Coubertin y los concursos artísticos en los Juegos Olímpicos modernos / Coubertin and the Artistic Competitions in the Modern Olympic Games

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la importancia que tenia para Coubertin la inclusion de concursos artisticos en el programa oficial de los Juegos Olimpicos modernos. Se estudiara como, cuando y por que surgio la idea en Coubertin de unir de manera armoniosa las artes y las letras a los Juegos Olimpicos, como ya ocurriera en la antigua Olimpia. En los Juegos Olimpicos de Estocolmo de 1912, se celebraron por primera vez competiciones deportivas y concursos artisticos, cumpliendose el anhelo de Coubertin. Sin embargo, despues de siete citas olimpicas en las que se habian celebrado concursos artisticos, el COI decidio suprimirlos en 1949, sustituyendolos por “Olimpiadas Culturales”, “exhibiciones” o “exposiciones”. La metodologia de este estudio es historica y se fundamenta en fuentes primarias y secundarias. Como conclusion, para Coubertin fueron tan importantes los concursos artisticos en los Juegos Olimpicos modernos que tuvieron el mismo rango que las competiciones deportivas. PALABRAS CLAVE : Coubertin, concursos artisticos, Juegos Olimpicos, mundo olimpico griego.   ABSTRACT The aim of this essay is to analyse the importance that Coubertin gave to including the artistic competitions in the official programme of the modern Olympic Games. It will be studied how, when and why Coubertin's idea of harmoniously joining arts and letters to the Olympic Games appeared, as it had already happened in ancient Olympia. In the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912, sport and artistic competitions were celebrated for the first time, fulfilling thus Coubertin's longing. However, after seven Olympic events where artistic competitions had been held, the IOC decided to eliminate them in 1949 and to replace them for "Cultural Olympics", "exhibitions" or "expositions". The methodology of this study is historical and based on primary and secondary sources. In conclusion, to Coubertin the artistic competitions in the modern Olympic Games were so important as to have the same status as the sport competitions. KEYWORDS : Coubertin, artistic competitions, Olympic Games, Greek Olympic World.