Additional References

• Olympic Games a Forum for Political Protest (NPR)
  by Andrea Seabrook (02/16/2008)
  Professor John Hoberman, a sports historian at the University of Texas, discusses some of the major moments of political protest in Olympic history following the resignation of director Steven Spielberg due to the Chinese government’s relationship with Sudan.
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19120192
  
  
• How politics hijacks the Olympics (BBC News)
  by Matt Davis (08/11/2004)
  A brief, yet concise article on the intrusion of politics in the Olympics on the eve of the Athens Olympiad.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3554354.stm
  
  
• The Olympics: a very political game (CNN.com)
  by Joe Havely (07/13/2001)
  “Politics and sport might be uncomfortable bedfellows, but on past experience at least it seems they are inseparable.”
  http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/12/china.games.politics.post/index.html
  
  
• When Sports and Politics Collided: Redeeming the Olympic Martyrs of 1968
  by Dave Zirin
  An excerpt from Mr. Zirin’s book. The martyrs are the students and protesters massacred on the streets of Mexico City prior to the 1968 Mexico City Olympiad.
  http://www.counterpunch.org/zirin09232005.html
  
  
• Blood in the water: Hungary’s 1956 water polo gold (BBC News)
  by Kirsty Reid (08/20/2011)
  “One of the hardest-fought contests in Olympic history was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR in 1956 — a match which came to symbolise the Hungarian struggle against Soviet rule.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14575260
  
  
• The Triumph of Hitler: The Berlin Games (The History Place)
  A comprehensive summary of the 1936 Berlin Games that describes the Nazi interest in the Olympics, the treatment of Jewish and African American athletes, and the threat of an American boycott.
  http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-olympics.htm
  
  
• Politics and the Games (Christian Science Monitor)
  The impact of international politics on the Olympic Games: a historical look through Monitor Page One stories.
  Links to 11 articles in PDF (the first article is from 1925 and the last from 1984) including three on the Munich Olympiad. An excellent resource.
  http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html
  
  
  
• International Olympic Committee
  http://www.olympic.org/
  
  
• Special Olympics Web Site
  http://www.specialolympics.org/
  
  
• The Paralympics Web Site
  http://www.paralympic.org/
  

Also, see the extensive links section on the Ancient Olympics:
Go to: The Ancient Olympics Links