INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY THE 7th INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR ON OLYMPIC STUDIES 3/5 - 15/6/1999 5th INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMIES 10 - 16/5/1999 th 4 JOINT INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR EDUCATIONISTS AND STAFF OF HIGHER INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 28/5 - 3/6/1999 th 10 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR FOR SPORTS JOURNALISTS 1 - 6/6/1999 ANCIENT OLYMPIA ISBN: 960-8144-15-9 ISSN: 1108-6831 Published and edited by the International Olympic Academy. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Konstantinos Georgiadis/IOA Dean. Athens 2000 EPHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY President Nikos FILARETOS (I.O.C. Member) 1st Vice-President Georgios MOISSIDIS 2nd Vice-President Spiros ZANNIAS Dean Konstantinos GEORGIADIS Member ex-officio Lambis NIKOLAOU (I.O.C. Member) Members Dimitris DIATHESSOPOULOS Georgios GEROLIMBOS loannis THEODORAKOPOULOS Epaminondas KIRIAZIS Cultural Consultant Panayiotis GRAVALOS Juan Honorary President Antonio SAMARANCH Nikolaos Honorary Vice-President YALOURIS 3 THE HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE President Lambis NIKOLAOU (I.O.C. Member) 1st Vice-President loannis PAPADOYANNAKIS 2nd Vice-President Emmanuouel KATSIADAKIS Secretary General Dimitris DIATHESSOPOULOS Treasurer Athanassios BELIGRATIS Deputy Secretary General loannis PSILOPOULOS Deputy Treasurer Andreas ARVANITIS Member ex-officio Nikos FILARETOS (I.O.C. Member) Members Georgios ALIKAKOS Georgios ANEMOYANNIS Georgios VASSILAKOPOULOS loannis VASSILIADIS Georgios YEROLIMBOS Georgios DROSSOS-PAPPAS Spiros ZANNIAS Pavlos KANELLAKIS Kostas KARABETSOS Georgios LISSARIDIS Efstratios MOLIVAS Georgios MONAHOS Georgios MOISSIDIS Athanasios PRAGALOS Georgios SAKELLION loannis SGOUROS Freddy SERPIERIS Konstantinos TRIVELAS Georgios HALKIDIS Theodoras HAMAKOS Christos HRISTODOULATOS 4 I.O.C. COMMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY AND OLYMPIC EDUCATION President Nikos FILARETOS IOC Member in Greece Vice-President Carol Ann LETHEREN IOC Member in Canada Members Fernando Ferreira Lima BELLO IOC Member in Portugal Valeriy BORZOV IOC Member in Ukraine Ivan DIBOS IOC Member in Peru Francis NYANGWESO IOC Member in Uganda Mohamed ZERGUINI IOC Member in Algeria Representatives of NOG George MOISSIDIS Fern. BELTRANENA VALLARADES Representatives of IPs René ROCH Dieter LANDSBERG-VELEN Representative of Athletes Philippe RIBOUD Individual Members Helen BROWNLEE (Australia) Conrado DURANTEZ (Spain) Yoon-bang KWON (Korea) Marc MAES (Belgium) Prof. Norbert MUELLER (Germany) 5 PROLOGUE This Report presents the works of four I.O.A. Sessions, which took place in the Academy's premises in Ancient Olympia during 1999: a) the 7* International Postgraduate Seminar on Olympic Stud- ies, b) the 5* International Session for Directors of National Olympic Academies, c) the 4* Joint International Session for Educationists and Staff of Higher Institutes of Physical Education and d) the l(f Inter- national Seminar for Sports Journalists. The subjects of the Sessions and Seminars had Olympic Education as their focal point, for which topic a growing interest is being expressed within the Olympic Move- ment. The 7* International Postgraduate Seminar on Olympic Studies lasted 42 days, from 3rd May to 15th June 1999. The 27 students participating in the Seminar came from 23 countries of the five Conti- nents, and it was the first time students from Switzerland and Zim- babwe were taking part in the Seminar. The Seminar included: Lec- tures by Supervising Professors, Discussions with the Lecturers, Ex- traordinary Presentations by Supervising Professors, Attendance of Lectures given in the course of other Sessions, Seminar Papers, Stu- dent Presentations (28), Discussion with the Students, Protocols, Pro- jects, Educational Visits, Sports Events. The 28 papers presented by the Participants were excellent in terms of both form and content and the presentations were very interesting, something that proves, once again, the students' high scientific level, as well as their perfect grounding in the subject of their studies. It must be noted that all students participated in Postgraduate Studies Programmes in their respective countries. The subjects developed and discussed cover a large body of diversified knowledge, relating to the sports models that, through Olympism, prevailed in Ancient Greece, the Olympic Movement and Olympic Education, as well as to contem- porary social problems that come up in the domain of sports, and the ways in which wecan deal with them. The Seminar's minutes, including students'papers, add up to 1,075 pages. Students kept a day-to-day protocol, from 3r May to 11* June, thus commenting - each one of them in his/he own special way - on 7 what was