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General resources
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
http://www.asoif.com/ The ofcial ASOIF website has information about the association, news and a calendar of events, as well as links to forthcoming and past Summer Olympic Games, FAQs and links to the websites of the International Federations for each member sport.

British Olympic Association (BOA)

http://www.olympics.org.uk/ The BOA is responsible for promoting the Olympic Movement in the UK. This site includes historical and statistical information, up to date news, press information and publication details.

British Paralympic Association (BPA)

http://www.paralympics.org.uk/ This is the website of the registered charity responsible for the selection, preparation, funding and management of Britains teams for the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. It provides details of the history, organisation and funding of the BPA. The site also offers brief information on past and future Paralympic events and information on all Paralympic sports including rules, eligibility and the classication of athletes. Access to part of the website is restricted to authorised GB Team athletes, staff and colleagues.

Eurolympic.org
http://www.eurolympic.org/ This is the website of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), a non-prot organisation aiming to promote the ideals of Olympism in Europe and cooperation amongst its member nations. The site contains information about the EOC, news, events and details of activities, together with information about its component European National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

http://www.olympic.org/ This ofcial website of the Olympic Movement contains proles of athletes and sports, past and present. An archive of all the games held since 1896 is available and is searchable by date or location. Information about the organisation of the Olympic Movement and the IOC is given; some documents are available, including the Olympic Charter, as PDF les. There is also a multimedia gallery.
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International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

http://www.paralympic.org/ This is the website of the international governing body of elite sports for athletes with a disability. It organises, supervises and coordinates the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games and other multi-disability competitions at elite sports level. The site contains the IPC handbook; news; an anti-doping section; details of events and conferences; an Athlete Club, registration (free) required; useful links; and the free quarterly newsletter 'The Paralympian'. There is information on past and present Paralympic Games, and detailed sections on individual sports, featuring rules, classication, results and records.

Olympic Television Archive Bureau

http://www.otab.com/ Established in 1995, this archive contains over 30,000 hours of lm, television and newsreel material dating back to the turn of the 20th century, with additional Olympic Games material being researched, restored and added regularly to the Archive. Personal registration (free) is required to access further information and purchase footage. Sample clips are available.

Resource Guide to the Olympic Games

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/documents/resource_guides/olympics.pdf Written by Jon Dartford, Senior Lecturer at Leeds Trinity and All Saints College, this guide focuses on the social, historical and cultural aspects of the games, rather than the management aspects. Suggested books, articles and Web resources are listed; themes include the ancient and modern games, the Paralympics, the staging and bidding processes, politics, the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) and the media. The guide is available as a PDF document via the Higher Education Academy Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network.

History of the games

Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum
http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/ This is an educational website covering all aspects of the ancient Olympic Games. Registration (free) is required. Subject coverage includes the victors, contests, anecdotes and sporting rules.

Memorabilia, Numismatics and Philately: Collectors World

http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/collectors/ This is the ofcial website of the Olympic Philately, Numismatic and Memorabilia Commission (OPNMC), established by the IOC in 1992. This embraces the International Federations of Olympic Philately (FIPO), International Federation of Olympic Numismatic and International Olympic Memorabilia Federation (FIMO). It offers opportunities to bring Olympic collectors together, encourage the exchange of ideas, communicate the results of historical research, and, above all, to facilitate for what many consider being the most interesting aspect of collecting: trading and selling of Olympic collectibles, such as stamps and coins.

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Olympic History
http://www.musarium.com/kodak/olympics/olympichistory/ This website, sponsored by Kodak, and produced in conjunction with the 2000 Olympic Games, features a timeline of high quality artistic images from the 1896 Olympics through to 1996.

Olympics Through Time

http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/olympics/ This website, produced by the Foundation of the Hellenic World, is devoted to the teaching of the Olympic Games. There are four main sections: Prehistory, Antiquity, Revival and Comments. Within each section are a number of headings to explore, relating to the times and aspects of the games. There is also a glossary, bibliography and related links.

