The Greatest Olympics: From Baden-Baden to Seoul

Kim Un-yong 지음

서울셀렉션 2020년 10월 12일 출간

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The Greatest Olympics

It calls 1988 Seoul Olympics as the greatest Olympics. The author, the Former IOC Vice President Kim Un-yong in his book, calls the 24th Seoul Olympics as the greatest festival of mankind. He says Seoul Olympics put the Olympic Games on a right track, contributing to the development and democratization of Korea. He further says the Seoul Games will be recorded in history as the Games which gave desire and hope to Eastern European countries.

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Foreword by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch
Prologue by Kim Un-yong
Chapter 1 The IOC and the Olympic Movement
Chapter 2 Autumn in Baden-Baden
Chapter 3 International Relations ？ Overcoming Barriers
Chapter 4 Preparations for a New Leap Forward
Chapter 5 Soviet Participation
Chapter 6 Inter-Korean Sports Talks
Chapter 7 Organisation of the Games
Chapter 8 Television Rights
Chapter 9 Cultural Programmes and Ceremonies
Chapter 10 The Press and Broadcasting
Chapter 11 Logistics and Support
Chapter 12 Marketing and Finance
Chapter 13 The World to Seoul, Seoul to the World
List of IOC Members
Honorary IOC Members
Abbreviations
International Sports Associations

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저자(글) Kim Un-yong

Kim Un-yongFormer IOC Vice President Kim Un-yong has been acting brilliantly as a global sports leader since his election as IOC member in 1985. He has served as President of Korean Sports Council and Korean Olympic Committee. He also served as President of General Association of International Sports Federations, Founding President of the World Games, Chairman of IOC Radio & Television commission. He candidate to IOC Presidency as the 1st Asian and he was a prime mover behind Seoul Olympic Games and 2002 FIFA World Cup. He succeeded in bring many important international sport events to Korea, elevating status of Korea at international stage. Joint march of the North and South Korean delegations at the opening of Sydney Olympics received the world applause. Since he assumed the presidency of Korean Taekwondo Association in 1971, he constructed and founded the Kukkiwon and the World Taekwondo federations.