戦後日本のオリンピック・ムーブメント復帰過程に関する国内の新聞報道

Abstract

After World War II, Japan was not invited to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games and sought to return in 1952 Olympic Games. In 1949, Matsuzo Nagai became the first post-war Japanese to attend the IOC Rome Session, but his health deteriorated during the meeting, and he was unable to attend subsequent meetings. At the 1950 IOC Session in Copenhagen, Ryotaro Azuma succeeded Nagai as IOC member. The following year, at the 1951 Vienna Session, which Azuma attended, Japan's return to the Olympics Movement was realized. In this study, I aim to clarify the interest in Japan's return to the Olympics at that time and the people who played a leading role in Japan's return based on the content of domestic newspaper reports. The newspapers surveyed in this study were three general newspapers and five sports newspapers published in Japan. 　As a result of this study, we identified three periods when articles regarding Japan's return to the Olympics were concentrated. 1) IOC Session in Copenhagen in May 1950 2) Return of the International Association of Athletics Federations and the IOC Executive Committee in August 1950 3) the IOC Session in Vienna in May 1951. 　At the 1950 IOC Session in Copenhagen, the formal decision on Japan's return to the Olympic Games was postponed. However, in Japan, following statements from figures such as Otto Mayer of IOC Chancellor and Erik von Frenckell of the President of the Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, there were many reports that Japan's return was certain. The International Association of Athletics Federations session was held in August 1950, and Japan was allowed back into the Association of Athletics Federations. Furthermore, Japan's return to the Olympics was approved at the meeting of IOC Executive Committee shortly after. It has become clear that the reason Japan was able to return was largely due to the efforts of Brundage of IOC Vice President. At the 1951 IOC Vienna Session, the official return of Japan was decided without discussion. 　Previously, there have been reports on the IOC Session, but this study was able to confirm details on the return to the International Association of Athletics Federations and the IOC Executive Committee. It was confirmed that among the IOC members who supported Japan's return to the Olympics, Edström of President, Brundage of Vice President, and more Otto Mayer of Chancellor also made positive statements.departmental bulletin pape