Abstract des BISp

Der Begründer der modernen Olympischen Spiele Pierre de Coubertin und Henri de Baillet-Latour, späterer Präsident des Internationalen Olympischen Komitees, haben verschiedene Versuche unternommen, in der olympischen Bewegung das Interesse für die Förderung eines Sports für die Massen zu wecken. Es gab verschiedene Projekte und Versuche, den Sport für Alle aus dem Internationalen Olympischen Komitee heraus zu organisieren, die aber zumeist scheiterten. sas

Abstract des Autors

According to Pierre de Coubertin Olympic sport should serve as a useful means of stimulating the joy of sport among the masses. This can be stressed by his image of the Olympic pyramid in particular. The aim of the lecture is to evaluate how the IOC pursued the goal of stimulating interest in active sport among the masses in the legislatures of Coubertin and Graf Henri de Baillet-Latour as presidents of the IOC. Firstly, Coubertin’s idea to re-establish the ancient gymnasium as an urban sport facility for all social classes is examined. Secondly, the question of whether the IOC successfully followed its idea to evaluate public sports facilities worldwide is examined in order to develop some kind of international standards for public sport venues. The standards should help to build modem public sport venues whose infrastructures and equipment would attract city youth to engage in healthfy active sport instead of taking part passively in sport events as spectators. As primary sources the paper refers to Coubertin’s writings on the educational value of sport and to archive material on the evaluation work of the IOC.