Past games
Hitler's Olympic Games 1936
http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/record_view.php?pbd=gcu-a0a3m7-a From the Talking Hospitality podcast series, this Video podcast (27 minutes) outlines the experience of attending the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympic Games that were overshadowed by Hitler and the Nazi Partys actions. Ewan MacPhee of Spoken Word Services at Glasgow Caledonian University presents the podcast. Registration (free) is required for full access.

Helsinki Olympic Games 1952

http://www.urheilumuseo./olympic1952/index52eng.htm From the Sports Museum in Finland, this is a mini site on the 1952 Olympic Games. Helsinki had hoped to host the games in 1940, but had to postpone because of World War II. The site includes a day-by-day account of the games and information about the venues and the organisation of the games; accommodation and entertainment details are listed, as well as working arrangements and a list of the guests of honour. Statistics and details of the Finnish team are also given.

Melbourne Olympics 1956

http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/42638 This is an archived version of the State Library of Victorias exhibition website celebrating the history of Australia's rst experience of hosting an Olympic Games, in 1956, and the impact this had on Australia as a nation. It includes details of how Melbourne won the right to host the games and some of the issues and problems involved in organising the games and highlights. A resources section designed for researchers and teachers includes facts, gures, and a chronology of the games, as well as a bibliography of material relating to the 1956 Olympics, held by the State Library of Victoria.
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Sydney Olympics 2000

http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/ This is an archived site from the Times and Sunday Times online reporting of events surrounding the Sydney Olympic Games. It contains diaries of the events, a picture gallery, a guide to Sydney and an Olympic quiz, as well as results, statistics, details of British entrants, medal tables and a history section covering previous Olympic Games and famous Olympians.

London 201 2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS): 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
http://www.culture.gov.uk/about_us/olympicgames/ DCMS is the lead Government Department for the delivery of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. It is also responsible for the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006, the overall nances of the games, and sponsorship of the Olympic Delivery Authority. The site provides further information and publications, details of their volunteer programme, a section for young people and an interactive map listing high performance centres around the nation.

Economic Impact of the London 2012 Olympics

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ttri/pdf/2005_5.pdf This report weighs the probable economic benets of hosting the Olympic Games against negative consequences that may also be incurred. Through statistical modelling the effects upon the local economy of London, and also upon the UK as a whole, are analysed. The impact of previous games held in other countries is examined and forecasts are made relating to a range of economic sectors such as tourism, hospitality, trade, the construction industry, transport and employment. The 72-page report (PDF) by Dr Adam Blake of the University of Nottingham Business School, was published in December 2005, as part of the government-funded Olympic Games Impact Project.

HLST and the Olympic Games

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ourwork/hlst_olympics From the Higher Education Academy Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network, this page examines how hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism are the Olympic subjects. Press releases and useful sites on the 2012 Olympics and their study are listed.

London 2012
http://www.london2012.org/ This is the ofcial website for Londons 2012 Olympic Games. It contains a comprehensive collection of images and educational resources, including an interactive guide to the venue and a blog. Sections are devoted to news, sports and venues, and regional information. Details of how to get involved are available, along with further information on plans for transport, sustainability, culture, security

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and ticketing. The site is searchable and features a FAQs section as well as a site map, which is recommended as a starting point.

Visit Britain: 2012 Games: Creating a Lasting Legacy for Tourism

http://www.tourismtrade.org.uk/2012/ This section of the Visit Britain website outlines Visit Britain and Visit London's vision to maximise the tourism trade for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. Included are a year-by-year plan and a downloadable yer for tourism opportunities and objectives for London 2012 (PDF), containing facts and gures to support their strategies.

Winning: a Tourism Strategy for 2012 and Beyond

http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Tourism/ tourism2012.htm This 98-page PDF document, from the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in collaboration with Visit Britain and Visit London, provides a blueprint to help the UK tourism industry with preparations for Londons hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games and to benet from the potential of millions of visitors.

