Igrzyska Olimpijskie Pierrea de Coubertina jako projekt edukacyjny skierowany do młodzieży akademickiej

Coubertin revived the ancient Olympic idea but realized it in a modern context. His concept of Olympics, which also included a world-wide sports festival, has primarily moral and educational dimension. The purpose of this paper is to point to the sources and inspirations of Pierre de Coubertin, which influenced his decision to organize Olympic Games and to direct the Olympic project to the student youth of the world. The goals were also to answer the question of Coubertin's motives and transition from the reform of the local physical education curriculum serving France's national, military and imperialist policy, to multicultural sports meeting of student youth. This article describes Coubertin's experiences in the field of exchange of American and French youth, his contact with W. M. Sloane and A. D. White and also youth conferences organized by the peace movement at the end of the XIXth century.