Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games: International Sport's Cold War Battle with NATO (Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond)

294 Pages·2021·7.99 MB·English

by  Heather L. Dichter

BIDDING FOR 1968
THE
OLYMPIC GAMES

HEATHER L. DICHTER
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BIDDING F O R 1968
THE
OLYMPIC GAMES
A Volume in the Series
Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond
Edited by
Edwin A. Martini and Scott Laderman
BIDDING FOR 1968

THE
OLYMPIC GAMES
International Sport’s
Cold War Battle
with NATO
HEATHER L. DICHTER
University of Massachusetts Press
Amherst and Boston
Copyright © 2021 by University of Massachusetts Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978- 1- 62534- 595- 0 (paper); 594- 3 (hardcover)
Designed by Sally Nichols
Set in Dante
Printed and bound by Books International, Inc.
Cover design by Rebecca Niemark, Twenty-six Letters
Cover art: Detail from East German team marching into the stadium at the
1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, behind the all-G erman Olympic flag and
a sign simply reading “Germany” (Allemagne in French). © dpa— sports report.
Courtesy of picture- alliance/ dpa | dpa.
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Dichter, Heather, author.
Title: Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games : international sport’s Cold War
battle with NATO / Heather L. Dichter.
Other titles: 1968 Olympic Games
Description: Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021] |
Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021017183 (print) | LCCN 2021017184 (ebook) | ISBN
9781625345943 (Hardcover) | ISBN 9781625345950 (Paperback) | ISBN
9781613768709 (eBook) | ISBN 9781613768716 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Olympic host city selection—1968. | Olympics—Political
aspects. | Olympics—Economic aspects. | International Olympic
Committee. | North Atlantic Treaty Organization—Influence. | Sports and
state—History—20th century. | Cold War—Influence. | World
politics—1945–1989. | Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico)
Classification: LCC GV721.5 .D46 2021 (print) | LCC GV721.5 (ebook) | DDC
796.48—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021017183
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021017184
British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data
A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.
CONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
INTRODUCTION
NATO AND SPORT? 1
CHAPTER 1
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, STATE SYMBOLS, AND EAST GERMAN
RECOGNITION IN SPORT 13
CHAPTER 2
THE BERLIN WALL AND THE ENDING OF FREE TRAVEL IN
SPORT 40
CHAPTER 3
NATO’S SMALL STATES ASSERTING THEIR POWER 66
CHAPTER 4
THE 1968 CANDIDATE CITIES CONFRONT OLYMPIC DEMANDS
FOR FREE TRAVEL 87
CHAPTER 5
THE NATO WORKING GROUP ON THE 1968 OLYMPICS 118
CHAPTER 6
THE 1968 OLYMPIC HOST CITY ELECTIONS 144
CHAPTER 7
DECISIONS REVISITED 159
CONCLUSION
TO GRENOBLE AND BEYOND 189
Notes 203
Selected Bibliography 253
Index 265
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ABBREVIATIONS
ATO Allied Travel Office
EEC European Economic Community
FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association
FILA Fédération Internationale de Lutte Amateur (wrestling)
FIS Fédération Internationale de Ski
FISA Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (rowing)
FITA Fédération Internationale de Tir l’Arc (archery)
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
GDR German Democratic Republic
IAAF International Amateur Athletic Federation (track and field)
IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation
IOC International Olympic Committee
ISU International Skating Union
IWF International Weightlifting Federation
MAE Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (France)
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
TTD Temporary Travel Document
UCI Union Cycliste Internationale
UEFA Union of European Football Associations
UIPM Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne
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