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Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies: A Comparative Study book cover

1st Edition

Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies A Comparative Study

Edited By Spencer Harris, Mathew Dowling Copyright 2021
218 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines claims that the Olympic Games are a vehicle to inspire and increase mass sport participation. It focuses on the mass sport participation legacy of the most recent hosts of the summer Olympics, including Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo. It is organised by host city/country and applies an analytical framework to each, addressing the socio-political... Read more

List of contributors

Chapter 1 – Introduction
Spencer Harris and Mathew Dowling

Chapter 2 – Atlanta 1996: celebration of a century
Peter Smolianov, Matthew T. Bowers, and Kathy Babiak

Chapter 3 – Sydney 2000: the spirit of Australia
Popi Sotiriadou and Millicent Kennelly

Chapter 4 – Athens 2004: welcome home
Popi Sotiriadou, Eleni Theodoraki, Dimitris Gargalianos, and George Ganatsios

Chapter 5 – Beijing 2008: one world, one dream
Xiaoyan Xing and Shushu Chen

Chapter 6 – London 2012: inspire a generation
Spencer Harris and Mathew Dowling

Chapter 7 – Rio 2016: a new world
Claudio M. Rocha and Leandro C. Mazzei

Chapter 8 – Tokyo 2020(+1): united by emotion
Fumihiro Kaneko

Chapter 9 – Conclusion
Spencer Harris and Mathew Dowling

Index

Biography

Spencer Harris is Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.

Mathew Dowling is Senior Lecturer in the Cambridge Centre for Sport & Exercise Sciences, at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

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