the purpose of this study was to investigate the process of published physical education and sport sciences journals during 1384 to 1388. for this purpose, olympic quarterly, research on sport sciences, harakat and journal of movement science and sport were investigated through 7 parameters including thematic share of papers, comm:union: of professional science groups, resources, used rules and...

We analyze the decision to participate and performance at the Modern Olympic Summer Games at the country level. We use an unbalanced panel of 118 countries over all 24 editions of the Summer Games since 1896. The main focus of the paper is on economic, geographic and demographic determinants of Olympic participation and success. We estimate the impact of income per capita, population size, home...

At the time of this publication the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rio 2016) are long gone and the mindset of most people is already directed to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Rio 2016 hosted almost 11.000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs). With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 42 Olympic sports, including rugby and golf. Paradoxically, as Rio ...

BACKGROUND Beijing successfully hosted the 2008 Olympic Games, and the services including medical services were widely appreciated by both participants and visitors. We retrospectively analyzed the quality of the medical services provided to athletes, spectators, VIPs, and the workforce during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The information thus gathered would be useful for planning strategies ...

BACKGROUND Since 2001 the International Olympic Committee-Medical Commission (IOC-MC) has required athletes using inhaled beta2 agonists to provide clinical evidence of their asthmatic condition. The aim of this study was to compare the reported prevalence of asthma at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games in the Great British Olympic team (Team GB). METHODS Following local ethics committee approva...

As part of a larger project to examine variables perceived to influence performance in Olympic competition, this manuscript was designed to (a) report coaches’ perceptions of variables influencing Olympic athlete performance, (b) triangulate findings from surveys and interviews with Olympic athletes, and (c) examine coaches’ perceptions of variables influencing Olympic coaching effectiveness. S...

BACKGROUND The Olympic Games constitute a first-class opportunity to promote athleticism and health messages. Little is known, however on the impact of Olympic Games on the development of health-promotion programs for the general population. Our objective was to identify and describe the population-based health-promotion programs implemented in relation to the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olymp...