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Authors: ONYESTYÁK NIKOLETTA.
In the history of the modern Olympic Games the influence of the international political framework appears in many ways. From the very beginning, Olympic sport has played an important role in the international rivalry amongst the nations, it appeared as a propaganda tool for the backing of different ideological systems, it was invaded by terrorist attacks, it suffered from political and racial boycotts, and it also exhibited the divided nations’ cold war struggle. These political actions sometimes eventuated even in the violation of the Olympic Charters’ fundamental principles, like “the bringing together of the world’s athletes every four year at the great sports festival; the practising of sport, without discrimination of any kind; and the functioning of the Olympic Spirit, which requires mutual understanding with the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play”.
Cities with important sporting traditions were always greatly interested in organizing the Olympic Games, and host the most expanded sporting festival of the world. On the other hand they mostly realized the positive effect of the organization on their economy, infrastructure, sporting life, and even on national political aims, as making their excellent regime recognized. The Modern Olympic history has celebrated twenty-six Summer Games in twenty-two different cities representing four continents of the world, but an other number of cities can also be enumerated, which finally for international political reasons were at the last moment despoiled from the right of the organization.
The aim of my study is to draw up a comparative analysis on the circumstances of those cases, when already voted, or almost elected host cities suffered from the coincidence of some international political events, which frustrated their dream.
Keywords: Olympic hosts, international politics,
