Journal of Olympic Studies

Editor: Matthew P. Llewellyn

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Current Volume: 6 (2025)
Biannual (Spring and Fall)
ISSN: 2639-6017
eISSN: 2639-6025
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The leading venue for scholarly work on the Olympic and Paralympic Movements

The Journal of Olympic Studies (JOS) is the official publication of the Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research Conference, and aspires to be the preeminent international multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed scholarly journal in the field of Olympic research. The Journal publishes high-quality academic work on the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, in all of its forms, from scholars in the fields of history, philosophy, management, communication, classics, literature, anthropology, cultural studies, economics, marketing, and law.

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Editors

Editor
Matthew P. Llewellyn
California State University, Fullerton
Department of Kinesiology 
800 North State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA, 92831
mllewellyn@Fullerton.edu


Associate Editors

  • Julie Brice, California State University, Fullerton
  • John Gleaves, California State University, Fullerton
  • Becca Leopkey, University of Georgia
  • Lindsay Parks Pieper, University of Lynchburg
  • Toby Rider, California State University, Fullerton

Editorial Board

  • Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University
  • Andrew Billings, University of Alabama
  • Ian Brittain, Coventry University
  • Laurence Chalip, George Mason University
  • Mark Dyreson, Pennsylvania State University
  • Li-Hong Hsu, National Taiwan University of Sport
  • Dana Lee Ellis, Laurentian University
  • David J. Lunt, Southern Utah University
  • John MacAloon, University of Chicago
  • Christine O'Bonsawin, University of Victoria
  • Heather Reid, Morningside College
  • Otto Schantz, Universität of Koblenz-Landau
  • Anna-Maria Strittmatter, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences
  • Stephen Wenn, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College

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Journal of Olympic Studies

General Guidelines

• Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.

• Manuscripts must be in English. If this is not the first language of the author, contributions should be checked for grammar and syntax, prior to submission, by a person fluent in academic English. It is not the responsibility of the editorial team to redraft articles into an acceptable form and manuscripts which do not meet the required standard will be returned. American conventions in spelling and punctuation should be used throughout.

• The author’s name should appear on the cover page only as manuscripts are evaluated anonymously.

• An abstract of no more than 150 words should be included at the beginning of the article.

• 3 or 4 "keywords" should be included at the beginning of the article following the abstract.

• The entire article, including block quotations, endnotes, and figure captions should be double-spaced with at least a one-inch margin on all sides. All pages should be numbered consecutively throughout. Manuscripts should not exceed 10,000 words including notes.

• Authors are responsible for obtaining any copyright permissions.

• Tables and graphs should be sent as separate files, not as part of the main text, and clear indication given as to their appropriate position within the article.

• Illustrations are encouraged but not required. At submission stage an indication of suitable material is all that is necessary as precise details will be determined once an article has been accepted for publication.

•Articles should be submitted electronically to the Journal of Olympic Studies online manuscript submission system, Scholastica. This secure, personalized resource will allow you to track your manuscript through each step of the review and acceptance process. To begin, click below to set up your personal account and upload your submission. Your transmitted material will be reviewed as soon as possible.

Submit to Journal of Olympic Studies

Articles accepted for the Journal of Olympic Studies should demonstrate international quality of scholarship, rigor and analysis. It would also be an advantage in terms of likely publication if the piece addresses a significant issue, even if only by contextualization, and is likely to be widely cited.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo double-blind peer review, generally by two referees, one of whom is a scholar independent of the journal and one of whom is a member of the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board is made up of a multidisciplinary group of external reviewers who are matched with articles based on their areas of expertise. Members of the Editorial Board are independent from the editorial management of the journal. The comments of the reviewers are then edited and a collective review is sent to the author. Final decisions are the sole responsibility of the editor, who serves as an internal reviewer.

Style Guide

• Notes, numbered consecutively, should appear within the text at the end of a sentence, even when referring to a direct quotation, with the full reference located at the end of the article. Notes must not exceed 100 – one way to achieve this is citation by paragraph where appropriate. Endnotes should not be used to provide additional commentary or information.

• Abbreviations – first mention of organizations should be provided in full, but thereafter should be abbreviated: for example, International Olympic Committee (IOC); National Football League (NFL); American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Acronyms, however – for example, NATO, DNA, NASCAR – should not be expanded.

• Dates within text should be in the form July 12, 1958 but in references should be 12 July 1958.

• Numbers up to ninety-nine should be spelled out.

• Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, for example:

Wray Vamplew, Pay Up and Play the Game (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), 91.

Douglas Booth, "Sports Historians: What Do We Do? How Do We Do It?" in Deconstructing Sport History: A Postmodern Analysis, ed. Murray G. Phillips (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006), 39.

Tara Kathleen Kelly, "The Still-Hunter and the Temptation Goats: Reconsidering the Meaning of the Hunt in American Culture, 1880-1914," Journal of Sport History 35.2 (2008): 285-301.

Patricia Campbell Warner, "Clothing the American Woman for Sport and Physical Education, 1860 to 1940" (Ph.D. diss., University of Minnesota, 1986), 72.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Robert Pear, "Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote," New York Times, February 27, 2010, accessed February 28, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html

A website reference need not be given in full but should include the basic information required for access, together with the date accessed, for example: http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/60969 [accessed 28 May 2009]

An archive should be referenced as follows: Minutes of Meeting of Conference Directors, 1 June 1922, folder 5, box 84, Amos Alonzo Stagg Papers, University of Chicago Archives, Chicago, Illinois.

Latin abbreviations, other than Ibid. (for an immediate second reference) should be avoided.

A second citation should normally be in the form: Kelly, "The Still-Hunter," 289.

