ABSTRACT
There are different ways of achieving an aim. If we set ourselves to follow the aim of
promoting peace, we can try to fulfil it in different ways. In this paper, I shall present one
way that could nurture peace, which is Olympism. The basis of Olympism is active
participation in competitive sport. The father of modern Olympism, Pierre de Coubertin,
set the value of peace as one among the humanistic, social, moral and religious values with
which he endowed Olympism. In his gradual effort to refine Olympism as it developed
during the final years of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century,
de Coubertin gave these values consideration in different speeches he delivered and
articles he wrote. The main topic of this paper is to consider those of his ideas that are
devoted to the value of peace and the way of achieving it.