Future games (other than 201 2)

Beijing 2008
http://en.beijing2008.com/ This is the ofcial website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The site contains the latest information on all aspects of the games and is constantly updated. Information is provided about the programme of events, venues and environmental projects. Additional features include an image gallery, an interactive education section (which includes details of their exchange programme), information for volunteers and an archives section (which includes photographs), the Beijing Olympic database, videos, celebrity information, a history of the games and information on each Olympic sport).

Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver 2010

http://www.vancouver2010.com/ This is the ofcial website for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Included are pages devoted to the Winter Games covering their history, a timeline for the 2010 Games and an events listing. There are details of job and volunteer opportunities, information about sponsorship and media relations, sustainability as well as listings for their education programmes, resources and events.
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Canadian School Portal for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/edu/ The Vancouver organising committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) have launched an online educational tool that reaches out to schools and universities throughout Canada.

Sochi 2014
http://sochi2014.com/ The Russian city of Sochi is the destination for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. This website provides all the necessary information about Sochi for visitors, and details of their bid for the games, their team and their supporters. The site is regularly updated with news and events, facts and gures and is well illustrated throughout. Some materials are available for download (images and PDF les).

Olympic people
Athletics Heroes
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/ This is an online photographic encyclopaedia of international athletes, including sports men and women. Each photograph contains biographical information, career highlights and results from tournaments and competitions. The site covers Olympic Games from 1896, as well as other international athletic events. Olympic track and eld results are searchable by event.

British Athletes Commission (BAC)

http://www.britishathletes.org/ The British Athletes Commission (BAC) represents athletes across Olympic, Paralympic and World Class funded sports. The website provides information about BAC, its aims, membership requirements and benets, BAC conferences, news items, the role and responsibilities of athlete representatives and FAQs. It includes information on sponsorship and athletesDIRECT, a programme that runs in conjunction with the Youth Sport Trust (YST) linking elite athletes with schools requesting visits.

Olympic Medal Winners

http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp This database, provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) enables users to search for details of Olympic medal winners, using variables such as gender, type of medal (gold, silver, bronze), nation, sport, year and athletes name.

Olympic Women
http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk/ The aim of this site is to document the history of womens sports, and, in particular the memories of some of the worlds oldest female Olympians. The site includes a potted history of women in the Olympic Games, notably those games that took place between 1924 and 1936, together with some useful statistics.

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Research
Centre of Olympic Studies in Barcelona (CEO)
http://olympicstudies.uab.es/eng/ The CEO is one of several centres for Olympic Studies around the world aimed at the academic community. The site contains the full-text of lectures, different aspects of the games and their administration, as well as on key issues associated with the games. Links to resources from external sites are provided, including full-text articles. It also has access to the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona online catalogue where Olympic publications are listed. Of especial interest is their international directory reference tool on worldwide documentation and research on the Olympics. The site is available in English, Spanish and Catalonian language versions.

LA84 Foundation: Digital Archive

http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/over_frmst.htm The LA84 Foundation is engaged in an ambitious project to convert selected scholarly journals and historically signicant Olympic publications from paper to digital format. Journal titles include the Journal of Sport History; NASSH (North American Society for Sport History) Proceedings; Sporting Traditions; ASSH Bulletin and ASSH Studies in Sports History (Australian Society for Sports History); The Sports Historian (British Society of Sports History), Sport Management Review; Olympika; Olympic Research Symposium Proceedings; Journal of Olympic History; Iron Game History; Outing (one of the earliest American sports and outdoor publications); Baseball Magazine (1909 to 1916 and growing); and Golf Illustrated and Outdoor America. Olympic documents include Olympic Games ofcial reports from 1896 to 1984 and Olympic Oral Histories of Southern California Olympians. In addition, there are back issues of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) publications, Olympic Review and Revue Olympique.

Olympic Museum, Lausanne

http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/museum/ This site provides information on the museums temporary exhibitions and permanent displays and includes 360-degree camera tours. There are proles of more than 250 Olympic heroes, with links to pages that describe the museums archives (oral, pictorial, etc.) and library facilities for researchers.

