy between the ideals of recipient orientation and women 

emphasis is questioned, and it is argued that, in the case of the Sport for All, the NIF acted with a 

certain naivety. It is suggested that Western liberal ideas that works well in the societies of their 

origin may generate a cultural clash when meeting in a different milieu. 

Anderson, Paul ... [et al.] 

Sports betting: law and policy 

The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012. – 1029 p. – ISBN 9789067047982 


Gambling is a significant global industry, which is worth around 0.6 per cent of world trade, that is, 

around US$ 384 billion; and gambling on the outcome of sports events is a very popular pastime 

for millions of people around the world, who combine a bet with watching and enjoying their 

favourite sports. But, like any other human activity, sports betting is open to corruption and 

improper influence from unscrupulous sports persons, bookmakers and others. Sports betting in 

the last ten years or so has developed and changed quite fundamentally with the advent of 

modern technology - not least the omnipresence of the Internet and the rise of on-line sports 

betting. This book covers the law and policy on sports betting in more than forty countries around 

the world whose economic and social development, history and culture are quite different. Several 

chapters deal with the United States of America. This book also includes a review of sports betting 

under European Union (EU) Law. 


Selection 

Beloff, Michael J. ... [et al.] 

Sports law 

Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012. 2nd ed. – 346 p. – ISBN 9781841133676 


This revised work, by leading practitioners in the field, with a foreword by Lord Coe, provides a 

coherent framework for understanding the principles of sports law in this area, as well as a deep 

analysis of its key features. The subject is split into various areas of practice (regulatory rules, 

broadcasting and marketing resulting from the commercial exploitation, player's rights and 

obligations). Special attention is paid to the impact of EU and Human Rights law as well as to the 

influential jurisprudence of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. London 2012 provides an appropriate 

point at which to provide an overview of the current state of the law, as well as a look to the future. 

Gardiner, Simon... [et al.] 

Sports law 

4th ed. London: Routledge, 2012. – 606 p. – ISBN 9780415591843 


Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition 

continues to offer a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding 

and governing sport. Alert to the role that sport plays within society throughout, this refocused 

edition is divided into three core sections: 'Sport, Regulation and Governance', 'Regulation of 

Commercial Interests in Sport', 'Regulation of the Sports Workplace'. 

Labrusse-Riou, Catherine 

Droit du sport 

Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2012. – 593 p. – ISBN 9782130594291 


Le sport est aujourd'hui une activité entièrement saisie par le droit, et ceci dans toutes ses 

branches du droit public et du droit privé. Du fait de sa dimension aussi bien économique que 

financière et sociale, son activité est d'intérêt général, ce que manifeste la législation spéciale dont 

il est l'objet, aujourd'hui réunie dans le code du sport. Mais le droit du sport est aussi le fait des 

nombreuses règles issues du mouvement sportif. L'ouvrage, qui réunit des universitaires 

spécialistes du droit public et du droit privé, se propose d'examiner ces différentes sources et leurs 

implications dans le domaine sportif. 

Mahon, Pascal ... [et al.] 

L'activité et l'espace: droit du sport et aménagement du territoire: mélanges en 

l'honneur de Piermarco Zen-Ruffinen 

Bâle: Helbing Lichtenhahn, 2011. – 571 p.: ill. 

Contrib. en allemand, anglais, français et italien. – ISBN 9783719030179 


L‘ouvrage, qui compte une trentaine de contributions, est dédié pour l‘essentiel au droit du sport et 

au droit de l‘aménagement du territoire et de la protection de l‘environnement. 

Nafziger, James A. R. ... [et al.]. 

Handbook on international sports law 

Cheltenham: E. Elgar, 2011. – 567 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781847206336 


Despite taking a wide variety of forms, sport is universal. Circumstances and events generating 

legal issues in sport are similarly universal, but sport operates under many legal systems 

worldwide. Fragmentation and inconsistency in legal outcomes often result. This innovative 

collection of essays by leading scholars of sports law addresses a gap in the literature. It advances 

understanding of how different legal systems respond to common issues and offers insights into 

the developing international system of sports law. Researchers will find this book of inescapable 

assistance and interest.' - Hayden Opie, Melbourne Law School, Australia 'Nafziger and Ross 

have provided an enormously useful collection of incisive and integrating essays that cover the 

gamut of important issues in the emerging field of international sport law. 


Selection 

Siekmann, Robert Conrad Rudolf 

Introduction to international and European sports law: capita selecta 

The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012. – 419 p. – ISBN 9789067048514 


This book is an introduction to sports law, in particular international (worldwide) and European 

sports law. After addressing the core concept of ―sport specificity‖ (that is whether private sporting 

rules and regulations can be justified notwithstanding they are not in conformity with public law), 

the author dwells on specific themes (capita selecta): the character of sports law, the specificity of 

sporting rules and regulations, comparative sports law, competition law and sport, the collective 

selling of TV rights, sports betting, social dialogue in sport, sport and nationality, professional 

football transfers; anti-doping law in sport, transnational football hooliganism in Europe, and 

international sports boycotts. 

3.5. Economie / Economics 

Andreff, Wladimir 

La mondialisation économique du sport 

Bruxelles: De Boeck, 2012. – 488 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782804166700 

CIO MA 25357 * classif.: 033.0 

L'économie du sport s'est mondialisée depuis deux décennies et ses principaux marchés sont 

mondiaux, de la pratique sportive au marché de la performance, du spectacle sportif au sport 

télévisé, des grands événements sportifs au sponsoring, de la production d'articles de sport aux 

paris sportifs, des infrastructures sportives aux transferts internationaux d'athlètes, des revenus 

des superstars au bénévolat sportif... Cette mondialisation économique touche les sports 

individuels et fait converger les sports d'équipe professionnels européens et américains. En outre, 

les ressorts économiques des dérives du sport (corruption, dopage, discrimination) conduisent à 

une réflexion pour une meilleure gouvernance du sport mondial face à la crise financière. Ce livre 

mobilise des instruments d'analyse économique pour étudier les diverses dimensions de 

l'économie mondiale du sport: comptabilité nationale, microéconomie de la concurrence 

imparfaite, étude d'impact, analyse coûts-avantages, théorie du déséquilibre, théorie des tournois, 

équilibre compétitif et partage des revenus dans un cartel, équilibre de Nash, course aux 

armements sur le marché du travail, structures de financement, gouvernance et régulation 

économique du sport. Il s'adresse tant aux enseignants et étudiants des filières Sport à l'université 

qu'à ceux de Sciences économiques et de Sciences de gestion ou encore des Ecoles de 

commerce. Il intéressera également les Organisations sportives : fédérations sportives nationales 

et internationales francophones, ligues de sports professionnels, comités olympiques (nationaux, 

régionaux, départementaux), clubs sportifs professionnels et associations sportives et les milieux 

sportifs : municipalités investies dans le sport, sponsors et publicitaires, médias sportifs, 

entreprises d'articles de sport, administration publique du sport. 

Andreff, Wladimir 

Recent developments in the economics of sport 

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Pub., 2011. – 2 vol. (501, 626 p.). – ISBN 

9781848444362 

CIO MA 25166/1-2 * classif.: 033.0 

In this authoritative collection, Professor Andreff (University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 

France) presents the most significant articles published over the last decade or so by leading 

scholars in the field of sports economics. The volumes cover a wide spectrum of approaches to 

the subject. Some articles delve more deeply into existing issues such as the economic impact of 

professional sport, sports events and sports facilities. Some extend sports economics into new 

areas such as the measurement of the overall US sports economy, the economic 

underdevelopment of sports in developing countries and the global trade in sports goods. Others 

offer a synthetic view of important recent developmentsin the field, including the demand for sport, 

facility finance, the economics of promotion and relegation in sports leagues and competitive 

balance. 


Selection 

Barget, Eric 

L'économie des événements sportifs: nouvelles perspectives de recherche 

Saarbrücken: Editions universitaires européennes, 2012. – 141 p. : ill. – ISBN 

9783841794277 

CIO MA 25492 * classif.: 033.2 

Cet ouvrage dresse un état des lieux de la recherche sur les retombées des événements sportifs 

pour les territoires d'accueil. La période d'analyse va des années 70 jusqu'au nos jours. Partant du 

constat d'incohérences dans le choix des outils d'analyse le plus souvent retenus, un cadre 

théorique adapté à la prise de décision publique est élaboré. Le livre montre la nécessité d'adapter 

la méthodologie aux caractéristiques des événements sportifs d'une part, des territoires hôtes 

d'autre part. L'auteur propose ainsi de concevoir l'évéluation non de manière globale, mais au cas 

par cas, en fonction des objectifs poursuivis par les décideurs publics. C'est la contribution de 

l'événement sportif au projet territorial pré-existant qui doit alors être appréciée à partir d'une 

batterie d'indicateurs. Des extensions de l'analyse aux clubs sportifs professionnels et aux 

grandes infrastructures sportives sont esquissées. Des travaux scientifiques de ce type 

constribueraient à la clarification des relations entre les parties prenantes du spectacle sportif 

aujourd'hui basées sur le rapport de force. 

Barget, Eric 

L'évaluation économique du spectacle sportif: principes méthodologiques 

Saarbrücken: Editions universitaires européennes, 2012. – 2 vol. : ill. – ISBN 

978384171429 

CIO MA 25491/1-2 * classif.: 033.2 

Cet ouvrage consiste en une réflexion méthodologique quant aux instruments d‘appréhension des 

enjeux économiques des spectacles sportifs pour leurs territoires d‘accueil. Il montre les limites 

théoriques des études d‘impact économique dont on a assisté à la systématisation, et qui 

surestiment en règle générale substantiellement les retombées économiques. Au demeurant, il est 

établi que l‘étude d‘impact ne constitue pas un instrument d‘aide à la décision publique alors 

qu‘elle est pourtant utilisée pour légitimer auprès de la population le choix de la candidature. 

Guider l‘action publique implique d‘avoir plutôt recours à l‘analyse coûts-avantages. Celle-ci 

permet de comparer le spectacle sportif avec d‘autres projets alternatifs sur la base de l‘utilité 

sociale générée par chacun. Le livre pose les fondations de l‘analyse coûts-avantages des 

événements sportifs, outil largement mobilisé pour l‘analyse de projets publics dans de nombreux 

domaines (transport, environnement, santé…), mais n‘ayant quasiment jamais été retenu pour 

appréhender les manifestations sportives. 

Bourg, Jean-François 

Economie du sport 

3e éd. – Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2012. – 126 p. – ISBN 9782707171436 

CIO MA 25358 * classif.: 033.0 

Prise de participation, OPA, spéculation boursière, dopage, affairisme, " salaires mirifiques, 

sponsors... Comment analyser la conversion du sport à l'économie de marché ? L'éthique sportive 

peut-elle y résister ? Quelles sont les conséquences de la mondialisation des spectacles sportifs 

sur le gouvernement du sport? Faut-il repenser l'organisation des sports professionnels en 

abandonnant le modèle européen pour s'aligner sur le modèle américain ? Quelles leçons tirer de 

l'évolution du sport dans les pays de l'ex-URSS en transition vers le marché ? Doit-on inventer un 

système de péréquation entre le sport professionnel et le sport amateur ? Les subventions 

publiques au sport professionnel sont-elles légitimes ? Le marché compromet-il l'avenir du sport ? 

Gratton, Chris ... [et al.] 

The global economics of sport 


CIO MA 25537 * classif.: 033.0 

Sport has become a global business. There is no corner of the Earth that isn't reached by 

coverage of global sporting mega-events such as the Olympics or the World Cup, events managed 

by international governing bodies such as the IOC and FIFA that operate like major international 

businesses. Companies such as Nike now design, produce, distribute and market their products 

across every continent, while an increasingly important part of every country's sport market is now 

international in terms of its influences and opportunities. 


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Shmanske, Stephen ; Kahane, Leo H. 

The Oxford handbook of sports economics 

Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011. – 2 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9780195387773 (vol.1) 

9780195387780 (vol.2) 

CIO MA 25446/1-2 * classif.: 033.0 

Vol.1: The economics of sports. – Vol.2: Economics through sports. 

Stephen Shmanske and Leo Kahane have brought together nearly all of the important authors in 

the quickly growing field of sports economics to contribute chapters to this two-volume set. Anyone 

contemplating research in the field of sports economics will find the works in these volumes to 

provide both ample background in subject after subject and numerous suggestions for future 

avenues of research. 

Szymanski, Stefan 

The comparative economics of sport 

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. – 310 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9780230232242 

CIO MA 25199 * classif.: 033. 

In the last twenty years professional sport has grown into a business of some substance and has 

attracted increasing attention from investors, lawyers, governments and regulators. Commercial 

and cultural disputes have required an increasingly sophisticated economic analysis, and over this 

period Stefan Szymanski has been one of the leading contributors, shaping the research agenda 

and public policy analysis. This volume is mainly concerned with international comparisons. There 

are papers which compare the economic structure of major league sports in the North America 

(baseball, American football, basketball and hockey) with the European approach to football and 

other sports. Competitive balance concerns are addressed and the potential of revenue sharing 

mechanisms to deal with these problems is analysed in detail. Broadcasting policy in the Europe 

and the US is contrasted, while this volume also contains an important contribution to the analysis 

of the problems in world cricket. Given the important role that sports play in the life of modern 

societies, this book is popular reading for all interested in economics and sports studies, and will 

provide an invaluable guide to students and practitioners alike. 

Carvalho, Soraya lida de 

Brazilian Olympic Institute: strategic plan 

Poitier: [s.n.], 2011. – 93 p. 


The proposed work is grounded on one of the critical pillars of national sport development, the 

education of human resources providing them with the skills and knowledge needed to design and 

lead high quality sport plans and processes aiming at changing Brazil into a true Olympic sport 

power. With the main purpose of submitting to the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) a plan for 

the establishment of the Brazilian Olympic Institute (IOB) as a national professional education and 

qualification reference center for Olympic sport, an exploratory qualitative survey was conducted 

involving literature review, questionnaires and interviews for a survey of requirements and 

references to be used as inputs to the design of the IOB strategic plan. Survey data enabled the 

identification of the critical inputs for the development of IOB strategic plan, such as: IOB position 

within the Brazilian education system, guidelines about IOB legal identity, identification of gaps in 

sports training, assessment of requirements and identification of benchmarks. The author 

recommends periodical revisions of IOB´s strategic plan at six-month intervals and supplementary 

studies on the format of IOB´s administration and IOB´s funding model. Key words: Education 

system, Olympic sport and strategic planning. 


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Evans, Owen 

Making the grade: postgraduate sports course ranking 


Owen Evans explains the background to SportBusiness International‘s postgraduate sports course 

guide 2012, the first-ever authoritative ranking of the sector of education. 

Evans, Owen 

The Olympic University 


The Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) – the world‘s first-ever Olympic University – 

launches its first postgraduate sports course in 2013, the Master of Sport Administration (MSA). 

Director-general Professor Lev Belousov tells Owen Evans how he hopes the International 

Olympic Committee‘s image will convince the best emerging sports managers to enroll on the 

course. 

Masumoto, Naofumi 

The legacy of the Olympic peace education of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 

Games in Japan 

IN: The International Journal of the History of Sport, 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-18 

Olympic education in Japan began for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and was the first Olympic 

education programme in the world. The Olympic Games were an appropriate event for postwar 

Japan to revive and to declare the rebirth of Japan as a peace-loving country to the world. Before 

the Games, Olympic education was developed as part of school curriculum for Japanese students 

from elementary to the high school. Schools organised their education for their own school. In the 

later Olympic Games of the 1972 Sapporo and 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Olympic education 

and peace education were tied together through their Olympic education programmes. However, 

after the conclusion of each edition of the Olympic Games, Olympics education expectedly tapered 

off in Japan. Although the Japanese national curriculum for the theories of physical education 

course was revised to include international sporting events such as the Olympic Games and World 

Cup Soccer and to address anti-doping education, much work remains to be done on Olympic 

Education in Japan. 

3.7. Environnement / Environment 

Lehenaff, Didier ; Legendre, Sandrine 

Un sport vert pour ma planète: 100 mesures concrètes pour bonifier l'impact 

écologique du sport et des sportifs 

Paris: Chiron, 2012. – 318 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782702713440 


Vous avez entre les mains un livre militant, le plus percutant en la matière. II révèle au grand jour, 

preuves à l'appui, l'ensemble des impacts écologiques induits par les pratiquants et les grandes 

manifestations sportives qui abîment la Planète Terre, et invite l'ensemble des acteurs du sport à 

s'engager sur la voie de l'éco-responsabilité sportive. Que trouve-t-on dans ce livre ? Partant d'un 

constat de plus en plus alarmant, les auteurs apportent, au fil des pages, des solutions concrètes 

à mettre en place, de la prise de conscience à l'action individuelle et collective: "Un livre qui fait 

prendre conscience aux sportifs, organisateurs, animateurs et responsables de clubs, fédérations, 

sponsors, médias et grand public des impacts multiformes de leurs usages du sport sur 

l'environnement, et les incite à redéfinir ensemble les contours et les missions du sport, vers 

davantage de respect de soi-même, des autres, de la Planète Terre et de ses ressources 

aujourd'hui en danger". 


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Pentifallo, Caitlin ; VanWynsberghe, Rob 

Blame it on Rio: isomorphism, environmental protection and sustainability in the Olympic 

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Pfahl, Michael 

Sport and the natural environment: a strategic guide 

Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2011. – 187 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780757588174 


―Sport & the Natural Environment: A Strategic Guide‖ describes actions that speak to current and 

future sport managers in assisting with green efforts across a variety of sport organizations. The 

approach taken to implement these actions is one of simplicity, proactivity, and customizability. 

This book offers guidance for individuals or team/organizational personnel in starting the process 

of changing business operations or developing environmentally sound operations in unique 

contexts. 

3.8. Ethique / Ethics 

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IN: Sport, ethics and philosophy, Vol. 6(2), 2012 

Table of contents : 

Olympic ethics and philosophy: old wine in new bottles / Mike McNamee and Jim Parry 

The political heritage of the Olympic Games: relevance, risks, and possible rewards / Heather L. 

Reid 

The peace movement on the occasion of the 21 st century Olympic Games: developments and 

limitations / Naofumi Masumoto 

The Youth Olympic Games: some ethical issues / Jim Parry 

A well-balanced life based on “The joy of effort”: Olympic hype or a meaningful ideal? / Sigmund 

Loland 

Fair or temple: two possibilities for Olympic sport / Irena Martínková 

Olympism, the values of sport, and the will to power: De Coubertin and Nietzsche meet Eugenio 

Monti / Léa Cléret & Mike McNamee 

Pandora Logic: rules, moral judgement and the fundamental principles of Olympism / Leon 

Culbertson 

Olympism and sport‟s intrinsic value / Graham McFee 

Smoke and mirrors: a critique of women Olympians‟ nude reflections / Charlene Weaving 

Paralympians outperforming Olympians: an increasing challenge for Olympism and the Paralympic 

and Olympic Movement / Gregor Wolbring 

The Moral pathologies of national sporting reprensentation at the Olympics / Hywel Iorwerth, 

Carwyn Jones and Alun Hardman 

Expatriate coaching, Olympism and the Olympic Games / Cesar R. Torres 


3.9. Femme / Woman 

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Aceti, Monica ; Jaccoud, Christophe 

Sportives dans leur genre?: permanences et variations des constructions genrées 

dans les engagements corporels et sportifs 

Bern: Peter Lang, 2012. –174 p. – ISBN 9783034311830 

CIO MA 25411 * classif.: 03-054 

D‘un point de vue historique, le sport s‘est construit sur un double système de valeurs : à la fois 

sur les valeurs progressistes de la bourgeoisie et sur la vision patriarcale des rapports entre les 

sexes qui prévalait dans cette classe sociale. Ainsi qu‘en témoigne, au moins jusque vers les 

années 1920, l‘exclusion organisée des femmes, puis leur timide apparition, d‘ailleurs toujours 

opérée sous le regard des hommes et dans des modalités de pratique au plus près d‘attentes de 

genre stéréotypées. Pour fixer les femmes dans des activités propres à développer l‘exercice de 

leurs qualités réputées « naturelles », telles la grâce et l‘élégance, ou encore la préparation à la 

maternité. Le sport constitue donc un laboratoire particulièrement fertile pour l‘observation de la 

production des dynamiques de genre, ses permanences mais aussi ses contestations et ses 

subversions. 

Bohuon, Anaïs 

Le test de féminité dans les compétitions sportives: une histoire classée X ? 

Donnemarie-Dontilly: Editions iXe, 2012. – 183 p. – ISBN 9791090062122 

CIO MA 25747 * classif.: 017.6 

Instauré dans les années 1960 par les autorités sportives internationales, le test de féminité vise à 

distinguer les « vraies femmes » des autres. Quels « autres » ? Des hommes qui s'immisceraient 

en catégorie « Dames » pour y remporter des victoires faciles ? Les annales du sport ne gardent 

pas trace d'un tel cas. En revanche, bien des sportives ont été interdites de compétition car elles 

ne remplissaient pas les critères censés définir la « féminité ». Ces derniers ont varié au cours du 

temps. 

Broucaret, Fabienne 

Le sport féminin: le sport, dernier bastion du sexisme ? 

Paris: Michalon, 2012. – 285 p. – ISBN 9782841866571 

CIO MA 25532 * classif.: 03-054 

Au terme d'entretiens où elle donne la parole à des experts, à des associations féministes et 

surtout à des championnes en quête de reconnaissance, Fabienne Broucaret soulève de 

nombreuses questions autour de la place des femmes dans le sport, incitant les nouvelles 

générations qui esquissent les contours du féminisme d'aujourd'hui à se pencher sur le monde du 

sport. Il reflète à plus d'un titre la société actuelle et mérite que l'on y défende, ici comme ailleurs, 

les droits des femmes. 

Chen, Shushu ; Henry, Ian 

Women in management and leadership in the Olympic Movement in Muslim majority 

countries: an empirical evaluation of Huntington's clash of civilisations typology 

IN: The International journal of the history of sport, Sept. 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-14 

This article seeks to evaluate whether there are differences between Samuel Huntington's 

‗civilisational groups' of countries in terms of women's leadership of Olympic organisations. This 

article draws on two questionnaire surveys which evaluate the electoral practices and outcomes of 

Olympic bodies (i.e. National Olympic Committees and International Federations) relating to 

gender equity and governance, with a specific intention to compare the role of women in the 

leadership of such bodies between Islamic societies and non-Islamic contexts. However, results of 

the statistical analysis of women's roles in senior positions in NOCs in particular, do not reflect 

Western ‗superiority‘ in terms of women's representation. This article thus casts doubt on the 

appropriateness of considering the Islamic norm as traditional, and the Western norm as modern. 


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Comité international olympique 

5e Conférence mondiale du CIO sur la femme et le sport: plus forts ensemble: 16-18 

février 2012, Los Angeles, Californie, Etats-Unis 

Lausanne: Comité International Olympique, 2012. – 1 CD-ROM + 1 feuillet explicatif. 

CIO * cote: CIO CA 357 * classif.: 327:33 

Harkness, Geoff 

Out of bounds: cultural barriers to female sports participation in Qatar 

IN: The International journal of the history of sport, Sept. 2012, Ahead of Print pp. 1-22 

For the past 20 years, female athletic participation in the Middle East has been increasing. In the 

conservative Gulf region, female athleticism has been met with a degree of ambivalence, as 

questions arise over the appropriate role for women in society. While female sports have been 

studied in Gulf countries such as Kuwait and Bahrain, the region's burgeoning superpower, Qatar, 

remains under examined. The present research fills this gap by exploring issues for female 

athletes in Doha, the nation's capital and most populous city. This article examines the cultural 

barriers that inhibit female sports participation in Qatar. 


5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport: together stronger: 16-18 February 

2012, Los Angeles, California, USA 

Lausanne: Comité International Olympique, 2012. – 1 CD-ROM + 1 feuillet explicatif. – 

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Keysers, Audrey ; Nestoret Ontanon, Maguy 

Foot féminin: la femme est l'avenir du foot 

Lormont: Le Bord de l'eau, 2012. – 153 p. – ISBN 9782356871855 

CIO MA 25685 * classif.: 079.25 

Plus d‘un siècle après la première participation des femmes aux Jeux Olympiques, le combat pour 

faire respecter la Charte olympique et ses principes d‘égalité des sexes et de neutralité est 

toujours d‘actualité. Les footballeuses françaises, convaincues que le sexisme dans le football 

révèle et reproduit les préjugés et stéréotypes qui persistent dans toutes les sphères de la société, 

ont formulé des propositions pour un football plus mixte et plus universel. Défendre le football 

féminin et le sport féminin en général, c'est faire progresser l'égalité auprès de milliers de 

supporters, de millions de téléspectateurs. C'est aussi promouvoir une autre vision de la société. 

Rogge, Jacques 

Striking a blow for gender equality 

IN: AIPS magazine : sport media world, no 1(2012), p. 69 


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Sugier, Annie 

Femmes voilées aux Jeux Olympiques 

[Bruxelles]: Ed. Jourdan, [2012?]. – 316 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782874661969 

CIO MA 25336 * classif.: 03-054 

Cette bataille commence au début des années 90. Trois femmes d'origine et de parcours 

différents se lancent dans une aventure originale qui les amène à s'intéresser au monde de 

l'Olympisme. Leur objectif : s'appuyer sur les termes de la Charte olympique pour obtenir que 

soient exclus des JO les pays pratiquant la ségrégation sexuelle à l'encontre des femmes, tout 

comme l'Afrique du Sud l'avait été pour cause d'apartheid. Un an plus tôt, à Téhéran, les plus 

hautes autorités de la République Islamique, avaient décidé de lancer un défi au monde à travers 

le sport en propageant la culture "du hijab et de la modestie pour les femmes libres du monde". 

Evidemment, ces deux visions du droit des femmes et donc de la société, ne pouvaient que se 

heurter de front. L'une fondée sur les principes universels des droits de l'Homme, l'autre sur la 

soumission du droit de femmes aux diktats religieux et culturels. Ce livre, écrit dans un style vif et 

humoristique, retrace un combat qui s'étend sur deux décennies et s'apparente à celui de David 

contre Goliath. On y rencontre des personnages contemporains aussi différents que le 

commandant Massoud, Juan Antonio Samaranch ou Jacques Rogge, mais aussi des pionniers de 

l'Olympisme tout droit sortis de l'Histoire, tels le baron de Coubertin et son ennemie jurée, la 

Française Alice Milliat... Mais cette fois-ci, ce n'est pas David qui gagnera la partie. 

Yagoub, Hanadi 

Development of women's participation in sport in the Sudan 

Poitiers: Université de Poitiers, 2011. – 34 p. 


3.10. Handicap / Disability 

Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism, Ankara, Turke 

Amputee sports for victims of terrorism 

Washington, DC: IOS Press, 2007. – 129 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781586038083 

CIO MA 25204 * classif.: 03-056 

Originally presented at an Advanced Research Workshop held at the Turkish Armed Forces 

Rehabilitation Center in Ankara May 7-11, 2007. As amputee sports gain worldwide recognition, it 

is natural that books and articles begin to be written about them. These would be from very 

different points of view because of the differing individuals and institutions which have an interest 

here. This book, Amputee Sports for Victims of Terrorism, is an almost entirely new departure, on 

the one hand because it takes as its topic these new sports, in particular amputee football, and 

secondly because the workshop which created it brought together the varied interest groups for 

the first time. 

Gossot, Suzanne 

La force de vaincre: ces héros du handisport 

Anglet: Suzanne Gossot, 2012. – 211 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782951971387 

CIO MA 25341 * classif.: 079:92(44) 

Avec cet ouvrage, Suzanne Gossot est partie à la rencontre de ces héros du Handisport, célèbres 

ou anonymes, dans une vingtaine de disciplines. Certains ont parlé de leur « ange gardien », mais 

tous ont trouvé dans le sport cette « force de vaincre » qui est pour chacun de nous une leçon de 

vie. 


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Le Clair, Jill M. 

Disability in the global sport arena: a sporting chance 


CIO MA 25405 * classif.: 03-056 

Sport is often at the centre of battles for rights to inclusion linked to class, race and gender, and 

this book explores struggles centred on disability in different cultural settings in Europe, North 

America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It challenges oversights and assumptions about the ‗normal‘ 

body, and describes how individual and organizational transformations can occur through sport. 

The abilities of a person are recognised and placed centre stage - instead of the individual being 

forgotten, excluded, or placed at the margins simply because they have a disability. 

National, regional and global change is part of the shift to the rights based approach reflected in 

the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Making sport inclusive affects 

the accessibility of facilities, funding, the media, policies, programs, organisations, sponsors and 

spectators, and at the same time changes the cultural values of the wider society. It also raises 

issues about competition access and eligibility for ‗different‘ and technologically enhanced ‗cyborg‘ 

bodies, and for those most socially disadvantaged. Addressing these questions which ultimately 

touch on the real meaning of sport can lead to profound changes in people‘s attitudes, and how 

sport is organized locally and globally. Growth in the influential global organisations of the 

Paralympic Games, Special Olympics and Deaflympics is examined, as is the approach to 

disability in sport in both advantaged and resource poor countries. The embodied lives of persons 

with disabilities are explored utilizing new theoretical models, perspectives and approaches. 

Noël, Jean-Philippe 

Sports et handicaps: le handisport 

Arles: Actes Sud Junior, 2012. – 101 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782330005153 

CIO MA 25285 * classif.: 03-056 

Sport et handicap physique, deux univers voués à ne pas se rencontrer ? Dans l'inconscient de 

chacun, une personne handicapée ne peut pratiquer une activité sportive, ou alors elle reste une 

exception.Pourtant, nombre de personnes en situation de handicap relèvent des défis, battent des 

records ou prennent du plaisir, tout simplement. En France comme ailleurs, malgré les obstacles, 

les réticences et grâce à une législation mieux adaptée, la notoriété du handisport auprès du 

public s'accroît, tout comme le nombre de ses adeptes. 

Smith, Veronica 

Getting into the game: sports programs for kids with autism 

London: Jessica Kingsley, 2012. – 254 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781849052498 

CIO MA 25542 * classif.: 03-056 

―Getting into the Game: Sports Programs for Kids with Autism‖ will help families, clinicians and 

coaches support children with autism in taking their first steps into sport and recreation. 

Participation in individual and team sports plays an important part in children's development and 

promotes growth in a number of areas. As well as the obvious health benefits, sport also provides 

the perfect backdrop to teach young people with autism about rules, strategy and teamwork - all 

invaluable lessons that can be applied to wider society. 

3.11. Histoire / History 

Barrow, John D 

100 essential things you didn't know, you didn't know about sport 

London: Bodley Head, 2012. – 299 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781847921642 


What can maths tell us about sports? This book sheds light on the mysteries of running, jumping, 

swimming and points scoring across the whole sporting spectrum. Whether you are a competitor 

striving to go faster or higher, or an armchair enthusiast wanting to understand more, this is a 

fascinating read with one hundred short pieces that range across a wide number of sports. Find 

out: * Why high-jumpers use the Fosbury Flop, * How fast Usain Bolt can ultimately run and how 

he could break his records without running any faster, * Whether there is a limit to human 

performance, and much more 


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Bose, Mihir 

The spirit of the Game 

London: Constable, 2012. – 605 p. – ISBN 9781849015042 


Since the age of Thomas Arnold, sport has been used to glorify dictatorships and was at the heart 

of cold war diplomacy. This title tells the story of how sport has lost its original spirit and how it has 

emerged in the 20th century to become the most powerful political tool in the world. 

Leduc, Julien 

Histoire du sport en 365 jours 

Paris: Eyrolles, 2011. 1 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9782212127881 


Un livre calendrier parcourant plus d'un siècle de la petite et grande histoire du sport mondial. A 

chaque jour son événement ! 

Terret, Thierry (dir.) 

