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Canadian Government Involvement in Calgary’s Failed 1968 Winter Olympic Bid
The International Journal of the History of Sport ( IF 0.607 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-27 , DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2021.1937997
Heather L. Dichter 1
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Abstract

In the early 1960s the Canadian government in Ottawa saw international events, including major sporting events, as a way to bolster Canada’s position globally. To support Calgary’s bid for the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian federal government formed an interdepartmental committee to work with the Calgary Olympic Development Association to try to improve the Canadian city’s chance of winning the Olympic Games. The inclusion of sites within Banff National Park for some of the proposed competition venues required federal government involvement, but John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson’s governments became even more involved in the bid process than was typical at the time because of the importance with which they viewed the Olympic Games to their broader public diplomacy efforts. The extensive work to support Calgary’s (ultimately unsuccessful) 1968 Olympic Winter Games bid foreshadowed the importance of federal government involvement in the bidding stages and not just their involvement in the organizing of the Olympic Games themselves.



中文翻译:

加拿大政府参与了卡尔加里 1968 年冬奥会失败的申办

摘要

1960 年代初期,渥太华的加拿大政府将国际赛事(包括大型体育赛事)视为巩固加拿大在全球地位的一种方式。为支持卡尔加里申办 1968 年冬季奥运会,加拿大联邦政府成立了一个跨部门委员会,与卡尔加里奥林匹克发展协会合作,努力提高加拿大城市赢得奥运会的机会。将班夫国家公园内的一些场地纳入计划中的比赛场地需要联邦政府的参与,但约翰·迪芬贝克和莱斯特·皮尔森的政府比当时的典型情况更多地参与了投标过程,因为他们认为奥运会为其更广泛的公共外交努力。

更新日期:2021-06-27
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