World Directory of Sports Information Centres and Experts

http://www.directory-iasi.org/ This is a directory of sport libraries, documentation centres and sports collections providing details of the subject strengths of each institution and areas of sport information expertise. The International Association of Sports Information (IASI) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through its National Olympic Committee (NOC) Relations Department set up the project in 2001. The database is searchable and it is possible to suggest data for inclusion.
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Event management
Association for Events Management Education (AEME)
http://www.aeme.org/ The AEME website aims to raise the prole of events education by providing information about, and links to, resources relating to education, best practice and research. The site includes information about the association, a membership directory, an online newsletter (PDF), news, events listings and links to related sites; members benet from access to additional resources.

Association of Event Organisers (AEO)

http://www.aeo.org.uk/ The AEO is a trade association representing companies involved in exhibitions and consumer events. The website has separate sections for event organisers (AEO), event venues (AEV) and exhibition contractors (ESSA). Each section has information on news, events, recruitment and training. The AEO section has additional information on approved suppliers and risk management. Some material is only accessible to members.

Events Industry Alliance (EIA)

http://www.eventsindustryalliance.com/ Three event industry bodies, Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), Association of Event Organisers (AEO) and Association of Event Venues (AEV), created the EIA to promote the live events industry and to provide an association management secretariat service in the events industry. Their website includes detailed information about the EIAs activities, categorised into strategy, objective, mentoring, research, language and industry promotion. Industry statistics are also available.

International Journal of Event Management Research (IJEMR)

http://www.ijemr.org/ This journal seeks to enhance, disseminate and promote research ndings and good practice in all aspects of event management. The website provides details of the journals aims and scope, editorial board members, notes for contributors and subscription information. Individual articles are freely available to download online (as PDF les). Volume one was issued in 2005.

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International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM)

http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=102 IJSMM publishes research into new developments in sports management and technology. Aimed at academics and practitioners in the private and public sectors, contents include original papers, theory-based empirical papers, review papers, conference reports, book reviews, and news and event listings. IJSMM is published quarterly. Tables of contents and abstracts are available online; subscription is required for full-text access.

Major Sports Events: the Guide

http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/major_sports_event_the_guide/ This guide was published by UK Sport in October 2003 and updated in February 2005. It is intended to help inform decision-making by organisers of major and world class sporting events. It highlights key areas that need to be considered when planning and preparing a bid for staging a major event. This includes writing a strategy, preparing a bid, insurance and legal issues, security and policing, marketing, sponsorship, health and safety, data protection, volunteers, ethical considerations, anti-doping and environmental issues.

Measuring Success 2
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/economic_impact_of_major_sports_events/ This report was published by UK Sport in 2004. Its purpose was to consolidate research undertaken on behalf of UK Sport that examined the economic impact of major sports events since 1997. Sixteen analyses were undertaken, each attempting to establish the economic impact by calculating the total amount of additional expenditure generated within a host city (or area), which could be directly attributed to the staging of a particular event.

Resource Guide: the Impact of Events

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/documents/resource_guides/the_impa ct_of_events.pdf Written by Janet Dickinson and Richard Shipway at the School of Services Management, Bournemouth University, this guide aims to provide teachers and students with key readings and concepts that cover the role of event managers and the impact of an event throughout each stage of the planning process and beyond. Suggested methods for teaching and learning strategies and assessments are given. The contents of some of the material listed may be more appropriate to nal year graduates and postgraduate students. From the Higher Education Academy Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network, this 20-page guide (May 2007) can be downloaded as a PDF le.

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Resource Guide to Events Management

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/documents/resource_guides/events_ma nagement.pdf This is a free to view guide to texts, journals, websites and other resources available in events management. It is made available from the Higher Education Academy Network for Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism, in HTML or as a PDF document. The guide was written by Glenn Bowdin, Prinicipal Lecturer in Events Planning at the UK Centre for Events Management, Leeds Metropolitan University.