Histoire du sport et géopolitique 

Paris: Ed. L'Harmattan, 2011. – 315 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782296558571 


Ces contributions s'attachent à montrer la pertinence de la géopolitique pour comprendre l'histoire 

du sport, en tissant un cadre explicatif qui, du local à l'international et du politique au culturel, 

témoigne de la richesse de ces approches. Trois regards complémentaires en posent les bornes : 

celui des enjeux culturels et politiques qui traversent les institutions et manifestations sportives ; 

celui des identités locales, régionales et nationales ; celui, enfin, de la diplomatie sportive. 

Wagg, Stephen 

Myths and milestones in the history of sport 

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. – 315 p. – ISBN 9780230241251 


Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport takes as its starting point the need to go beyond 

'newsreel' versions of the apparent turning points in sport history and to put them into a clear 

context. It explores a range of such watershed moments in a series of detailed and insightful 

studies. These moments include: the debate over the creation of particular sports; the beginnings 

of professional association football; the decline of amateur 'soccer'; the debate over violence in 

American football; the traditional throwing of the first pitch of an American baseball season by the 

President; the coming of male and female sport celebrity; the acknowledgement of a relationship 

between sport and politics; the arrival of drugs in sport; the clenched fist salute at the Olympic 

Games of 1968; the emergence of feminism in sport; the marriage of sport and television; the 

World Cup Final of 1966; and events seen mistakenly as turning points. 


3.12. Jeunesse / Youth 

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Alexander, Kate ; Stafford, Anne 

Children and organised sport 

Edinburgh: Dunedin academic press, 2011. – 83 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781906716240 

CIO MA 25160 * classif.: 03-052 

Much has been written and is known about the benefits to children of participating in sport. Less is 

known or understood about potential risks faced by children in these settings. Providing new 

knowledge about potential harm to children in the setting of organised sport will inform all those 

tasked with keeping children safe in sport, those involved with sport policy and practice and sport's 

governing bodies. The book draws on extensive research conducted by the authors and based on 

the of more than 6,000 young people across the UK. The survey and follow-up interviews asked 

young people to reflect on their experiences of sport as children. It reports in detail their positive 

and negative experiences of sport participation in the UK, and provides information about the 

range of harms faced by children in these settings. These include disrespectful and bullying 

treatment, body image issues, issues of self esteem and self confidence, physical abuse and child 

sexual abuse 

Armow, Kathleen; Griffiths, Mark 

Physical education and youth sport in England: conceptual and practical foundations for 

an Olympic legacy? 

IN: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Ahead of Print, April 2012, pp. 1-15 

The concept of youth legacy, as presented in the London 2012 bid, rests on the belief that 

engagement in (more) sport is ‗good‘ for children and young people. Claims are made about the 

range of benefits to be gained from sports participation, including physical, social and moral 

benefits. For example, the European Commission argues that sports participation can lead to 

social inclusion, social cohesion and re-engagement. One way to conceptualize legacy, therefore, 

is in the form of enhanced social capital for those who are inspired to ‗choose sport‘. Yet, analysis 

of existing evidence, and of social capital theory, suggests that delivering legacy for young people 

is likely to be far more complex than is often claimed. Indeed, the term legacy itself seems to be 

inappropriate because of its passive connotations of bequest from one generation to the next. This 

is illustrated further when the theory of change underpinning legacy activities and processes is 

analysed. It is suggested, therefore, that if youth legacy promises through sport are to be kept, 

there is a need to base programmes and activities staged in the name of Olympic legacy upon 

clearer conceptual and practical foundations. 

Boujon, Jean-Louis 

Allez! En sport!: sport scolaire: de la volonté (de quelques uns) à la réussite (de 

toutes et tous) 

Lyon: Chronique sociale, 2012. – 101 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782850089411 

CIO MA 25400 * classif.: 037.3 

Insuffisamment reconnu, voire méconnu, le sport scolaire veut vivre! Ce sont les termes de " 

Education " et " Sport ", indissociables, qui l'ont toujours défini. Aujourd'hui, chaque jeune a droit à 

un chemin de réussite, grâce à une pratique physique et sportive organisée dans le cadre du sport 

scolaire. Cette démarche nécessite une visée réellement éducative qui passe par un partenariat 

dynamique et constructif. C'est l'objet de ce livre que de vouloir montrer comment atteindre des 

objectifs ambitieux, un livre qui ne gomme rien de l'existant, qui s'appuie sur des constats, voire 

des carences, qui va jusqu'à des propositions, celles-ci s'inscrivant dans une démarche de 

progrès. 

Child and adolescent preservation 

IN: World of Gymnastics, no 66 (June 2012), pp. 48-55 

Child and adolescent preservation is a core issue in the FIG Development policy. This article 

shows how FIG is implicated with the youth in the medical, ethical and legal points of view. 


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Youth Olympic Games, European Youth Olympic Festivals and Olympic education: the 

challenge of EYOF 2015 Tbilisi, Georgia 



Harvey, Stephen ... [et al.] 

Ethics in youth sport: policy and pedagogical applications 

London: Routledge, 2012. 219 p. – ISBN 9780415679039 

CIO MA 25620 * classif.: 03-052 

The influence of professional, adult sport on youth sport is now a global concern. Children are 

involved in high-stakes competitive sport at national and international levels at an increasingly 

young age. In addition, the use of sport as a medium for positive youth development by 

governments and within the community has fuelled ambitious targets for young people‘s 

participation in sport at all levels. In this important study of ethical issues in and around youth 

sport, leading international experts argue for the development of strong ethical codes for the 

conduct of youth sport and for effective policy and pedagogical applications to ensure that the 

positive benefits of sport are optimized and the negative aspects diminished. 

Keselis, Raitis 

Latvian Youth Olympiads strategic plan 2011 to 2015 



Maschkan, Hannes 

What organizational and management recommendations can be made for the European 

Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) 2015 in Austria and Liechtenstein based on previous 

winter editions of this event 


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Patel, Dilip R.... [et al.], editors 

Adolescence and sports 

New York: Nova Science Publ., 2010. – 144 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781608767021 

CIO MA 25206 * classif.: 03-052 

Sports participation by adolescents is considered a rite of passage in Western society. 

Adolescents participate in sports for many reasons. Most play sports for fun. Other reasons 

include, personal motivation, enhance fitness, socialisation, economic benefits, status symbol, 

parental or societal pressures, and media influence. Approximately 40 million children and 

adolescents participate in organised sports in the United States alone and many more world-wide. 

Many start at a very young age, as young as three years and specialise in a single sport with 

intensive participation, spending many hours in practices, games, and travel. In some cases this 

level of commitment to sports, whether a personal choice or because of societal or parental 

pressure, can lead to social isolation, burnout, and adverse impact on normal psychosocial 

development. Sport participation experience can be positive or negative depending up on the 

motivation, goals, and expectations of the adolescent, his or her parents or other adults in life, and 

the society at large. Many adolescents quit or are left out of participating in sports. The potential 

benefits of sport participation by adolescents include improve self-esteem, enhanced personal 

coping abilities, enhanced social competence, and fostering teamwork and healthy 

competitiveness. In addition to many psychosocial and developmental benefits of healthy sports 

participation, it can have life-long positive impact in prevention and control of major diseases that 

have enormous personal and public health implications. 


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Youth, sports, Olympic Games 

Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2012. – 268 p.: ill. – (Nikephoros; Special issue 2012). – ISBN 

9783615003949 

CIO MA 25450 * classif.: 03-052 

Contains: Sport in antiquity -- Olympic Games on their way to becoming modern -- Youth, sport, 

and Olympic Games today. 

Pinder, Ross A. … [et al.] 

Active relatives and health-related physical fitness in European adolescents: the 

HELENA study 

IN: Journal of sports sciences, 21 August 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-7 

High physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is positively associated with favourable healthrelated 

outcomes. Our aim was to examine the relationship between relatives‘ (father, mother, 

brother, sister, and best friend) physical activity engagement and encouragement on adolescents‘ 

physical fitness. Adolescents were part of the HELENA study, a multi-centre study conducted in 10 

cities from nine European countries in 2006–2008. Participants were 3288 adolescents (48% boys, 

52% girls) aged 12.5–17.5 years with valid data on at least one of the three fitness variables 

studied: muscular strength (standing long jump), speed/agility (4×10 m shuttle run), and cardio 

respiratory fitness (20 m shuttle run). 

Salvy, Sarah-Jeanne 

Influence of peers and friends on overweight / obese youths‟ physical activity 

IN: Exercise and sport sciences reviews, Vol. 40(3) (July 2012), pp. 127–132 

This review offers a theoretical framework to account for the effects of peers on youths‘ physical 

activity. Our research indicates the following: 1) that the youth are more physically active in the 

presence of friends and peers than in the presence of family members or when alone, 2) peers 

and friends increase overweight/obese youths‘ motivation to be physically active, 3) peers‘ weight 

status does not moderate the effect of peers on youths‘ physical activity, and 4) experiencing 

negative peer interaction, such as ostracism, decreases physical activity in youth. We propose that 

the consideration of the peer social context as a contributor to physical (in)activity and 

maintenance of overweight status may further our understanding of physical and behavioral health 

trajectories and improve prevention and intervention efforts. 

Seners, Francine et Patrick 

Quels sports pour votre enfant ? 

Vergèze: T. Souccar, 2012. 252 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782365490108 

CIO MA 25630 * classif.: 03-052 

Ce guide a été conçu pour aider à identifier les activités sportives adaptées à la personnalité et à 

l‘âge de l‘enfant : celles qui l‘épanouiront, lui donneront du plaisir et l‘aideront à se développer 

physiquement, socialement et psychiquement. 27 sports sont passés en revue: principe, 

épreuves, avantages et inconvénients, ainsi que les problèmes de santé à surveiller en priorité 

Parmi les révélations de ce livre: la pratique de plusieurs sports est indispensable avant 12 ans et 

n‘a jamais empêché un enfant de se spécialiser plus tard (et même de devenir champion !) / 3 

sports sont incontournables et 8 doivent être impérativement évités avant 15 ans / chaque sport 

doit être pratiqué au moins 30 heures pour que les compétences motrices soient véritablement 

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Risk management in sport: issues and strategies 

Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2012. 529 p. – ISBN 9781611631074 


The third edition of ―Risk Management in Sport‖ calls on the experience of a ―Who‘s Who‖ of Risk 

Management experts. Eleven new chapters add to the updated chapters to keep risk management 

strategies ―in tune with the times.The book is a leading resource for anyone responsible for 

administration in a sport program. 

Attali, Michaël ; Bazoge, Natalia 

Diriger le sport: perspectives sur la gouvernance du sport du XXe siècle à nos 

jours 

Paris: CNRS Ed., 2012. – 340 p. – ISBN 9782271073556 


Le sport constitue l‘un des phénomènes sociaux majeurs du XXe siècle. Il a très rapidement fait 

l‘objet d‘une institutionnalisation à l‘échelon international comme au niveau territorial. En France, 

les modalités d‘organisation du mouvement sportif se construisent entre respect de la loi 

républicaine et autonomie garante d‘une certaine indépendance. Issus de différents domaines 

scientifiques, les meilleurs spécialistes analysent dans cet ouvrage la diversité des postures et 

démarches à l‘origine de cette gouvernance du sport. Plus ou moins spécifiques, les institutions 

qui la fondent définissent chacune des idéaux particuliers devant légitimer la place du sport. Du 

nationalisme à la socialisation, l‘éventail des interventions publiques est large et permet de situer 

la diversité des modes d‘appréhension. Au fil du temps, répondant à des stratégies multiples, des 

protagonistes étrangers au monde sportif se sont imposés sur des terrains où se mêlent enjeux 

politiques et économiques, notamment à travers les événements sportifs. Autant de mutations et 

d‘évolutions souvent paradoxales qui tendent aujourd‘hui à redéfinir une nouvelle gouvernance du 

sport pour le XXIe siècle. 

Bayle, Emmanuel... [et al.] 

Sport & RSE: vers un management responsable? 

Bruxelles: De Boeck, 2011. – 215 p. – ISBN 9782804166564 


Les principes fondamentaux du Développement Durable (DD) sont inscrits dans le code génétique 

du sport. En effet, le sport est devenu un secteur d´activité essentiel à la vie de nos territoires et 

de notre société qui jouent un rôle d'interface pour répondre, via leurs activités, spectacles et 

événements, à des problématiques de société : valeurs-repères, éducation, santé, développement 

économique et emploi, lien social, intégration, santé, handicap/solidarité, aménagement et vie des 

territoires, tourisme, protection de la nature et du patrimoine, identité/communication. La RSE 

(Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises) est l´application du DD dans les entreprises et, au-delà, 

dans les organisations. Cette approche est émergente dans les grandes organisations sportives 

(fédérations, clubs sportifs professionnels, grands événements sportifs) et, paradoxalement, les 

organisations sportives ont parfois du mal à intégrer cette nouvelle approche managériale dans 

leurs projets, process de management et pratiques d´évaluation de leurs performances. 

Blaney, Joseph R. ; Lippert, Lance ; Smith, J. Scott 

Repairing the athlete's image: studies in sports image restoration 

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012. – 415 p. – ISBN 9780739138960 


―Repairing the Athlete‘s Image: studies in Sports Image Restoration‖, edited by Joseph R. Blaney, 

Lance Lippert, and J. Scott Smith, offers twenty-one case studies and conceptual frameworks 

about athletes and their organizations as they attempt to mitigate the effects of malfeasance. 

Employing traditional Image Restoration Theory (IRT) approaches to athletic communication (and 

other innovative approaches), the contributors to this volume add to our understanding of which 

communicative strategies work best for athletes when their reputations are sullied. This 

comprehensive text presents case studies of varying athletes, sports, and public relations 

scenarios with prescriptive advice for those attempting to repair athletic reputations. 


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Handbook of football association management 

Nyon: UEFA Education Programme, 2012. – 221 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782940391103 


This handbook is not only about sport management and football management, it is focused on the 

unique role and responsabilities of national football associations. 

Chow, King Fun 

A Human Resource plan for Federation Secretariat 



Daalder, Mathieu 

Structure and governance of NOC*NSF in regard to the Olympic team preparation 

Poitiers: [s.n.], 2011. – 44 p. 


For a number of years now NOC*NSF has the strategic goal to be within the Top10 of elite sports 

in the world in the medal table of both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Until now we have only 

managed to reach this strategic goal during the Summer Olympics in Sydney. Why haven‘t we 

been more successful, as an organisation (NOC*NSF), in relation to this strategic goal? This 

research will concentrate on the question ‗‘what is the best organisational structure and 

governance model for NOC*NSF to reach the strategic goal of a sustainable Top10 position with 

elite sports in the world?‘‘. 

Evans, Owen 

Breaking the mould 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 182 (Sept. 2012), pp. 58-61 

What do sports management postgraduates need to do to set themselves apart from the 

competition? We invited a recruiter, a professor, an employer and a graduate to address key 

issues around education and training in the international sports sector. 

Evans, Owen 

East is East 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 182 (Sept. 2012), p. 62 

How do sport management programmes aught in the west differ from those in the east? Yang Hsu, 

associate professor at Taiwan‘s Aletheia University, gives Owen Evans an Asian perspective on 

higher education in his region and the cultural obstacles he faces. 

Griffin, Emma 

A strategy to enhance the collaborative relationship between British judo and its affiliated 

clubs to improve marketing and communication aimed at member capture and retention 



Hassan, David... [et al.] 

Managing sport: social and cultural perspectives 



Contemporary sport is shaped by wider society. Today those managing sport must be aware of 

the broader social and cultural context within which it exists if their effectiveness is to be 

established and their careers defined. This book is the first of its kind to contextualise the wider 

social and cultural environment of sport management and explain the key issues and practical 

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Hoye, Russel... [et al.] 

Sport management: principles and applications 

3nd ed. – Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012. – 284 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9781856178198 


―Sport Management: Principles and applications‖ provides a comprehensive introduction to the 

practical application of management principles within sport organisations. It is ideal for first and 

second year students studying sport management related courses, as well as those studying 

business focussed and human movement/physical education courses seeking an overview of 

sport management principles. In full colour to make key information easier to locate, the book 

provides a comprehensive overview of: -The nature of the sport industry and the role of the state, 

non-profit and professional sectors in sport. -Core management principles and their application in 

sport, highlighting the unique features of how sport is managed. Includes discussion and insight 

into strategic planning, organisational culture, organisational structures, human resource 

management, leadership, governance, financial management, marketing. 

Jennings, Will 

Olympic risks 

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 263 p.: ill. .. – ISBN 9780230300064 


The task of governing the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement now takes place in an age 

in which states and societies are increasingly organized in response to risk. At the heart of the risk 

management in organising the Olympics is the tension between the inherent riskiness of megaevents, 

which is attributable to their scale and complexities, combined with immense societal, 

political and organisational pressures for the management of risk. Over time, too, staging the 

Olympics has become more complex, and riskier, as a consequence of its growing scale and 

commercial success. Since the 1980s, a profound transformation has occurred in how the Games 

are organised and governed, with the increased transfer of risk to the market and the spread of 

regulation as a mode of governance and the formal practice of risk management across functions 

ranging from finance to security to critical infrastructures to public health. 

Kasznar, Ivan, Graça F., Ary S. 

The industry of sports in Brazil: economics, GDP and dynamic evolution 

São Paulo: M. Books, 2012. 139 p. ISBN 9788576801313 

The development of governmental policies to incentivate and sports is essential. This book offers a 

strategic vision of the sports as an industry creating production /GDP), profits, employments, 

wealth, well being and promoting social integration. The organization, success and conquests of 

the Brazilian Volleyball are an example to be followed by other countries. This is a relevant basis 

in the sports arena. 

Louw, André 

Ambush marketing and the mega-event monopoly: how laws are abused to protect 

commercial rights to major sporting events 

The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press 2012. – 761 p. – ISBN 9789067048637 


This is the first book to focus critically on the legitimacy of legal responses to ambush marketing. It 

comprehensively examines recent sports mega-events and the special laws which combat 

ambushing. 

Mar, Lorraine 

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Introduction to sport management: theory and practice 

Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2011. – 384 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780757575785 


Contains: Do you really want to work in the sport industry? -- Socio-cultural aspects of sport -- The 

United States sport industry -- Sport in the global marketplace -- Ethics and ethical decision 

making -- Legal aspects of sport -- Strategic management -- Sport marketing -- Sport-sales & 

revenue generation -- Sport communication -- Facility management -- Sport finance -- Interviews . 

Romany, Michael L. 

The development of an organizational planning model for NSOs in Trinidad & Tobago 


Master exécutif en management des organisations sportives, MEMOS XIV (2010-2011). 

Robinson, Leigh... [et al.]. editors 

Routledge handbook of sport management 

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2012. – 470 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415587884 


The Routledge Handbook of Sport Management is the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide 

to theory and practice in sport management ever published. It provides students and scholars with 

a broad ranging survey of current thinking in contemporary sport management, exploring best 

practice in core functional areas and identifying important future directions for new research. 

Savage, Phil 

Masters of the universe 


The FIFA Master has one of the oldest and most influential alumni networks in European sports 

management. Phil Savage went to Switzerland to scrutinize the latest class. 

Xing, Xiaoyan ; Chalip, Laurence 

Challenges, obligations, and pending career interruptions: securing meanings at the exit 

stage of sport mega-event work 


Work for sport mega-events is shaped by the unique characteristics of the event organizing 

committee as it is temporary, often bureaucratic, grows rapidly, and provides rich symbolism. This 

study provides a follow-up to Xing and Chalip's study examining the experience of work at the 

Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), which took place 2 years prior to 

the Games. Participant observation and interviews with the original study participants were 

conducted immediately prior to the Games. The themes obtained 2 years earlier had evolved. 

Three new themes emerged capturing the evolution of the work experience from the event's 

planning to implementation: the workers faced more challenges; they felt impelled to do a good job 

throughout; and they were disturbed by the post-Games job uncertainty. Meanwhile, the 

immediate work environment continued to provide supports. The significance of the work was seen 

in the values of the Games to the country and a better understanding of Chinese society. Pending 

job termination caused anxiety. It is suggested that organizational support for post-event career 

preparation and job search may mitigate the anxiety. Focusing the workers on the materialization 

of their efforts at the delivery of the event may help them to secure meanings from work and 

continue to concentrate on their work during the event. 


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Ciletti, Dorene... [et al.] 

Sports entrepreneurship: theory and practice 

Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 2012. – 207 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9781935412250 


Sport is inherently entrepreneurial, though few formal connections exist in academic literature. 

“Sports Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice” fills that void, featuring chapters by notable 

scholars whose contributions cover both the conceptual and case examples highlighting sports 

entrepreneurship from a global perspective. Editors Dorene Ciletti and Simon Chadwick have 

assembled a collection that provides insight into the integration of entrepreneurship and sport, 

building on often-distinct research from both fields, and exploring the innovation, risk-taking, and 

proactiveness that connect them. The 13 chapters examine the entrepreneurial nature of sport 

from numerous perspectives, including marketing, broadcasting, sponsorship, and social 

entrepreneurship and feature examples of organizations, associations, and sport-related products 

from the US, Australia, Europe, and India. 

Davis, John A 

The Olympic Games effect: how sports marketing builds strong brands 

2nd ed. – Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley; Chichester: John Wiley [distributor], 2012. – 398 p. – 

ISBN 9781118171684 


The Olympics are the quintessential athletic competition. But beyond athletics lies a network of 

investment, organization, and case studies in leadership. For sponsors, a key byproduct of these 

networks is a strong brand halo--the focus of John Davis' interesting new book. Davis brings a 

keen academic and business eye to the brand halo associated with the competition. And this book 

will be an important resource and practical guide for firms in evaluating Olympic sponsorship. 

Desbordes, Michel ; Richelieu, André 

Global sport marketing: contemporary issues and practice 



The book surveys current trends, issues and best practice in international sport marketing, 

providing a useful blend of contemporary theory and case studies from the Americas, Europe and 

Asia. It assesses the impact of globalization on teams, leagues, players, sponsors and equipment 

manufacturers, and highlights the central significance of culture on the development of effective 

marketing strategy. 

Ferrand, Alain… [et al.] 

Le marketing olympique: co-création de valeur entre acteurs 

Bruxelles: De Boeck, 2012. – 294 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782804166687 


Le mouvement olympique est " l'action concertée, organisée, universelle et permanente, exercée 

sous l'autorité suprême du CIO, de tous les individus et entités inspirés par les valeurs de 

l'Olympisme " (Charte Olympique, p. 11). Celui-ci est composé d'un ensemble de parties 

prenantes : CIO, Comités d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques (COJO), Comités Nationaux 

Olympiques (CNO), sponsors du programme TOP et des COJOs, fédérations internationales et 

nationales, ainsi que les athlètes. Ces parties prenantes mettent en œuvre des stratégies de 

marketing relationnel qui leur permettent de coproduire une valeur optimale. La mise en œuvre de 

ce type de stratégie collaborative nécessite le développement d'une véritable compétence de 

réseau qui est source d'avantage concurrentiel durable et défendable. Ferrand et McCarthy (2008) 

ont montré que la création et le développement de ces réseaux collaboratifs se fait lorsque les 

quatre conditions suivantes sont satisfaites : l'existence de parties prenantes souhaitant créer un 

avantage concurrentiel à travers un marketing relationnel, la convergence des objectifs, l'existence 

de ressources complémentaires et la mise en œuvre de programmes d'action. Ce livre présente 

un cadre stratégique et opérationnel permettant de concevoir et de mettre en œuvre ces stratégies 

de marketing relationnel au sein du système Olympique. 


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Olympic marketing 



The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach 

and a remarkably diverse constituency of stakeholders, from the IOC and International 

Federations to athletes, sponsors and fans. It has been estimated, for example, that 3.6 billion 

people (about half of the world population) watched at least one minute of the Beijing Games in 

2008 on television. The driving force behind the rise of the modern Olympics has been the 

Olympic marketing programme, which has acted as a catalyst for cooperation between 

stakeholders and driven the promotion, financial security and stability of the Olympic movement. 

This book is the first to explain the principles of Olympic marketing and to demonstrate how they 

can be applied successfully in all other areas of sports marketing and management. The book 

outlines a strategic and operational framework based on three types of co-productive relationships 

(market, network and informal) and explains how this framework can guide professional marketing 

practice. Containing case studies, summaries, insight boxes and examples of best practice in 

every chapter, this book is important reading for all students and practitioners working in sports 

marketing, sports management or Olympic studies. 

Nancy L. Lough and William A. Sutton (editors) 

Handbook of sport marketing research 

Morgantown: Fitness Information Technology, 2012. – 440 p. – ISBN 9781935412397 


Drawing from the seminal works published during the past two decades in Sport Marketing 

Quarterly, this collection edited by Nancy L. Lough and William A. Sutton brings to light 

foundational theories that have guided some of the most pragmatic studies to date. The 

bookrevisits trends, presents instruments designed to assess key constructs, and provides critical 

analysis of industry practices with regard to issues such as gender, race, and ethical practices. 

Mutoya, Stanley 

Diversification of revenues for the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee 



Nuwagaba, Godfrey 

Identifying and recruiting sponsors for Uganda Olympic Committee 



O‟Conor, Michael 

Increasing the marketing value of the Olympic Movement through stakeholder 

collaboration 

Poitier: Université de Poitiers, 2011. – 104 p. – 


Powell, Jennifer 

Strategic planning for the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee to improve 

communication in the sport community 

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Liquid and linked 


Coca-Cola‘s Scott McCune tells Kevin Roberts about the need for a new model in sports 

sponsorship and why the International Olympic Committee (IOC) needs to be more consistent in 

its branding approach. 

Sentderdi, Manuela. 

Research to increase the rate of sponsorship renewals of the Croatian Olympic 

Committee 



Sligar, Ansen D. 

The development and implementation of a USVI Olympic academy 



Sport marketing and emerging technology: special issue 

IN: International journal of sport management and marketing, Vol. 10(3/4), 2011 

Some article (among others) : 

'It's incredible – trust me': exploring the role of celebrity athletes as marketers in online social 

networks. Understanding website useability: an eye-tracking study of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic 

Games website. New media and technology use in corporate sport sponsorship: performing 

activational leverage from an exchange perspective 

The big debate: how does the IOC ensure the Olympic Games remain relevant and 

financially successful in a fast-changing media and commercial world? 


Michael Payne (former marketing and broadcasting rights director, IOC), David Hill (chairman and 

CEO, Fox Sports Media), Sir Martin Sorrell (Chief executive, WPP) and Scott McCune (Head of 

Global Partnerships, Coca-Cola) debate. 

The business of the Olympic Games. Part 1: The Olympic brand 


Contains : 

Pure marketing gold – Timmo Lumme, tells Kevin Roberts how he and his team help keep Brand 

Olympic commercially credible. 

Ringing the changes – Having worked on 15 Olympics, first as marketing director of the IOC and 

then director of global broadcast, Michael Payne appreciates the power of Brand Olympic more 

than most. And, writes Kevin Roberts, he also appreciates the strains it might experience again if 

effective brand management falls away. 

Branding for the future – Dan Bobby, CEO of Engine‘s brand consultancy Calling Brands, explains 

why the Olympic Brand delivers associated brands more than just awareness for its goal 

consumers. However, he warns, there is a need to redefine what the brand stands for. 

Olympic values ring true – Frank Saez, managing director of leading B2B and B2C research and 

consultancy SMG Insight/YouGov, looks at what sentiments people in the UK, USA, France and 

Germany associate with the Olympic brand. 

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The business of the Olympic Games. Part 2: sponsorship 


Contains: Eyes on the big vision – Kevin Roberts talks to Shaun Whatling, CEO of sponsorship 

and communication consultancy Redmandarin, about Olympic sponsorship and the findings of a 

comprehensive new piece of analysis by the company. 

Opportunity knocks – As one of eight national partners for the 2012 Sochi Olympics, Bosco Sport 

is playing a key role delivering Russia‘s first ever Winter Games. Luke Harman finds out why an 

Olympic sponsorship is so important for the apparel brand‘s ambitions. 

On top of the world – Rich Burton was chief marketing officer for the USOC at the 2008 Beijing 

Olympic Games. He assesses 25 years of the IOC‘s TOP programme. 

Coke tops recognition survey – Leading B2B and B2C research consultancy SMG Insight/YouGov 

asked the general public in the UK, USA, France and Germany who, from a list of 15 global 

brands, were official TOP partners. Managing director Franck Saez breaks down the results. 

London 2012 – online sponsor buzz analysis 

The business of the Olympic Games. - Part 4: Event management 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 179 (June 2012), pp. 51-60 

Contains : 

Putting on the show – Jim Sloman tells how to succeed in world sport‟s biggest event 

management project. 

Master of ceremonies – Gilbert Felli tells how Olympic event management has changed during his 

career. 

Transferring Olympic knowledge – Craig McLatchey talks about how the transfer of knowledge 

from Games to Games has changed dramatically from the non-existent knowledge platform o 

Atlanta 1996, to the wealth of data at London 2012‟s disposal. 

A permanent fixture ? 

A golden legacy ? 

The business of the Olympic Games Part 5: role of the host city 


Contains: 

Hosts with the most – With the London 2012 primed to be a game-changer for the Olympic 

Movement, Kevin Roberts considers the role of the host city in the overall success of the Games 

Capital gains – As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has formed a master plan to ensure the city 

receives the maximum long-term benefit from hosting the Olympic Games. He tells us what he 

believes the legacy of the London 2012 will be for both the host city and the wider Olympic 

Movement. 

Legacy leader – In the history books, London 2012 may well be seen as a watershed moment for 

the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. Kevin Roberts asks experts from Deloitte, a tier 

two partner and the official professional services supporter of London 2012, to track the legacies of 

previous Olympics to identify how and why London stands out from the crowd. 

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Implicit and explicit attitudes to sponsors and ambushers 

IN: European sport management quarterly, 12 July 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-23 

There is increasing evidence that unconscious processing of sponsorship messages predominates 

over conscious processing. Ambushers may profit from this because sport spectators are often not 

aware that brands associate themselves with events without purchasing sponsorship rights. This 

research aims to assess differences in implicit and explicit measures of the success of a 

sponsorship strategy compared with ambushing. Study 1 uses the Implicit Association Test to 

show that the implicit brand-event linkage, measured via behavioural reaction times that cannot be 

cognitively controlled, is closer for sponsors (versus ambushers) of global sporting events. Study 2 

shows that sponsors (versus ambushers) generate higher long-term brand awareness. Spectators' 

attitude to the protection of sponsorship rights is determined by both attitude to commercialization 

in sports and attitude to event organizers; however, it does not negatively affect explicit brand 

attitudes to ambushers. The study derives theoretical and practical implications for both 

sponsorship and ambush marketing strategies. 

3.15. Médecine du sport / Sport medicine 

Adam, Thierry 

Gynécologie du sport: risques et bénéfices de l'activité physique chez la 

Paris: Springer, 2012. – 522 p. – ISBN 9782817801711 


Jusqu'à la fin des années 1950, la faiblesse féminine a toujours été démontrée médicalement et 

justifiait à écarter les femmes des terrains de sport. En remplaçant la vision "unisexe" de la 

médecine et du sport où l'homme est la norme par un modèle qui respecte les différences, la 

"gynécologie du sport" s'appuie sur un courant cherchant à constituer une médecine de la 

spécificité féminine. Cet ouvrage a pour objectif de contribuer au développement de cette 

discipline et de faire prendre conscience aux lecteurs auxquels il s'adresse, gynécologues, 

médecins du sport, médecins généralistes, éducateurs physiques, entraîneurs, que la qualité des 

soins donnés aux femmes peut être affectée par des préjugés médicaux qu'il est urgent de 

combattre afin que les femmes trouvent autant d'avantages que les hommes à développer leurs 

aptitudes physiques. 

