Abstract

Compared to the summer games, the winter Olympics hold a relatively limited sporting appeal, yet their importance and capacity to capture the public and media attention remain undisputable. For many years, in addition to events on the official programme, Olympic Games Organising Committees (OCOGs) have advanced demonstration sports, some of which then dissipated from the landscape while others moved to full medal status, including curling, ice dancing and short track speed skating. Followed by the decision in 1989 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to eliminate demonstration sports, these events made their last appearance at Albertville 1992. Nevertheless, other demonstration sports –military patrol, skijöring, dogsled racing, ice stock sport, winter pentathlon, bandy, speed skiing and ski ballet–occupy distinct realms of Olympic history, informing the history of the Olympic movement by what did or did not advance into mainstream competition. Resources and footage housed in the IOC historical archives focusing on demonstration sports at the winter games can be brought ‘from the vault’, via the Olympic Channel and its social media handles, to broaden citizens’ appreciation of the cultural significance of demonstration sports at the winter games and understanding of the Olympics in the process.

摘要

与夏季奥运会相比，冬季奥运会的运动吸引力相对有限，但其重要性和吸引公众和媒体关注的能力仍然是无可争议的。多年以来，除了官方活动之外，奥林匹克运动会组织委员会（OCOG）还开展了先进的示范运动，其中一些运动从景观中散发出去，而另一些运动则达到了完整的奖牌状态，包括冰壶，滑冰和短道速滑溜冰。随后，国际奥委会（IOC）于1989年决定取消示范运动，这些赛事最后一次出现在1992年的艾伯特维尔。不过，其他示范运动–军事巡逻，跳台滑雪，狗拉雪橇比赛，冰上运动，冬季五项，打圈，速度滑雪和滑雪芭蕾舞-占据着奥林匹克历史的不同领域，通过或没有进入主流比赛来告知奥林匹克运动的历史。可以通过奥林匹克频道及其社交媒体句柄“从保险库”带出国际奥委会历史档案馆中有关冬季运动会示范运动的资源和素材，以扩大公民对示范运动的文化意义的认识。冬季运动会以及对奥林匹克运动的了解。