Contemporary issues is sport

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
http://www.tas-cas.org/ CAS is an independent institution established in 1983 under the administrative authority of the International Council for the Arbitration of Sport. CAS provides a forum for the resolution of international sports related disputes via its headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland) and courts in Denver (USA) and Sydney (Australia). The site publishes the CAS code and statutes, which detail the institution's composition and procedural rules; a guide aiming to facilitate general understanding of the institution by describing it in a less technical way accompanies this.

Disability Sports
http://edweb6.educ.msu.edu/kin866/ This website provides information about disability sports for students who are studying adapted physical activity. Graduate students in the Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University (MSU), have authored much of the content. Coverage includes information on governance, Paralympic competitions, Deaympics, Special Olympics, World Games, inclusion and classication criteria. Information is available on disability issues, including participation, public awareness, media coverage and drug control. The research section includes papers, abstracts and annotated bibliographies written by MSU students on disability sports topics. These include biomechanics, coaching, exercise physiology, sport psychology, sport sociology and sports medicine.

Drug Information Database (DID)

http://www.didglobal.com/ This database is a guide to the status of most UK-licensed pharmaceutical products and over the counter medicinal products in relation to the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code. The database does not include herbal or nutritional supplements.

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International Association of Sports Law (IASL)

http://iasl.org/ IASL is an international scientic association concerned with the science, research and teaching of sports law, and the institution of the Olympic Games. Subscription is required for full-text access to journal articles and some sections are only available to IASL members.

Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL)

http://www.ispal.org.uk/ ISPAL is the professional body representing the sport, parks and leisure industry, formed by the merger of the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM) and the National Institute for Sports Development (NASD) in 2006. It provides education and training for the sport and leisure industry. The information hub features a range of current and archived publications. These include reports on gender equity, race and ethnicity in leisure management and a guide to careers in leisure. There are also abstracts from current articles, summaries of fact sheets, advice for students and details of the enquiry service. Please note that access to full services is for members only.

Right to Play
http://www.righttoplay.com/ Right to Play is an athlete driven international humanitarian organisation that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. The site has information about the organisation, its mission, aims, news and its previous history as Olympic Aid. The site provides details of international partners, the Sport for Development project, coaches and athletes involved in the programmes, countries where the programmes are taking place and information for volunteers.

Sport England
http://www.sportengland.org/ Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is the government body responsible for the development of sport in England. Its website is aimed mainly at sports clubs, students, local authorities and schools. It has search and browse facilities, covering sports facilities and events, information on lottery funding, and the nine regional sports boards.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

http://www.wada-ama.org/ WADA promotes and coordinates the ght against doping in sport in all forms. The website contains material on the development, acceptance and implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code, with sections on ethics, education, law, nance, research, science, standards and harmonisation. Lists of prohibited substances and methods, accredited laboratories for doping

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control analyses, organisations that have accepted the code, and therapeutic use exemptions, and an athletes guide are available. The site provides information on the history, mission and composition of WADA, strategic plans, legal statements, WADA events, news, newsletters, press releases, fact sheets, reports, programmes, conferences, job opportunities and FAQs.

World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)

http://www.wfsgi.org/ This is the website of the world body for the sports industry, a non-prot organisation comprised of industry suppliers, national organisations and sporting goods industry related businesses, which was established to improve the standards of quality for sporting goods and promote fair trade in the industry.

Other international competitions

Deaympics
http://www.deaympics.com/ Deaympics are the major Olympic equivalent for the deaf. The website provides information on the development and organisation of the Deaympic Games. Coverage includes information on the Deaympic Summer and Winter Games held since 1924, technical regulations for the 20 sports in the current Deaympic Games programme, and links to sites of related interest.

Special Olympics
http://www.specialolympics.org/ This is the website of an international organisation responsible for the worldwide organisation of training and athletic competition for people with learning and mental disabilities. It includes information on the organisation, news items, details of forthcoming events, results of past events, coaching and volunteer programmes, and other initiatives.

World Games
http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/ The International World Games Association (IWGA) administer the World Games, covering sports that do not appear in the Olympic Games. The site contains information about the various sports and links to related websites, background information about the development of the World Games since their inception in 1981, the number of athletes competing and the sites of future games.

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