Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.

This article deals with the history of the international workers’ games ("International Workers’ Olympiads" and "Spartakiads"), set up during the Interwar period by the Socialist Workers’ Sport International and the Red Sport International in order to counter the growing hegemony...

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Main Authors: Karen Bretin-Maffiuletti, Benoît Caritey
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Language:fra
Published: Association Paul Langevin 2023-12-01
Series:Cahiers d’histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22414
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description This article deals with the history of the international workers’ games ("International Workers’ Olympiads" and "Spartakiads"), set up during the Interwar period by the Socialist Workers’ Sport International and the Red Sport International in order to counter the growing hegemony of the Olympic Games. These workers’ sporting events were an undeniable success, despite the hostility of the authorities and the reluctance of the main newspapers (specialized in sport or not) to inform their readers about them. The international workers’ sport federations firstly used these games to promote an alternative sport culture, focused on mass practice and international fraternity. Then, these workers’ organizations became defenders of an Olympic ideal since they considered that it had gone astray. Both evolutions in the Olympic Games criticism and in the workers’ events celebration in the socialist and communist press is linked to this shift.
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spelling doaj-art-01d9b3a945354cd68abcc5c53dd24efb2025-08-20T01:59:26ZfraAssociation Paul LangevinCahiers d’histoire1271-66692102-59162023-12-01213310.4000/chrhc.22414Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.Karen Bretin-MaffiulettiBenoît CariteyThis article deals with the history of the international workers’ games ("International Workers’ Olympiads" and "Spartakiads"), set up during the Interwar period by the Socialist Workers’ Sport International and the Red Sport International in order to counter the growing hegemony of the Olympic Games. These workers’ sporting events were an undeniable success, despite the hostility of the authorities and the reluctance of the main newspapers (specialized in sport or not) to inform their readers about them. The international workers’ sport federations firstly used these games to promote an alternative sport culture, focused on mass practice and international fraternity. Then, these workers’ organizations became defenders of an Olympic ideal since they considered that it had gone astray. Both evolutions in the Olympic Games criticism and in the workers’ events celebration in the socialist and communist press is linked to this shift.https://journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22414pressWorkers’ sportInterwar periodSpartakiadesWorkers’ OlympiadsOlympic Games
spellingShingle Karen Bretin-Maffiuletti
Benoît Caritey
Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.
Cahiers d’histoire
press
Workers’ sport
Interwar period
Spartakiades
Workers’ Olympiads
Olympic Games
title Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.
title_full Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.
title_fullStr Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.
title_full_unstemmed Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.
title_short Modèle et contre-modèles olympiques dans l’entre-deux-guerres.
title_sort modele et contre modeles olympiques dans l entre deux guerres
topic press
Workers’ sport
Interwar period
Spartakiades
Workers’ Olympiads
Olympic Games
url https://journals.openedition.org/chrhc/22414
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