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Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles 1932: The Story of the Czechoslovak Olympic Team

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Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles 1932: The Story of the Czechoslovak Olympic Team

Alternative title:

Sport and Tourism. Central European Journal, Vol. 6, Nr 4

Škoda, Zdeněk

Małolepszy, Eligiusz. Ed.

Olympic Games ; Los Angeles ; 1932 ; Czechoslovakia ; Frantisek Widimsky ; Czech Immigrants ; The Great Depression

Peer reviewed ; Sport and Tourism. Central European Journal ; Vol. 2 ; Issue 1 ; pp. 65-74

p. 198 ; Peer reviewed

A lot has been already written on the Czechoslovak results at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1932. However, not much is known about the journey of the Czechoslovak team to the venue and back. This text focuses on this adventure, describing the problems that the Czechoslovakian team faced in the context of the economic crisis, the actual journey to the United States on board the steamship, the trip across the United States, the encounters with Czechoslovak compatriots and American politicians, sporting successes at the Olympic Games and the spectacular return of Czechoslovak athletes to Prague. The method used for this paper is the historical method. Primary sources were the main sources of information, mainly the estate of the General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee, František Widimský, his memoirs, period articles and unique photographs from the archive of the Czech Olympic Committee. Thanks to these sources, the entire course of the journey was successfully reconstructed.

Place of publishing:

Częstochowa

Place of publishing:

Czestochowa

The Stanislaw Podobinski Publishing House of the Jan Długosz University in Czestochowa

Jan Dlugosz University Publishing House

2019

2023

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ISSN 2545-3211 ; e-ISSN 2657-4322 ; oai:dlibra.bg.ajd.czest.pl:5621

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e-ISSN 2657-4322 ; ISSN 2545-3211

10.16926/sit.2019.02.04 ; click here to follow the link

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Research Papers of the Jan Dlugosz University of Częstochowa. Physical Culture Studies and Research (ISSN 1895-8680)

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The Stanislaw Podobinski Publishing House of the Jan Długosz University in Czestochowa

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Main Library of the Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa

Main Library of the Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa