002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·2 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·3 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 14th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON OLYMPIC STUDIES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS 6 JULY – 6 AUGUST 2006 PROCEEDINGS ANCIENT OLYMPIA 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·4 Published by the International Olympic Academy and the International Olympic Committee 2007 International Olympic Academy 52, Dimitrios Vikelas Avenue 152 33 Halandri – Athens GREECE Tel.: +30 210 6878809-13, +30 210 6878888 Fax: +30 210 6878840 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ioa.org.gr Editor: Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis, IOA Honorary Dean Production: Livani Publishing Organization ISBN: 978-960-14-1737-0 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·5 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY SPECIAL SUBJECT: SPORT AND ETHICS ANCIENT OLYMPIA 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·6 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·7 ∂PHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY (2006) President Minos X. KYRIAKOU Vice-President Isidoros KOUVELOS Members Lambis V. NIKOLAOU (IOC Vice-President) Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS Antonios NIKOLOPOULOS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Panagiotis KONDOS Leonidas VAROUXIS Georgios FOTINOPOULOS Honorary President Juan Antonio SAMARANCH Honorary Vice-President Nikolaos YALOURIS Honorary Dean Konstantinos GEORGIADIS 7 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·8 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·9 HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (2006) President Minos X. 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 IOC Member ex-officio Lambis V. NIKOLAOU Members Stelios AGGELOUDIS Ioannis ANTONOPOULOS Andreas ARVANITIS Niki BAKOYIANNI Athanassios BELIGRATIS Christos CHATZIATHANASSIOU Dimitris DIATHESSOPOULOS Dimitris DIMITROPOULOS Michalis FISSENTZIDIS Andreas FOURAS Vassilis GAGATSIS Nikos KAKLAMANAKIS Manolis KOLYMBADIS Panagiotis KONDOS 9 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·10 14th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON OLYMPIC STUDIES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Pavlos LAPPAS Thomas MEDESSIDIS Dimitris RAZIS Freddy SERPIERIS Vassilis SEVASTIS Ioannis SGOUROS Georgios SMYRNEOS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Petros SYNADINOS Georgios VASSILAKOPOULOS Ioannis VASSILIADIS Georgios YEROLYMPOS 10 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·11 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND OLYMPIC EDUCATION (2006) Chairman Zhenliang HE (CHN) Members: Haya Bint AL HUSSEIN (JOR) Fernando F. Lima BELLO (POR) Valeriy BORZOV (UKR) Helen BROWNLEE (AUS) Philip CRAVEN (GBR) Iván DIBÓS (PER) Conrado DURÁNTEZ (ESP) Manuel ESTIARTE (ESP) Konstantinos GEORGIADIS (GRE) Nat INDRAPANA (THA) Minos X. KYRIAKOU (GRE) 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) 11 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·12 14th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON OLYMPIC STUDIES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Robert PARIENTE (FRA) Enrico PRANDI (ITA) Sam RAMSAMY (RSA) Thomas P. ROSANDICH (USA) Mounir SABET (EGY) Melitfin SANCHEZ RIVAS (PAN) Klaus SCHORMANN (GER) Henri SÉRANDOUR (FRA) Antun VRDOLJAK (CRO) Ching-Kuo WU (TPE) Director in charge T.A. Ganda SITHOLE (ZIM) 12 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·13 CONTENTS Foreword ........................................................................................................19 Students’ Papers Greek Eros and Athletics in Ancient Greece Fani MOURTZOUKOU (GRE) ...............................................................................23 Nero at Olympia Thomas KROPPEN (GER) ..................................................................................30 “Zanes” as Penalties and their Extensional Meaning in the Modern Olympic Games, Viewed by a Semiotic Aspect Irene PARASTATIDOU (GRE) ...............................................................................43 Sport and Religion - An Investigation of Religious Supernatural Power Applied in Sport Lung-Hsien WU (TPE) .....................................................................................53 Athletic Competition and Prizes in the Poetry of Homer Brendan MAGEE (USA).....................................................................................69 The end of the Olympic Games in the Ancient World: Abolishment or Vanishing? Observations Verusca VERRATTI (ITA)....................................................................................77 13 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·14 14th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON OLYMPIC STUDIES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Can Original Ancient “Sport” be a Model for Modern Sport for all? Jernej PISK (SLO).............................................................................................89 Sport for All in Thailand Siriporn SASIMONTOKUL (THA)........................................................................102 The Idea of Olympic Hero of the 1924 Games in French Literature Julie GAUCHER (FRA) .....................................................................................107 Football and Ethics: the Olympic Games of Paris 1924 Arnaud WAQUET (FRA) ..................................................................................121 Altered Destiny or Natural Evolution? Trends and Transitions within Snowboarding Culture Megan POPOVIC (CAN)...................................................................................133 Israel and Moscow Olympic Games Boycott Yoav VEICHSELFISH (ISR)................................................................................147 The Mass Sporting Legacy of the Olympic Games – A Case Study of the 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao Weiming WANG (CHN) ..................................................................................159 Swiss Candidatures for the Olympic Winter Games: Why are there so Many Failures? Rebecca SUEUR (SUI) .....................................................................................175 The Impact of the Olympic Movement on the Evolution of the International Understanding and Peace from 1894 until 2004 Nikolaos CHOUTAS (GRE)...............................................................................192 Eugeniusz Piasecki’s (1872-1947) View on Professional Sport and Olympism Malgorzata BRONIKOWSKA (POL).....................................................................205 14 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·15 CONTENTS Olympic Education in Greek Schools Athinos CONSTANTINIDES (CYP) ......................................................................214 Olympic Education in the Professional Training of Bachelors and Masters on the Specialty “Olympic Sport” in the Olympic Research Centre of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko, National Pedagogical University Igor MAKSIMENKO (UKR)..................................................................................228 The Olympic Games Broadcast as Interactive Television – New Media New Games? Thomas BJOERNER (DEN)...............................................................................236 Media and the Olympic Movement in Thailand Sununta SRISIRI (THA) ...................................................................................250 Sports Education Values and Influences on Society Rahmat RAHMAT KASMAD (INA) ......................................................................266 Spectatorship and the Olympics Laura FISHBURN (GBR)...................................................................................273 Boxing is not an Olympic Sport! Ethical Considerations Boerge M. OFTEDAL (NOR).............................................................................285 Consequences of Corruption Scandal on Stakeholders – Case of Czech football Pavel LANDA (CZE) ........................................................................................296 Olympic Ethics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics Xue QIU (CHN)..............................................................................................313 15 002s020 10-06-09 10:42 ™ÂÏ›‰·16 14th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON OLYMPIC STUDIES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Soccer Fans, Language Politics, and the Ambivalence of Nationalism in Galicia, Spain Karen WARNER (USA).....................................................................................320 Physically Modified Athletes in the Paralympic Games: A New Ethical Challenge of Today's Sport Leonardo MATARUNA (BRA) ...........................................................................332 Considerations for National Olympic Committees and National Sport Organisations in Providing Support for Elite Athletes Caroline RINGUET (AUS).................................................................................351 “An Olympic Paradox” Discursive Strategies for Canadian Athletes Confronted by Politics Jordan R. KOCH (CAN) ..................................................................................366 Beyond the Physical: Individual Political Expressions in the Olympic Games Callie BATTS (USA) ........................................................................................375 Possibilities of Olympic Education in the Frame of Sport Activity ′ Katar›na £ILINKOVA (SVK)...............................................................................388 Physical Activities: A Way to Improve Health in Ecuador’s Organizations ′ Denisse NACER FABIANI (ECU) ........................................................................397 Composition of an Olympics Textbook for the Japanese Olympic Education Kim A HYOUNG (JPN) ....................................................................................407 Intercultural