1940年的奥运会,常常被视为现代奥林匹克运动史上最为糟糕的例子。一些研究奥林匹克运动史的学者甚至提出了一个至今仍争论不休的问题:第三届奥运会几乎使顾拜旦崇高的国际体育运动原则毁于一旦。对于这个问题,主要有两种看法, The 1940 Olympic Games are often regarded as the worst example in the history of the modern Olympic movement. Some scholars studying the history of the Olympic Movement even put forward a question that has still been debated so far: the third Olympic Games almost destroyed the noble principle of Coubertin’s international sports. There are mainly two opinions on this issue,