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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY REPORT ON THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS 27 JULY - 11 AUGUST 2005 ANCIENT OLYMPIA Published by the International Olympic Academy and the International Olympic Committee International Olympic Academy 52, Dimitrios Vikelas Avenue, 152 33, Halandri - Athens GREECE 2006 Editor Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis, IOA Honorary Dean ISBN: 960-89540-3-7 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY FOURTY FIFTH SESSION SPECIAL SUBJECT: THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES OF ATHENS 2004 ANCIENT OLYMPIA Commemorative seal of the 45th Session «The Athens games last year were marked by their return to the birthplace of Olympism. The International Olympic Academy, where you will study for the next few days, is the guardian of this birthplace and of the Olympic values» Quotation from the message of the IOC President, Dr JACQUES ROGGE at the Opening Ceremony of the 45th International Session for Young Participants of the International Olympic Academy. Hill of the Pnyx, 28th July 2005 EPHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY (2005) President Nikos FILARETOS (IOC Member) Vice-President Isidoros KOUVELOS Dean Konstantinos GEORGIADIS Members Lambis NIKOLAOU (IOC Member) Minos KYRIAKOU Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Panayotis KONDOS Leonidas VAROUXIS Georgios FOTINOPOULOS Honorary President Juan Antonio SAMARANCH Honorary Vice-President Nikolaos YALOURIS 9 HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE President Minos KYRIAKOU 1st Vice-President Isidoros KOUVELOS 2nd Vice-President Spyros ZANNIAS Secretary General Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS Treasurer Pavlos KANELLAKIS Deputy Secretary General Antonios NIKOLOPOULOS Deputy Treasurer Ioannis KARRAS Member ex-officio Nikos FILARETOS (IOC Member) Member ex-officio Lambis NIKOLAOU (IOC Member) Members Stelios ANGELOUDIS Andreas ARVANITIS Athanassios BELIGRATIS Dimitris DIATHESSOPOULOS Dimitris DIMITROPOULOS Michalis FISSENTZIDIS Andreas FOURAS Vassilis GAGATSIS Christos HATZIATHANASSIOU Emmanuel KOLIMPADIS Panayotis KONDOS Pavlos LAPPAS Thomas MENDESSIDIS Spyros PETROPOULOS Dimitris RAZIS Fernandos SERPIERIS Vassilis SEVASTIS Ioannis SGOUROS Georgios SMIRNEOS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Georgios VASSILAKOPOULOS Ioannis VASSILIADIS Georgios YEROLIMPOS 10 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND OLYMPIC EDUCATION President Zhenliang HE (CHN) Vice-President Nikos FILARETOS (GRE) Members Haya Bint AL HUSSEIN (JOR) Fernando F. Lima BELLO (POR) Valeriy BORZOV (UKR) Helen BROWNLEE (AUS) Phil CRAVEN (GBR) Iván DIBOS (PER) Conrado DURÁNTEZ (ESP) Manuel ESTIARTE (ESP) Kostas GEORGIADIS (GRE) Nat INDRAPANA (THA) Karl LENNARTZ (GER) Marc MAES (BEL) Alicia MASONI de MOREA (ARG) Samih MOUDALLAL (SYR) Norbert MÜLLER (GER) Roque-Napoléon MUÑOZ-PEÑA (DOM) Mohamed MZALI (TUN) Lambis V. NIKOLAOU (GRE) Francis Were NYANGWESO (UGA) Robert PARIENTE (FRA) Enrico PRANDI (ITA) Sam RAMSAMY (RSA) Thomas P. ROSANDICH (USA) Mounir SABET (EGY) Klaus SCHORMANN (GER) Henri SÉRANDOUR (FRA) Ching-Kuo WU (TPE) 11 CONTENTS Foreword ......................................................................................................19 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS HILL OF THE PNYX, 28 JULY 2005 Prize awarding .............................................................................................27 Message from the President of the International Olympic Committee, Dr JACQUES ROGGE (BEL)................................................................33 Message from the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Mr MINOS KYRIAKOU (GRE)..............................................................36 Address by the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports Mr GEORGIOS ORFANOS (GRE)..........................................................38 Message from the Mayor of Athens Mrs DORA BAKOYIANNIS (GRE) .........................................................41 Address on behalf of the lecturers of the Session by Mr ELI WOLFF (USA) ..................................................................45 Address and Opening of the works of the Session by the President of the International Olympic Academy, Dr NIKOS FILARETOS (GRE) ..............................................................47 13 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS ANCIENT OLYMPIA, 30 JULY 2005 Address by the Deputy Mayor of Ancient Olympia Mr GEORGIOS DEVES (GRE) ..............................................................53 Address by the President of the International Olympic Academy Dr NIKOS FILARETOS (GRE) ..............................................................55 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL SESSION ANCIENT OLYMPIA