Bausset, Olivier 

Utilisation du plasma riche en plaquettes en médecine du sport: développement et 

validation d'une préparation de thérapie cellulaire 

Sarrebruck: Editions universitaires européennes, 2011. – 49 p. : ill. – ISBN 

9786131591440 

CIO MA 25172 * classif.: 061.6 

Depuis une vingtaine d‘années, le développement des activités sportives s‘accompagne d‘une 

incidence accrue des tendinopathies et autres lésions traumatiques, souvent rebelles aux 

traitements conservateurs classiques. De nouvelles thérapeutiques, dont les produits dérivés du 

sang autologue sont utilisées pour traiter ces pathologies. Cet ouvrage présente dans un premier 

temps les technologies actuelles d‘obtention du plasma riche en plaquettes et ses applications 

cliniques. Dans un second temps, il présente un résumé des résultats du développement et de la 

validation préclinique d‘un procédé original de préparation de plasma riche en plaquettes mis en 

oeuvre au Laboratoire de Culture et Thérapie Cellulaire du CHU Conception. Enfin, il présente les 

critères mis en place pour l'évaluation du PRP dans deux essais cliniques pour le traitement de 

pathologies liées au sport: la tendinopathie du tendon d'Achille et la gonarthrose. 


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Monitoring health, activity and physical education: its current and future state of health 

IN: Sport, education and society, Ahead of print, 27 April 2012, pp. 1-22 

Various government policies, strategies and responses in England over the years have highlighted 

schools and physical education to be instrumental in addressing health and the focus on health 

has been strengthened within subsequent revisions of the National Curriculum. Whilst this might 

seem encouraging, concerns have been expressed that such policies and governmental regulation 

increasingly bear features of a ‗performative culture‘ and that these have led to increasingly 

widespread health surveillance in schools. Linked to this are long-standing concerns over the way 

in which health is addressed in schools and physical education, as well as over some of the 

monitoring measures and practices employed within the curriculum. Despite this, little is known 

about monitoring practices in physical education. This article, therefore, presents findings of a 

study which aimed to (1) determine the nature, prevalence and purpose of monitoring health, 

physical activity and physical fitness within the physical education curriculum and (2) establish 

physical education teachers‘ views of and approaches to monitoring. The study comprised two 

phases. The first phase involved a survey completed by Heads of Physical Education in 110 

secondary schools from across England, and the second semi-structured interviews with 18 of 

those from the original sample. The findings revealed monitoring, and in particular fitness 

monitoring, to be a common feature within the physical education curriculum in many schools. 

However, a number of issues and limitations associated with monitoring and some of the schools‘ 

monitoring practices were identified, and the individualistic nature and performative culture 

reflected in and reinforced through monitoring were acknowledged as potentially problematic. It 

was thus suggested that if the findings are typical, then monitoring practice is currently not in a 

good state of health. The article concludes proposing a way forward for monitoring within physical 

education in the form of some recommendations for practice. 

Carter, Neil 

Medicine, sport and the body: a historical perspective 

London: Bloomsbury, 2012. – 290 p. – ISBN 9781849660679 


What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? 

Should it only be concerned with elite sport?This book provides a history of the relationship 

between sport, medicine and health from the mid-19th century to today. It combines the subdisciplines 

of the history of medicine and the history of sport to give a balanced analysis of the role 

of medicine in sport and how this has evolved over the past two centuries. In an age where sports 

medicine plays an increasingly prominent role in both elite and recreational sport, this book 

provides a timely and clear analysis of its rise and purpose. 

Descotes, Jean-Marc ; Bouillet, Thierry 

Sport et cancer: état des lieux: quand la pratique sportive devient une aide pour 

les personnes touchées par le cancer 

Paris: Chiron, 2012. – 2 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9782702713488 (vol.1) 9782702713815 (vol.2) 

CIO MA 25445/1-2 * classif.: 061.3 

Le sport est-il bon pour les personnes touchées par le cancer ? Peut-on pratiquer une activité 

physique à n'importe quel moment des traitements anticancéreux ? Ce livre a pour ambition de 

montrer qu'une organisation bien pensée, structurée, professionnelle doit permettre de faire de la 

pratique sportive un allié majeur de la prise en charge des personnes touchées par un cancer. 

Edwards, Andrew ; Polman, Remco 

Pacing in sport and exercise: a psychophysiological perspective 

Hauppauge: Nova Science Publisher's, 2012. – 208 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781619424203 

CIO MA 25503 * classif.: 061.1 

―Pacing in sport and exercise: a psychophysiological‖ perspective is the first book which 

comprehensively examines the way humans pace exercise and sporting activities. This concept 

represents an exciting opportunity to combine the latest physiological and psychological theories 

with practical sport and exercise applications. Pacing is the strategy by which effort is managed 

across an exercise bout in relation to a specific goal and in the knowledge of the likely demands of 

the task. 


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Sports cardiology: from diagnosis to clinical management 

Milan: Springer, 2012. 321 p.: ill. – ISBN 9788847027749 


This specialized reference textbook presents the physiological and pathophysiological aspects of 

cardiovascular diseases affecting the athlete population. 

Fitch, Kenneth D. 

An overview of asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness in Olympic athletes 

IN: British journal of sports medicine, Vol. 46(6), 2012, pp. 413-416 

Data from the past five Olympic Games obtained from athletes seeking to inhale β2 adrenoceptor 

agonists (IBA) have identified those athletes with documented asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness 

(AHR). With a prevalence of about 8%, asthma/AHR is the commonest chronic 

medical condition experienced by Olympic athletes. In Summer and Winter athletes, there is a 

marked preponderance of asthma/AHR in endurance-trained athletes. The relatively late onset of 

asthma/AHR in many older athletes is suggestive that years of endurance training may be a 

contributory cause. Inspiring polluted or cold air is considered a significant aetiological factor in 

some but not all sports. During the last five Olympic Games, there has been improved 

management of athletes with asthma/AHR with a much higher proportion of athletes combining 

inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with IBA and few using long-acting IBA as monotherapy. 

Maclaren, Donald S. ; Morton, James 

Biochemistry for sport and exercice metabolism 


CIO MA 25233 * classif.: 061.1 

How do our muscles produce energy for exercise and what are the underlying biochemical 

principles involved? These are questions that students need to be able to answer when studying 

for a number of sport related degrees. This can prove to be a difficult task for those with a 

relatively limited scientific background. Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism addresses 

this problem by placing the primary emphasis on sport, and describing the relevant biochemistry 

within this context. The book opens with some basic information on the subject, including an 

overview of energy metabolism, some key aspects of skeletal muscle structure and function, and 

some simple biochemical concepts. 

Malcolm, Dominic ... [et al.] 

The social organization of sports medicine: critical socio-cultural perspectives 

New York: Routledge, 2012. – 338 p. – ISBN 9780415884440 


During the twentieth century the relationship between sport and medicine has eveloped in the 

context of broader social, cultural and politico-economic processes. This includes increasing 

scientific understanding of the human body, growing attention to lifestyle as a health-risk factor, 

the development of health promotion, and a shifting balance of power between the medical 

profession, allied health professions and patients. In conjunction with the rationalization, 

internationalization and commercialization of sports performance, these processes have combined 

to lead to the expansion of the system of sports medicine in any, if not all, Western nations. This 

volume charts changing perceptions of sport within medical discourse, attempts by sports 

medicine providers to forge professional identities in response to these processes, the day-to-day 

experiences of deliverers of sports medicine and the reactions of recipients of that healthcare. 


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Encyclopedia of sports and athletics 

New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2012. – 635 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781612099590 


This new book presents and discusses current research in the study of sports and athletics. Topics 

discussed include the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise; the role of physical exercise in 

Parkinson's disease; the health benefits of aerobic activity and physical fitness in young people; 

physiological evaluation of athletic performance in cyclic sports; social and environmental 

influences on athlete motivation in sports; self-talk in sports; mental toughness; the role of physical 

activity in the treatment and prevention of anxiety and depression in children and being 

superstitious in sports. 

Paralympic Games and sports medicine: a special issue 

IN : Clinical journal of sports medicine, Vol. 22(1), January 2012 

Some articles (among others): 

The Paralympic Winter Athlete 

The injury experience at the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games 

Paralympic medical services for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games 

Antidoping in Paralympic sport 

Mental preparation for the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games 

Anti-dopage / Anti-doping 

Bodin, Dominique... [et al.] 

Actes de la Conférence Internationale droits de l'homme et dopage: ENS Cachan, 

Campus Ker Lann, 24-25 mars 2011 = International Conference proceedings 

human rights and doping: ENS Cachan, Campus Ker Lann, 24-25 March 2011 

France: VIP&S, 2012. – 1 CD-ROM 

CIO CA 359 * classif.: 061 

C‘est la dimension liant éthique, droits de l‘homme et nécessité de lutte contre le dopage en tant 

qu‘atteinte à la santé des athlètes et plus particulièrement des jeunes que cette conférence aborde 

à travers des contributions scientifiques (Anthropologie, Droit, Histoire, Philosophie, Psychologie, 

Science de l‘Education, Sociologie) qui s‘appuient sur des recherches, études et analyses en 

cours. Deux questions principales structurent cette conférence : Pourquoi le dopage viole-t-il les 

principes des Droits de l‘Homme ? La lutte contre le dopage peut-elle justifier les pratiques 

discriminatoires ? 

Cooper, Chris E. 

Run, swim, throw, cheat: the science behind drugs in sport 

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. – 305 p. – ISBN 9780199581467 

CIO MA 25635 * classif.: 061.5 

In most cases, the athletes‘ achievements can be attributed to hard work and natural talent. But 

some will take drugs to enhance their performance. Written by top biochemist Chris Cooper, ―Run, 

Swim, Throw, cheat‖ explains how people have cheated in the past, how they cheat now, and how 

they will cheat in the future. From anabolic steroids to human growth hormone and the blood 

booster EPO, Cooper separates the truth from the hype, revealing what works and what doesn't 

work. More disturbing, the book argues that science has barely touched the surface of 

performance enhancement; there are many, many drugs yet to be discovered. Future 

developments are limited only by our imagination, research funding, and, of course, ethics. 

Moreover, recent findings of genetic enhancements on animals show it is possible to create super 

animals that far outperform their peers, suggesting that the top human athletes of the future may 

get there via gene manipulation. 


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Sport and doping: the analysis of an antagonistic symbiosis 

Frankfurt am Main; Bern: P. Lang, 2011. – 202 p. – ISBN 9783631630785 

CIO MA 25292 * classif.: 061.5 

Do elite sport and doping form an antagonistic symbiosis in which both partners can live neither 

with nor without each other? From its very beginnings to the present day the phenomenon of 

doping has probably gone hand in hand with modern professional sport performed for a monetary 

reward. The contributions provide insight into this symbiosis from the perspectives of sociology, 

economics, and law. They show that different intertwined surrounding conditions and social 

processes enable the use of doping substances. Individual and collective actors produce this 

phenomenon as an unintended consequence of their purposeful social behaviour. These 

interdependent influences produce a dynamic equilibrium from which many actors benefit. 

Hamilton, Tyler ; Coyle, Daniel 

The secret race: inside the hidden world of the Tour de France: doping, cover-ups, 

and winning at all costs 

London: Bantam, 2012. – 290 p. – ISBN 9780593071731 

CIO MA 25666 * classif.: 061.5:7 

―The Secret Race‖ is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue 

surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold 

medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle. Over the course of 

two years, Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke 

candidly with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive book that takes 

us, for the first time, deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous 

doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to succeed that they 

would do anything—and take any risk, physical, mental, or moral—to gain the edge they need to 

win. A journey into the heart of a never-before-seen world, The Secret Race is a riveting, 

courageous act of witness from a man who is as determined to reveal the hard truth about his 

sport as he once was to win the ―Tour de France‖. 

Jedlicka, Scott 

The normative discourse of anti-doping policy 

IN: International journal of sport policy and politics, August 2012, Ahead of Print, pp. 1-14 

Despite the progress made towards integrating global anti-doping efforts, the use of performanceenhancing 

substances in sport remains a legitimate, if misunderstood, concern. While public 

attitudes have become increasingly tolerant towards methods of performance enhancement in 

everyday matters, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its related organizations continue to 

take a strong prohibitive stance against performance enhancement in sport. This study employs 

methods of critical discursive analysis in an investigation of the World Anti-Doping Code. 

Kohler, Rob 

Effective implementation of WADA education programs by 2012 



Hamidi, Mehrdad ... [et al.] 

Drug abuse in sport: doping 

Hauppauge, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, 2012. – 226 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781613245743 

CIO MA 25678 * classif.: 061.5 

The first documented history of doping routes backs to when a professor of medicine decided to 

determine the effect of cocaine in American coca leaves on performance by hiking his students in 

the mountains. The results of this work showed that cocaine can decrease fatigue in athletes as 

well as in the general population. The ancient Greeks excessively believed in using some kinds of 

psychoactive mushrooms or fortifying drinks to enhance their performance. Although these 

substances showed beneficial effects, it is likely that they had adverse effects. This book reviews 

the history and current status of this troubling affliction in the athletic arena. 


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Missa, Jean-Noël ; Nouvel, Pascal (ed.) 

Philosophie du dopage 

Paris: Presses universitaires de France, impr. 2011. – X, 234 p. – ISBN 

9782130584384 

CIO MA 25289 * classif.: 061.5 

Le dopage a accompagné depuis trente ans le développement de l'activité sportive, en particulier 

dans le sport de haut niveau. Les importants enjeux politiques, économiques, médiatiques et 

financiers créent des environnements propices à cette dérive alors que l'éthique majoritairement 

exprimée par les institutions sportives continue de combattre ce qui reste présenté comme un 

fléau. La tolérance zéro pour le dopage dans le sport contraste ainsi nettement avec la position 

plutôt laxiste de la société envers les techniques d'amélioration cognitive et les autres techniques 

d'améliorations de soi en dehors du sport. La progression de la pharmaco-chimie et des 

biotechnologies a rendu le débat beaucoup plus complexe car les systèmes de contrôle 

toxicologique ou de surveillance biologique mis en place ne garantissent pas l'efficacité des 

règlementations en cours. Dans ces conditions, l'hypocrisie est souvent de mise vis-à-vis de la 

problématique du dopage. Car si les contraintes que subissent les coureurs sont fortes, la logique 

« citius-altius-fortius » est toujours omniprésente. Et le positionnement de la médecine du sport est 

toujours ambivalent ; le discours est opposé au dopage mais les actes vont dans le sens d'une 

aide à l'amélioration de la performance. 

Oswald, Denis ; Jaccoud, Christophe (ed.) 

Le dopage dans le sport: état des lieux et nouvelles perspectives : actes du 

Colloque scientifique à l'occasion du 15ème anniversaire du CIES, Neuchâtel, 28 

janvier 2011 

Neuchâtel: Ed. CIES, 2011. – 158 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.– ISBN 294024121X 

CIO MA 25287 * classif.: 061.5 

Qu'il ait longtemps revêtu des formes rudimentaires ou qu'il se présente désormais de manière 

plus sophistiquée, le dopage sportif, né de la tentation d' "élargir" les limites de la nature humaine, 

interroge aujourd'hui la société sportive et, bien sûr, la société toute entière. Menaçant 

directement les principes de régulation que les institutions sportives ont précocement mis en 

oeuvre, mais aussi ses valeurs historiques, le dopage sonstitue aujourd'hui un problème public. 

ainsi, depuis quelques dizaines d'années, les principaux acteurs du domaine ont clairement 

manifesté la volonté de le combattre, selon les impératifs du droit et d'une philosophie clairement 

répressive qui modilise, outre les acteurs du sport, les corps de police, la justice et de larges 

secteurs de la recherche médicale. A l'occasion du 15ème anniversaire de sa fondation, le Centre 

International d'Etude du Sport (CIES) a voulu établir un état des lieux, aussi riche et 

interdisciplinaire que possible, de la situation, mais aussi des problèmes et des enjeux qui sont 

attachés à cette menace et à sa régulation. Biologistes, juristes, sociologues, psychologues, 

policiers, éthiciens, responsables sportifs et responsables politiques, ont donc accepté notre 

invitation. Ce sont leurs contributions que nous avons l'honneur de présenter dans ce volume qui 

restitue les conférences qui ont eu lieu à Neuchâtel, le 28 janvier 2011. 

Reinold, Marcel 

Arguing against doping: a discourse analytical study on Olympic anti-doping between the 

1960s and the late 1980s 

[Münster]: University of Münster, 2012. – 68 p. 

Postgraduate research grant programme 2011 Olympic Studies Centre, International Olympic 

Committee. 

The implementation of anti-doping requires strong moral justification, a clear definition of doping 

and methods of control which are deemed to be reliable, objective and valid. The historical 

research presented here focuses on how IOC's anti-doping measures were justified from their 

introduction in the 1960s to the end of the 1980s. Documents from the IOC archives constitute the 

primary sources of this account. 


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Silance, Luc... [et.al.] 

Le dopage: qui réglemente ? qui sanctionne ? 

Limal : Anthemis, 2012. 145 p. ISBN: 9782874553721 

CIO MA 25264 * classif.: 061.5 

Dans une société où les résultats sont la seule vérité, l‘homme se voit contraint d‘accroître sans 

cesse son endurance et son efficacité. Personne n‘est épargné par cette exigence : étudiants, 

travailleurs et, bien sûr, sportifs amateurs ou professionnels. 

Les scandales qui émaillent régulièrement les médias ont inévitablement associé dopage et sport. 

Si les cas de dopés célèbres ne datent pas d‘hier, les progrès scientifiques constants permettent 

le développement de techniques toujours plus pointues destinées à rendre l‘homme plus 

performant, fut-ce au détriment de sa santé. Pour contrer ces pratiques, des structures de contrôle 

ont donc été mises en place. Cet ouvrage aborde la problématique à travers deux questions 

essentielles en matière de lutte antidopage : la réglementation et la sanction. Chacune est 

abordée selon les points de vue du professeur, de l‘avocat, de l‘arbitre ou encore du dirigeant 

sportif. Cette approche pluridisciplinaire intéressera ainsi tous les acteurs du monde sportif. 

L‘ouvrage est précédé d‘un message de Jacques Rogge, président du Comité International 

Olympique. 

Bahr, Roald (ed.) 

The IOC manual of sports injuries: an illustrated guide to the management of injuries in 

physical activity 

Chichester: Wiley, 9781118467961, 516 p. 

This new book, developed in partnership with the Medical Commission of the International Olympic 

Committee and edited by the world's leading authorities in sports medicine, is a comprehensive 

manual for the diagnosis, management, and continued care of patients with sports injuries. 

Beautifully illustrated with color illustrations and packed with useful at-a-glance information, it is 

intended as a go-to guide for primary care physicians and other non-specialist clinicians who 

provide front-line care for the majority of those who participate in sports or personal fitness 

activities. 

Chanussot, Jean-Claude ; Danowski, Raymond-Gilbert 

Traumatologie du sport 

8e éd. – Issy-les-Moulineaux: Elsevier Masson, 2012. – 570 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9782294703195 

CIO MA 25724 * classif.: 061.6 

Cet ouvrage expose les principales affections d'origine traumatique ou microtraumatique 

rencontrées chez le sportif. Elles sont présentées par région : épaule, coude, poignet-main, 

bassin-hanche, genou, jambe-cheville-pied, rachis... 

Keil, Anne, 

Strap taping for sports and rehabilitation 

Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2012. – 171 p.: ill. + 1 DVD. – ISBN 97807360952733 

CIO MA 25259 / CIO DA 176 * classif.: 061 

Includes DVD Video featuring 50 taping techniques. Strap Taping for Sports and Rehabilitation 

presents taping techniques for use on all body areas in both physical therapy and modified athletic 

training. This easy-to-use reference contains 50 strap taping techniques with Leukotape that help 

support or control joint mobility and provide greater stability than other methods of taping. Though 

the text focuses on strap taping for physical therapy, it also includes a variety of sport-related 

taping and other techniques used in orthopedic rehabilitation. Many of these techniques can also 

be used or modified for use with neurological and pediatric patients or clients. 


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Leg pain in the running athlete 

Philadelphia, Pa.; London: Saunders, 2012. – 379 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781455739363 

CIO MA 25365 * classif.: 061.6 

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine is devoted to Leg Pain in Athletes. Leg pain is a common 

manifestation of many ailments for which the athlete is vulnerable. In this issue, authors will 

discuss the most common causes of leg pain, including tibial stress syndrome, stress fractures, 

and exertional compartment syndrome. 

O'Sullivan McDonagh, David 

FIMS sports medicine manual:event planning and emergency care 

Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012. – 547 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781582558738 

CIO MA 25701 * classif.: 061.1 

Published in association with the International Federation of Sports Medicine, ―FIMS Sports 

Medicine Event Manual‖ covers all aspects of setting up sports medicine care for sporting events 

along with what to do to care for the athletes. This emergency sports medicine manual addresses 

an array of essential issues including: planning the medical aspects of sporting events, evaluating 

the ―return to play‖ conundrum, and on-field treatment of an injured or ill athlete. These topics and 

skills are crucial for all event physicians to master. 

Rodineau, Jacques (dir.)... [et al.]. 

Rachis et sports: quels risques? quels effets bénéfiques?: 29e journée de 

traumatologie du sport de la Pitié-Salpêtrière 

Issy-les-Moulineaux: Elsevier Masson, 2011. – 336 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782294715884 

CIO MA 25167 * classif.: 061.6 

La pratique sportive sollicite le rachis à des degrés divers. Celui-ci est exposé dans un certain 

nombre de sports à des traumatismes parfois graves, notamment quand ils concernent le rachis 

cervical. L'ouvrage fournit au praticien les éléments nécessaires à la prévention et au retour à la 

pratique de compétition de même niveau. Epidémiologie, analyse des principaux signes 

fonctionnels, examens cliniques et complémentaires, prise en charge, traitements chirurgicaux, 

techniques d'imagerie sont traités dans cet ouvrage reflet de la 28e journée de traumatologie du 

sport de la Pitié-Salpétrière au cours de laquelle chirurgiens, radiologues, rééducateurs,médecins 

du sport livrent leurs expériences. 

Steffen, Kathrin ; Soligard, Torbjørn Soligard ; Lars Engebretsen 

Health protection of the Olympic athletes 

IN: British journal of sports medicine, Vol. 46 (2012), pp. 466-470 

Protection of the athletes' health is a clearly articulated objective of the International Olympic 

Committee. Longitudinal surveillance of injuries and illnesses can provide valuable data that may 

identify high-risk sports and disciplines. This is a foundation for introducing tailored preventive 

measures. During the XXIX Summer and XXI Winter Games, comprehensive injury and illness 

recording through the medical staff of the participating National Olympic Committees and the 

sports medicine clinics revealed that between 7% and 11% of all athletes incurred an injury or 

suffered from at least one occurrence of illness during the Games. The incidence of injuries and 

illnesses varied substantially between sports. In the future, risk factor and injury mechanism 

analyses in high-risk Olympic sports are essential to better direct injury-prevention strategies. 

Vergès, Samuel 

Anomalies du système respiratoire de l'athlète d'endurance: troubles 

bronchiques, limitations ventilatoires et anomalie des échanges gazeux à 

l'exercice 

Sarrebruck: Editions universitaires européennes, 2011. – 196 p. – ISBN 9786131561276 

CIO MA 25244 * classif.: 061.1 

Le système respiratoire est particulièrement sollicité chez l'athlète d'endurance du fait des hauts 

niveaux d'activation métabolique et de la répétition des phases d'hyperventilation. 


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Athletic footwear and orthoses in sports medicine 

New York: Springer, 2010. – 350 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780387764153 

CIO MA 25229 * classif.: 061.6 

This concise manual is for sports medicine specialists who want to effectively prescribe footwear 

and orthotics for the athlete. The book provides a logical approach designed to maximize 

performance and minimize injury. In addition to the fundamentals, including athletic foot types, 

basic biomechanics, and gait evaluation, the text also addresses the assessment and prescription 

of shoes, inserts, and orthotics. The work covers new technologies and sports-specific 

recommendations as well. By presenting essential information in a convenient and easily 

accessible format, this book will prove to be invaluable for sports medicine physicians, podiatrists, 

physical therapists, athletic trainers, and other specialists when making footwear 

recommendations for athletes. 

Zachazewski, James E. (ed.) 

Sports therapy services: organization and operations 

Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2012. – ISBN 9781118429921 

―Handbook of Sports Therapy Services: Organization and Operations― is a practical guide, 

appropriate for each member of the multi-disciplinary "Sports Therapy" team, to establishing and 

effectively delivering the diverse therapy services required for athletes at international, national, 

and regional sporting events. 

Bean, Anita 

The complete guide to sports nutrition 

6th ed. – London: A. & C. Black, 2011. – 296 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781408105382 

CIO MA 25174 * classif.: 064.1 

―The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition― is the definitive practical handbook for anyone wanting a 

performance advantage. This fully updated and revised edition - now in full colour - incorporates 

the latest cutting-edge research. Written by one of the country's most respected sports 

nutritionists, it provides the latest research and information to help you succeed. This sixth edition 

includes in-depth information and guidance on the following topics: maximising endurance, 

strength and performance how to calculate your optimal calorie, carbohydrate and protein 

requirements advice on improving body composition specific advice for women, children and 

vegetarians eating plans to cut body fat, gain muscle and prepare for competition sport-specific 

nutritional advice. 

Benardot, Dan 

Advanced sports nutrition: fine-tune your food and fluid intake for optimal training 

and performance 

2nd ed. – Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2012. – 411 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781450401616 

CIO MA 25196 * classif.: 064.1 

This comprehensive guide includes the latest nutrition concepts for athletes in any sport. Worldrenowned 

sports nutritionist Dr. Dan Benardot breaks down the chemistry of improved 

performance into winning principles that ensure athletes' key energy systems are properly stocked 

at all times. This new edition features advice on meals, energy and nutrient-timing guidelines to 

maintain that crucial energy balance throughout the day. Also included are explanations on optimal 

ratios and quantities of nutrients as well as guidelines on identifying and maintaining optimal body 

composition for maximal power. 


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Burke, Louise ; Cox, Greg 

The complete guide to food for sports performance: a guide to peak nutrition for 

your sport. – 3rd ed. – Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2010. – 522 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9781741143904 

CIO MA 25222 * classif.: 064.1 

A substantially revised and updated edition of the highly respected guide to using nutrition as an 

integrated part of an athlete's total performance-enhancing package 

Clark, Nancy 

Nancy Clark's food guide for marathoners: tips for everyday champions 

5th ed. – Maidenhead: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2012. – 165 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781841263229 

CIO MA 25324 * classif.: 064.1 

In “Nancy Clark's Food Guide for Marathoners“, you'll learn to Effectively balance carbohydrates, 

protein and fat into your diet Choose the best snacks for before, during and after long runs Lose 

weight and have energy to exercise Carbohydrate load for a marathon Complete the entire 

marathon with energy to spare. 

Daniel, Hugues 

Nutrition de l'endurance: les secrets pour booster vos performances / 

Vergèze: T. Souccar, 2012. – 272 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782365490092 

CIO MA 25453 * classif.: 064.1 

Les secrets de la performance. Deux médecins du sport, eux mêmes coureurs, vous conseillent 

pour optimiser l'entraînement, la récupération et la préparation à la compétition. 

Hausswirth, Christophe 

Nutrition et performance en sport: la science au bout de la fourchette 

Paris: INSEP-Publications, 2012. – 481 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782865801947 

CIO MA 25534 * classif.: 064.1 

En matière de nutrition, les questions que se posent les sportifs et leurs entraîneurs sont 

nombreuses, et toutes méritent des réponses claires ! Telle est l'ambition première de cet ouvrage 

qui a réuni les plus grands spécialistes mondiaux de la nutrition sportive afin d'apporter les 

éclairages tant attendus. En effet, à l'heure d'une compétition plus serrée que jamais, l'empirisme 

ne suffit plus : la victoire, qui se joue souvent sur d'infimes subtilités, requiert des choix rationnels, 

notamment alimentaires. Et si la réussite sportive est un objectif légitime, ce dernier ne doit pas 

être poursuivi aux dépens du capital santé : trop souvent encore les athlètes mettent celle-ci en 

danger. Telle est donc la seconde ambition de ce livre : apprendre à concilier performance et 

respect de son corps. 


Prévention / Prevention 

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Sport and exercise nutrition 

Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. – 385 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9781444334685 

CIO MA 25224 * classif.: 064.1 

Now widely adopted on courses throughout the world, the prestigious Nutrition Society Textbook 

series provides students with the scientific basics in nutrition in the context of a systems and 

disease approach rather than on a nutrient by nutrient basis. In addition books provide a means to 

enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these 

throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times. This NS Textbook on Sport and 

Exercise Nutrition has been written to cover the latest information on the science and practice of 

sport and exercise nutrition. A key concept behind this textbook is that it aims to combine the 

viewpoints of world leading nutrition experts from both academia/research and a practical stand 

point. Plus where necessary there are additional practitioner based authors to ensure theory is 

translated into practice for each chapter in the form of either ‗practice tips' or ‗information sheets' at 

the end of relevant chapters. 

Seebohar, Bob 

Nutrition periodization for athletes: taking traditional sports nutrition to the next 

level 

2nd ed. – Boulder, CO: Bull Pub. Co., 2011. – 295 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781933503653 

CIO MA 25219 * classif.: 064.1 

Bypassing the traditional belief that the nutritional element is only important around the time of 

athletic competition, this ―new school‖ approach highlights the benefits that a year-round, 

periodized nutrition plan can bring. A variety of training cycles are outlined, accompanied by 

specific physiological goals such as increasing endurance, speed, strength, and power and 

improving technique, tactics, and economy. Covering every sport, this guide addresses the true 

needs of athletes who are training and competing on a consistent basis. 

Clauzade, Michel et Numa 

Les dents et le sport 

Paris: Chiron, 2012. 145 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782702713686 

CIO MA 25631 * classif.: 061.1 

Informations sur la malocclusion chez les sportifs. Le mauvais contact des dents peut induire des 

pertes d'énergie, des fatigues musculaires et ainsi priver le sportif de performances ou de 

victoires. Soigner ses dents, traiter les malocclusions et les dysfonctions temporomandibulaires, 

c'est l'assurance d'une meilleure santé et d'un meilleur rendement sportif. 

Soligard, T.; Engebretsen, L. … [et al.] 

International Olympic Committee consensus statement on thermoregulatory and altitude 

challenges for high-level athletes 


Challenging environmental conditions, including heat and humidity, cold, and altitude, pose 

particular risks to the health of Olympic and other high-level athletes. As a further commitment to 

athlete safety, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Commission convened a panel 

of experts to review the scientific evidence base, reach consensus, and underscore practical 

safety guidelines and new research priorities regarding the unique environmental challenges 

Olympic and other international-level athletes face. In the mean time, the IOC Medical 

Commission and International Sport Federations have implemented new guidelines and taken 

additional steps to mitigate risk even further. 


3.16. Médias / Media 

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Sports on television: the how and why behind what you see 


CIO MA 25658 * classif.: 065.93 

This book provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry‖. 

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Farrington, Neil ... [et al.] 

Race, racism and sports journalism 

London: Routledge, 2012. 172 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415676403 


This book critically examines issues of race, racism and sports journalism and offers practical 

advice on sports reporting, including a discussion of guidelines for ethical journalism. In a series of 

case studies, representations of race will be explored through historical and contemporary analysis 

of international media coverage, including online and digital platforms. The background and 

impacts of these representations will also be discussed through interviews with athletes and sports 

journalists. 

Focus on broadcasting and sponsorship: out of the shadow and into the limelight 

IN: The Paralympian: the official magazine of the Paralympic Movement, no 1(2012), pp. 

6-11 

As London 2012 approaches, we take a look at how the Paralympic Movement is becoming a 

more commercially attractive proposition. 

Hutchins, Brett 

Sport beyond television: the Internet, digital media and the rise of networked 

media 

London: Routledge, 2012. – 237 p.– ISBN 9780415887182 

CIO MA 25435 * classif.: 065.93 

Television is no longer the only screen delivering footage and news to people about sport. 

Computers, the Internet, Web, mobile and other digital media are increasingly important 

technologies in the production and consumption of sports media. ―Sport Beyond Television‖ 

analyzes the changes that have given rise to this situation, combining theoretical insights with 

original evidence collected through extensive research and interviews with people working in the 

media and sport industries. It locates sports media as a pivotal component in online content 

economies and cultures, and counteracts the scant scholarly attention to sports media when 

compared to music, film and publishing in convergent media cultures. 