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Drafts of the illustrations may be submitted with the article during the review process but final versions, including an indication that permission has been obtained, must be submitted with the final version of the article.

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Featured Articles



Infection is One Thing, Mortality Another: The Olympic Movement In Extremis
John J. MacAloon
https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0001

Tokyo 2020 and Its Postponement: An Economic Prognosis
Andrew Zimbalist
https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0015

The Olympic Games and the Problems of Legacy: The London Stadium Story
Garry Whannel
https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0029

A Moral Examination of the Therapeutic Use Exemption in Anti-Doping
John Gleaves
https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0053

“These People Never Give Up”: American Debates on the Return of the People's Republic of China to the Olympic Movement
Austin Duckworth and Jörg Krieger
https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0072

The 1972 Munich Massacre and Israel's Country Image
Yoav Dubinsky and Lars Dzikus
https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.1.0090

A Tale of Two Olympians: At the Intersection of Class, Blackness, and Amateurism in Canada, 1920s–1930s
Ornella Nzindukiyimana
https://doi.org/10.5406/26396025.3.1.07


An Olympian on Display: Museums and the Commemoration of Jesse Owens
Andrew D. Linden; Lindsay Parks Pieper (Free access through 1/31/2024)
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/3/1/28/298803/An-Olympian-on-Display-Museums-and-the?searchresult=1

Who Is to Blame and What Is to Be Done? The Rise and Fall of Russian Authority in the Olympics
Jenifer Parks
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/1/1/352027/Who-Is-to-Blame-and-What-Is-to-Be-Done-The-Rise

Putting Russia's Ban in Historical Perspective: A Curated Interview
Robert Edelman; Toby C. Rider
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/1/9/352028/Putting-Russia-s-Ban-in-Historical-Perspective-A

Viva Mexico! The Cultural Politics Behind the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Bid
Edgar Jesus Campos; Douglas Hartmann
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/1/18/352032/Viva-Mexico-The-Cultural-Politics-Behind-the-1968

“One-Tenth of a Second Does Not Really Count”: Humphrey Khosi, Olympic Ultimatums, and the Tortured Logic of the South African Amateur Athletic Union of 1962
Michelle M. Sikes
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/1/41/352030/One-Tenth-of-a-Second-Does-Not-Really-Count

The International Olympic Committee's Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations
John Gleaves
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/2/1/382098/The-International-Olympic-Committee-s-Framework-on

Trans Women Are Women, and Sport Is a Human Right
Veronica Ivy
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/2/3/382096/Trans-Women-Are-Women-and-Sport-Is-a-Human-Right

The Negligence of Biological Reality
Ask Vest Christiansen
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/2/20/382097/The-Negligence-of-Biological-Reality

Are Mega-Events Only for Global Cities? Analyzing Host Cities through the Global and World Cities Framework, 1990–2020
Alexandre Faure; John Lauermann
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/2/31/382099/Are-Mega-Events-Only-for-Global-Cities-Analyzing

Olympic Agenda 2020 and Paris 2024: Driving Change or Rhetoric as Usual?
Gustavo Lopes dos Santos; Marie Delaplace
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/4/2/56/382100/Olympic-Agenda-2020-and-Paris-2024-Driving-Change

The Archaeology of Hellenism: Olympia and the Presence of the Past
Peter J. Miller
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/1/1/386928/The-Archaeology-of-Hellenism-Olympia-and-the

Objects, Olympics, and Femininity: Exploring the Impact of a 1924 Handheld Fan on Gender at the Games
Julie Brice
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/1/25/386931/Objects-Olympics-and-Femininity-Exploring-the

Uncertain Blackness: The Mysterious Case of Joseph Stadler
Mark Dyreson
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/1/48/386930/Uncertain-Blackness-The-Mysterious-Case-of-Joseph

Bidding for the Olympic Games: An Anatomy of Arguments
Douglas Booth
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/1/69/386929/Bidding-for-the-Olympic-Games-An-Anatomy-of

Rhodesian Readmission and the Decolonization of the National Olympic Committee of Zimbabwe
James Alexander Ivey
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/1/95/386927/Rhodesian-Readmission-and-the-Decolonization-of

In Search of Olympia: Imaging the Ancient Games in Late Eighteenth-Century Art
Mike O'Mahony
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/2/30/393533/In-Search-of-Olympia-Imaging-the-Ancient-Games-in

Branding Olympic Idealism: The Kenya Amateur Athletic Association's Commercial Sojourn in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, before the 1996 Atlanta Games
Cam Mallett
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/2/53/393529/Branding-Olympic-Idealism-The-Kenya-Amateur

A Basketball Height Limit? FIBA, the 1936 Olympics, and the Ruling that Saved the Game
Chad R. Carlson
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/5/2/76/393528/A-Basketball-Height-Limit-FIBA-the-1936-Olympics

The Future of the Olympics in the Face of Climate Change: Interrogating the Complex Relationship between the Games, the Environment, and Sustainability
Julie Brice
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/6/1/1/399765/The-Future-of-the-Olympics-in-the-Face-of-Climate

Taking Nature into Account? The International Olympic Committee Confronts Environmental Issues, 1960s–1990s
Amanda Shuman; Philippe Vonnard
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/6/1/5/399769/Taking-Nature-into-Account-The-International

Save the Trees: A Century of Olympic Infrastructure and Japan's Increasingly Fragile Environment
Robin Kietlinski
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/6/1/27/399770/Save-the-Trees-A-Century-of-Olympic-Infrastructure

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An Olympian on Display: Museums and the Commemoration of Jesse Owens
Andrew D. Linden; Lindsay Parks Pieper (Free access through 1/31/2024)
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/article/3/1/28/298803/An-Olympian-on-Display-Museums-and-the?searchresult=1