Olympic studies

You can consult:

• The photo gallery
• Videos
• The official Olympic channel on YouTube 

You can find HD photos of IOC events on Flickr.

For archive photos and professional videos, please send an email to: images@olympic.org

Please note that the photo and audio-visual archives are reserved for professionals (agencies, publishers, production companies), academic work and the Olympic family. It is therefore not possible to follow up on private requests.

Files are available in the “Documents” section (at the bottom of the page). The themes covered are:

1. The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
2. The Modern Olympic Games
3. Olympism and the Olympic Movement
4. The Olympic Games Posters
5. The Olympic Flame and Torch Relay

• Access to all the files

With an educational goal, those wishing to obtain an edited version of the documents (high quality images) can contact: edu.museum@olympic.org

The access to the IOC audiovisual archives is reserved for professional entities such as agencies, broadcasters, production companies, academic work and the Olympic family. Therefore it is unfortunately not possible to follow up on private requests.

• Olympic Games Candidature Files (since 1924)
• Official Reports of the Olympic Games (since 1896)
• Publications by the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (since 1896)
• Olympic Reviews (since 1894)
• Olympic Charters (since 1908)
• Olympic Movement Directories (since 1969)
• Publications by Pierre de Coubertin
• Publications by the International Olympic Committee and The Olympic Museum
• Official publications by the International Olympic Sports Federations and National Olympic Committees (since 1969)

The majority of these publications are available in electronic format.

The library of the Olympic Studies Centre also offers a vast collection on the Olympic sports and sports sciences, and also has a valuable collection of rare and ancient works. It has over 20,000 works, 420 reviews, including 50 in electronic format, as well as a selection of e-books and DVDs.

Since May 2012, the library has been located at the Villa du Centenaire, a historic building located near The Olympic Museum (north side).
Free access to and loans of publications. International loans available.

Learn more:

• The Olympic Studies Centre
• Online RERO catalogue
• Access map

• The IOC and the Olympic Movement
• The ancient Olympic Games, the modern Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games
• Olympic sports
• Olympic athletes
• Sports sciences: philosophy, psychology, sociology, politics, security, management, economy, marketing/sponsorship, law, education, medicine, technology, architecture and city planning, arts and culture, media, tourism, the environment, and history.

It has over 20,000 works, 420 reviews, including 50 in electronic format, as well as a selection of e-books and DVDs.

Since May 2012, the library has been located at the Villa du Centenaire, a historic building located near The Olympic Museum (north side).
Free access to and loans of publications. International loans available.

Learn more:

• The Library
• Online RERO catalogue
• Access map

You can send a request using this form. On receipt of the form and a check on availability, a staff member will contact you as soon as possible to confirm your visit.

The Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) constitutes one the greatest centres in the world of written, visual and audio information on the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games.
The OSC collections include library documents and historical archives.

NB: Access to the collections is free of charge but all associated costs (travel, accommodation, photocopies, etc.) are borne by the researcher.

Learn more:

• Resources of the Olympic Studies Centre
  
• The Olympic Studies Centre

The archives fonds retrace the history of the IOC and the Olympic Movement since their creation in 1894 to the present day (except for the last 20 years of activity). They are made up of text documents (paper files) and three collections of microfilms equivalent to a total of one linear kilometre of documents, or approximately 20,000 files.

The classification of IOC archive fonds reflects the organisation and the activities of the institution over time and is as follows:

• The IOC Presidents
• The IOC’s decision-making bodies
• The Olympic Games
• The IOC’s relations with the Olympic Movement
• The IOC’s external relations 
• The IOC administration
• The Olympic Museum
• The fonds related to the Olympic Movement
• Private fonds: Paul Martin, Charles Waldstein, Francis Messerli, Albert Mayer and Otto Mayer
• Olympic marketing

Learn more:

• Historical archives
• Historical archives access rules
• Olympic Studies Centre resources

The IOC archive documents may only be consulted on-the-spot at the Olympic Studies Centre.

Anyone who wants to carry out research using the archives must first complete the following electronic form.

Most of the archive documents are accessible only 20 years after they have been produced. Others have greater access restrictions.

It is therefore recommended that you read the access rules before coming.

By applying to one of the two yearly research grants programmes organised by the IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC):

PhD Research Grant Programme
The objective of this programme is to support researchers in the beginning of their careers. It is addressed to all PhD students preparing a PhD thesis in one or more of the disciplines within the human and social sciences and having Olympism, Olympic sports or the Olympic Games as one of their research topics.

Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme
The second programme encourages established researchers working in IOC priority fields of research. University professors, lecturers and research fellows who have completed their doctorate (or equivalent terminal degree) and who currently hold an academic/research appointment are eligible to apply.

Learn more:

• Research Grant Programmes

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