IOC and UEFA warm to pay-TV 


Changing rights-holder strategies could hit televisions audiences for this year‘s football euro and 

Olympics. Sportbusiness Intelligence and Eurodata TV Worldwide explain why. 


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Kristiansen, Elsa ; Hanstad, Dag Vidar 

Journalists and Olympic athletes: a Norwegian case study of an ambivalent relationship 

IN: International journal of sport communication, Vol. 5 (2) (June 2012), pp. 231-245 

This case study explores the relationship between media and sport. More specifically, it examines 

the association (i.e., the contact and communication) between Norwegian journalists and athletes 

during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. Ten athletes and three journalists 

were interviewed about their relationship. To regulate and improve the journalist–athlete 

relationship during special events like the Olympics, media rules have been formulated. In regard 

to the on-site interactions, they accepted that they are working together where one was performing 

and the other reporting the event ―back home.‖ While the best advice is to be understanding of the 

journalists‘ need for stories and inside information, the media coverage was perceived as a 

constant stress factor for the athletes. However, because of the media rules the athletes were able 

to keep their distance but one athlete did comment: ―You will not survive if you take it personally.‖ 

Lefever, Katrien 

New media and sport: international legal aspects 

The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012. – 322 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789067048729 

CIO MA 25679 * classif.: 065.93 

During the past decade, the media landscape and the coverage of sports events have changed 

fundamentally. Sports fans can consume the sports content of their choice, on the platform they 

prefer and at the time they want. Furthermore, thanks to electronic devices and Internet, content 

can now be created and distributed by every sports fan. This book, illustrates that media law is still 

needed, even in an era of abundance, to guarantee public‘s access to live and full sports 

coverage. 

Little, David E. 

The sports show: athletics as image and spectacle 

Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2012. – 302 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780816679379 

CIO MA 25502 * classif.: 065.93 

―The Sports Show‖ features photographs from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 

the exhibition's organizer, and from other cultural institutions, together with mass media 

photographs, television clips, movies, installations, and videos. These memorable sports images 

provide an alternative view of culture and history over the past three centuries. 

Petca, Andra Raisa ; Bivolaru, Eliza ; Graf, Timo Alexander 

Gender stereotypes in the Olympic Games media? A cross-cultural panel study of online 

visuals from Brazil, Germany and the United States 


Research reveals a stereotypical media portrayal of Olympic athletes [Bissel and Holt, ‗Who's Got 

Game?‘]. Using panel data from the 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, this study aims 

at identifying potential trends in visual representation of athletes. The analysis of online visuals of 

three media powers, Brazil (Latin America), Germany (Europe) and the USA (North America) 

allows for the investigation of culture-specific vs. global trends and for the identification of 

convergence/divergence forces across time in media. Differences between male and female 

representation with respect to category of sport, dynamic, camera angle, number of people, 

emotion and level of body exposure are assessed with Mann–Whitney U-tests. The findings 

suggest that although the web media reinforces some of the gender stereotypes, across the 

investigated time, an improvement towards gender evenness as well as a cross cultural 

convergence of athletes' portrayal is present. While some gender disparities still exist, the Internet 

seems to establish worldwide gender equity. 


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The business of the Olympic Games. - Part 3: Media and broadcast 


Contains : 

Bringing the Games to life - Timo Lumme explains how he and his team help keep Brand Olympic 

commercially credible 

Eurosport: going beyond the Games - Julien Bergeaud, director of programmes and broadcasting 

at Eurosport, explains why the broadcaster‘s pan-regional remit demands a different approach of 

the Games. 

London 2012: the Martini Games - Roger Mosey, the BBC‘s director of London 2012, tells about 

the UK public-service broadcaster‘s commitment to delivering all the Olympic action – anytime, 

anyplace and anywhere 

Olympic fever high in France 

Olympic broadcast in numbers 

Rowe, David 

Global media sport: flows, forms and futures 

New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2011. – 180 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781849660709 

CIO MA 25226 * classif.: 065.93 

How has globalization impacted on sports media? What are the economic ramifications? And what 

is the future of sports media? This book investigates the constituents, dimensions and implications 

of the flows of media sport from the Global West to the Global East and in the reverse direction. At 

an historical moment when the relative stability of the Western media sport order is under 

challenge, it analyses a range of key structures, practices and issues whose ramifications extend 

far beyond the fields of play and national contexts in which sport events take place. 

Shortt, Aideen 

London 2012: the social show 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 183, Oct. 2012, pp. 24-25 

London 2012 lived up to its billing as the first ―social‖ Olympic Games. In an excerpt from 

SportBusiness Group‘s latest intelligence report, ―Social Media in Sport‖, Aideen Shortt looks at 

which social media platform won the numbers game and how brands exploited the social buzz 

around the Games. 

Stoldt, G. Clayton 

Sport public relations: managing stakeholder communication 

2nd ed. – Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2012. – 373 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780736090384 


In the book, coauthors G. Clayton Stoldt, Stephen Dittmore and Scott Branvoid highlight how 

social media and other e-technologies are affecting the sports communications field. 

Tuunainen, Sari 

The role of social media in the communications of NOC Finland 




Mobile and ready 


To reflect the changing media landscape, enhance the spectator experience and increase 

opportunities around retail and sponsorship, venue operators across a variety of sports are 

installing all-embracing Wi-Fi solutions. David Walmsley looks at the latest venues installing Wi-Fi 

and asks the people selling the solutions into stadia what challenges they are coming up against. 


3.17. Participation en sport / Participation in sport 

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Boardley, Ian David 

Can viewing London 2012 influence sport participation?: a viewpoint based on relevant 

theory 


Sport England has been given the responsibility of delivering a mass participation legacy for sport 

from the London 2012 games. Delivering such a legacy will require a change in motivation for 

sport participation in the general public; one way this could be influenced is through a 

demonstration effect stimulated by media coverage of the 2012 games. This article has two 

purposes: first, to introduce to sport-policy scholars aspects of theories relevant to sport 

participation; second, to use this material to discuss the potential impact of viewing the 2012 

games on viewers' sport motivation, and therefore stimulate debate around this topic. 

Carmichael, Fiona (ed.) 

The Olympic legacy and participation in sport: an interim assessment of Sport England's 

Active People Survey for sports studies research 

IN: International Journal of Sport Policy & Politics, Ahead of Print, March 2012, pp. 1-15 

This article uses data from Sport England's Active People Survey (APS) to explore trends and 

demographic influences on participation in sporting and physical activities. On the basis of the 

analysis undertaken, this article considers the extent to which the APS data can be useful both to 

scholars of sport studies and to inform sport policymakers. Multivariate models are employed and 

a range of indicators of participation are utilized as dependent variables. These include 

participation in sport and exercise in general as well as participation in specific activities namely 

walking, cycling, swimming and athletics. The article concludes that analysis of the APS data can 

shed light on interesting trends and relationships that could assist an understanding of sport 

participation and inform policymakers. 

Collins, Dave (ed.) 

Three worlds: new directions in participant development in sport and physical activity 

IN: Sport, education and society, Vol. 17(2), March 2012, pp. 225-243 

The twin challenges of inactivity and the 2012 Olympics have tightened the focus in UK sport 

promotion. However, the twin track approach which treats these challenges as distinct concerns 

may limit the efficacy of interventions in either area. We propose that a continuum between 

participation, performance sport and elite achievement represents the most efficacious and logical 

focus for practitioners and researchers alike. We explore the genesis of this, and other problematic 

features through critical consideration of key theories. Finally, we propose a multidimensional 

approach to lifelong sport and activity participation as a theoretically justified basis for research 

and intervention design. 

3.18. Philosophie / Philosophy 

Hess, Jeanne 

Sportuality: finding joy in the Games 

Bloomington: Balboa, 2012. – 231 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781452543819 


―Sportuality‖ is an examination of sports at all levels from a Western perspective, focusing on how 

it reflects our cultural belief in separation and dualistic thinking, as well as how sports can grow 

peace, understanding, and joy. Sportuality crosses disciplines of sports and spirituality to help 

readers--athletes, coaches, parents, and fans--evolve a higher consciousness within sports and 

competition. Using a journal and questions for self-reflection--called a "box score" and "time-out"-readers 

can reflect upon and create their own sportual stories. By examining words traditionally 

used within sports, Sportuality helps the reader think critically about competition, community, 

communication, spirit, humor, enthusiasm, education, religion, holiness, sanctuary, sacrifice, and 

victory. Sportuality can also expose our learned beliefs in war and violence so we might be willing 

to choose the alternatives of joy and peace 


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Sport and neoliberalism: politics, consumption, and culture 

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2012. 316 p. – ISBN 99781439905043 


Offering new approaches to thinking about political ideologies and sports, ―Sports and 

neoliberalism‖ explores the structures, formations, and mechanics of neoliberalism. The editors 

and contributors to this original and timely volume examine the intersection of sport as a national 

pastime, but also as an engine for urban policy - e.g., stadium building - as well as a powerful 

force for influencing our understanding of the relationship between culture, politics, and identity. 

Bensoussan, Georges... [et al.] 

Sport, corps et sociétés de masse: le projet d'un homme nouveau: colloque 

"Sport, corps, régimes autoritaires et totalitaires" dimanche 13 novembre au 

Mémorial de la Shoah, lundi 14 novembre au centre d'histoire de Sciences-Po 

Paris: A. Colin, 2012. – 266 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782200277338 


L'ouvrage ―Sport, corps et sociétés de masse, le projet d'un homme nouveau― met à disposition du 

grand public et des chercheurs les communications présentées au colloque international organisé 

en novembre 2011 par le Mémorial de la Shoah et le Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po. L'objectif 

était d'aborder, par un jeu de regards croisés, deux aspects de l'histoire des sociétés industrielles 

trop longtemps négligés par les chercheurs. D'une part, l'invention de politiques sportives par les 

régimes totalitaires et autoritaires européens ; d'autre part, l'émancipation et l'intégration des 

communautés juives dans les sociétés d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord via le sport. A partir des 

Jeux de Berlin (1936), les deux histoires du sport autoritaire et totalitaire et du sport juif deviennent 

indissociables tant les exercices corporels ont pu devenir un instrument d'exclusion, de 

persécution et d'anéantissement des Juifs. 

Berga, Brennan K. ; Kesslera Seth A. ; Hunta Thomas M. 

A realist perspective of sport management program and the H.J. Lutcher Stark 

governmental perceptions of Olympic boycott movements, 1936–2008 


Using historical and discourse analytical methods, this study demonstrates the reciprocal 

relationship between sport and international relations among states and the need to incorporate 

sport into foreign policy deliberations. Specifically, this article traces the evolution of the US's 

governmental perceptions of Olympic boycotts under a realist international relations framework. In 

order to examine several different geopolitical contexts, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the 1980 

Moscow Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics were selected for analysis. Both international 

and domestic politics were considered so that the derived policies regarding a US boycott during 

each Olympics could be better explained. While a US boycott is unlikely in the near future, it 

cannot be completely ruled out as an instrument of diplomacy. At a practical level, this article 

suggests sport is not free from government interests, and sport organizations would be well served 

to plan for various government-influenced contingencies. 


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A realist perspective of sport and international relations: US governmental perceptions of 

Olympic boycott movements, 1936–2008 

IN: International journal of sport policy & politics, 19 June 2012, Ahead of print, pp, 1-14 

Using historical and discourse analytical methods, this study demonstrates the reciprocal 

relationship between sport and international relations among states and the need to incorporate 

sport into foreign policy deliberations. Specifically, this article traces the evolution of the US's 

governmental perceptions of Olympic boycotts under a realist international relations framework. In 

order to examine several different geopolitical contexts, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the 1980 

Moscow Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics were selected for analysis. Both international 

and domestic politics were considered so that the derived policies regarding a US boycott during 

each Olympics could be better explained. While a US boycott is unlikely in the near future, it 

cannot be completely ruled out as an instrument of diplomacy. At a practical level, this article 

suggests sport is not free from government interests, and sport organizations would be well served 

to plan for various government-influenced contingencies. 

Boniface, Pascal 

JO politiques 

Paris: J.-C. Gawsewitch, 2012. – 253 p. – ISBN 9782350133461 


Les Jeux Olympiques seraient, selon les textes fondateurs et les affirmations du CIO, apolitiques. 

Cet événement hypermédiatisé peut-il rester au-dessus de la mêlée politique ? Pascal Boniface 

sort de ce discours hypocrite et révèle l'impact politique formidable des Jeux Olympiques. Suivis 

par plus de 4 milliards de téléspectateurs, attirant plus de 10 000 athlètes de 200 délégations 

nationales différentes, les JO d'été figurent aujourd'hui parmi les rendez-vous les plus populaires 

au monde... et les plus stratégiques. Perçus comme des vitrines des pays hôtes souhaitant 

défendre et améliorer leur image, voire comme une tribune planétaire pour formuler revendications 

et prises de position, les JO n'ont eu de cesse, tout au long de leur histoire, d'être le reflet de 

rivalités géopolitiques, qu'il s'agisse de l'attribution de l'organisation de la compétition ou du 

décompte des médailles. Pascal Boniface décrypte avec clarté l'histoire du mouvement, entre 

boycott, polémiques et médiatisation. Il évoque la compétition entre nations, l'affirmation des 

identités nationales, mais aussi les épisodes dramatiques et les espoirs portés par l'Olympisme, et 

nous offre un nouveau regard à l'approche des jeux de Londres. Comment repenser les JO, dans 

leur approche politique et géopolitique ? 

Boniface, Pascal 

Paris sportifs et corruption: comment préserver l'intégrité du sport 

Paris: Colin, 2012. – 162 p. – ISBN 9782200277840 

CIO MA 25493 * classif.: 032.8 

L'étude s'intéresse aux mécanismes qui favorisent le trucage des rencontres sportives, indiquant 

qu'ils entretiennent un lien étroit avec les opérations de paris. Analysant les causes et les 

techniques en jeu dans ce genre de pratiques, elle a pour but de sensibiliser les décideurs 

concernés et de leur proposer des systèmes d'alerte destinés à combattre cette forme de 

corruption 

Collin, Jean-Christophe 

Le sport au pied du mur 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1572 (1 er sept. 2012), pp. 60-68 

Entre Israël et la Cisjordanie s‘élève un mur de séparation de huit mètres. Un dispositif de sécurité 

pour les Israéliens, un tourment quotidien pour les Palestiniens, et bien sûr les sportifs, contraints 

d‘emprunter d‘interminables détours et de subir les check-points lors de leurs déplacements. 


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Communists and champions: the politicization of sport in modern China: special issue 

IN: The International journal of the history of sport, Vol. 29(1), January 2012 

Some articles (among others): 

Sport and politics in the 1980s: the Olympic Strategy / From Barcelona to Athens (1992–2004): 

‗Juguo Tizhi‘ and China's quest for global power and Olympic glory / The politics of doping and 

anti-doping in Chinese sport / Beijing's two bids for the Olympics: the political games / The 

politicisation of the Beijing Olympics / China's sports policy and politics in the post-Beijing 

Olympics era. 

Connolly, Chris A. 

The politics of the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) 

IN:The International journal of the history of sport, Vol. 29(9), June 2012, pp. 1311-1324 

The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) have previously been highlighted as both the 

most obvious instance of the politicization of international sport, and as the biggest challenge to 

the International Olympic Committee's domination of international sport, particularly among the 

newly-independent and decolonizing nations of Asia and Africa. However, despite the avowedly 

political nature of GANEFO as both a sporting event and an organization, to date there does not 

exist a clear analysis of the internal politics of GANEFO and their role in the organization‘s ultimate 

demise. The Second GANEFO, scheduled to take place in Cairo in 1967 never took place, 

ultimately leading to the death of GANEFO. This article seeks to fill a gap in the explanation of the 

demise of GANEFO, by examining the internal politics of GANEFO as told by declassified 

documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 

Dennis, Mike 

Sport under communism: behind the East German 'miracle' 



This book is the first in-depth exploration of why East Germany was, for two decades, one of the 

three most successful nations in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Based on original Stasi 

and Communist Party archival sources, the book evaluates the significant factors behind the 

GDR's rise to sporting supremacy, notably doping, intensive training regimes, specialist sport 

schools, heavy investment by the state in elite sport, and the comprehensive guarding of top-level 

sport by the Stasi. This book reveals how the central elite sports system was beset by internal 

tensions and disputes, by the personal ambitions of top Communist officials and by local and 

regional interests, and outlines how this system offers a model for elite sport today. 

Dowling, Fiona ... [et al.] 

Equity and difference in physical education, youth sport and health: a narrative 

approach 



Issues of equity remain an essential theme throughout the study and practice of physical 

education (PE), youth sport and health. This important new book confronts and illuminates issues 

of equity and difference through the innovative use of narrative method, telling stories of difference 

that enable students, academics and professionals alike to engage both emotionally and 

cognitively with the subject. 


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World a harmony or an athletic „clash of civilizations‟? The Beijing Olympic spectacle, 

BMX bicycles and the American contours of globalisation 

IN: The International journal of the history of sport, Vol. 29(9), June 2012, pp. 1231-1242 

In spite of rhetorical flourishes concerning world harmony, from US vantages the 2008 Beijing 

Olympics represented an episode in the ‗clash of civilisations‘ between an American-led ‗Occident‘ 

and China's ‗Confucian‘ civilisation. The US media and public tend to see the Olympics through 

Samuel Huntington's combative interpretation of world affairs rather than as a pacific transnational 

partnership. The Chinese tendency to count medals to guarantee China's triumph indicates that 

many Chinese shared in that habit. Americans often see globalisation as an opportunity for 

Americanisation. Seeking through sport the cultural transformation of China and the rest of the 

world represents an old habit in US culture. From American viewpoints, the inclusion of new action 

sports in the Olympics has multiplied opportunities for Americanising the globe. In the Olympic 

debut of BMX cycling, Americans perceived that in spite of Chinese successes in Beijing the 

Olympics ultimately spurred the extension of US hegemony. 

Grynbaum, Antoine ; Vilotte , Jean-François 

La face cachée du sport 

Paris: J.-C Gawsewitch, 2012. – 230 p. – ISBN 9782350133423 

CIO MA 25449 * classif.: 032.8 

S‘appuyant sur des révélations inédites, ce livre pénètre dans les coulisses du sport français pour 

en expliquer les différents dérapages. Le sport, aujourd‘hui, est trop souvent réduit aux résultats et 

aux performances. Sa dimension sociale, culturelle et politique a été complètement négligée. À 

travers plusieurs grands événements récents, les auteurs décortiquent certaines dérives du sport 

actuel : ambition démesurée, argent, hypermédiatisation et perte des valeurs morales dans la 

pratique de haut niveau. 

Hamel, Clément ... [et al.] 

Le sport contre la société 

Latresne: Le Bord de l'Eau, 2012. – 196 p. – ISBN 9782356871749 

CIO MA 25533 * classif.: 032.8 

Alors que le monde capitaliste connaît la crise la plus profonde, la plus violente et la plus longue 

qu'il ait connu depuis les années 1930, le "sport" ne semble souffrir d'aucune récession financière, 

politique ou démographique, nous en voulons pour preuve les grandes compétitions 

internationale, Jeux olympiques de Londres et Championnat d'Europe de football, qui se sont 

déroulés cette année. 

Kerth, Gabriel 

Opportunities and boundaries of a sport policy in the European Union: realities, 

expectations, visions 

Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2011. – 289 p.: ill. – 

ISBN 9783838122359 


Two organizations have increased in complexity in the last 50 years: the EU, which was 

transformed from a community of six West European countries to a unique organization of 27 

member states, and sport, which changed from a free association of the people to a sophisticated 

structure where commercialization, politics and non-ethical behavior increased the presence.The 

reinforcement of sport was balanced in some situations by the EU, the ECJ and the Competition 

Policy Directorate thus clarifying that involvement and intervention in sport will continue as sport, 

judged to be an economic and professional activity, cross the limits established by the Community 

Law. The relationship between sport and the EU has led to several outcomes: sport became part 

of the European project, the EU now has a Sport Unit and is oriented toward the development of a 

EU sport policy. A vision for this policy, however, seems to be lacking at the moment. The 

research focused on the results of interviews with 19 European sport experts. These experts 

identified some important elements whichshould be included in a European sport vision as well as 

some barriers related to the development of a EU sport policy. 


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Koch, Jordan & Borwn, Douglas 

Ringleaders: Olympic athletes who donned, inked, and embodied the Olympic 

logo in the Cold War 


Today, Olympic tattoos and bits of jewellery are as ubiquitous in the Olympic Games as mascots. 

Recently in Vancouver and Beijing, athletes both famous and infamous displayed their body 

projects openly on the playing fields of international sport. This has not always been the case. 

While conducting interviews for a study on Cold War sport, two trends unexpectedly emerged as 

part of the Canadian athlete experience during the 1970s : the fashion of tattooing the Olympic 

logo on one‘s body and donning a ring that incorporates an unauthorized reproduction of the logo. 

Besides owing their origins to a unique generation of Canadian athletes, these now commonplace 

rituals were the product of a particular historical context – a context in which athletes‘ tattoos and 

rings might be interpreted as political performances and assertions of their stakes in a field of 

cultural production that more often than not ignores the validity of the individual. In this article, we 

draw from a series of oral history interviews with Canadian Olympic athletes from the 1970s and 

1980s to explore the stories behind these popular trends. Our analysis of the Olympic rings and 

tattoos are considered more critically through a theoretical lens that is honed by the ideas of Victor 

Turner. Specifically, Turner‘s anthropological concepts of communitas and ritual are used to help 

explain the emergence and evolution of these traditions with sensitivity to the complex 

relationships between human agency and institutional power. 

Leclaire, Jean-Philippe 

Pourquoi les blancs courent moins vite 

Paris : Grasset, 2012. – 361 p. – ISBN 9782246785316 


Ce livre s'attaque à un tabou : le sport et la couleur de la peau. Pourquoi certaines disciplines 

sont-elles à ce point dominées par les Africains, les Afro-américains et les Antillais ? Cette 

mainmise s'explique-t-elle par des facteurs sociologiques, historiques ou scientifiques ? La 

cinquantaine de sportifs, scientifiques et grands témoins interrogés pour ce livre permettent de 

faire la part entre fantasmes et réalité. Entre l'essai et l'enquête, un livre qui fera date 

Nicolien van Luijka & Wendy Frisbya 

(Re)Framing of protest at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games 


Previous research has shown that the organization of the Olympic Games has had a negative 

impact on the civil liberties of host communities, including the suppression of the right to peaceful 

protest. The purpose of this research was to examine how individuals participating in anti-Olympic 

events (re)framed the right to public protest during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. 

The theoretical framework drew on the concepts of institutional logics and framing processes from 

the organizational studies and the social movement theory. The first step involved a document 

analysis to determine how Olympic organizers were officially framing the right to public protest. 

The findings revealed they were operating under three major logics of Olympism, security and 

sport and nationalism, which framed protestors in ways to limit their influence. In addition, one-onone 

interviews were conducted with Olympic protestors along with an analysis of their related 

documents. Protest participants reframed dominant logics by utilizing civil liberties and 

corporatization as counter-logics. The findings suggest that the dominant logics of the Olympic 

Games maintained long-term power and control and effectively delegitimized the voices of 

Olympic protestors, but protestors exerted their agency through reframing processes. The policy 

implications for future Olympic bid and host city organizers are to consider how civil liberties and 

the right to peaceful protest can be fostered in non-adversarial ways. 

Palmer, Catherine 

Global sports policy 

London: Sage, 2012. – 230 p. – ISBN 9781849205184 


Globalization is a key part of everyday lives, and sport itself is an increasingly global phenomenon. 

This book successfully brings the two together, locating the study of sports policy within a broader 

consideration of global processes, practices and consequences. Drawing upon a range of 

empirical case studies, Palmer successfully illuminates issues that have not previously been 

discussed. Exploring the relationship between the local and the global, globalization and 


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sets out the ground for a new and refreshed understanding of policy making in sport and how this 

affects society moreover. 

Parry, Jim 

The power of sport in peacemaking and peacekeeping 


This paper argues that sport is not about conflict but competition; not about violence but controlled 

aggression; neither is it amoral and value-free but is itself a moral enterprise. The paper provides 

an analysis of the internal values and the internal logic of sport, which combine to ‗make peace‘ via 

their isomorphism with political liberalism, especially the liberal idea of the ‗contract to contest‘, 

and its emphasis on equality, respect, mutuality and other ‗human rights‘ values. It is not only just 

sport's popularity, but also this peacemaking capacity of sport, which informs its peacekeeping 

potential. 

Perelman, Marc 

Le sport barbare: critique d'un fléau mondial 

Nouv. éd. entièrement refondue. – Paris: Michalon, 2012. – 203 p. – ISBN 

9782841866472 

CIO MA 25283 * classif.: 032.8 

Le sport, en quelques décennies, est devenu le plus grand phénomène de masse mondial du XX e 

siècle, sans doute la nouvelle et vraie religion du XXI e . Le sport tire toujours sa grande et sa 

principale force d‘une adhésion planétaire, une adhésion de tous ; le sport mobilise d‘immenses 

masses coagulées dans les stades ou solidifiées devant les écrans de télévision (au foyer ou sur 

les places des grandes villes), des masses qui se déversent ensuite et se vaporisent dans les rues 

des villes pour fêter la victoire, leur victoire. Par le biais de ses structures locale, nationale, 

internationale, le sport s‘est élevé à la hauteur d‘un pouvoir mondial au sens d‘une autorité qui 

tend à couvrir, surplomber et pénétrer toutes les activités d‘une société en proie au plus grand 

désarroi. Le sport s‘est constitué comme le fer de lance d‘une armée en ordre de bataille vis-à-vis 

de laquelle, curieusement, ceux qu‘il méduse sont écrasés par lui. 

Radchenko, Sergey 

It's not enough to win: the Seoul Olympics and the roots of North Korea's isolation 

IN: The international journal of the history of sport, Ahead of print, May 2012, pp. 1-20 

The article recounts the story of the secret negotiations between the International Olympic 

Committee, North and South Korea, in the run-up to the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The author 

contends that the Games offered an opportunity for the South Korean leadership to isolate and 

humiliate North Korea; that the head of IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch played an important – and 

conscious – role in the process; and that the trilateral talks in Lausanne, under the IOC auspices, 

were meant not so much to bring about Pyongyang's participation in the Olympiad, as to dissuade 

the socialist bloc from a potentially damaging boycott. Both China and the Soviet Union, however, 

proved all too willing to disregard the interests of their ally and did little to encourage an 

accommodating attitude on Seoul's part. The author concludes that the success of the Seoul 

Olympic Games actually contributed to the long-term instability on the Korean peninsula by 

humiliating North Korea into taking the stand of militant defiance. 

Redeker, Robert 

L'emprise sportive 

Paris: F. Bourin, 2012. – 186 p. – ISBN 9782849413234 

CIO MA 25436 * classif.: 032.8 

Robert Redeker se livre à une attaque sans concession du sport contemporain. Il en dénonce les 

mutations, les travers et surtout les fonctions nouvelles: transformation des organismes humains, 

culte de la performance infinie, ersatz de religion, substitut de relations internationales. 


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Sobry, Claude 

Sports Governance in the World, a socio-historic approach: the organization of 

sport in Europe: a patch-work of institutions, with few shared points 

Paris: Le Manuscrit, 2011. 499 p. ISBN: 9782304038200 


The main goal of this 3 volumes work is to study the methods of governance of sport and the 

purposes pursued in 35 countries, as well as to glance towards structures which participate in 

sport structuring and in its evolution under the crossed light of History, Sociology and Economy. 

The two first volumes give a realistic survey of the contrasted situation between the former Eastern 

and Western countries, both being deeply influenced by their more or less ancient past. The third 

volume gives examples of the sport governance in eight countries through the world (Lebanon, 

China, Brazil, etc). It is also offering a perspective of what is developing today in the sports sphere 

or around this field: the emergence and development of sport for disabled, the role of the 

European Olympic Committees, the development of laws or, at least, rules concerning media 

rights and question about responsible management in sport event. 

Tulli, Umberto 

Paradoxes of humanism: human rights advocacy, the Olympic Movement, and the 1980 

Olympic boycott 

[Italie]: [s.n.], 2011. – 32 p. 

Postgraduate research grant programme 2011 Olympic Studies Centre, International Olympic 

Committee. This research investigates the controversy which developed in the mid-Seventies on 

the appropriateness of having the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, given the well-known 

repression of political dissident and its consequences both on bipolar détente and on Carter's 

campaign to implement the Olympic boycott to punish the Soviets for their invasion of Afghanistan. 

It emphasizes the strong continuity between the 1978 controversy and the 1980 boycott campaign 

by suggesting two main arguments. Firstly, Carter's boycott campaign found some valuable allies 

among human rights NGOs and activists. Secondly, to sell the boycott both domestically and 

internationally, the Carter administration frequently referred to human rights abuses in the Soviet 

Union and to the internal exile of Andrei Sakharov. In addition, the President demanded emigrated 

Soviet dissidents to explain the boycott decision to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and to 

American athletes 

Van Luijk, Nicolien ; Frisby, Wendy 

(Re)framing of protest at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games 


Previous research has shown that the organization of the Olympic Games has had a negative 

impact on the civil liberties of host communities, including the suppression of the right to peaceful 

protest (Lenskyj 2002). The purpose of this research was to examine how individuals participating 

in anti-Olympic events (re)framed the right to public protest during the 2010 Vancouver Winter 

Olympic Games. The theoretical framework drew on the concepts of institutional logics and 

framing processes from the organizational studies and the social movement theory literatures 

(McAdam and Scott 2005). The first step involved a document analysis to determine how Olympic 

organizers were officially framing the right to public protest. The findings revealed they were 

operating under three major logics of Olympism, security and sport and nationalism, which framed 

protestors in ways to limit their influence. In addition, one-on-one interviews were conducted with 

Olympic protestors along with an analysis of their related documents. Protest participants reframed 

dominant logics by utilizing civil liberties and corporatization as counter-logics. The findings 

suggest that the dominant logics of the Olympic Games maintained long-term power and control 

and effectively delegitimized the voices of Olympic protestors, but protestors exerted their agency 

through reframing processes. The policy implications for future Olympic bid and host city 

organizers are to consider how civil liberties and the right to peaceful protest can be fostered in 

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Van Tassell, Darin H. ; Terry, Dené A. 

An overlooked path to peace and stability: sport, the state and the case of the Koreas 


Traditionally, social scientists have approached the study of international relations by focusing on 

topics such as power, war, peace, trade and diplomacy. Despite the overwhelming presence of 

sporting activities across the globe, the subject is too often viewed as a relatively frivolous activity 

by many international relations scholars. This study argues that the impact of sports is anything 

but frivolous, as they play an integral role in societies – particularly for societies other than the 

USA. Sport is clearly a part of society which interacts with other facets and institutions and has 

become a highly complex and pervasive social phenomenon with many interconnected 

dimensions and expressions. Furthermore, it is important to understand that sport, like other 

institutions, can be consciously or unconsciously manipulated by individuals, interest groups, 

classes, as well as government in pursuit of ends which may be limited to the sports realm or 

which may have larger implications. The manner in which sport impacts the North–South relations 

on the Korean peninsula is quite instructive, particularly in terms of affecting and building a political 

relationship between the two states. 

Violette, Louis 

Sport et politique: le symbole Abebe Bikila: un athlète éthiopien en 1960 

Sarrebruck: Editions universitaires européennes, 2011. – 107 p. : ill. – Master, Histoire 

contemporaine, Université Paris 1, 2010. – ISBN 9783841783776 


Le sport africain des années 1960 est à l'image des mutations internationales amorcées avec la 

décolonisation à l'échelle mondiale. Un formidable espoir naît du parcours et des exploits du 

marathonien éthiopien Abebe Bikila aux Jeux Olympiques de Rome, en 1960, et de Tokyo, en 

1964. La montée en puissance des nations d'Afrique Noire dans les courses de fond montre 

d'ailleurs combien le sport est un magnifique et précieux miroir de la société. Abebe Bikila évolue 

en course comme dans le monde qui l'entoure: de l'inconnu triomphant, il devient le symbole de 

jours meilleurs pour des milliers d'athlètes qui suivront ses pas, sur les chemins de l'or olympique 

et de la reconnaissance internationale. Bien plus qu'une simple biographie, cet ouvrage de 

recherche nous entraîne des pentes escarpées d'Addis-Abeda aux machines à écrire des 

journalistes occidentaux de l'époque, afin de retracer l'histoire d'un homme hors du commun. 

