Twelfth Session July 1972

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY TWELFTH SESSION 12-30 JULY 1972 OLYMPIA Published by the Hellenic Olympic Committee 4, Kapsali Street, Athens (138) - Greece Printed by: Grafiki EPE Athens 1973 R E P O R T OF THE TWELFTH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY AT OLYMPIA ATHENS 1972 «The OLYMPIC MOVEMENT today is one of the most important social forces in the world» «The INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY, generously sponsored by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, grows in significance each year» «Participants in the Academy will have the advantage of living in the serene and stimulating neighbourhood of the ancient Games while listening to the discussions of Olympic principles and Olympic philosophy in a most congenial atmosphere» Avery Brundage President of the International Olympic Committee Quotation from the Message read at the inauguration ceremony of the 12th Session of the I.O.A. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EPHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY President : Mr. EPAM. PETRALIAS, Hon. Secretary General of the Hellenic Olympic Committee. First Vice-President : Mr. NIK. GOUMAS, Member of the H.O.C. Second Vice-President : Dr. NIK. PAPARESKOS, Member of the H.O.C. Curator : Mr. OTTO SZYMICZEK, Technical Adviser of the H.O.C. Deputy Curator : Mr. CLEANTHIS PALAEOLOGOS, Hon. Director, National Academy of Physical Education. Members : Vice - Admiral P. LAPPAS, Member of the I.O.C. for Greece. Mr. ATH. TZARTZANOS, Member of the H.O.C. Mr. TH. PANZARIS. Honorary Members : Mr. A. BRUNDAGE (U.S.A.), President of the I.O.C. Mr. K. GEORGACOPOULOS, President of the Greek Red Cross. Mr. G. KOURNOUTOS, Director of Letters, Ministry to the Prime Minister's Office. Dr. NIK. YALOURIS, Director of Antiquities, Ministry to the Prime Minister's Office. Mr. G. PAPASTEFANOU, Director of the Historical Museum of Modern Olympic Games Director General : Rear-Admiral E. PANAS. 9 . THE I.O.C. COMMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY Chairman : Mr. IVAR EMIL VIND, I.O.C. Member for Denmark. Members : H.M. KING CONSTANTINE, I.O.C. Member for Greece. Vice-Admiral PYRROS LAPPAS, I.O.C. Member for Greece. Dr. GIORGIO DE STEFANI, I.O.C. Member for Italy. Mr. ALEXANDRU SIPERCO, I.O.C. Member for Rumania. 10 FOREWORD We have great pleasure in presenting the Report of the 12th Session of the International Olympic Academy. The present volume is the culmina- tion of an enthusiastic work and effective contribution, in which the Hellenic Olympic Committee, the Ephoria of the I.O.A. and the whole of Greece rightly feel great pride. We are sure that our dear young friends from the 33 countries which were represented at the Session returned to their countries filled with the feelings of love and friendship with which they were welcomed by all Greeks beginning with the President of the 1.O.A., down to the last worker at the I.O.A. premises. In its simplicity, the opening ceremony of the 12th Session held on the Hill of the Pnyx was indeed grandiose. It was attended by Ministers Messrs Or. Yakas and Dimitrios Tsaconas, the Secretary General for Sports, Mr. Con. Aslanidis, the presidium and the members of the H.O.C., the members of the Ephoria of the I.O.A., the lecturers and participants of the Session and a distinguished audience from intellectual circles. The excellent choir of the Greek Railways Organization, which with the accompaniment of the band sang the Olympic Anthem for the first time during the opening ceremony, was deeply appreciated. ' The first evening of the foreign representatives and participants in Greece ended with a reception offered by the H.O.C. at the seaside Astir Hotel of Vouliagmeni, in honour of guests and participants. Attendance at the 12th Session was greater than ever before. The proceedings were attended by : 17 lecturers from 8 countries; 109 male participants and 30 female from 30 countries; 14 guests from 9 countries. At this Session too, as in all previous, regular lecturers treated subjects related to the Olympic Ideology and Philosophy, to the history of the Olympic Games and to the modern Olympic movement, while guest lecturers presented papers on the special theme of the 12th Session : «The environment of the Olympic competitor». Some papers also dealt with the games of the 20th Olympiad and the preparations carried out in the city of Munich. The closing ceremony of the Session was held in the conference hall of the I.O.A. establishment in Olympia, equipped with facilities for simul- taneous translation in the three official languages of the I.O.A. : English, French and Greek. The closing ceremony, apart from lecturers and participants, was also attended by