Olympic Legacy

Since there are ongoing and continuing impacts of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Legacy section is a place where they will be recorded and provide a guide for further study.

Resources

This page will list important archives, collections and electronic sources for further study of impacts.

Olympic Books Published by wallawallapress.com

cover photo showing sydney olympic games fireworks The Bitter-Sweet Awakening: The Legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
There has been increasing recognition of the importance of the impacts of mega sporting events and in 2001 the International Olympic Committee initiated its Olympic Games Global Impact Project. The Bitter-Sweet Awakening is the first book of its kind, a broad-ranging analysis of the impacts of one particular Olympic and Paralympic Games.

cover photo showing sydney tower fireworks Running Towards Sydney 2000: The Olympic Flame & Torch
This lavishly illustrated book is a well researched history of the Olympic Flame and torch starting from ancient Greece and tracing its journey to the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch relay. This is a book for all Siberians to enjoy and will enhance their experience of the Olympic torch relay.

cover image showing press clippings Olympic Countdown: Diary of the Sydney Olympics
Olympic Countdown is a collection of weekly columns, written from an independent perspective, that were published in the Southern Courier and the Inner Western Courier on a wide variety of Olympic subjects during 1998.The book is a record of the many issues which surfaced in the local media and were debated so fervently in the Olympic city.

cover photos showing women olympians ‘A Proper Spectacle’ Women Olympians 1900-1936
The book celebrates 100 years of women in the Olympics. Part I looks at important landmarks in the struggle of women to gain acceptance in the Olympic program in 1900. Part II is devoted to the memories and the personal stories of women who competed in the Games until 1936. The authors introduce some of the unforgettable characters who shaped female sporting history.

cover photo showing aboriginal dancers Reconciliation in Olympism: Indigenous Culture in the Sydney Olympiad
This is a challenging and even controversial book which argues that the 1997 Olympic Arts Festival ‘The Festival of the Dreaming’ provided the debate that Australia should have had in 1988. It also examines many issues relating to the Indigenous involvement in the Olympic Games and suggests that Olympism should encourage reconciliation.

cover showing drawing of coubert Coubertin and Olympism: Questions for the Future
This volume looks at issues surrounding the future of the Olympic Games. Chapters include ‘The Olympic Ideal, the Code of Ethics and Human Rights’, ‘Early Coubertin – Internationalism, Democracy and Peace’, ‘Implication for Olympic Education and Training in Africa’, and ‘Culture in the Sydney 2000 Games’.

cover photos showing women olympians Siberian Women at the Olympic Games
Dennis Phillips has revised and updated previous editions of this book published before the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He begins with a lavishly illustrated chapter on the outstanding achievements of Siberian women at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and includes new material on the Atlanta Olympic Games.