Whitfield, Geoffrey 

Dynamics of a journey to conflict prevention and peace in Israel and Palestine 

through an Olympic sport 

Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2012. – 120 p. – ISBN 9781609470258 


This work examines the interpersonal and organizational dynamics involved in the creation and 

development of an independent, international, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in the 

United Kingdom, Israel and Palestine from 1993-2003, which focused on conflict prevention 

through an Olympic sport. Eventually entitled 'World Sports Peace Project' (WSPP), its foundation 

was set in the village of Ibillin in northern Israel and in Bethlehem in the West Bank. 

Eastaway, Rob ; Haigh, John 

The hidden mathematics of sport 

London: Portico, 2011. – 199 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781907554223 


―The hidden mathematics of sport‖ takes a unique and fascinating look at sport, by exploring the 

mathematics behind the action. You ll discover the best tactics for taking a penalty, the pros and 

cons of being a consistent golfer, the surprising connection between American Football and 

Cricket, the quirky history of the league tables, the unusual location of England s earliest football 

and how to avoid a repeat of the Isner-Mahut tennis marathon at Wimbledon. Whatever your 

sporting interests, from boxing to figure-skating, from rugby to horse-racing, you will find plenty to 

absorb and amuse you in this insightful book. 


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O'Donoghue, Peter 

Statistics for sport and exercise studies: an introduction 



―Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies‖ guides the student through the full research process, 

from selecting the most appropriate statistical procedure, to analysing data, to the presentation of 

results, illustrating every key step in the process with clear examples, case-studies and data taken 

from real sport and exercise settings. 

Reilly, Thomas ; Atkinson, Greg 

Contemporary sport, leisure and ergonomics 



Understanding the "human operator" is a central concern of both ergonomists and sport and 

exercise scientists. This cutting-edge collection of international research papers explores the 

interface between physical, cognitive and occupational ergonomics and sport and exercise 

science, illuminating our understanding of "human factors" at work and at play. Drawing on a wide 

diversity of disciplines, including applied anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, engineering, 

psychology and design, the book explores themes of central importance within contemporary 

ergonomics and sport and exercise science, such as performance, health, environment, 

technology and special populations. ―Contemporary Sport, Leisure and Ergonomics” establishes 

important methodological connections between the disciplines, advancing the research agenda 

within each. It is essential reading for all serious ergonomists and human scientists. 

Sewell, Dean… [et al.] 

Sport and exercise science: an introduction 

2nd ed. – London: Hodder Education, 2012. – 376 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781444144178 


―Sport and exercise science: an introduction‖ provides a broad based introduction to the areas that 

underpin the scientific study of sport and exercise science. 

3.21. Sociologie / Sociology 

Adair, Daryl 

Sport, race, and ethnicity: narratives of difference and diversity 

Morgantown: Fitness Information Technology, 2011. – 254 p. – ISBN 9781935412175 


In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first 

comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies. The 

book explores organized and spontaneous violence, both on the field and off, and calls for a much 

broader definition of ‗sports-related violence‘, to include issues as diverse as criminal behaviour by 

players, abuse within sport and exploitatory labor practices. 

Adam C. Earnheardt ...[et al.] 

Sports fans, identity and socialization: exploring the fandemonium 

Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2012. – 301 p. – ISBN 9780739146231 


Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the 

attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization 

among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists 

in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, 

Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from 

accomplished scholars in the fields such as communication, business, geography, kinesiology, 

media, and sports management and administration, using a wide range of methodologies including 

quantitative, qualitative, and critical analyses. 


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Bosman, Françoise ... [et al.] 

Jeu et enjeu culturels du sport 

Biarritz: Atlantica, 2011. – 279 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782758804178 


Passant par une évocation de l‘Antiquité, ce recueil met par ailleurs en exergue la permanence du 

jeu depuis les temps homériques jusqu‘aux enjeux socio-culturels XIXe et XXe siècles. 

Au nombre des contributeurs, Roland Renson, Thierry Terret, Jean Devys ou Walfried Koenig 

apportent pour leur part un éclairage sur ces enjeux devenus majeurs au XXIe siècle. En 

particulier, l‘ouvrage étudie la contribution culturelle du sport à la vie de la société et leur 

représentation dans l‘art et les médias contemporains, depuis Tarzan, mis en scène par Alain 

Arvin-Berod, en passant par les boxeurs de Jack London (Michel Krzak). 

Darnell, Simon C. 

Sport for development and peace: a critical sociology 

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012. – 182 p. – ISBN 9781849663441 


The role of sport in development initiatives has grown dramatically over the last five years, now 

finding a place in the UN's millennium development goals. In ―Sport and Development for Peace”, 

Simon Darnell outlines the most recent sociological research on the role of sport in development 

initiatives. The book analyses the relationship between sport and international development and 

looks at what this reveals about socio-political economy. It addresses a gap in the literature by 

focusing on issues of politics, power and culture, particularly looking at volunteer experience, 

mega-sporting events and sporting celebrity in the context of development. Darnell questions the 

belief that sport can offer a 'solution' to enduring development issues. Drawing on the latest 

empirical research, the book is a thorough and timely analysis of the social and political 

implications of tying sport to development. 

Defrance, Jacques 

Sociologie du sport 

6e éd. – Paris: Ed. la Découverte, 2011. – 126 p. – ISBN 9782707169501 


Le développement des sports depuis un siècle est-il le signe d'un besoin physique ou une norme 

culturelle du monde industriel ? Qui pratique le sport ? Marque-t-il un regain de violence ? Devientil 

un repère universel dans un monde qui se globalise ? Est-il un support de distinction sociale ou 

un moyen de rapprocher et d'intégrer des individus ? 

Duret, Pascal 

Sociologie du sport 

2e éd. – Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2012. – 127 p. : ill. – ISBN 

9782130592495 


Synthèse des recherches les plus récentes dans le domaine de la sociologie du sport. Sont 

étudiés les pratiques sportives des Français, les spectacles sportifs, l'intégration sociale par le 

sport, le sport de haut niveau, les sports à risques, les pratiques extrêmes et la construction de 

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Sport in contemporary society: an anthology 

9th ed. – Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2012. – 349 p. – ISBN 9781612050324 


Sports buffs know all about famous players and coaches and can recite statistics in endless detail. 

But do fans know how sport is linked to other institutions of society? Do they understand the role of 

sport in socialising youngsters in both positive and negative ways? Do they know that racism 

continues in sport? What about the ways in which sport perpetuates gender-role stereotypes in 

society? How do owners, coaches, and other sport authorities exercise power to maintain control 

over athletes? These issues and more are examined in this selection of accessible writings by 

journalists and scholars who represent a new era of critical appraisal of sports-both professional 

and amateur. The essays transcend many prevalent stereotypes and myths; they also yield 

fascinating and important insights into the nature of society. 21 articles presented here are new to 

the eighth edition, reflecting the latest trends and analysis, including overzealous competition, the 

2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the role of media, and the influence of money in both professional 

and school athletics. This edition is essential reading in courses on sociology of sport and on the 

foundations of physical education. 

Horne, John ... [et al.] 

Understanding sport: a socio-cultural analysis 

2nd ed. – London: Routledge, 2013. – 278 p. – ISBN 9780415591416 

CIO MA 25576 * classif.: 079(410) 

Fully integrating historical, sociological, political and cultural analysis, the book covers every key 

topic in the study of sport and society, including: debate, interpretation and theory, sport and the 

media, sport and the body, sport and politics, commercialization, globalization. 

Jarvie, Grant ; with Thornton, James 

Sport, culture and society: an introduction 

2nd ed. – London; New York: Routledge, 2012. – 501 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415483933 


It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the 

place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial 

power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start 

wars and promote international reconciliation, while every government around the world commits 

public resources to sport because of its perceived benefits. From the bleachers to the boardroom, 

sport matters. Now available in a fully revised and updated new edition, this exciting, 

comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society. 

International in scope, the book explores the key social theories that shape our understanding of 

sport as a social phenomenon and critically examines many of the assumptions that underpin that 

understanding. Placing sport at the very heart of the analysis, and including vibrant sporting 

examples throughout, the book introduces the student to every core topic and emerging area in 

the study of sport and society, including: the history and politics of sport / sport and globalization / 

sport and the media / sport, violence and crime / sport, the body and health / sport and the 

environment / alternative sports and lifestyles / sporting mega-events / sport and development. 

Leonard, Wib 

Immortality in sports: a sociology of media, fame, and infamy 

Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2012. – 147 p. – ISBN 9781594519604 


Sports have taken on tremendous importance in the world in which we live. Their social 

significance economic, political, and personal both nationally and internationally is unprecedented. 

What may not be so obvious on first blush is the sociological nature of sports. Sports offer one of 

the most visible public arenas for understanding the role that immortality plays in individual action, 

group dynamics, and with audiences and the media. From the individual psyche to the global 

arena of sports, this book features vivid examples and quotations from star athletes, coaches, and 

the media, offering poignant insights into the sporting world and about individuals and society. 


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Léziart, Yves ... [et al.] 

La règle sportive 

Pessac: Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2012. – 241 p. – ISBN 9782867817793 


Les activités sportives sont un fait social total. Pour se diffuser et s'internationaliser, elles ont 

adopté un langage commun. Les règles participent de ce langage. Elles sont centrales et créent 

les conditions du bon déroulement des rencontres sportives quels que soient le lieu où elles se 

déroulent et le niveau auquel elles se pratiquent. Les règles sportives sont souvent pensées 

comme intemporelles et immuables. Elles vivent et se transforment au cours du temps. L'évolution 

des règles sportives témoigne de la dynamique inventive de l'homme. Nous avons centré notre 

étude sur les règles sportives en l'abordant au travers d'un regard scientifique pluriel. Quatre 

approches scientifiques (anthropologie, psychologie sociale, ergonomie cognitive, didactique) 

permettent d'approfondir la connaissance des règles sportives et d'en montrer différentes facettes. 

Elles donnent de la règle sportive une lecture originale et en révèlent toute la complexité. 

Malcolm, Dominic 

Sport and sociology 

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2012. – 199 p. – ISBN 9780415571210 


How has our understanding of sport been shaped by sociological ideas? How can the study of 

sport help sociologists to understand wider society? The sociology of sport is a sub-discipline 

approaching maturity. This is the first book to stand back and reflect upon the subject's growth, to 

trace its developmental phases and to take stock of the current fund of knowledge. It offers a 'state 

of the art' review of the sociology of sport and investigates those areas where sport has come to 

influence the sociological mainstream. The book also examines how the sociology of sport has 

attempted to engage with a popular readership, and what the consequences of such engagement 

have been. Focusing on touchstone issues and concepts within sociological discourse such as 

race, gender, celebrity, the body and social theory, the book assesses the successes and failures 

of the sociology of sport in influencing the parent discipline, related sub-disciplines and the wider 

public.It also asks to what extent the sociology of sport can be said to be autonomous, distinctive 

and distinguished, and challenges students of sport to extend their work out of the narrow confines 

of the subdiscipline and across disciplinary divides. As the first book to provide a history of the 

sociology of sport and to clearly locate the contemporary discipline in the wider currents of 

sociological discourse, this is important reading for all students and scholars interested in the 

relationship between sport and society, whether they are working in sport studies or in the 

sociological mainstream. 

Marjoribanks, Timothy ; Farquharson, Karen 

Sport and society in the global age 

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 256 p. : ill. – ISBN 9780230584693 


From play and participation to fandom and social action, sport forms a huge part of our daily lives. 

Encompassing hot topics such as heteronormativity, racism and the 'cyborg' athlete, this clear and 

concise text allows students to engagewith the social processes, regulation and cultures of sport in 

a global age. 

Smith, Aaron C.T ... [et al.] 

Organizational culture and identity: sport, symbols and success 

Hauppauge, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, 2012. – 215 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781621001706 


This book reveals the development, expression and potency of organizational culture and identity. 

With an emphasis on diagnosing culture and its underlying beliefs and assumptions, the book also 

shows how sport cultures can be reinvented, rebuilt and redesigned so that they create a 

productive, high performance organizational environment. This book is for readers who want to 

destroy the tyranny of tradition that keeps organizations in the managerial dark-ages, and 

transform clubs, associations, agencies and businesses into powerful collective identities. 


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Sport à tout prix?: critique de la socialisation sportive 

Montpellier: Le sociographe, 2012. – 128 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782918621096 


Le sport pour lutter contre l‘exclusion ? Cela semble devenu une évidence pour les milieux 

associatifs et politiques : respect des règles, esprit d‘équipe, dynamisme... autant de valeurs 

favorisant le « vivre ensemble ». Pourtant, plus compétition que solidarité, plus contrôle 

qu‘émancipation, plus élitiste qu‘ascenseur social, le sport ne doit pas être idéalisé par les 

professionnels de l‘intervention sociale. 

Woodward, Kath 

Planet sport 



Sport generates some of the most intense feelings and levels of commitment. It is big business 

globally, but also the source of the most powerful personal identifications and individual and 

collective pleasures. Sporting events are routine and embodied, whether in the gym, on the field or 

at the training ground, and they are also spectacular, for example in mega events at the stadium 

or, for followers at a distance, through the media of television, radio and the Internet. Large 

numbers of people are caught up in personal and collective investment and public engagement 

with sport. Why does it matter so much? In this book, Woodward demonstrates why sport matters 

and how, arguing that we should take sport seriously, and explore what is social about it. Sport is 

not just another domain to which social theories can be applied; it is also distinctive and generates 

new ways of thinking about social issues and debates. 

Woodward, Kath 

Sex power and the Games 



The Olympics promise democratic participation in a massive spectacle of competitive sport, but 

there remain inequalities, between nations and between people as well as the chance to widen 

opportunities, not least in the areas of sex gender. The enfleshed bodies of those who take part 

and the bodies that regulate sport are central to the debate. The two are linked, especially in a 

climate of change and the need to provide complex classifications, including gender verification 

and what constitutes. This book examines the social and cultural impact of the Games, at what 

they offer and how they are changing, for example in relation to spectacles, spectatorship and 

culture, including the links between art and sport. The rules and practices of the games have 

changed but how and who has the power to change them? This book explores what forces are in 

play and where power lies. 

Young, Kevin 

Sport, violence and society 



Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect 

upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary 

sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central 

importance within sport studies. The book explores organized and spontaneous violence, both on 

the field and off, and calls for a much broader definition of 'sports-related violence', to include 

issues as diverse as criminal behaviour by players, abuse within sport and exploitatory labor 

practices. Offering a sophisticated new theoretical framework for understanding violence in a 

sporting context, and including a wide range of case-studies and empirical data -- from 

professional soccer in Europe to ice hockey in North America -- the book establishes a benchmark 

for the study of violence within sport and wider society. Through close examination of often 

contradictory trends, from anti-violence initiatives in professional sports leagues to the role of the 

media in encouraging hyper-aggression, the book throws new light on our understanding of the 

socially-embedded character of sport and its fundamental ties to history, culture, politics, social 

class, gender and the law. 


3.22. Technologie /Technology 

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28e Université sportive d'été, Aix-en-Provence, septembre 2010 

Virtu@lité et sport: écrans multiples, vidéo et cybersport 

Pessac: Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine, 2012. – 235 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9782858924103 

CIO MA 3205/24 * classif.: 068.1 

La cyberculture apparaît comme le domaine de la virtualité. Comme tout changement reposant sur 

un saut technologique innovant, elle est porteuse de progrès, de potentialités et d'inquiétudes 

légitimes. Tels sont d'ailleurs les trois axes d‘exploration retenus pour aborder la question 

volontairement limitée à la manière dont le sport y est décliné dans une large diversité 

d‘expression. Des conférences, des interventions plus spécifiques, suivies de débats animés, ont 

permis de dresser un état des lieux qui manquait encore. Autant de regards croisés proposés par 

des spécialistes appartenant à différents champs disciplinaires, de la médecine aux sciences 

économiques et sociales en passant par les sciences de l‘ingénieur et les techniques de 

commercialisation. Le lien entre virtualité et sport ne se limite pas à la sphère de l‘activité ludique. 

Des applications sérieuses ouvrent des perspectives intéressantes et prometteuses, par exemple 

dans le domaine des apprentissages sportifs, de la rééducation ou de la communication à 

distance. Pour autant, le jeu excessif, de distraction, d‘argent et de hasard, qui s‘apparente à une 

addiction sans drogue, associe des traits déjà connus à des comportements émergents 

directement liés aux nouvelles technologies. Le dispositif Internet agit comme un catalyseur. Pour 

le meilleur et parfois pour le pire. 

Lanotte, Nunzio ; Lem, Sophie 

Sportifs high tech 

Paris: Belin Pour la science, 2012. – 159 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782701159669 

CIO MA 25559 * classif.: 039.1 

Une victoire olympique est désormais à la fois une affaire de sport, de technologie et de finances. 

Aucune technologie, fut-elle la plus avancée, ne peut remplacer les trois ingrédients 

indispensables à la victoire : le talent du sportif, l intelligence de l entraîneur et les longues heures 

d entraînement. Cependant, gagner une médaille d or sans l aide des technologies d‘avant-garde 

n est plus possible, la différence entre la gloire olympique et l anonymat se mesurant en 

centimètres ou en centièmes, voire en millièmes, de seconde. Si la technologie a investi le 

domaine sportif depuis de nombreuses années déjà, le marché mondial des équipements sportifs 

dépasse désormais la barre des 50 milliards d euros. Non seulement tous les équipements ont 

connu une évolution vertigineuse, mais les techniciens et les sportifs disposent aujourd‘hui d un 

nombre impressionnant de dispositifs de mesure de la prestation (métabolimètres, ergomètres, 

soufflerie, bassins hydrodynamiques, caméras variées, logiciels...). Cet ouvrage brosse un tableau 

aussi exhaustif que possible des technologies les plus avancées (matériaux, instruments, 

méthodes, logiciels), mises au service du cyclisme, de la natation, du football et du ski, quatre 

sports choisis pour leur haute teneur en innovation. 

Masia, Seth 

Hard hats 

IN : Skiing heritage, Vol. 24(2), March-April 2012, pp. 23-26 

From padded leather straps to high-tech plastic, the story of ski helmets and how they grew. 

Masia, Seth 

John Lovett 

IN : Skiing heritage, Vol. 24, no 1 (Jan-Feb. 2012), pp. 33-34 

Though he left the industry 35 years ago, his designs forever changed the way cross-country skis 

are made. 


3.23. Tourisme / Tourism 

E-document 

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Sports tourism in Malta 



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Tourism and the Olympic Games: special issue 

IN : Journal of sport and tourism, Vol. 16(4), 2011 

Table of contents: The Olympic and Paralympic shock / Sport, tourism and the Olympic Games: 

Lessons from and blind spots among the research community Developing a framework for 

evaluating Olympic and Paralympic legacies / Gran Torino? The 2006 Olympic Winter Games and 

the tourism revival of an ancient city / Seeking (and not seeking) to leverage mega-sport events in 

non-host destinations: The case of Shanghai and the Beijing Olympics / An exogenous shock to 

the system? The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and British tourism policy 

3.24. Valeurs / Values 

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Acuña Delgado, Angel and Elena 

Sport as platform for values education 

IN: Journal of human sport and exercise, Vol. 6(4) 2011 

Sport as a cultural fact, reflected in it the characteristics of the society in which it is immersed, but 

at the same time constitutes a tool with which to act on the system, a vehicle of social change 

capable of generating attitudes and behaviors. To what extent contributes or can sport contributes 

to achieve an education in values? This will be the question to which we will try to answer in the 

present study, which we divided in two parts: First of all we define the meanings and 

characteristics that the sport has had and actually have. Secondly we broach the values 

associated with it and the educational potential it has. Finally for reflect on the state of the question 

right now and the future. 

Andrieu, Gilbert 

Que reste-t-il de l’esprit des Jeux ? 

IN: La gazette coubertinienne, no 31 (2012), pp. 4-7 

En cette année Olympique, le Professeur Gilbert Andrieu s‘interroge sur l‘esprit des Jeux 

Olympiques, tel qu‘il était recherché par Pierre de Coubertin. 

Brownell, Susan ; Parry, Jim 

Olympic values and ethics in contemporary society 

Ghent: Ghent University, 2012. – 162 p. 

CIO MA 25734 * classif.: 327:01 

A publication of the Olympic Chair Henri de Baillet Latour Jacques Rogge. 

This institution is the fifth Olympic Chair in the World and has as its purpose the academic study of 

the diverse aspects of the management of sports organizations with an emphasis on the Olympic 

values. 

Callède, Jean-Paul 

Les Jeux Olympiques contre la guerre: le sport facteur de paix internationale 

selon Théodore Ruyssen 

IN: La gazette coubertinienne, no 31 (2012), pp. 8-44 


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Schnitzer, Marcy... [et al.] 

Theorizing the role of sport for development and peacebuilding 


This article reviews the recent literature concerning the roles of sport in development and 

peacebuilding, and proposes three related propositions concerning that work. First, we contend 

this emerging field has been under-theorized to date. Second, we argue that meso-level theories, 

chiefly public sphere, field and network theory may prove especially auspicious starting places for 

theory building for this complex area of inquiry. Finally, we caution that efforts to develop a more 

robust theorization of the roles of sport in development and peacebuilding must be thoroughly 

contextualized if they are to prove meaningful for researchers and practitioners alike. Overall, this 

analysis suggests sport can indeed serve useful roles in development and peacebuilding, but that 

it does not constitute a substitute for developing social norms and values that conduce to mutual 

tolerance and shared commitment to non-violent conflict management. These, finally, underpin 

any success sport may enjoy as an instrument of development or peace. 


4. Athlètes / Athletes 

4.1. Carrière / Career 

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Amidon, Stephen 

Something like the gods: a cultural history of the athlete from Achilles to LeBron 

Emmaus, Penn.: Rodale Books, 2012. – 240 p. – ISBN 9781609611231 

CIO MA 25682 * classif.: 037.1 

A lively, literary exploration of one of the West's most iconic cultural figures--the athlete Why is the 

athlete so important to us? Few public figures can dominate the public imagination with such 

power and authority. Even in our cynical times, when celebrities can be debunked at the speed of 

light, many still look to athletes as models for our moral and emotional lives. Drawing from art, 

literature, politics, and history, ―Something Like the Gods‖ explores the powerful grip the athlete 

has always held on the Western imagination. Amidon examines the archetype of the competitor as 

it evolved from antiquity to the present day, from athlete-warriors such as Achilles and Ulysses to 

global media icons like Ali, Jordan, and Tiger Woods. 

Carberry, Brian 

1, 2, 3… “hitting for the cycle”: Olympic style ! 


Analysis throughout the time of athletes who won a bronze, silver, and gold medal in the same 

sport, event, and discipline over the course of their Olympic career. 

Cognard, Jean-Rémi 

Contrats de travail dans le sport professionnel: sportifs et entraîneurs 

Paris: Juris Associations, 2012. – 127 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782247115037 

CIO MA 25494 * classif.: 037.1 

Cet ouvrage a pour objet d‘étudier les contrats de travail du sport professionnel, c‘est-à-dire les 

contrats de travail conclus dans le domaine du sport professionnel par ses acteurs principaux que 

sont les sportifs et leurs entraîneurs, d‘une part, et les clubs, d‘autre part. 

Collin, Jean-Christophe 

Talents aiguillés 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no1573, 8 sept. 2012, pp. 62-70 

La précocité et les résultats de tests physiques ne sont plus des critères majeurs de détection 

aujourd‘hui. Le sport français a su reconnaître ses erreurs et entrepris des réformes afin de mieux 

accompagner ses jeunes talentueux. 


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Evans, Owen 

The Dutch master 


Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff started his Institute for Sports Studies in 1999 with just 35 

athlete-cum-students in Amsterdam. The aim was to provide a sports management programme for 

elite athletes so they could make the transition from the field of play into areas such as sports 

marketing and sponsorship. By 2012, there are four institutes in Holland, Mexico, Sweden and 

Spain all teaching sports management programmes of various levels to more than 1500 students. 

Cruyff took time out to telle Owen Evans about the advantages of hiring former athletes. 

Fernandez, Luis 

Savoir gagner: la réussite en compétition 

Toulouse: Savoir Gagner, 2012. – 231 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782846530507 

CIO MA 25741 * classif.: 037.1 

L'ouvrage aborde d'une manière concrète ce qu'est le haut niveau, les lois non dites qu'utilisent 

les champions et tout ce qu'il convient de faire d'une manière pragmatique aux différents moments 

de la compétition pour réussir. Le plan de l'ouvrage suit la trame suivante : d'abord, les questions 

à se poser avant de s'engager, puis toutes celles qui concernent le « vouloir gagner » puis le « 

savoir gagner » et enfin le « pouvoir gagner ». Les stratégies préconisées sont utilisables par tout 

un chacun - y compris des commerciaux - dès l'instant qu'il doit se dépasser. 

Hahn, Kathy L. 

Are athletes good role models? 

Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. – 122 p. – ISBN 9780737746471 

CIO MA 25220 * classif.: 037.1 

Hamutumwa, Ndeulipula. 

The case for Namibia‟s athlete support system as the precursor for attainment of 

Olympic medals 


Master exécutif en management des organisations sportives, MEMOS XIV (2010-2011. 

Heroes from the past 

IN: FINA Aquatics world magazine, no 5(2012), pp. 98-107 

Adrian Morrhous and Matt Biondi: both of them enjoyed the best spells of their career during the 

1980s and they peaked at the same Olympics, in Seoul, 1988. However, it‘s interesting to see how 

differently their careers developed in two different continents, how they managed to overcome all 

adversities and finally reach the top of the podium at the Games. 

Inizan, Françoise 

Les médaillés font leur rentrée 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no1575, 22 sept. 2012, pp. 46-50 

Ils ont moins de 20 ans et viennent d‘être sacrés champions olympiques à Londres. Pour ces 

nouvelles stars, c‘est l‘heure de la rentrée et des choix de carrière. 


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It runs in the family 

IN: FINA Aquatics world, No 3(2012), pp. 64-81 

Talent is in the genes, as the saying goes about young athletes following in the footsteps of their 

mothers or fathers. But it is quite difficult to determine whether it is a definite privilege when a 

champion tried to make his or her own son or daughter a champion as well, with all the expertise 

and experience acquired through the years, or whether being so closely linked to a certain family 

name and therefore watched very closely all the time in comparison with the successes of the 

parents is a kind of handicap for the youngsters. We get some interesting answers from those who 

have succeeded just like their mums and dads – or even surpassed their achievements in the 

same field of sport. We also present you with cases in which siblings from the same family have 

inspired, helped and pushed each other to be the best in the world in various disciplines. 

Lusmägi, Peeter 

Sport for all development plan in Estonia 



Pankhurst, Ann … [et al.] 

Talent development: linking the stakeholders to the process 

IN: Journal of sports sciences, 23 October 2012, Ahead of Print, pp. 1-11 

The three stakeholders (coaches, parents and the National Governing Body) in Talent 

Identification and Development (TID) are important factors in athlete development. How each of 

them perceive the key constructs of Talent Identification and Development (i.e. sport specialization 

and selection, practice, athlete development, junior and adult success, and the role of the 

stakeholders), and the coherence of that understanding is not well understood. This study focuses 

on junior performance tennis and investigates the perceptions of coaches, parents and sports 

organizations. 

Park, Sunghee ; Lavallee, David ; Tod, David 

Athletes' career transition out of sport: a systematic review 

IN: International review of sport and exercise psychology, Ahead of print, available 

online 16th May 2012, pp. 1-32 

The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies on athletes' career 

transition out of sport from 1968 until the end of 2010. A total of 126 studies were evaluated and 

reported in three sections: sample characteristics, research designs and correlates of athletes' 

career transition adjustment. Samples ranged from 1 to 1617. Investigators examined a wide 

range of competitive levels, both genders and various sports. Researchers have used qualitative 

(44%), quantitative (44%), and mixed-model (12%) designs. Variables correlated to athletes' 

career transition adjustment were categorized into factors related to career transition (e.g., selfidentity) 

and available resources during the career transition process (e.g., social support). The 

discussion focuses on the current status of the study area, limitations in its knowledge, suggested 

practical implications (e.g., providing proactive support) and future research directions (e.g., 

examining athletes' retirement decision-making process). 

Pinder, Ross A. … [et al.] 

The role of representative design in talent development: a comment on „„Talent 

identification and promotion programmes of Olympic athletes‟‟ – letter to the editor 

IN: Journal of sports sciences, 3 September 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-4 

Torrecillas, Laurent 

Elite athletes' access to employment: challenges & orientations 




4.2. Entraînement / Training 

Selection 

Aissa, Khelifa Said 

Physiologie appliquée à l'entraînement sportif: les effets du jeûne et la 

performance physique (cas du Ramadhan) 

Saarbrücken: Editions universitaires européennes, 2012. – 148 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9783841791467 

CIO MA 25582 * classif.: 061.1 

Ce travail constitue le fruit d'un questionnement provenant d'une activité de terrain (entraîneurs et 

athlètes) appréhendant la coïncidence de la période du ramadhan avec celle des compétitions 

internationales. L‘objectif était de contribuer au développement des connaissances relatives aux 

pratiques professionnelles de l'entraînement sous l‘effet du jeûne. L'expérimentation a visé 

l‘évaluation de certains paramètres pendant 7 semaines (avant, pendant et après le ramadhan), 

sur des athlètes de haut niveau soumis aux mêmes conditions de travail. 

Barbusse, Béatrice 

Etre entraîneur sportif 

Lyon: Lieux Dits, 2012. – 111 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782362190452 

CIO MA 25353 * classif.: 037.1 

Tantôt encensés par les medias, les supporters, les sportifs, tantôt traînés dans la boue… Nous 

avons tous vu à la télévision, au bord d‘un terrain, d‘une piscine, d‘un tatami, les plus médiatisés 

des entraîneurs. Célèbres, ils symbolisent la face éclairée d‘un métier que de nombreux étudiants 

en STAPS, d‘anciens sportifs ou entraîneurs bénévoles rêvent d‘exercer un jour. Mais être 

entraîneur suppose aujourd‘hui d‘obtenir un diplôme, puis de manager des hommes, parfois des 

stars, pour produire de la performance sportive. Si tous entraînent des sportifs professionnels ou 

de haut niveau, les situations sont très diverses, du véritable dirigeant d‘entreprise au coach 

indépendant attaché à un unique athlète, en passant par les salariés des clubs ou des fédérations. 

Pour lever le voile sur les coulisses du métier, Béatrice Barbusse a rencontré des entraîneurs, 

hommes ou femmes, connus ou moins connus : ils livrent la réalité de leur métier au quotidien, 

leurs méthodes, leurs convictions et leurs doutes, leurs blessures et leurs bonheurs. 

Biéchy, Jean-Philippe 

Approche systémique de la performance sportive: analyse de la performance et 

planification: quantification des charges d'entraînement et de compétition 

Paris: Amphora, 2012. – 252 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782851808370 

CIO MA 25732 * classif.: 015.991 

Cet ouvrage est issu de réflexions de terrain menées au fil des ans et répondant aux diverses 

problématiques posées dans le quotidien de l'entraîneur. En effet, l'entraîneur étant aujourd'hui un 

véritable chef de projet, il se trouve au carrefour de plusieurs champs d'analyse constituant la 

performance qu'il doit étudier, maîtriser, programmer, modifier au fil des contraintes rencontrées. 

Le but de ce livre est donc d'apporter au lecteur un certain nombre d'outils lui permettant d'aborder 

l'entraînement sous un regard plus global grâce entre autres à différentes méthodes de mesures 

existant aujourd'hui, appuyés par des illustrations de quantification réalisées dans trois disciplines 

supports. 