going on during the day. They made references to Profes- sors' lectures, visits to various archaeological sites, fellow-participants' presentations and sports activities in which they were involved. Ten Professors, coming from eight countries, took part in the Semi- nar, all of which contributed - leaving their personal mark - to the success of the Seminar. The topics presented aroused students' inter- est. During the first two weeks, Dr. Igomar WEILER (AUT) and Dr. Donald KYLE (U.S.A.) lectured on the history of the Ancient Olympic Games, the panhellenic sanctuaries, athletes, and the ideals and mod- els that were dominant in those days. In the second field of study, two new Professors, Dr. Jurgen BUSCHMANN (GER) and Dr. Borne HOULIHAN (GBR) treated the sub- ject of the history of the Modem Olympic Games. More specifically, Prof. BUSHCMANN referred to the I.O.C. Presidents Henri de Ballet- Latour and Siegfried Edtstrom, the I.O.C. Member Willibald Gebhardt, the evolution of the Olympic medals and the exclusion of the Central European Powers from the Olympic Movement, after the end of World War I, as well as from the Athens Olympics of 1906. Prof. HOULIHAN drew students', attention to the topics of doping, the Olympic Move- ment and the International Sports Politics within the context of the Modem Olympic Games and the Cold War. In the third field of study, Dr. Bart CRUM (NED) and Dr. Klaus MEIER (CAN) helped students acquire in depth knowledge of the Cur- ricula for the Teaching and the Philosophy of Physical Education. They talked about the need to legitimatise physical education in schools, the importance of participating in the various events and the need to have teachers who would exert a positive influence on children. They encouraged students to answer questions on the deeper meaning and the rules of sports, on the impact these rules have on the athletes' spirit of competition, as well as on topics relating to the phenomenon of narcotics and drugs use, which has been well into the domain of sport. They also treated the subject of Olympism and examined the extent to which Olympism in the 21st century can be saved by means of the Olympic Games. In the fourth field of study, Prof. Dr. Kristine TOOHEY (AUT) talked about mass media and the Olympic Games, the Internet, how the latter can be exploited in the Olympic Games and the role women played in the Games. She also referred to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and presented a variety of documents and videotapes on the prepa- rations for the Games. 8 The two Professors welcomed during the last week of the Seminar were Dr. Bruce KIDD (CAN) and Dr. Robert MECHIKOFF (U.S.A.). Prof. Dr. KIDD dealt with human rights, the Olympic Movement, athletes' educational rights and the environmental morals connected to the Olympic Movement. Prof. Dr. MECHIKOFF lectured on Baron Pierre de Coubertin's metaphysical and philosophical views, his contribution to the development of the modem Olympic Movement, as well as on his efforts to promote Olympism as a pedagogical movement. He also touched on the subject of women's participation in the Olympic Games, on a philosophical level, as well as on the philosophical and moral issues the I.O.C. is currently called upon to face. Moreover, Prof. Dr. Andreas PANAGOPOULOS (GRE) also visited the Academy and talked to the students about the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece and the relation between Olympia and Delphi. The fact that Olympic Education was the special subject of the Seminar is quite important. Two of the students presented projects on Olympic Education, while all of them, having the discussion groups as their starting point, came up with various conclusions, as to the ways in which Olympic Education can be promoted in school curricula. Moreover, every one of them talked about the position reserved to Olympic Education in his/her own country. At the end of the Seminar, students prepared a summary of their conclusions per scientific field of studies, which they afterwards presented during the closing cere- mony. The 5th International Session for Directors of National Olympic Academies lasted from 10th to 16tfl May 1999. The special subject of the Session was: "Olympic Education in Schools and Universities Worldwide." Officials of National Olympic Academies took part in the Session and discussed practical issues on Olympic Education. Partici- pants presented the activities of their National Olympic Academies, exchanged experiences and information on educational issues and de- veloped personal relationships which will later facilitate co-operation, as well as the creation of a communication network among them. 63 persons, coming from 62 National Olympic Academies, took part in the Session. Nine of them were Presidents, 14 Directors and the remaining 40 Officials of National Olympic Academies. Among the Par- ticipants