The Pan-Hellenic Games of Antiquity Prof. IOANNIS MOURATIDIS (GRE) ......................................................61 The Cultural Impact of the Athens Olympic Games Mr ZHENLIANG HE (CHN) .................................................................73 The Paralympic Movement and the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games Sir PHILIP CRAVEN (GBR) .................................................................80 The Athletes of the Olympic Games in Athens Dr ROLAND BAAR (GER) ..................................................................84 Olympians with disabilities and the 2004 Olympic Games: Triumphs, Challenges and Future Opportunities Mr ELI A. WOLFF (USA)..................................................................92 Global Overview. «The Olympic World and TV» Mr PHILIPPE BLANCHARD (FRA) ......................................................101 The Olympic Education Programme of ATHOC 2004 and the Hellenic Ministry of Education Dr KOSTAS GEORGIADIS (GRE) ........................................................115 Sport, Past and Present Prof. STAVROS TZIORTZIS (GRE) ......................................................137 14 Women in the Olympic Movement Ms MAHA ZAOUI (TUN)..................................................................143 Results or Participation? Reconsidering Olympism’s Approach to Competition Prof. CESAR TORRES (ARG) ............................................................166 The media coverage of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Prof. DAVID-CLAUDE KEMO KEIMBOU (CMR)...................................178 The Olympic Games of Athens 2004: Their legal framework in United Europe Mr MICHALIS ANASTASSOPOULOS (GRE) ..........................................186 Olympic Games of Athens 2004: Ethical and legal parameters of doping Mr CARLOS MANZUR (ECU) ............................................................199 Modern Greece and the Olympics: Politics and Sport Prof. ALEXANDER KITROEFF (GRE)...................................................213 Olympic Experiences Ms SUZY BALOGN (AUS) ................................................................225 Mr PEDRO AGUIRRE (COL)..............................................................230 Mr SYLVAIN PAILLETTE (FRA) ..........................................................235 Ms MIKI ISHII (JPN) ........................................................................237 Mr DAVID MCGOWAN (AUS) ...........................................................241 Ms LISA WALLACE (CAN) ...............................................................244 Mr GERT VAN LOOY (BEL) ............................................................247 Mr KONSTANTINOS MORFAKIS (GRE)................................................250 Mr PHELANE PHOMANE (LES)..........................................................253 Mr AMED SANCHEZ (PAN)...............................................................255 Ms EVA BRUENISHOLZ (SUI) ............................................................258 15 Ms ABEER GHALEB (YEM) ..............................................................261 Mrs LAUREL BRASSEY IVERSEN (USA) .............................................263 Reports on the Workshops Report on the sports competitions Mrs LAUREL BRASSEY IVERSEN (USA) .............................................271 Report on the Poetry and Literature Workshop Prof. CESAR TORRES (ARG) and Ms ANDRI IAKOVIDOU (CYP) ...........................................................275 Conclusions Consolidated Report of the conclusions of the discussion groups. Cycle A´..........................................................................................281 Consolidated Report of the conclusions of the discussion groups. Cycle B´..........................................................................................297 CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS ANCIENT OLYMPIA, 9 AUGUST 2005 Address on behalf of the participants by Ms URSKA ANDREJC (SLO)........................................................319 by Mr ROLAND MOUFLARD (MON)..................................................321 Address on behalf of the coordinators by Mrs LAUREL BRASSEY IVERSEN (USA)........................................323 Address on behalf of the lecturers by Ms MAHA ZAOUI (TUN).............................................................326 16 Address and Closing of the works of the Session by the President of the International Olympic Academy Dr NIKOS FILARETOS (GRE) ............................................................329 List of the Activities of the International Olympic Academy – 2005.....333 List of participants ....................................................................................335 Abbreviations – National Olympic Committees .........................................373 17 FOREWORD The 45th International Session for Young Participants, the oldest