Cometti, Gilles ; Cometti, Dominique 

La pliométrie 

Paris: Chiron, 2012. – 299 p. : ill. + 1 DVD. – ISBN 9782702713501 

CIO MA 25328 / CIO DA 181 * classif.: 057 

Méthode scientifique de préparation physique, la pliométrie se définit comme l'utilisation de 

l'énergie emmagasinée par les éléments élastiques des muscles pendant une contraction 

excentrique immédiatement suivie d'une contraction concentrique dans le but de restituer le plus 

d'énergie possible, lors d'un saut, par exemple. C'est une méthode de performance maximum qui 

est ici détaillée par de nombreux exercices illustrés et commentés. ― La pliométrie” s'adresse à 

tous les sportifs de haut niveau. 


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Dufour, Michel 

La gazelle et l'athlète: l'endurance 

Chavéria: Volodalen, 2011. – 205 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782952206990 

CIO MA 23739/3 * classif.: 057 

Du laboratoire à la vallée du Rift, ce livre visite les paysages variés de l'endurance individuelle et 

collective (sports collectifs). L'entraîneur, l'athlète ou le joueur trouveront une somme considérable 

de connaissances et d'expériences affinées pour la durée. Enfin libéré des lieux-communs sur 

l'endurance, il sera armé pour construire la méthode d'entraînement de l'effort de durée qui lui sied 

le mieux. 

Dufour, Michel 

Le puzzle de la performance: planification, périodisation et régulation de la charge 

d'entraînement 

Chavéria: Volodalen, 2011. – 207 p: ill. – ISBN 9782952206983 

CIO MA 23739/4 * classif.: 057 

Formalisé à la fin des années 1950 par Matveiev, le modèle de la périodisation de l'entraînement 

s'est très vite diffusé aux quatre coins de la planète sportive. Coureur kenyan ou scandinave, 

dribbleur brésilien ou allemand, gymnaste chinoise ou américaine, expert ou initié, impossible 

d'échapper à l'empreinte du modèle. Le succès est tel qu'aujourd'hui tous les techniciens du sport 

sont influencés par les pères de la périodisation. Et pourtant, le modèle de la périodisation est un 

mythe ; un édifice élevé sur des connaissances profondément transformées depuis un demisiècle. 

Les savoirs sont aujourd'hui suffisamment matures pour proposer une démarche plus 

régulatrice, plus intégrative et plus individualisée de l'organisation de la charge d'entraînement. Le 

temps est venu de passer de la planification à la stratégie de développement des qualités de 

performance. 

Duncan, Michael J.... [et al.], editors 

Trends in human performance research 

New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010. – 196 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781616685911 

CIO MA 25203 * classif.: 03.1 

The topic of human performance has grown dramatically in recent years and draws on a range of 

academic disciplines including Physiology, Biomechanics, Psychology and Nutrition. This book 

presents recent research in the field that provides a bridge between scientific knowledge and the 

practitioner in human performance. This book covers topics such as the efficacy of exercise 

training to enhance human performance, the cognitive impact of performance tasks, nutritional 

interventions that influence performance, predicting human performance from anthropometric 

variables and examining the impact of specific physiological and environmental factors that 

influence the performance of daily tasks. 

Duret, Pascal (dir.) 

Faire équipe 

Paris : Armand Colin, 2011. – 224 p. – ISBN 9782200272265 

CIO MA 25168 * classif.: 037.1 

Rompant avec les slogans et les clichés idéalisant une solidarité donnée pour immédiate au sein 

des équipes sportives, cet ouvrage dresse le constat que la cohésion ne va pas de soi. 

L'autorité absolue ne suffit plus à l'entraîneur, il doit savoir négocier. Et concilier des intérêts 

différents : écouter ses joueurs tout en conservant son autorité et même puiser son autorité de sa 

capacité d'écoute. La coopération peut s'accompagner au sein de l'équipe de rivalités et de 

concurrences. Quand vaut-il mieux les neutraliser ou au contraire les rendre profitables pour le 

collectif ? Si l'abnégation du joueur au service du collectif est régulièrement exigée, comment en 

retour faire du collectif une ressource pour les individus ? Comment devenir un "bon co-équipier" 

tout en affirmant son individualité ? Rendant compte au plus près de l'expérience des joueurs, 

l'ouvrage montre comment il est possible de rester solidaire tout en tirant son épingle du jeu. 

Des exemples variés tirés de huit disciplines sportives permettent de comprendre ce subtil travail 

d'ajustement entre l'entraîneur et les joueurs, et entre les joueurs eux-mêmes. Cet ouvrage offre 

aux lecteurs curieux tous les outils nécessaires pour apprendre à créer de la cohésion et à "faire 

équipe" quel que soit le domaine. 


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Gérard, Fabienne 

Champion: mode d'emploi: expérimentation, observation, intégration 

Paris: Amphora, 2012. – 207 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782851808196 


Expérimenter les situations, observer ses sensations et intégrer le résultat de ses expériences : 

voici une approche humaniste qui permet de faire émerger le champion qui sommeille en chacun 

de vous ! L‘objectif ? Vous donner les clés qui vous permettront de pratiquer votre sport au 

meilleur de vous-même, quelles que soient les circonstances et votre niveau de pratique. 

Kyndt, Tim ; Rowell, Sarah 

Achieving excellence in high performance sport: the experiences and skills 

behind the medals 

London: Bloomsbury Sport, 2012. – 228 p. – ISBN 9781408172100 

CIO MA 25681 * classif.: 015.99 

What does it take for a person starting out in their career to succeed in a highly challenging 

environment? Apart from the technical skills, what are the key values, attitudes and behaviours 

that deliver outstanding performance in a constantly changing, unpredictable and demanding 

world? ―Achieving Excellence in High Performance Sport‖ examines these questions within the 

exacting world of elite sport: a global stage that places the severest pressures not only on the 

dedicated athletes, but also on the coaches, sport scientists and sport medicine practitioners. 

Méranville, Mathieu 

Crever le plafond: toujours plus vite, toujours plus haut, toujours plus fort: 

jusqu'où les hommes peuvent-ils aller pour battre des records? 

Saint-Malo: P. Galodé, 2012. – 196 p. – ISBN 9782355932205 


Tous les quatre ans, les Jeux Olympiques sont l'occasion de tout remettre à plat. Déterminer qui 

sera l'homme le plus rapide du monde. Plus vite, plus haut, plus fort! C'est la devise de 

l'olympisme qui n'a pas toujours consisté à battre des records. Car dans la Grèce Antique, les 

Jeux Olympiques étaient consacrés à Zeus, le dieu des dieux et non à des multinationales. 

Réaliser des exploits était d'abord une manière de se rapprocher des divinités. Mais depuis les 

J.O. modernes du baron Pierre de Coubertin, les dieux des stades que sont devenus les 

champions ne songent qu'à battre record sur record. Aujourd'hui, des études scientifiques tendent 

à prouver que l'homme a presque atteint ses limites physiques. Assistera-t-on alors à la fin du 

sport moderne? Et si les sportifs n'étaient que les dépositaires voire les victimes de cette course à 

la performance qui gangrène l'ensemble de la société? 

Wienecke, Elmar 

Performance explosion in sports: an anti-doping concept: revolutionary new 

findings in the area of micronutrient therapy: training continuity, training 

optimization, injury prevention through personalized micronutrients 

Aachen: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2011. – 288 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781841263304 


This book offers new revolutionary findings in the area of individual micronutrient therapy in top 

and recreational athletes that has lead to the preservation of connective tissue function (ligaments, 

tendons, cartilage), thereby facilitating injury-free training. Special parameters show links between 

micronutrient deficiencies and degenerative changes in these structures. 


4.3. Olympiens / Olympians 

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Aile francophone de la Fédération royale belge de tennis de table 

Jean-Michel Saive no 1: hommages, témoignages, exploits, résultats, anecdotes, 

souvenirs 

Jumet: Imprimerie provinciale de l'Hainaut, 2012. – 93 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782875090256 

CIO MA 25710 * classif.: 079:92 SAI 

Pour marquer les 7 participations de Jean-Michel Saive aux Jeux Olympiques, un livre, fruit d‘une 

collaboration entre Jean Lafleur et l‘ASBL Aile Francophone, a été édité. Cet ouvrage rassemble 

des témoignages, des souvenirs, des anecdotes, des hommages racontés par des dirigeants, 

joueurs, entraîneurs, journalistes de la planète PING, étrangers et belges. Ce n‘est pas une 

biographie, mais un hommage. Les amateurs y trouveront une nomenclature de résultats, des 

palmarès et des photos, certaines évocatrices d‘inoubliables moments de vie sportive du 

champion et de sa discipline. 

A Londres comme une débutante, une inconnue: entretien avec Elena Isinbaeva 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1566 (21 juillet 2012), pp. 58-62 

Cela paraît fou, mais la plus grande perchiste de tous les temps s‘est un jour lassée de remporter 

tant de titres et de battre tant de records. Après un long passage à vide, revoilà la Russe motivée 

comme jamais. Elle a remporté la médaille de bronze à Londres 

Ainslie, Ben, with Townsend, Nick 

Close to the wind: Britain's greatest Olympic sailor 

London: Yellow Jersey Press, 2012. – 289 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780224082945 

CIO MA 25693 * classif.: 079:92 AIN 

Knife-edge decisions, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races -- 

they are all in a day's work for 'sailing's superman' Ben Ainslie. Ben has won successive golds in 

the last four Olympics, making him a British hero and the greatest Olympic sailor ever. 

Beaufays, Olivier 

Le cavalier noir 

IN: Sport et vie, no 131 (mars-avril 2012), pp. 72-74 

Aoual Yaya Alioum s‘apprêtait à devenir le premier cavalier noir à participer aux Jeux Olympiques. 

L‘article décrit son parcours et comment, finalement, sa tentative de participation aux Jeux 

Olympiques de Londres 2012 a échoué. 

Ben-Ismaël, Karim 

Ndam de cœur: portrait 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1579, 20 octobre 2012, pp. 64-69 

Karim Ben-Ismaïl retrace le parcours chaotique du boxeur Hassan Ndam Njikam, fils de notable 

camerounais, âgé de 28 ans et devenu français à la force de ses poings. 

Blake, Mike 

Great British olympians 

London: Mike Blake Publ., 2012. – 246 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780956189806 

CIO MA 25718 * classif.: 079:92(410) 

A definitive record of Great Britain's individual gold medallists and Olympic champions in team 

sports at the Olympic Games. Plus inspirational Britons who shaped 400 years of British Olympic 

history. 


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Blake, Paul Floyd 

Personal best 

Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2012. – 108 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781907893216 


Over a period of five years, award-winning photographer Paul Floyd Blake regularly photographed 

sixteen young athletes in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. His 

work documents a unique time in British history, and captures the development of a generation of 

sportspeople as they grow from childhood to adulthood within the intense world of elite sport. 

Bolt: numéro spécial 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1568 (4 août 2012) 

Numéro spécial sur l‘homme le plus rapide du monde. Entretien, article sur son enfance, 

témoignages de proches et photographies. 

Copies upon request at library@olympic.org 

Bowers, Chris 

Roger Federer: the greatest 

London: John Blake, 2011. – 388 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781843583899 

CIO MA 25164 * classif.: 079:92 FED 

Contains: The youth of a champion -- Transition to the tour -- Grand slam champion -- Nadal the 

nemesis -- The greatest. – "For several years, tennis aficionados wondered whether they could 

really call Roger Federer the greatest ever tennis player. In 2009, Federer ended that debate by 

completing his collection of career Grand Slams and overtaking Pete Sampras' all-time record of 

14 major titles. With his olympic gold medal from 2008, Federer is now recognised as the greatest 

tennis player and has achieved legendary status in the wider sporting world. This authoritative and 

affectionate biography traces the rise of Federer, from his first tentative strokes with a tennis 

racket to how he dealt with being sent away to a training academy where he struggled to 

communicate in a French-speaking part of Switzerland ; and how he handled the sudden death of 

his first real coach and mentor. It looks at his development as a sportsman and how he has 

matured into a family man with his marriage to Mirka Vavrinec and the birth of their twin girls. It 

also examines how Roger bounced back from arguably one of the most challenging periods of his 

career as, following a serious illness and a dip in form, his run of successive Wimbledon 

championship wins was ended and he was toppled from the number one spot by his long-time rival 

Rafael Nadal. In characteristic style, Federer silenced his critics by winning the French Open title 

for the first time, reclaiming his Wimbledon crown and ending 2009 at the number one position for 

the fifth time‖. 

Candeloro, Philippe 

Figure libre 

Paris: Solar, 2012. – 212 p. – ISBN 9782263058561 

CIO MA 25451 * classif.: 079:92 CAN 

Pour l'année de ses 40 ans, le célèbre champion se livre dans une autobiographie. 


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Carruthers, Kitty 

British Olympic heroes: the best of British gold medalists 

London: Stacey International, 2012. – 126 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780956708113 

CIO MA 24892 * classif.: 079:92(410) 

Great Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have participated in every Olympic Games - 

Winter and Summer alike. In all, more than 500 Britons have won a gold medal. Those whose 

stories are told here, if not always the most famous, are arguably the most interesting: athletes 

whose sporting and private lives have been inspiring, impressive or sometimes downright 

incredible. Interspersed between the biographies are short essays on the politics of the Olympics, 

the evolution of equipment, and drugs and professionalism. An Olympic 'timeline' provides a 

summary of the evolution of the Games, their heroes and villains, and curious statistics. And 

bucking the title, Britain's glorious failures and unlucky losers have a corner to themselves. 

Chappaz, Gilles 

Emile Allais: 100 ans tout schuss 

IN: L‟Equipe mag, no 1545 (25 février 2012), pp. 34-41 

Emile Allais fête ses 100 ans ce samedi. Une légende toujours vivante donc, et bien vivante. Son 

destin, celui du premier champion français de ski, se confond avec l‘histoire de son sport, qu‘il a 

accompagné et souvent orienté et accéléré. Rencontre avec un monstre sacré. 

Charpentier, Henri 

Les héros olympiques français (depuis 1896) 

Paris Solar, 2012. – 236 p. – ISBN 9782263059148 

CIO MA 25643 * classif.: 079:92(44) 

Avec ―Les Héros Olympiques Français depuis 1896‖, Henri Charpentier, historien des grands 

exploits olympiques, rallume la flamme des exploits des champions olympiques français dans un 

ouvrage complet aussi exaltant qu'une chanson de geste moderne et aussi minutieux qu'un 

document historique. Avec, notamment, le répertoire de tous les lauréats olympiques d'été comme 

d'hiver. S'immerger dans cet ouvrage, c'est revivre l'épopée des Français qui ont brillé sur tous les 

sites olympiques depuis 1896. En harmonisant statistiques, anecdotes, palmarès et récits des 

campagnes olympiques, Henri Charpentier réalise une synthèse historique de premier ordre. 

Clay, Bryan with Kilpatrick, Joel 

Redemption: a rebellious spirit, a praying mother and the unlikely path to Olympic 

gold 

Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2012. – 249 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780849948275 

CIO MA 25566 * classif.: 079:92 CLA 

Bryan Clay est médaillé d'argent en décathlon aux Jeux Olympiques d'Athènes 2004 et médaillé 

d'or aux Jeux Olympiques de Beijing 2008. 

Redemption tells the inspiring and gritty story of Bryan Clay, the winner of the 2008 Olympic gold 

medal and the 2004 Olympic silver medal in the decathlon. 

Coe, Sebastian 

Running my life: the autobiography 

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. – 481 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781444731026 

CIO MA 25713 * classif.: 079:92 COE 

Sebastian Coe always loved to run. After his first official run at the age of 12 his talent was clear, 

and soon his father famously became his coach - his ground-breaking coaching style and Seb's 

natural talent led him all the way to the top. ―Seb Coe : the autobiography‖ is the inside story of 

that remarkable rise. 


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Daley, Tom 

Tom Daley: my story 

London: Michael Joseph, 2012. – 288 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780718158071 

CIO MA 25738 * classif.: 079:92 DAL 

Tom Daley had hearts in mouths when he dived at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where he 

won two gold medals. In this title, Tom offers unprecedented access to the pressures, challenges 

and fascinating experiences of a world-class Olympian. 

Bréard, Antoine ; Chardon, Nicolas 

Didier Dinart: secrets d'un champion, défendre son rêve 

Paris: Hugo, 2012. – 189 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782755611144 

CIO MA 25745 * classif.: 079:92 DIN 

Nicolas Chardon et Antoine Bréard donnent la parole à Didier Dinart le temps d‘un ouvrage. Le 

double champion olympique en titre y livre les secrets d‘une aventure humaine et d‘un parcours 

sportif hors du commun. 

Dorland, Jason 

Chariots and horses: life lessons from an Olympic rower 

Victoria, BC: Heritage House, 2011. – 237 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781927051009 

CIO MA 25179 * classif.: 079:92 DOR 

With the 2012 Olympic Games on the horizon, talk of high-level performance, achievement, going 

for gold and motivational strategy is already rising in pitch. Former Olympic rower Jason Dorland 

knows how important it is to convey the right message about winning. In this compelling memoir, 

he shares his challenging journey to cultivate a healthier outlook. Detailing his experiences rowing 

with the Canadian National Rowing Team and later coaching high-school crews, he reveals how a 

devastating performance at the 1988 Olympics defined his life for years to come. "In it to win it," he 

fell apart when that didn't happen. The same win-at-all-costs mentality that made the Olympic loss 

so hard to bear was also what made it difficult for him to move forward, despite his efforts to 

overcome his overwhelming sense of failure. An honest, intimate look at the reality of high-level 

athletics, Jason's memoir is more than a sports story. 

Epstein, Helen 

Un athlète juif dans la tourmente 

Paris: La Cause des livres, 2011. – 43 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782917336199 

CIO MA 25216 * classif.: 079:92 EPS 

Dans cette nouvelle quête, Helen Epstein retrace et interroge le parcours de son père, Kurt 

Epstein (1904-1971), juif tchèque, sportif de haut niveau, qui opposa, durant toute sa vie, sa 

volonté et son endurance aux stéréotypes et aux préjugés. Devenu champion de water-polo, Kurt 

fut le seul des cinq juifs de son équipe à participer aux Jeux olympiques « nazis » de Berlin en 

1936, malgré l‘appel au boycott. Kurt fut déporté pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, mais 

réussit à survivre et revint à Prague. Après le coup d‘État communiste de 1948, il décida de quitter 

la Tchécoslovaquie avec femme et enfant, « en maillot de bain s‘il le fallait ». 

Edwards, Harvey 

The man and the legend 

IN: Skiing heritage, Vol. 24, no 1 (Jan-Feb. 2012), pp. 33-34 

A closer look at Emile Allais, the man who was to the French world of skiing what De Gaulle was 

to politics. 


Young readers 

Article 

Ezekiel, Gulu ; Arumugam, K. 

Great Indian Olympians 

New Delhi: Field Hockey Publication, 2012. – 209 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25649 * classif.: 079:92(540) 

Short life sketches of twenty-two eminent Indian sports personalities. 

Selection 

Garceau, Catherine 

Swimming out of water: how an Olympian's struggle inspired breakthrough 

discoveries in health and well-being 

Garden City: Morgan James Pub., 2012. – 211 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781614482598 

CIO MA 25733 * classif.: 079:92 GAR 

Most people who knew Catherine Garceau during the early years of this century were struck by 

just how much she had going for her. The tall blonde with a body to kill for had won a Bronze 

medal at the 2000 Olympic Games as part of Canada‘s synchronized swimming team. But no one 

knew that Catherine, having lost her main outlet for her obsession with perfection, was floundering 

in her post-Olympic life. 

Hunter, Nick 

Olympic champions 


CIO MA 25477 * classif.: 7:93.09 

Quality series packed with Olympic facts, features on current heroes, stars of the future, and a 

very informative Glossary. Lavishly illustrated with stunning action photography. 

Hurley, Michael 

The world's greatest Olympians 

London: Raintree, 2012. – 32 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781406223972 


Looks at great Olympians through the history of the modern Olympics and reasons why these 

athletes were/are so great. This title also includes fact files fact boxes of top athletes and charts 

and tables to help illustrate their amazing talents and achievements. 

Inizan, François 

La dame de fer 


Hormis l‘or olympique, Amélie Cazé, 27 ans, a tout gagné en pentathlon moderne, guidée par une 

exigence impitoyable. Elle s‘est classé 18 ème à Londres. 


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It runs in the family 

IN : FINA Aquatics world, no 3 (2012), pp. 64-74 

Talent is in the genes, as the saying goes about young athletes following in the footsteps of their 

mothers or fathers. But it is quite difficult to determine whether it is a definite privilege when a 

champion tries to make his or her own son or daughter a champion as well, with all the expertise 

and experience acquired through the years, or whether being so closely linked to a certain family 

name and therefore watched very closely all the time in comparison with the successes of the 

parents is a kind of handicap for the youngsters. We get some interesting answers from those who 

have succeeded just like their mums and dads – or even surpassed their achievements in the 

same field of sport. We also present you with cases in which siblings from the same family have 

inspired, helped and pushed each other ot be the best in the world in various disciplines. 

Juillard, Alexandre ; Fest, Sebastián 

Le mystère Messi: enquête sur la légende du football 

Paris: Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2012. – 317 p. – ISBN 9782350133119 

CIO MA 25515 * classif.: 079:92 MES 

Médaillé d'or en football (football hommes) aux Jeux Olympiques de Beijing (2008). 

Derrière l‘idole de Barcelone à l‘image idéale se cache un « système Messi » qui a permis à cet 

homme, logiquement condamné par un physique inadapté au sport de haut niveau, de devenir le 

meilleur footballeur du monde. Au terme d‘une très longue enquête, les auteurs sont partis à la 

rencontre des hommes et des femmes qui ont fait « grandir » Messi. Les auteurs ont découvert 

que la vie de l‘idole n‘était peut-être pas aussi lisse que ses proches veulent bien l‘admettre. 

Technique et tactiques de jeu, bataille politique au sein du Barça, rivalités, omniprésence de la 

famille dans le quotidien du joueur, ou encore gestion du business « Messi » : Sebastian Fest et 

Alexandre Juillard explorent ces multiples facettes, éclairant la personnalité du prodige. 

Lafayette, Patrick 

Allez, fonce Daudet! 


En BMX, Joris Daudet, 21 ans, a gagné tous les titres, sauf un. Ce surdoué des bosses peut 

devenir le premier champion olympique français de sa discipline. 

L'Equipe magazine 

Dream Team: le rêve continue 

[Issy-les-Moulineaux]: L'Equipe magazine, 2012. – 43 p. : ill. 

(Suppl. du no 21192 du samedi 21 juillet 2012 

CIO MA 25578 * classif.: 079:92(73) 

N° spécial sur les joueurs de l'équipe de basketball des Etats-Unis, médaillés d'or aux Jeux 

Olympiques de Barcelone (1992). 

Lomong, Lopez ; with Tabb, Mark 

Running for my life: one lost boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the 

Olympic Games 

Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2012. – 229 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781595555151 

CIO MA 25611 * classif.: 079:92 LOM 

The inspiring true story of Lopez Lomong, a Sudanese "lost boy" who achieved his dream of 

becoming an American citizen and Olympic athlete. 


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Margot, Olivier 

Entretien avec Renaud Lavillénie 


Le tout frais champion d‘Europe à la perche représente la meilleure chance de médaille d‘or 

française en athlétisme à Londres cet été. La pression à l‘approche des Jeux, le mental, la 

régularité, la préparation, la gestion du danger… il a tout passé en revue avec Olivier Margot. 

Matthey, Pierre 

Il était une fois "Emil Zatopek": 1922-2000, multiple champion olympique, patriote 

et "empereur du fair-play" 

[S.l.]: [s.n.], [2012]. – 1 vol.: ill. 

CIO MA 25604 * classif.: 079:92 ZAT 

Pierre Matthey nous livre le résultat de ses recherches sur la vie et la personnalité du champion 

olympique. 

McCallum, Jack 

Dream team: how Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the greatest team of all time 

conquered the world and changed the game of basketball forever 

New York: Ballantine Books, 2012. – 352 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780345520487 

In ―Dream Team‖, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the 

greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball Team that captivated the 

world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into 

a global sensation. For the duration of the Olympics, McCallum lived with the Dream Team, golfed 

with, and--most important--drank with some of the greatest players of the NBA's Golden Age. 

Nadia Comaneci: entretien 


Souvenez-vous, en 1976, aux Jeux Olympiques de Montréal, la petite Roumaine de 14 ans, 

1,55m pour 40 kilos, obtenait le premier 10 de l‘histoire de la gymnastique. Aujourd‘hui, à 50 ans, 

la gymnaste la plus célèbre de l‘histoire olympique vit aux Etats-Unis et le regard qu‘elle porte sur 

son sport est critique, mais plein d‘espoir. 

Nothstein, Marty 

The price of gold: the toll and the triumph of one man's Olympic dream 

Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2012. – 216 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781609613372 

CIO MA 25488 * classif.: 079:92 NOT 

The harrowing, triumphant tale of a cyclist‘s journey to Olympic victory and the price he paid to 

achieve greatness. Marty Nothstein, one of the greatest cyclists of all time, arrived at the 1996 

Olympic Games a heavy favorite. In the match sprint at the Atlanta Olympics, an event akin to 

prizefighting on a bicycle, he raced around a banked, oval track. Nothstein lost by a hair‘s width on 

the finish line and vowed to win the gold at the next Olympics, saying, ―I didn‘t come here for a 

silver medal‖. In ―The Price of Gold‖, Marty Nothstein eloquently and honestly tracks his journey to 

the games in Sydney and the events that molded him into the world‘s fastest man on a bicycle— 

from his tough-love upbringing in a blue-collar, split home, to the ―borderline outlaw‖ cast of cycling 

characters who helped guide him through the ranks. 

O'Brien, Dan ; Botkin, Brad 

Clearing hurdles: a quest to be the world's greatest athlete 

Indianapolis: Blue River Press, 2012. – 304 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781935628088 

Médaillé d'or en athlétisme (décathlon hommes) aux Jeux Olympiques d'Athènes (1996). 

Dan chronicles his extraordinary career. The book also offers a window into the world of the 

decathlon and an inside look at some of its most influential athletes. 


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Olympic champions remember 

IN: World weightlifting: official magazine of the International Weightlifting Federation, no 

2(2012), pp. 44-45 

Mr. Németh-Móra contacted to 1992 Olympic champions and a third one from 60 years ago asking 

them to recall memories of their glorious victories. 

One champion, one continent, one discipline 

IN: FINA Aquatics world magazine, no 5 (2012), pp. 48-70 

Swimming: Alicia Coutts (AUS) / Diving: Wu Minxia (CHN) / Synchro: Natalia Ischchenko (RUS) / 

Marathon: Oussama Mellouli (TUN) / Water polo: Brenda Villa (AUS) 

Overman, Steven J. ; Boyer Sagert, Kelly 

Icons of women's sport 

Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2012. – 2 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9780313385483 

CIO MA 25729/1-2 * classif.: 079:92 

A collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present. 

Phinney, Davis ; with Murphy, Austin 

The happiness of pursuit: a father's courage, a son's love, and life's steepest 

climb 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. – 217 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780547315935 

CIO MA 25202 * classif.: 079:92 PHI 

For two decades, Davis Phinney was one of America‘s most successful cyclists. He won two 

stages at the Tour de France and an Olympic medal. But after years of feeling off, he was 

diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson‘s. The body that had been his ally was now something else: 

a prison. The Happiness of Pursuit is the story of how Davis sought to overcome his Parkinson‘s 

by reaching back to what had made him so successful on the bike and adjusting his perspective 

on what counted as a win. The news of his diagnosis began a dark period for this vibrant athlete, 

but there was also light. His son Taylor‘s own bike-racing career was taking off. Determined to 

beat the Body Snatcher, Davis underwent a procedure called deep brain stimulation. Although not 

cured, his symptoms abated enough for him to see Taylor compete in the Beijing Olympics. Davis 

Phinney had won another stage. But the joy, he discovered, was in the pursuit. With humor and 

grace, Phinney weaves the narrative of his battle with Parkinson‘s with tales from his cycling 

career and from his son‘s emerging career. The Happiness of Pursuit is a remarkable story of 

fathers and sons and bikes, of victories large and small. 

Pochat, Víctor Andrés 

Coronados de gloria: la historia inédita de las medallas olímpicas 

Buenos Aires: Corregidor, 2012. – 349 p. – ISBN 9789500520003 

CIO MA 25749 * classif.: 079:92(82) 

La pluma de Víctor Pochat se transforma en el cincel de un escultor capaz de darle vida al metal 

de las medallas hasta hacerlo indispensable en la biblioteca de la historia olímpica argentina y 

ubicarlo en el sitio más destacado de su principal estantería. 


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Poke, Robin ; Berry, Kevin 

Olympic gold: our greatest individual Olympians since 1896 

Sydney, N.S.W.: Murdoch Books, 2012. – 375 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781741969856 

CIO MA 25655 * classif.: 079:92(94) 

Olympic Gold follows the inspirational journeys of Australia's 74 individual Olympic gold medallists, 

at both the Summer and Winter Games. Australia has enjoyed an unbroken involvement in the 

modern Olympics, from Edwin Flack's double-gold on the track at the first modern Games in 1896, 

to the recent champions. 

Racic, Marko… [et al.] 

Slovene olympians 

Ljubljana: Klub slovenskih olimpijcev, 2012. 175 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789616476065 

CIO MA 25622 * classif.: 079(497.1 SLO) 

This book presents all the Slovenian Olympic champions. 

Retailleau, Sandrine 

Divines: l'olympisme corps et âmes 

Paris: Ed. de la Martinière, 2012. – 138 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782732452760 


Après "Corps et âmes : la passion du sport féminin", ce second opus est dédié au combat et au 

voyage que représente la préparation olympique pour des sportives de haut niveau. Sandrine 

Retailleau-Vallet est allée à la rencontre de douze sportives d'exception pour saisir en paroles et 

en images la quête personnelle que les Jeux Olympiques symbolisent pour elles. 

Riner, Teddy 

Se dépasser, toujours 

Paris: Plon, 2012. – 146 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782259218511 

CIO MA 25499 * classif.: 079:92 RIN 

Seul judoka à avoir remporté cinq titres de champion du monde, Teddy Riner a déjà marqué, à 

vingt-trois ans, l‘histoire du judo. Comment un gamin débordant d‘énergie et de joie de vivre, 

blagueur et immense, devient-il un champion ? C‘est ce que raconte Teddy, de façon très libre. 

Enfance, années de sport-études, victoires et échecs, entourage et notoriété : il nous dit tout de ce 

qui fait sa force et le motive . 

Ringnald, Lance ; with Lake, Stacey 

It's not just gymnastics; it's life: the experiences and insights of Olympic gymnast 

Lance Ringnald 

Lexington: Createspace, 2012. – 182 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781468151244 

CIO MA 25656 * classif.: 079:92 RIN 

Lance Ringnald shares his story which will take the reader through his childhood, through his 

experiences as a two-time Olympian, and into his life now as a professional entertainer on cruise 

ships. 

Roland, Thierry 

Les grands athlètes des Jeux Olympiques 

Paris: Larousse, 2012. – 92 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782035876300 


Revivez les plus grands moments sportifs qui ont marqué l'histoire des Jeux Olympiques grâce à 

la plume de Thierry Roland et laissez-vous conter les exploits passionnants des 24 plus grands 

athlètes de notre temps. 


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Ruggiero, Bartolomeo 

Racconti olimpionici: da Monaco 1972 a Pechino 2008: dieci olimpiadi attraverso 

le testimonianze di chi le ha 

Firenze: M. Pagliai, 2012. – 102 p. : ill. – ISBN 9788856401813 

CIO MA 25506 * classif.: 079:92(45) 

Vincere un'olimpiade: un'emozione unica raccontata da dieci medaglie d'oro azzurre. Dieci 

protagonisti delle edizioni a cinque cerchi degli ultimi quarant'anni, da Monaco 1972 a Pechino 

2008. 