I.O.C. members, Lord Killanin, I.O.C. member for Ireland, Vice President of the I.O.C. Executive Board, Mr. Ivar Vind, I.O.C. member for Denmark, President of the I.O.C. Commission for the I.O.A., 11 Mr. Alexandru Siperco, I.O.C. member for Rumania, Mr. Giorgio De Stefani, I.O.C. member for Italy, both members of the I.O.C. Commission for the I.O.A., the President of the H.O.C., General Theod. Papathanassiadis, Admiral Pyros Lappas, I.O.C. member for Greece, Mr. Evang. Miropou- los, Vice-President of the H.O.C. and Dr Nic. Papareskos, H.O.C. member. The President of the I.O.A., Mr. Epam. Petralias, presided over the meetings assisted by the Curator of the I.O.A., Mr. Otto Szymiczek, the Deputy Curator, Mr. Cl. Palaeologos and the Director of the Academy, Rear Admiral Epam. Panas. During the closing ceremony Mr. Epam. Petralias, President of the I.O.A. addressed the meeting, followed by Dr. Th. Cureton, on behalf of the lecturers, Dr. J. Powel, on behalf of the participants, Mr. I. Vind, President of the I.O.A. Commission for the I.O.A. and Mr. Theod. Papa- thanassiadis, President of the H.O.C. Commemorative gifts were offered to the I.O.A. by the N.O.Cs of Germany, Hungary, Kuweit, Poland, Canada, Japan, France, Turkey, Qatar and by various participants. On the afternoon of the last day before the closing of the 12th Session, a special meeting was held during which participants put various questions to I.O.C. members present on problems related to the Olympic movement, the Olympic Games, the operation of the I.O.C. and the further development of I.O.C. activities. On the last day of the Session, a meeting was held which was attended by I.O.C. members, the Ephoria of the I.O.A. and the President of the H.O.C., General Th. Papathanassiadis. All questions pertaining to the I.O.C. were examined at great length and the need was recognized for the expansion of 1.O.A. activities by participation, in annual Sessions, of the representatives of N.O.Cs, who had not as yet attended any of the Sessions. It is worth mentioning the friendly atmosphere which prevailed during the meeting and the words of praise of I.O.C. members for the fruitful work carried out by the I.O.A. The following persons followed the proceedings of the 12th Sessions as guests of the H.O.C. : Mr. Leslie Martin, President of the Olympic Commit- tee of Fiji, Dr. Harold Friermood, member of the U.S.A. Olympic Com- mittee, Professor Sara Jernigan, Director of the Phys. Education Depart- ment of Stetson University, Dr. Franz Lotz, Director of Physical Education at Würzburg University, Mr. R. Osborn, Vice-President of the Canadian Olympic Committee. During the 12th Session, participants actively took part in numerous sports activities. Special committees of participants were set up to organize track and field, swimming, basket-ball, volley-ball, football, table tennis and chess competitions. All winners of individual or team events received as 12 commemorative prizes, copies of ancient plates, cups, etc.. Many participants, men and women, attended the judo lessons given by the Japanese professor Kuniomi Kaneto and the Greek Physical Education teacher «3d Dan», Mr, Petros Hadjiantoniou, who is following a post graduate course at Tokyo University. In the evenings there were projections of films from the rich film library of the I.O.A., the latest addition to which is the film of the Stockholm Games of 1912 presented to the I.O.A. by the German Olympic Committee. Three social evenings were also organized which met with tremendous success. Participants were given the opportunity to show their talent in singing, guitar playing, folk dancing and group games. A spirit of true Olympic fraternization and friendship among all participants characterized these gatherings. The folk dances presented by men and women from Turkey and Greece, clad in national costumes, were greatly appreciated. The Session's activities were completed with tours to archaeological sites, guided visits to the Museums of Athens and Olympia, excursions in the region of Athens and to the beautiful Attica coast and two daily trips, one to the beautiful Kaiafa beach, in the Western Péloponnèse, and the other to Kyllini beach. The I.O.A. library — continuously enriched with new acquisitions — was open to all participants and lecturers during the whole length of the Session. This library is very important to the whole operation of the I.O.A. The new Museum of Olympic Games was inaugurated this year in a truly beautiful building erected thanks to an important contribution by the General Secretariat for Sports. All exhibits, together with a very rare stamp collection, were donated to the H.O.C. by Mr. Georgios Papastefanou, member of the Ephoria of the I.O.A.

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