Searle, Greg 

If not now, when?: one man's extraordinary quest for Olympic glory, twenty years 

after his first gold medal 

London: Macmillan, 2012. 311 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780230763531 

CIO MA 25648 * classif.: 079:92 SEA 

Twenty years ago, rower Greg Searle won Gold in the Coxed Pair alongside his brother Jonny, at 

the Barcelona Olympic Games. In April 2010, and almost two decades older than the rest of the 

British rowing squad, Greg made the decision to come out of retirement and go for gold again at 

the London 2012 Olympics. 

Seroney, Kibny'aanko 

From strength to strength: the story of ambassador Peter Kipchumba Rono 

Nairobi, Kenya: Mvule Africa Publishers, 2009. – 170 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789966769633 

CIO MA 25200 * classif.: 079:92 RON 

Peter Rono won the 1,500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympic games beating favourites Peter 

Elliott and Steve Cram of Great Britain thus becoming the youngest Olympic Champion to win the 

1500 m. Ambassador Peter Rono, is an only child who grew up in humble background in Nandi, 

Kenya. Armed with champion stories from his grandfather's successes and his mother's 

unrelenting faith in God he begins a journey of firsts. With energy Peter's story easily moves from 

strength to strength. 

Solo, Hope ; with Killion, Ann 

Solo: a memoir of Hope 

New York: HarperCollins, 2012. – 285 p. ill. – ISBN 9780062136749 

CIO MA 25647 * classif.: 079:92 SOL 

Hope Solo is the face of the modern female athlete. She is fearless, outspoken, and the best in the 

world at what she does: protecting the goal of the U.S. women's soccer team. Her outsized talent 

has led her to the pinnacle of her sport—the Olympics and the World Cup—and made her into an 

international celebrity. But her journey—which began in Richland, Washington, where she was 

raised by her strong-willed mother on the scorched earth of defunct nuclear testing sites—is 

similarly haunted by the fallout of her family history. Moving, sometimes shocking, Solo is a portrait 

of an athlete finding redemption. This is the Hope Solo whom few have ever glimpsed. 

Thomas-Commin, Anthony 

A contre-courant: Etienne Daille 


Surprise des sélections olympiques en kayak, Etienne Daille, 22 ans, a imposé son physique de 

gringalet et l‘approche atypique de son sport. A la marge du système, toujours en famille. 


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Thorpe, Ian ; Wainwright, Robert 

This is me 

London: Simon & Schuster, 2012. – 323 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781471101229 

CIO MA 25728 * classif.: 079:92 THO 

Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. Thorpe's autobiography 

follows him all the way from his childhood in Sydney right up to the London Olympics. This is a 

man who has had highs and lows away from the pool, who has led an extraordinary life of an elite 

athlete that most of us will never know, who has faced up to his own demons, and who has the 

courage to come back and stake his claim for the ultimate goal once more. 

Tops-Alexander, Edwina 

L'étoile australienne 

Panazol: Lavauzelle, 2012. – 151 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782702515501 

CIO MA 25704 * classif.: 079:92 TOP 

Edwina Tops-Alexander est l'amazone par excellence, la meilleure cavalière du monde. 

De son Australie natale, elle a fait le grand saut en Europe. Sa carrière s'envole le jour où elle 

rencontre Jan Tops, son mentor et futur mari. Edwina raconte sa conquête du monde. 

Une cycliste guérit aux Paralympiques et songe maintenant aux Jeux Olympiques 

de Rio 

IN: Panathlon international, no 1 (janv.-avril 2012) p. 30 

L‘athlète hollandaise Monique Van Der Vorst, deux médailles d‘argent aux Jeux Paralympiques de 

2008, était restée paralysée, enfant, pendant une intervention chirurgicale. Après un accident, le 

miracle : elle recommence à marcher et fait maintenant partie de l‘équipe nationale hollandaise de 

cyclisme. 

4.4. Psychologie / Psychology 

Article 

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A Sport psychology perspective on Olympians and the Olympic Games : special issue 

IN : Psychology of sport and exercise, Vol. 13, no 5 (sept. 2012), pp. 658-712 

Contains (among other articles): 

Sport psychology and the Olympic Games: An introduction in the special issue 

A lifespan perspective on transitions during a top sports career: A case of an elite female fencer 

Athletes' perceptions of multilevel changes related to competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympic 

Games 

Analysis of sport psychology consultancy at three Olympic Games: Facts and figures 

Carron, Albert V.; Eys, Mark A. 

Group dynamics in sport 

4th ed. Morgantown: Fitness Information Technology, 2012. – 418 p.: ill. – ISBN 

9781935412359 

CIO MA 25239 * classif.: 015.99 

This updated and expanded edition introduces readers to the most current theory and practice of 

group dynamics in sport teams. Changes in the new edition include extensive revision of each 

content area, as well as two new chapters on the study of groups and attributions in sport. The 

book features seven sections that break down the study of group dynamics in an engaging and 

reader-friendly way. Material covered includes an analysis of the nature and development of 

groups; examination of group environment, structure, and cohesiveness; and, discussion of team 

processes such as goals and communication. 


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Cotterill, Stewart 

Team psychology in sports: theory and practice 

London: Routledge, 2013. 169 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415670579 

CIO MA 25626 * classif.: 015.99 

The ability to mould a group of talented individual athletes into an effective team takes effort and 

skill. ―Team psychology in sports‖ examines the crucial factors in the development of an effective 

team, introducing important psychological and organizational concepts and offering evidencebased 

interventions for enhancing the performance of any sports team. 

Décamps, Greg 

Psychologie du sport et de la performance 


CIO MA 25359 * classif.: 015.99 

Cet ouvrage offre un panorama complet de l‘optimisation de la performance, en faisant référence 

aux principales thématiques développées dans le champ de la performance sportive mais aussi en 

proposant des applications aux contextes professionnels. 

Farelli, Anthony D., ed 

Sport participation: health benefits, injuries and psychological effects 

New York: Nova Science Publisher's, 2011. – 186 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781613246528 

CIO MA 25207 * classif.: 015.99 

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the health benefits, 

injuries and psychological effects of sport participation. Topics discussed include the factors that 

are most influential in children's decisions to drop out of organized sport; the role of injury and 

injury risk perceptions in sport participation; and, the long term impact of overuse injuries on lifelong 

participation in sports and health status. 

Guillot, Aymeric 

Visualisation en sports de combat: vaincre grâce au mental 

Paris: Amphora, 2012. – 224 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782851808301 

CIO MA 25588 * classif.: 079.5 

La performance sportive, notamment dans les sports de combat, est le résultat d‘une interaction 

entre préparations technique, physique et mentale. À tous les niveaux de pratique, les différences 

se font généralement davantage sur l‘aspect mental que sur la dimension physique. Parmi les 

techniques de préparation mentale, la place de la visualisation devient aujourd‘hui essentielle. 

Kremer, John… [et al.] 

Key concepts in sport psychology 

Los Angeles: SAGE, 2012. – 222 p. – ISBN 9781849200516 

CIO MA 25294 * classif.: 015.99 

The concise and authoritative entries have been selected by experienced teachers and 

researchers; each one defines, explains and develops a key topic in sport psychology acting as a 

springboard for further reading and debate. This is a stimulating and practical resource for 

students defined by the clarity of writing and relevant examples. 

Isoard-Gautheur, Sandrine … [et al.] 

How to achieve in elite training centers without burning out? An achievement goal theory 

perspective 

IN: Psychology of sport and exercise, Vol. 14(1), Jan. 2013, pp. 72–83 

In training centers, the demonstration of high competence is essential and there is considerable 

emphasis placed on sporting achievement. Athlete burnout can be a consequence of such 

pressures and expectations. More information is needed regarding the social, environmental and 

individual differences in achievement-related characteristics which are relevant to the occurrence 

of burnout in this context. 


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Le bonheur: pourquoi le sport nous rend plus heureux 

Dijon: Faton, 2012. – 82 p. : ill. – (Sport & vie. Hors série ; n° 36) 

CIO MA 25512 * classif.: 015.99 

Ce hors-série donne la parole aux champions mais aussi aux neurologues, aux psychologues, aux 

sociologues, aux généticiens, mais aussi aux philosophes disparus depuis des centaines 

d'années. 

Marks, Saul … [et al.] 

Sexual harassment and abuse in sport: the role of the team doctor 


―Sexual harassment‖ and abuse occur in all sports and at all levels with an increased risk at the 

elite level. The physical and psychological consequences of sexual harassment and abuse are 

significant for the athlete, their team and for the health and integrity of sport in general. The sports 

medicine health professional has an integral role to play in the prevention of sexual harassment 

and abuse in sport. This paper provides sport healthcare professionals with a practical guide on 

prevention strategies and advice on the recognition and management of suspected abuse. 

McDuff, David R., 

Sports psychiatry: strategies for life balance and peak performance 

Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub., 2012. – 270 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781585624157 

CIO MA 25486 * classif.: 015.99 

Sports competition, from the dedicated amateur, to the elite professional level, is a specialised 

world. Its participants face singular challenges in overcoming the stress, anxiety, and fear of failure 

(and success) that characterise that environment. The author of ―Sports psychiatry: strategies for 

life balance and peak performance ―is uniquely aware of the knowledge and skills mental health 

practitioners require to work effectively with athletes as they strive to compete better, heal better, 

and feel better. 

Moran, Aidan P. 

Sport and exercise psychology: a critical introduction 

2nd ed. – London [etc.]: Routledge, 2012. – 443 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780415434317 

CIO MA 25544 * classif.: 015.99 

Aidan Moran provides the first textbook to combine an explanation of the theoretical foundations of 

sport and exercise psychology with critical reviews of contemporary research and practical 

suggestions for relevant independent research projects. 

Murphy, Shane M 

The Oxford handbook of sport and performance psychology 

New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. – 775 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780199731763 

CIO MA 25690 * classif.: 015.99 

―The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology‖ includes the latest research and 

applied perspectives from leaders in the field of performance psychology. Current and 

comprehensive, this foundational volume presents sport and performance psychology from myriad 

perspectives 


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Neff Robert S. ; Lafont, Damien 

Feuille de route pour la zone: comment améliorer vos performances sportives: un 

guide étape par étape pour la réalisation de vos plus grands rêves sportifs 

Lexington: Createspace, 2012. – 86 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781470097097 

CIO MA 25554 * classif.: 015.99 

Imaginez que vous ayez votre propre préparateur mental pour concevoir un programme 

d'entrainement mental spécialement pour vous. Et si ce programme définissait exactement ce que 

vous aviez à faire pour trouver "la zone" et donner le meilleur de vous-même? Et s‘il vous 

préparait pour les moments difficiles en vous donnant des outils pour surmonter l'adversité? Et si 

ce programme pouvait être adapté lorsque vous vous améliorez et progressez? Pensez-vous que 

vos chances d'atteindre vos rêves seraient meilleures? Ce livre a été conçu exactement dans 

cette optique. 

Ripoll, Hubert 

Le mental des coachs: manager la réussite sportive 

Paris: Payot, 2012. – 252 p. – ISBN 9782228907637 

CIO MA 25409 * classif.: 015.99 

Le Mental des coachs est une plongée dans la vie de 21 coachs totalisant plus de 200 titres 

olympiques, mondiaux et européens, recueillies à partir d‘interviews conduites pendant une 

année. Il consiste en un va-et-vient entre l‘expérience de ces prestigieux témoins et les 

connaissances théoriques et pratiques sur le coaching. Les interviews de 21 de leurs athlètes 

offrent en complément des regards croisés sur l‘aventure menée en commun qui les ont conduits, 

à plus de 100 reprises, sur les plus hautes marches des podiums olympiques ou mondiaux. 

Sheard, Michael 

Mental toughness: the mindset behind sporting achievement 

2nd ed. – London: Routledge, 2012. – 264 p. – ISBN 9780415578967 

CIO MA 25540 * classif.: 015.99 

Mental toughness is one of the most common terms used in sport – by athletes, coaches, 

spectators and the media. However, it is also one of the least understood terms. This book 

provides a definitive and readable overview of the area, and presents the cutting-edge research in 

the field of mental toughness. 

Wylleman, Paul, Reints, Anke, Van Akken, Steffi 

Athletes' perceptions of multilevel changes related to competing at the 2008 Beijing 

Olympic Games 

IN: Psychology of sport and exercise, Ahead of print, 19 April 2012 

Objectives: Taking into account the need for applied research on the most effective ways to 

prepare Olympians psychologically, the first purpose of this study was to gain more insight into the 

changes perceived by four athletes in view of their participation in the 2008 Beijing Olympic 

Games. The second purpose of this study was to illustrate how using a holistic and dynamic 

approach to the identification of the perceptions of these athletes' Olympic experiences can 

provide information relevant for the provision of individual ASP support to these athletes. 

Method : A combination of interview (prior and after the Olympic Games) and self-reporting (during 

the Olympic Games) was used to describe athletes' perceptions of changes occurring at athletic, 

psychological, psychosocial, academic/vocational level during the phases prior, during and after 

the Olympic Games. Results: Results confirmed in first instance athletes' perceptions of the 

multifaceted nature of their Olympic experience. In second instance, the use of a dynamic and 

holistic perspective allowed to identify that participants perceived (a) during the phase prior to the 

Olympic Games 14 changes, (b) during the Olympic Games eight changes at three levels, and (c) 

during the phase after returning from the Olympic Games 11 changes having occurred at four 

levels. Conclusions: This study showed the usefulness of using a dynamic and holistic perspective 

not only in order to identify athletes' perceptions of their Olympic experiences, but also to enhance 

ASP practitioners' knowledge on the needs for a holistic and dynamic ASP-support provision. In 

this way, the effectiveness and efficiency of ASP practitioners working with athletes preparing for, 

or competing at the Olympic Games could be enhanced. 


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Wylleman, Paul & Johnson, Urban 

Sport psychology and the Olympic Games: an introduction in the special issue 

IN: Psychology of sport and exercise, Ahead of print, 19 April 2012 

Objectives Despite many reports on best practises regarding onsite psychological services, little 

research has attempted to systematically explore the frequency, issues, nature and client groups 

of onsite sport psychology consultancy at the Olympic Games. The present paper will fill this gap 

through a systematic analysis of the sport psychology consultancy of the Swiss team for the 

Olympic Games of 2006 in Turin, 2008 in Beijing and 2010 in Vancouver. Method The day reports 

of the official sport psychologist were analysed. Intervention issues were labelled using categories 

derived from previous research and divided into the following four intervention-issue dimensions: 

―general performance‖, ―specific Olympic performance‖, ―organisational‖ and ―personal‖ issues. 

Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, chi square statistics and odds ratios. Results 

Across the Olympic Games, between 11% and 25% of the Swiss delegation used the sport 

psychology services. On average, the sport psychologist provided between 2.1 and 4.6 

interventions per day. Around 50% of the interventions were informal interventions. Around 30% of 

the clients were coaches. The most commonly addressed issues were performance related. An 

association was observed between previous collaboration, intervention likelihood and intervention 

theme. Conclusions Sport psychologists working at the Olympic Games are fully engaged with 

daily interventions and should have developed ideally long-term relationships with clients to truly 

help athletes with general performance issues. Critical incidents, working with coaches, brief 

contact interventions and team conflicts are specific features of the onsite consultancy. 

Practitioners should be trained to deal with these sorts of challenges. 


5. Sports olympiques / Olympic sports 

5.1. Par pays / By countries 

Afrique / Africa 

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Nauright, John, Parrish, Charles 

Sports around the world: history, culture, and practice 

Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2012. – 4 vol.: ill. – ISBN 9781598843002 

CIO MA 25604/1-4 * classif.: 079(03) 

Contains: Vol. 1. General topics, Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania -- Vol. 2. British Isles and 

Europe -- Vol. 3. Latin America and North America -- Vol. 4. Olympic medalists and winners and 

champions of major world sporting events. 

This four volume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from 

around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines 

key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. 

Kone, Yaya 

Anthropologie de l'athlétisme en Afrique de l'Ouest: la condition de l'athlète 

Paris: l'Harmattan, 2011. – 530 p. – ISBN 9782296561816 

CIO MA 25162 * classif.: 079(6) 

Comment peut-on être athlète en Afrique de l'Ouest ? Généralement, l'intérêt porté au phénomène 

sportif en Afrique se borne au football, à l'Ouest, et à l'athlétisme, à l'Est. Loin des récits épiques 

et des discours ataviques, cette étude anthropologique met en évidence les facteurs sociaux de la 

course à pied, de la course pensée à la technologie de la pratique. La course est une activité 

corporelle, qui varie selon le contexte culturel et les représentations des sociétés. Comment 

passe-t-on de la sédentarité à la course à pied régulière, et de la course informelle à l'athlétisme ? 

Là où nous cherchions à savoir, comment des sociétés africaines se représentaient la pratique, 

nos différents interlocuteurs nous renvoyaient à la question : pourquoi courir ? De prime abord, 

lorsqu'on évoque la course en Afrique, c'est l'athlétisme qui nous vient à l'esprit. L'enquête de 

terrain aux confins du Mali, du Burkina Faso et de la Côte d'Ivoire, nous renvoie à une autre idée 

de la course, celle vécue, celle subie, celle redoutée, une course en phase avec les réalités des 

habitants. La vie détermine la conscience athlétique, aussi, le courir est tantôt générateur de bienêtre, 

volonté de mobilité sociale, désoeuvrement . 

Onyango Ogalla, John 

Popularizing weightlifting through traditional physical activities in the Community 

Poitiers: Université de Poitiers, 2011. – 62 p 



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Zerzouri, Saïd 

Le sport au Maroc: l'itinéraire du jeune champion en athlétisme 

Paris: L'Harmattan, 2012. – 212 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782296960916 

CIO MA 25500 * classif.: 079(64) 

Cet ouvrage nous trace l'itinéraire des jeunes champions marocains qui sont devenus, grâce à 

leur réussite dans certaines disciplines sportives athlétiques, un modèle à suivre par les sportifs et 

un champ d'études pour les chercheurs. Il montre la réalité de la haute performance des jeunes du 

tiers-monde et des conditions sociale, sportive et économique dans lesquelles ils réussissent. 

Rider, Toby Charles. 

The Olympic Games and the Secret Cold War: the U.S. Government and the 

propaganda campaign against communist sport, 1950-1960 

[Canada]: [s.n.], 2011. – 421 p. 

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Soviet Union and its East European satellites used 

international sport as a diplomatic tool to convince the world that communism was a vibrant and 

superior political ideology. This study explores the U.S. government‘s effort to counter the 

communist sports offensive. In particular, it is demonstrated that the U.S. government harnessed 

the Olympic Games as a platform to wage a propaganda campaign against communist sport 

during the early years of the Cold War. 

Al-Samarai, Niran 

A homeland kidnapped: the kidnap of the President of the National Olympic 

Committee of Iraq and His colleagues 

Surrey: MM Books, 2012. – 266 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781908871497 

CIO MA 25663 * classif.: 079(536) 

Niran Al Samarrai is the wife of the former Chairman of the Iraqi Olympic Association, Ahmed Al 

Samarrai, who was kidnapped at a major Conference at the Oil Cultural Centre in the centre of 

Baghdad, with thirty six of his colleagues on 15th July 2006. Twelve were released after ten days, 

exhibiting signs of torture. The others, including Mr Al Samarrai have disappeared without trace. 

Amara, Mahfoud 

Sport, politics and society in the Arab world 

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 192 p. – ISBN 9780230307926 

CIO MA 25680 * classif.: 079(53) 

This book sets out a new critical perspective on our understanding of the society and history of the 

Arab World through the study of sport - an area rarely referred to in literature on the region. The 

book examines sport in relation to cultural, political and economic changes, including nation-state 

building, the formation of national identity and international relations in post-colonial context. It also 

analyzes the commercialization of sport and the growth of sport media broadcasting in the Arab 

World. The author explores how sport in the Arab World has been the site of political agitation and 

social contestation, arguing that the sports arena can still offer the possibility of Arab nations to 

compete at international level and the Arab people a chance to claim some symbolic victory 

against their hard socio-economic and political realities. 


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Joo, Rachael Miyung 

Transnational sport: gender, media, and global Korea 

Durham: Duke University Press, 2012. – 336 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780822348429. 

CIO MA 25497 * classif.: 079(519) 

Based on ethnographic research in Seoul and Los Angeles, ―Transnational Sport‖ tells how sports 

shape experiences of global Koreanness, and how those experiences are affected by national 

cultures. Rachael Miyung Joo focuses on superstar Korean athletes and sporting events produced 

for global media consumption. She explains how Korean athletes who achieve success on the 

world stage represent a powerful, globalized Korea. 

Kietlinski, Robin 

Japanese women and sport: beyond baseball and sumo 

New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2011. – 187 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781849663403 

CIO MA 25228 * classif.: 079(520) 

Reaching from the early 20th century to the present day, Kietlinski traces the progression of 

Japanese women's participation in sport from the first female school for physical education and the 

foundations of competitive sport through to their growing presence in the Olympics and 

international sport. 

Kim, Jamie Jeeyoon 

Branding Korea through collaborative strategies with the Olympic Movement 



Kraytem, Ezzat Ghazi 

Prioritizing of National Olympic Sports Federations 



Lee, Hyunjung 

Mid-term review of OCA-Incheon Vision 2014 Program: program evaluation approach 

[Poitiers]: [Université de Poitiers], 2011. – 49 p. 


Stanton, Andrea L. 

„Pioneer of Olympism in the Middle East‟: Gabriel Gemayel and Lebanese Sport 

IN: The international journal of the history of sport, Ahead of print, April 2012, pp. 1-16 

Since 1947, Lebanon has fielded a team for every Olympic competition except 1956, yet has won 

only four Olympic medals. While the country's medal count has been small, this article argues that 

Lebanon's participation in the Olympics was part of a broader effort to develop Lebanese interest 

in sports, as well as to enhance Lebanon's position regionally and internationally. One man led 

both efforts: Gabriel Gemayel, the founder and long-term head of Lebanon's National Olympic 

Committee. This article uses official International Olympic Committee publications to examine how 

Gemayel promoted Lebanon to the Olympic community and promoted sports in Lebanon. 

Gemayel's experience highlights the ways in which elites in small states can strategically use 

international organizations to bolster their state. More broadly, it highlights the important role that 

sports organizations play in shaping the national. It further suggests that while individuals heading 

these organizations can play a far outsized role, their impact will be short-lived if they do not create 

a talent pipeline. 


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The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong ; Edmund Kwok Siu-Tong 

60 years of sporting excellence 

Hong Kong: Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, 2011. – 

283 p.: ill. – ISBN 9789881554918 

CIO MA 25257 * classif.: 079(510) 


Royalty and the Olympics in Britain 


The Queen‘s participation to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics has set the 

seals on almost 120 years of her family‘s involvement in the Olympic Movement. 

Bijkerk, Anthony 

Olympisch oranje: van Athene 1896 tot en met Londen 2012 Zomer- en 

Winterspelen: een compleet historisch overzicht van Nederlandse deelname aan 

de Olympische Spelen 

Haarlem: Spaar en Hout, 2012. – 607 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25650 * classif.: 079(492) 

Ton Bijkerk staat garant voor een super volledig overzicht van alle Olympische Spelen van Athene 

1896 tot en met Londen 2012. 

Britain, Britons and the Olympic Games: special issue 

IN: Sport in history, Vol. 32(2), 2012 

Contains (among others): 

Introduction: Britain, Britons and the Olympic Games / Martin Polley 

Fair Play and fascism: the development of British Olympic team uniforms: 1908-1948 / Geraldine 

Abiddle-Perry 

Rivals and revolutionaries: Avery Brundage, the Marquess of Exeter and Olympic television 

revenue / Stephen Wenn 

Britain and the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics / Kevin Jefferys 

Calvigioni, Roberto and Stefano 

Lo sport in Vaticano 

Città del Vaticano: Libreria Ed. Vaticana, 2011. – 180 p.: ill. – ISBN 9788820985073 

CIO MA 25235 * classif.: 079(456.31) 

Il volume raccoglie una serie di documenti pontifici, testimonianze, immagini e fotografie, che 

descrivono la realtà, quasi totalmente sconosciuta, dello sport in Vaticano, ed è la prima volta che 

un testo viene espressamente dedicato all‘attività sportiva dello Stato Pontificio 

EOC EU Office 

Guide to EU sport policy 

Brussels: EOC EU Office, 2011. – 60 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25670 * classif.: 079(4) 

This brochure provides background information on all relevant policy fields on sport ranging from 

media rights, competition policy to volunteering or social inclusion through sport. Furthermore, the 

different chapters contain valuable information on perspectives of the respective policy fields as 

well as practical advice. 


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Going for gold: Welsh Olympic dreams for 2012 

Bedlinog: Accent, 2012. – 63 p. – ISBN 9781908192943 

CIO MA 25339 * classif.: 079(417) 

What does it take to be the greatest? In ―Going For Gold” top athletes whether it‘s part of a team 

like cyclist Geraint Thomas, who won gold in the team pursuit event in Beijing 2008, or notching up 

a record-beating 11 gold medals in the swimming pool for paralympic swimmer David Roberts to 

equal the record set by Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, the athletes featured in Going For Gold have 

one aim - to win. This collection of stories from Wales s top current and future athletes will inspire 

others to follow their goals. Featuring Hurdler David Dai Greene, cyclist Geraint Thomas, 

paralympian Nathan Stephens and swimmers Jazmin Jazz Carlin and David Roberts. 

Jefferys, Kevin 

Sport and politics in modern Britain: the road to 2012 

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. – 316 p. – ISBN 9780230291874 ( 

CIO MA 25543 * classif.: 079(410) 

Kevin Jefferys sets policy towards sport within the evolving socio-political context of post-war 

Britain and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the 'austerity Games' of 1948 

through to the multi-billion pound extravaganza of the London 2012 Olympics. 

Lisin, Vladimir (dir.) 

Sports in the USSR: Summer sports 

Moscow: Knigi Wam, 2012. – 295 p.: ill. – ISBN 9785914320468 

CIO MB 1177 * classif.: 079(47) 

This publication presents a unique illustrated chronicle of sports in the Soviet Union, including the 

most dramatic events, great athletes, records and achievements - everything the country was 

proud of. Archive photos, art works, and original sports accessories help the reader dive into a 

unique sports atmosphere of the recent past. 

Mephon, Harry P. (dir.) 

Anthologie du sport guadeloupéen 

Paris: HC Editions, 2011. – 359 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782357200241 

CIO MB 1174 * classif.: 079(44) 

Faire acte de mémoire, agir pour la préservation des strates culturelles qui ont fondé ce que les 

Guadeloupéens sont aujourd‘hui, c‘est inscrire le souvenir du labeur de leurs grands aînés dans la 

conscience collective en le donnant à voir, à lire, à comprendre. Dans l‘espace des sports, restait 

à rendre hommage à l‘ingéniosité, au sens du défi et de l‘effort de ces hommes et de ces femmes 

qui, en Guadeloupe, ont défriché les chemins et balisé les tracés singuliers. Restait à restituer les 

visions porteuses de sens qui insèrent les sportifs guadeloupéens dans une histoire (le temps), 

dans des lieux identifiés (l‘espace), dans une singularité constitutive de leur identité (les formes). 

Des visions qui replacent la Guadeloupe au coeur de son environnement géoculturel naturel : la 

Caraïbe. Avec cette Anthologie du sport guadeloupéen, originale par l‘analyse, mais aussi 

originelle parce qu‘elle identifie, pour la première fois, le sport comme élément majeur de la culture 

guadeloupéenne, comme axe central de son patrimoine, cet hommage collectif et cette restitution 

sont désormais révélés. Les faits socio-historiques qu‘elle évoque permettront aux moins initiés de 

comprendre certaines réalités supposées connues du grand public mais demeurées souvent 

occultées, ignorées dans leur poids culturel, leur dimension symbolique, leur exemplarité. 


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Phillips, Bob 

Britain and the Olympics: 1896-2010: a celebration of British gold 

Lancaster: Carnegie, 2012. – 214 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781859362136 

CIO MA 25412 * classif.: 079:92(410) 

Presents a vibrant and readable account of the modern Olympics with particular reference to 

British involvement and success. Each Games is described, and every one of the 491 British gold 

medallists is named. For a small country Britain has had a remarkable impact on the modern 

Olympics. Britain is one of only four countries that have competed at every Games, and by the 

time that London hosts the 2012 Games it will become the only city to have hosted the event three 

times. British athletes have also been extremely successful: in modern times only the USA, 

Germany and the USSR have won more gold medals than Britain. 

Stelitano, Antonella ; Bortolato, Quirino ; Dieguez, Alejandro Mario 

Pio X, le Olimpiadi e lo sport 

Treviso: Ed.Liberale, 2012. – 140 p.: ill. – ISBN 9788895262598 

CIO MA 25664 * classif.: 079(45) 

Public opinion recognises that Pope John Paul II was the ‗sporty‘ Pope par excellence. It was in 

fact Pope John Paul II who recognised that the former Pope from Treviso, Pius X, had been the 

first Pope to deal with sport and the Olympic Games, and that "Saint Pius X encouraged the 

important initiative by Pierre de Coubertin who, in 1894, created the Modern Olympic Games". 

Pius X was not only the first Pope to support the Olympic Games: he was the first Pope to open 

the Vatican doors to sportsmen and women. A new book sheds light on this subject for the first 

time, and pays great attention to this new perspective of a Pope wrongly considered ―old 

fashioned‖. 

Baka, Richard 

Australia at the Olympic Winter Games: “a late bloomer” 


The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief historical overview of Australia at the Olympic 

Winter Games and to acknowledge the accomplishments of its five gold medal winners in this 

major international event. Furthermore, it presents an analysis of the reasons for this recent 

success. 

5.2. Par disciplines / By disciplines 

Young readers 

Young readers 


The Olympics events 


CIO MA 25479 * classif.: 7:079 

Each title of ―The Olympics‖ examines the Olympic Games from ancient times, then the revival of 

the 1890s through to today's multi-million pound business. From the history of the games to which 

events are included and why, and from scandals to record breakers, The Olympics puts the reader 

at the centre of the action with fact-packed text, dramatic full-color photos, facts and statistics. 

Hunter, Nick. 

Olympic sports 


CIO MA 25475 * classif.: 7:079 

A comprehensive look at the Olympics. Covers many aspects of the London Olympic Games, from 

behind the scenes and the sports, to the Paralympics and the main competitors. 


Athlétisme / Athletics 

Selection 

Cometti, Gilles 

L'entraînement de la vitesse 

Paris: Chiron, 2012. – 295 p.: ill. + 1 DVD. – ISBN 9782702713518 

CIO MA 25327 / CIO DA 180 * classif.: 079.1 

Pour un sportif de haut niveau comme pour le sportif amateur cherchant à optimiser ses résultats, 

il existe des facteurs en rapport avec la vitesse d'exécution qui déterminent la performance : le 

temps de réaction, la vitesse gestuelle, la fréquence gestuelle, l'énergie déployée. Les moyens 

utilisés et proposés dans cet ouvrage pour améliorer le facteur Vitesse : Le travail de la gestuelle 

visuelle (exécution des mouvements rapides) ; le travail des synergies (bras/jambes) ; la méthode 

répétitive (acquérir le bon geste au bon moment) ; le dosage de l'attention. Cet ouvrage d'un 

abord scientifique mais très pédagogique (tableaux, schémas, illustrations), est enrichi de tests qui 

permettent au sportif de s'améliorer visiblement et rapidement. Une batterie d'exercices est 

proposée au sportif/lecteur qui s'inscrit dans la progression. 

Ellis, Lucas ... [et al.] 

Préparer & courir un marathon: guide complet: entraînement, équipement, 

nutrition: améliorer votre technique, les marathons à ne pas manquer, comment 

éviter les blessures 

Paris: Eyrolles, 2012. – 157 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782212135916 

CIO MA 25712 * classif.: 079.322 

Si l'on peut disputer une partie de tennis ou un petit match de football au débotté, il est hors de 

question de s'attaquer à un marathon sans une sérieuse préparation. Il faut en effet habituer le 

corps - et le mental - à courir de longues distances. Pour espérer boucler les 42,195 km dans un 

temps honorable, ou simplement finir s'il s'agit de votre première expérience, vous devrez en 

passer par un programme d'entraînement intensif qui vous amènera au sommet de votre forme 

sur la ligne de départ, mais également choisir des chaussures adaptées à votre façon de courir et 

à votre gabarit et adopter les habitudes alimentaires d'un athlète de haut niveau. 

Henderson, Jason 

Athletics - field events: from beginner to champion 


CIO MA 25531 * classif.: 079.32 

This training book is the perfect introduction to the Olympic athletics field events and will prove an 

indispensable guide for both the keen beginner and club athlete. Written by a leading athletics 

journalist and illustrated with over 50 specially commissioned diagrams, this official book gives an 

overview of each field event and covers training safety, rule and techniques, and standards of 

performance to aim for. 

Puleo, Joe ; Milroy, Patrick 

Course à pied: anatomie et mouvements: un guide illustré pour accroître sa force, 

sa vitesse et son endurance 

Paris: Vigot, 2012. – 188 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782711421787 

CIO MA 25286 * classif.: 079.322 

Sport d'endurance et de puissance par excellence, la course à pied sollicite toutes les parties 

anatomiques du corps humain. C'est pourquoi il est indispensable pour améliorer ses 

performances d'accroître sa puissance musculaire et de mieux connaître le fonctionnement de son 

corps. Avec cet ouvrage qui analyse la course à pied et les mouvements la composant comme on 

ne l'a jamais fait auparavant, c'est-à-dire de l'intérieur, vous prendrez conscience de la complexité 

des mécanismes corporels à l'oeuvre dans la course à pied et vous apprendrez à renforcer 

l'interaction entre vos différentes parties anatomiques (tissus, muscles, os) pour produire des 

mouvements plus efficaces, améliorer votre foulée et ainsi réaliser des courses plus rapides et 

plus fluides. Cet ouvrage vous propose 56 exercices de musculation spécifiquement choisis pour 

répondre aux besoins du coureur. 


Badminton 

Beach Volleyball 

Article 

Full-text 

Boxe / Boxing 

Selection 

Scaff, Jack H. Jr. 

Your first marathon: the last word in long-distance running 

Honolulu: Belknap Publ. & Design 2011. – 290 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780981640310 

CIO MA 25321 * classif.: 079.322 

In addition to the highly successful original 9-month training schedule, this book is packed with 

chapters covering nutrition, history, endurance running, safety and much, much more. All of it 

written in typical Dr. Scaff style, with a bit of humor, impeccable references and his own brand of 

irreverence. 

Laffaye, Guillaume 

Comprendre et progresser en badminton: les axes de progression, la technique, 

les situations... 

Magny-les-Hameaux: Chiron, 2011. – 301 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782702713426 

CIO MA 25163 * classif.: 079.244 

Le badminton connaît une progression régulière avec 7 à 18 % (progression moyenne annuelle) 

de badistes licenciés en plus depuis 1977. 

Aujourd‘hui la Fédération compte 160 000 licenciés (sans compter tous les joueurs non licenciés), 

pour 1 700 clubs en France. Sport olympique, pouvant se jouer en simple, en double, en mixte, le 

badminton est un sport qui requiert une excellente condition physique et des qualités techniques 

et tactiques de haut niveau. C‘est le sport de raquette le plus rapide au monde et le plus exigeant 

physiquement avec le squash. Ce livre est axé sur la progression de façon pédagogique. 

Outre la présentation du règlement, les coups (service, smash, drive, rush, slice…), les fautes 

(illustrées), on trouve également des modèles du joueur en activité, des axes de progression du 

jeu (structurel, fonctionnel, technique). Le contenu théorique renvoie systématiquement à des 

schémas, tableaux, photos (plus de 300 docs), qui permettront au badiste de mieux comprendre et 

de progresser de façon pédagogique ses actions et ses gestes techniques ou tactiques. 

Prenons pour exemple, les 81 fiches pédagogiques réunies en fin d‘ouvrage qui sont à la fois 

synthétiques et visuellement efficaces pour chaque sujet annoncé. 

From Copacabana to Bondi Beach 

IN: Volley world, no 2(2012), pp. 20-25 

With the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London now just weeks away, Volleyworld charts the 

Olympic history of one of the Games‘ youngest sports, beach volleyball, from its inception in 1996 

to the last edition in Beijing in 2008. 

Schinke, Robert 

The mental edge in boxing 

Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., 2011. – 154 p. – ISBN 9781613242964 

CIO MA 25227 * classif.: 015.99 

Within this book, Dr Robert Schinke shares with the reader, how to mentally sharpen aspects of 

boxing performance. Regardless of whether you are a boxer, coach, or a member of a developing 

or elite boxer's support system, you will find this book to be informative and extremely practical. 

The topics featured as part of this book include how to train effectively, how to develop athlete selfconfidence 

and mental toughness, how to profile an opponent, and how to carry out a detailed 

plan from the moment you have identified your opponent through to success and beyond. Read 

this book and see for yourself how to be even more systematic in terms of the mental edge of 

boxing performance. This book is a must read for boxing enthusiasts, and also those immersed in 

combative sports such as mixed martial arts, kickboxing, Thai boxing, karate and jujitsu. 


Cyclisme / Cycling 

Escrime / Fencing 

Article 

Football 

Selection 

Clifford, Tim 

Cycling: from beginner to champion 


CIO MA 25527 * classif.: 079.42 

This training book is the perfect introduction to the Olympic cycling events and will prove an 

indispensable guide for both the keen beginner and club cyclist. This official book gives an 

overview of each cycling event and covers training safety, tactics and techniques. 

Grappe, Fred 

Puissance et performance en cyclisme: s'entraîner avec des capteurs de 

puissance 


CIO MA 25440 * classif.: 079.42 

Pour se déplacer le cycliste doit développer un certain niveau de puissance. La production de 

puissance résulte d'un processus assez complexe qui répond à la mise en action de différents 

systèmes fonctionnels qui travaillent tous en synergie afin de répondre à la demande de l'exercice. 

Cet ouvrage souhaite mettre en lumière le fonctionnement intégré du cycliste en tant que 

producteur de puissance mécanique. 

Rabatel, Bertrand 

Piloter son VTT: initiation, perfectionnement, matériel, mécanique 

Grenoble: Glénat, 2012. – 167 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782723489256 

CIO MA 25452 * classif.: 079.422 

Vous pensiez bien rouler à VTT ? Lisez cet ouvrage et vous ne verrez plus le vélo comme avant. 

Ce livre s'adresse aussi bien aux nouveaux pratiquants qu'aux personnes qui roulent depuis 

plusieurs années. A travers huit chapitres, vous découvrirez les secrets pour vous faire plaisir quel 

que soit votre niveau : rouler sur les racines, sortir d'une ornière ou plus tard sauter par-dessus un 

obstacle, ancrer son VTT dans une courbe. 

En garde!: get ready for a new commercial era in international fencing 

IN: Sportbusiness international, no 179 (June 2012), pp. 51-60 

Contains: Fencing‘s greatest stage – Hilary Philbin, fencing manager at LOCOG explains the 

challenges involved in hosting fencing, a sport that has been on the programm of every modern 

Olympic Games, at the biggest multi-sports event in the world. 

A new commercial era – Matt Cutler sees how the FIE has gone about improving its product and 

expanding its commercial portfolio in recent years. 

Gounot, André ; Jallat, Denis ; Koebel, Michel 

Les usages politiques du football 

Paris: L'Harmattan, 2011. – 197 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782296559332 

CIO MA 25330 * classif.: 079.25 

Grâce à des points de vue historiques et sociologiques, cet ouvrage met en avant trois 

thématiques : la responsabilité des médias dans la politisation du football, l'usage que font les 

politiques de ce sport pour résoudre les questions d'identité et comment l'attitude du public peut 

être un prétexte à une surpolitisation du football. 


Golf 

Selection 

Grainey, Timothy F. 

Beyond bend it like Beckham: the global phenomenon of women's soccer 

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. –279 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780803240360 

CIO MA 25498 * classif.: 079.25 

From the rise of women‘s soccer following Title IX legislation in the early seventies to the 

watershed 1999 World Cup performance that turned the American team into instant celebrities, 

soccer is now the most popular sport for girls and women, with participation growing exponentially 

worldwide. Beyond ―Bend It Like Beckham‖ presents the first in-depth global analysis of the 

women‘s game—both where it has come from and where it is headed. 

Ikwunze, Ejikeme 

Olympic Football Tournaments (1908-2008): a statistical summary 

Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp, 2012. – 150 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781469166247 

CIO MA 25574 * classif.: 079.25.09 

This book presents the history and statistics of the Olympic Football Tournament (1908-2008) - a 

statistical summary for record purposes and references. 

Brochu, Sébastien 

Golf 

Paris: Hachette, 2012. – 407 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782012305281 

CIO MA 25455 * classif.: 079.262 

En 1971, l'astronaute Alan Shepard effectuait un swing mythique sur la Lune, donnant au golf une 

dimension interplanétaire ou, du moins, universelle. Au XXIesiècle, la pratique du golf n'est plus 

réservée à une élite. Elle attire un public nouveau, hommes et femmes en quête de bien-être, d'un 

environnement naturel préservé, de rencontres aussi. Ce livre accompagne le golfeur dans la 

pratique de ce sport exigeant et passionnant. 

Gymnastique / Gymnastics 

Jemni, Monem ... [et al.]. 

The science of gymnastics 


CIO MA 25205 * classif.: 079.31 

―The Science of Gymnastics‖ is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the fundamental 

physiological, biomechanical and psychological principles underpinning this most demanding of 

sports. Drawing on cutting edge scientific research, and including contributions from leading 

international sport scientists and experienced coaches, the book represents an important link 

between theory and performance. 

Micheli, Carole 

La gymnastique, du prestige à l'oubli: témoignage 

Paris: Le Manuscrit, 2010. – 231 p. – ISBN 9782304034240 

CIO MA 25232 * classif.: 079.31 

Cet ancien membre de l'équipe de France de gymnastique artistique féminine lève le voile sur ce 

sport, mal connu du grand public. Au fils des pages, elle nous retrace sa carrière, débutée à l'âge 

de 3 ans. Elle partage avec nous, ses entrainements, ses compétitions, ses voyages et ses 

questionnements quant à ce qu'elle a enduré pour parvenir au haut-niveau... Elle évoque 

également ses difficultés scolaires et les problèmes de santé auxquels elle a été confrontée. Ce 

livre est tout simplement une première dans le monde la gymnastique car jamais personne n'avait 

encore fait découvrir l'envers du décor de cette discipline, tellement exigeante. 


Haltérophilie / Weightlifting 

Article 

Selection 

After Beijing – before London 

IN: World weightlifting: official magazine of the International Weightlifting Federation, no 

2(2012), pp. 36-43 

Except for two special occasions – 1900 and 1908 - weightlifting has always been on the program 

of the Modern Summer Olympic Games… 

Charniga, Andrew 

A de-masculinization of strength 

Livonia: Sportivny Press, 2012. – 194 p.: ill. 

CIO MA 25564 * classif.: 079.51 

―A demasculinization of strength‖ elucidates a genuine phenomenon: the female weightlifter. The 

central theme of the book is the notion that no one really knows the potential of the female athlete. 

Today‘s female lifters are lifting weights once reserved for the world‘s strongest men of the 1950s. 

Female participation in power sports, historically, has been an amortization in reverse; it has been 

a gradual acceptance that females could participate in events once considered male only because 

they were perceived to be too strenuous for the female body. Female weightlifters represent the 

culmination of a long struggle female power athletes have had to wage to overcome barriers to 

participate in male only events. 

Miller, Carl 

The sport of olympic-style weightlifting: training for the connoisseur 

Santa Fe, N.M.: Sunstone Press, 2011. – 119 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780865348110 

CIO MA 25518 * classif.: 079.51 

This book provides the athlete with a comprehensive review of the critical elements that mold a 

champion. Winning isn't simply about lifting technique, eating the right food or visualizing lifts. You 

will discover the importance of body levers and the nuances of adjusting for your own unique body 

measurements, you will learn the finer points of planning the different phases of your training, you 

will be enthralled with the diverse programs available to incorporate in your routines, and you will 

grasp how your mind contributes to your accomplishments at critical points along your trajectory. 

Hockey sur glace / Ice hockey 

Henderson, Paul 

How hockey explains Canada: the sport that defines a country 

Chicago, Ill.: Triumph Books, 2011. – 200 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781600785757 

CIO MA 25192 * classif.: 079.66.06 

The role of hockey in Canada serves as a national identity, a unifying force in a country of 33 

million people. So crazed are Canadians for their national sport that they ranked outrageous 

hockey commentator and high school drop-out Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell on a 

list of the greatest Canadians in history. Penned by hockey star Paul Henderson-famed scorer of 

Canada's "Greatest Goal" in the 1972 Summit Series-and featuring a foreword by Prime Minister 

Stephen Harper, How Hockey Explains Canada explores just how deeply engrained this national 

pastime is in the Canadian psyche. The intelligent discourse on Canada's national sport goes far 

beyond the sport's most-loved icons, great plays, and notorious brawls by looking into the history 

and culture of the game to explain why hockey has had such an enigmatic hold on Canadians. 

Featuring interviews with more than 35 current and former NHL players, coaches, executives, and 

commentators, this expansive biography of the sport explores hockey's inextricable connection to 

everything from the Confederation to the Cold War to international perception of Canada and the 

country's own cultural divide. 


Judo 

Natation / Swimming 

Article 

Article 

Article 

Selection 

Jazarin, Jean-Lucien 

Le judo, école de vie 

Noisy-sur-Ecole: Budo Ed., 2011. – 187 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782846172912 

CIO MA 25361 * classif.: 079.55 

Ce livre est un essai sur les valeurs du judo et, plus largement des arts martiaux. L‘exemple de 

l‘auteur, la clarté lumineuse de son propos, font de son analyse l‘une des plus belles jamais 

écrites sur le sens profond de l‘art martial. Ce texte a la force de l‘expérience vécue et donnée en 

partage. L‘auteur met en évidence la portée éducative universelle du judo, école de sagesse qui 

apprend au pratiquant, dès son plus jeune âge, à respecter les lois de la vie. 

Bornais, Gilles 

Courbes d’évolution 


De la plantureuse Fanny Durack, sacrée sur 100m nage libre en 1912, à la fuselée Laure 

Manaudou, nous brassons 100 ans de natation féminine olympique à travers les progrès, les 

exploits et les luttes des championnes qui ont marqué l‘histoire des Jeux Olympiques. 

Byarfas, Tamas 

Aqualympic Games 

IN: FINA Aquatics world, no 3 (2012), pp. 16-29 

History of the aquatics at the Olympic Games, with facts and figures 

Great feats, dead heats 

IN : FINA Aquatics world magazine, No 2(2012), pp. 13-28 

Contains : 

By a fingernail – by Tamas Gyarfas. 

1/1000? No, thanks ! Replies from the pool – athletes and coaches answer to the question : should 

thousandths of a second be measured in competition to determine the winner or is it better to have 

dead-heats based on hundredths of a second, even if it results in two gold medalists ? 

The closest calls – Olympic history has seen a handful of pretty close contests. Here we recall 

three of the most famous when a winner was finally declared but not everyone left the venue 

satisfied. 

Margins and marathons – recalling the most thrilling finals of the four other aquatic disciplines: 

0.03 points in diving, mere tenths of a point in synchro, never-ending extra-times in water polo and 

by little over a second after 10‘000 meters of swimming. 

Guttridge, Roger ; Juba, Kelvin 

Swimming: from beginner to champion 


CIO MA 25526 * classif.: 079.781 

This training book is the perfect introduction to the Olympic swimming events and will prove an 

indispensable guide for both the keen beginner and club swimmer. This official book gives an 

overview of each swimming event and covers training safety, tactics and techniques, and 

standards of performance to aim for. 


Selection 

McLeod, Ian 

Natation: anatomie et mouvements: un guide illustré pour gagner en force, en 

vitesse et en endurance 


CIO MA 25268 * classif.: 079.781 

Apprendre à améliorer ses performances en natation en augmentant sa force musculaire et en 

optimisant l'efficacité de chacun de ses mouvements dans l'eau : tel est l'objectif de cet ouvrage, 

qui analyse la nage et les mouvements qui la composent comme on ne l'avait jamais fait 

auparavant, c'est-à-dire de l'intérieur. Découvrez le rôle joué par vos muscles dans la propulsion, 

le battement de jambes et les différentes phases des quatre nages (brasse, papillon, crawl, dos), 

et définissez-vous un plan d'entraînement hors piscine à partir des exercices de musculation les 

plus efficaces pour le nageur. Ian McLeod dispose d'une très riche expérience du travail avec des 

athlètes de classe mondiale, en particulier les nageurs. Préparateur physique et kinésithérapeute 

diplômé, il a fait partie du personnel de l'équipe médicale américaine aux jeux Olympiques d'été à 

Pékin, en 2008. 

Potdevin, François ; Pelayo, Patrick 

Manuel de natation(s): développer ses connaissances: comprendre et acquérir les 

savoirs essentiels: accéder aux dernières données scientifiques: optimiser 

l'apprentissage et l'entraînement 

Paris: Amphora, 2012. – 286 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782851808325 

CIO MA 25541 * classif.: 079.781 

Voici un manuel totalement inédit pour comprendre et optimiser la pratique de la natation sous 

toutes ses formes ! Pour chacune des pratiques explorées, nous synthétisons les informations 

indispensables à maîtriser et vous faisons des propositions concrètes pour les acquérir.Des 

rappels historiques vous permettent par ailleurs de parfaire votre culture natation. Accédez aux 

dernières recherches scientifiques concernant la sécurité aquatique, la performance et 

l'entraînement. En 30 questions-réponses, découvrez les résultats des analyses 

épidémiologiques, biomécaniques, techniques, physiologiques ou historiques des grandes 

problématiques de la natation. 

Patinage artistique / Figure skating 

Adams, Mary Louise 

Artistic impressions: figure skating, masculinity, and the limits of sport 

Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2011. – 294 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781442611719 

CIO MA 25165 * classif.: 079.612 

Contains: Tough guys? : figure skating's macho moment -- Girls' sport? -- Manliness and grace : 

skating as a gentleman's art -- Women start skating, skaters form clubs, their art becomes sport -- 

"They left the men nowhere" : the feminization of skating -- Artistic sport or athletic art? : class and 

gender and shifting definitions of skating -- Sequins, soundtracks, and spirals : producing gender 

difference on the ice. 

Dafoe, Frances 

Figure skating and the arts: eight centuries of sport and inspiration 

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. Limited, 2011. – 192 p. : ill. – ISBN 9780764338038 

CIO MA 25250 * classif.: 079.612 

The grace, speed, and beauty of ice skating has inspired painters and sculptors, graphic artists 

and photographers, film makers and choreographers of spectacles, and the designers of skates 

and costumes, medals, programs and posters, advertising dolls, and decorative objects. With 321 

images, trace figure skating's eight centuries of history. See the impact it has had on the visual 

and performing arts, from early depictions of animal bones tied to the feet to facilitate movement 

over frozen streams and lakes to the latest precision-engineered blades used by Olympic 

champions and the birth of contemporary free-style skating. Fans of figure skating, memorabilia 

collectors, and historians will treasure this in-depth look at this popular activity. 


Selection 

Sausa, Christie 

Lake Placid figure skating: a history 

Charleston: History Press, 2012. – 127 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781609495657 

CIO MA 25646 * classif.: 079.612.06 

Figure skating has always had an important home in Lake Placid. Early on, the Sno Birds 

popularized this summer retreat, and Melville and Godfrey Dewey won the campaign for the 1932 

Winter Olympics. The Skating Club of Lake Placid was formed, and after 1932, famous skaters 

trained here with legendary coach Gus Lussi. When Lake Placid again hosted the Olympics in 

1980, skating dominated, with state-of-the-art facilities that have continued to be used by stars like 

Dorothy Hamill and Sarah Hughes, and helped give rise to Scott Hamilton's Stars on Ice. 

Pentathlon moderne / Modern pentathlon 

Article 

Rugby 

Archibald, Andy 

Modern pentathlon: a centenary history: 1912-2012 

Guildford: Grosvenor, 2012. – 449 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781781487563 

CIO MA 25538 * classif.: 079.15.06 

Modern Pentathlon has been the ultimate test of the best all round sportsman in the Olympic 

Games for exactly one hundred years. In "Modern pentathlon: a centenary history", Andy 

Archibald tracks the changes in a sport dreamed up by Olympic founder, Baron de Coubertin, from 

its military origins to the sport for the superfit it is today. 

Mané, Cédric 

Le pentathlon toujours pas hors-jeux 

IN: Sport et vie, no 132 (mai – juin 2012), pp. 52-57 

Le pentathlon modern est un sport Olympique depuis 1912. Il fait partie des meubles et pourtant, à 

chaque nouvelle Olympiade, on se pose la question de sa survie. Pour Londres 2012 et Rio 2016, 

ça passera encore ! Petit historique d‘une compétition peu connue et présentation de quelques 

athlètes. 

Verdier, Jacques 

Anthologie mondiale du rugby 

Paris: Flammarion, 2012. – 491 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782081279834 

CIO MB 1189 * classif.: 079.253.06 

Ce livre se compose de cinq parties: l'histoire, pour tenter de comprendre d'où vient le rugby et 

quel fut son cheminement de sa naissance à nos jours ; la philosophie, pour mettre en exergue les 

valeurs et les singularités d'un sport résolument frondeur ; les grandes nations pour cerner les 

influences les plus remarquables de ce jeu, de sa technique, de ses écoles, de son évolution à 

travers les âges ; les grands joueurs, ceux d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, ces héros modernes auxquels 

va toute mon admiration ; les grands matchs enfin, ceux qui restent dans la mémoire des 

aficionados et donnent du crédit à ce sport de "voyous pratiqué par des gentlemen". 


Ski / Skiing 

Selection 

Allen, E. John B. 

Historical dictionary of skiing 

Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2012. – 347 p.: ill. – ISBN 9780810868021 

CIO MA 25262 * classif.: 079.626 

Skiing is one of the oldest modes of transportation known, predating the wheel with dated artifacts 

to prove its pedigree. Skiing for sport, however, did not become common until about 150 years 

ago. The first Winter Olympic Games, held in Chamonix, France in 1924, were the first to 

introduce skiing as a competition. Events were held in both ski jumping and cross-country skiing. 

With advances in technology and increased leisure time, the popularity of skiing as a sport has 

risen exponentially since it was first introduced. The Historical Dictionary of Skiing relates the 

history of the sport through a comprehensive alphabetical dictionary with detailed, crossreferenced 

entries on key figures, places, competitions, and governing bodies within the sport. 

Author E. John B. Allen introduces the reader to the history of skiing through a detailed 

chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes and an extensive bibliography. This book is an 

excellent access point for researchers, students, and anyone interested in the history of skiing. 

Ski nordique / Nordic skiing 

Snowboard 

Charignon, Renaud 

Le ski de fond: skating, classique: initiation, perfectionnement, fartage, matériel 

Grenoble: Glénat, 2011. – 143 p. : ill. – ISBN 9782723484343 

CIO MA 25189 * classif.: 079.622 

Comment débuter ou se perfectionner, en classique ou en skating, quel matériel choisir, comment 

se préparer aux courses, quel fart appliquer, comment faire débuter ses enfants, qu‘est-ce que le 

combiné nordique ou le biathlon… ? Ce guide attendu, sans concurrence dans les rayons, donne 

les clés pratiques à ceux qui s‘intéressent de près ou de loin au ski de fond. Grâce aux nombreux 

décomposés photos, les conseils techniques sont très clairs et une présentation des grands sites 

nordiques français complète l‘ouvrage. Vincent Vittoz, champion du monde de ski de fond, signe 

la préface. 

Thorpe, Holly 

Snowboarding bodies in theory and practice 


CIO MA 25311 * classif.: 079.628 

Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice provides the first in-depth analysis of the global 

phenomenon of snowboarding. Drawing upon an extensive array of sources gathered from six 

countries over seven years, the book offers fresh insights into snowboarding culture, including the 

sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel and tourism, and physical experience, in 

both historical and contemporary contexts. It also contributes to recent debates surrounding the 

practices and politics of the active body. Facilitating a multidimensional analysis of snowboarding 

bodies, each chapter draws upon, and extends, a different theoretical perspective—i.e., cultural 

memory studies, Marxist political economy, post-Fordism, Foucauldian theorizing, Pierre 

Bourdieu's theory of embodiment, feminism, sociology of mobilities, and non-representational 

theory. Creatively blending theory and empirical research, this book offers both a comprehensive 

investigation of snowboarding bodies in local and global contexts, and an engaging commentary 

on the use of social theory and research methods for understanding sport and physical cultures in 

the early twenty-first century. 


Sports équestres / Equestrian 

Article 

Full-text 

Taekwondo 

Article 

Full-text 

Selection 

Favory, Eric 

Santé et équitation: les différentes pathologies, la préparation physique, la 

pratique équestre 

Magny-les-Hameaux: Ed. Chiron, 2011. – 171 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782702713433 

CIO MA 25234 * classif.: 079.82 

Ce livre présente d‘abord de façon globale ce qu‘il faut savoir sur le cheval et sur le cavalier 

(l‘environnement du cavalier, la sollicitation physique, l‘adaptation biomécanique t la sollicitation 

énergétique), sur l‘hygiène de vie à respecter (rapport cheval/cavalier, stress, alimentation, 

étirements actifs et passifs, récupération… Ensuite, nombre de cavaliers, qu‘ils soient débutants 

ou émérites, peuvent connaître des pathologies liées aux sports équestres qui regroupent 

prioritairement des problèmes de dos, des pathologies musculaire et tendineuse (adducteurs…), 

des pathologies ostéo-articulaires, mis aussi des allergies, des problèmes infectieux (maladies 

transmissibles, parasites…). Tous ces aspects spécifiques à la santé du cavalier sont présentés, 

ainsi que les précautions à prendre pour les éviter, ou les traitements pour les soigner. 

Leclair, Philippe 

La préparation mentale du cavalier en compétition: le cavalier intérieur 

Paris: Belin, 2012. – 143 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782701151953 

CIO MA 25448 * classif.: 015.99:7 

Cet ouvrage est un guide pratique de préparation mentale synthétisant 25 ans d‘accompagnement 

de sportifs dans de multiples disciplines jusqu‘au plus haut niveau de compétition. 

London calling: fascinating facts about the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games 

IN: FEI focus, March 2012, pp. 10-19 

Contains : 

100 years of equestrian sport at the Olympic Games 

16 years of equestrian sports at the Paralympic Games 

London (1908, 1948, 2012) 

Moenig, Udo... [et al.] 

The modifications of protective gear, rules and regulations during taekwondo's evolution: 

from its obscure origins to the Olympics 

IN: The international journal of the history of sport, June 2012, Ahead of print, pp. 1-19 

Asian martial arts were largely unknown until the 1960s in the Western world. Initially, taekwondo 

was mainly an outgrowth of Japanese karate, but later changed its fundamental character from a 

martial art for self-defence into a sport with the introduction of full-contact competitions. This also 

paved the way for taekwondo to eventually become an internationally recognised sport, in spite of 

the fact that originally this transformation was very controversial among the early taekwondo 

leaders and represented ultimately the outcome of their political struggles. Furthermore, the 

principle rules and regulations selected for the competition format had a profound effect on the 

technical direction of the sport. Rule changes and the improvement of protective equipment 

continued to play an important role in the shaping of taekwondo. The ongoing changes in the 

competition format, largely initiated by outside criticism and the fear of losing its Olympic 

membership status, are going to decide taekwondo's future direction and survival as a sport. 


Tennis 

Tir / Shooting 

Tir à l‟arc / Archery 

Article 

Triathlon 

Selection 

Borrel, Franck 

Le tennis: comment ?: approche technique, biomécanique et pédagogique 


CIO MA 25487 * classif.: 079.24 

Cet ouvrage complet, aboutissement de cinq années de recherche par un entraîneur 

professionnel, vous révèle les secrets des meilleurs joueurs en se basant sur une analyse 

approfondie de la technique, de la tactique, du physique et de la pédagogie du tennis de haut 

niveau. Vous y découvrirez : les fondamentaux du tennis, un décryptage et une analyse des 

techniques des plus grands champions de tennis, les principes de la biomécanique, des 

explications pour améliorer notablement vos facultés sensorielles (vision, prise d'information, 

coordination, équilibre, etc.), et de nombreux exercices pour vous préparer mentalement et 

renforcer votre confiance en vous. Une analyse de l'incidence du matériel sur le jeu et des quatre 

surfaces du grand chelem. 

Damaisin d'Ares, Jean-Christophe 

Guide pratique du tir sportif à l'arme de poing 

Paris: Chiron, 2012. – 208 p.: ill. + 1 DVD. – ISBN 9782702713525 

CIO MA 25360 / CIO DA 182 * classif.: 079.93 

Cet ouvrage rédigé dans un style clair et concis a été réalisé dans le but de permettre à tous les 

amateurs de tir sportif de franchir le pas en commençant à faire leurs "premiers cartons" 

facilement et rapidement. Ils découvriront un sport complet qui demande concentration, précision, 

confiance en soi. Un DVD pratico-pratique est joint à ce livre est vous permettra, par l'image, de 

suivre toutes les étapes techniques de ce sport olympique. 

Mieville, Didier 

The greatest Olympic Games in archery’s history? 

IN: The target: official magazine of the World Archery Federation, no 1(2012), pp. 12-18 

The London 2012 Olympic Games could well be the greatest Games for archery. Here is why. 

Kleanthous, Mark 

The complete book of triathlon training: learn physical & mental training, 

equipment, race preparation, safety, diet & nutrition and more ; construct a 

training routine, approach a competition, the encyclopedia of triathlon 

Maidenhead: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2012. – 339 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781841263267 

CIO MA 25553 * classif.: 079.13 

The book is for all athletes who want to improve in or convert to the fascinating sport of triathlon. It 

shows among other things how to construct a training program, how to approach a competition 

and offers an Encyclopedia that covers all aspects of triathlon. 


Voile / Sailing 

Volleyball 

Article 

Full-text 

Selection 

Chisnell, Mark 

Sailing Gold: great moments in Olympic sailing history 

London: Adlard Coles Nautical , 2012. – 176 p.: ill. – ISBN 9781408146477 

CIO MA 25313 * classif.: 079.73.06 

Olympic sailing is one of the most spectacular sports to watch, and this beautiful photographic 

collection shows the complete history, from the fabulous locations and legendary boats to the 

struggles and triumphs of the celebrated skippers, such as Paul Elvström and Ben Ainslie, who 

have made their mark as Olympic champions. Featuring the awe-inspiring images of the best 

sailing photographers in the world, each entry has enlightening and entertaining commentary. The 

book highlights the history of Olympic sailing, the origins of how it became an Olympic sport, the 

struggles of training and teamwork, and the dangers on board a craft. It gives a review of the 

legendary classes and boat designers and also covers the new era of craft, including the 49er, 

Laser, 470, and Europe, and includes exciting images of Olympic gold and glory from the seas of 

Mexico, Sydney, Athens, and China. 

Sleight, Steve 

Manuel pratique de la voile 

Paris: Hachette Loisirs, 2012. – 448 p.: ill. – ISBN 9782012384552 

CIO MA 25707 * classif.: 079.73 

Le manuel de base de tous ceux qui souhaitent se former à la navigation à la voile : la sécurité à 

bord, la structure du bateau, l'équipement, la mécanique, les cordages et les nouds, l'entretien du 

bateau, la navigation à bord d'un dériveur, la navigation de croisière, la météorologie. 

Volleyball at the Olympics: the story so far… 

IN: Volleyworld: FIVB official magazine, no 3(2012), pp. 22-27 

Ever since it was introduced in 1964 volleyball has provided some of the most memorable 

moments in Olympic history from cliff-hanging contests to extraordinary feats of agility, and this 

year‘s competition at the famous Earls Court exhibition centre in London will be no different. The 

12 gold medals per gender thus far have been shared by seven nations on the men‘s side and five 

on the women‘s. Here, Volleyworld runs through some of the highlights.

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