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1952 Inter-Camp P.O.W. Olympics

Mock event in the Korean War

Field	Value
event	1952 Inter-Camp P.O.W. Olympics
1952年战俘营奥运会
location	Pyuktong, D.P.R.K.
dates	15–27 November 1952

1952年战俘营奥运会

The 1952 Inter-Camp P.O.W. Olympics (), also known as Inter-Camp POW Olympic Games, was a mock Olympic Games held at the Pyuktong Prisoner-of-War Camp (碧潼战俘营) of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War. The athletes were all United Nations POWs. It was often used as a propaganda campaign by China and North Korea to encourage more UN soldiers to surrender.

1952 Inter-Camp P.O.W. Olympics was not authorized by the International Olympic Committee, but was organized by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, in accordance with the Olympic Charter.

The games

The POW Olympics were held between 15–27 November 1952 at Pyuktong, D.P.R.K. The Chinese hoped to gain worldwide publicity and, whilst some prisoners refused to participate, over 500 prisoners of 11 nationalities took part. They were representative of all the prison camps in North Korea and competed in American football, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, track and field, soccer, gymnastics, and boxing. For the prisoners, this was an opportunity to meet with friends from other camps. They also acted as photographers, announcers and even reporters, who after each day's competition published a newsletter, the Olympic Roundup.

Overall Result	url=http://www.kmike.com/POW_Olympics/pow/POW_Olympics_Names.htm	title=POW Olympics Intro RedirectPage	publisher=}}
1st	Camp 5 (Pyoktong, North Korea)
2nd	Camp 1 (Changsong, North Korea)
3rd	Camp 4 (Pyoktong, North Korea)

Propaganda value

The Olympics featured frequently in North Korean psychological warfare (PSYWAR) pamphlets and leaflets distributed to UN soldiers. The 1952 Olympics allowed Communist forces to point to the good conditions available to those who surrendered.

References

Bibliography

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"鲜为人知：朝鲜战场志愿军战俘营里的"奥运会" --党史频道-人民网".
Adams, (2007), p. 62.
"POW Olympics Intro RedirectPage".
''Peace'' "magazine" (n.2), October 1952
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115501/http://www.rememberingscotlandatwar.org.uk/Accessible/Image/GetImage/360/-/a96cb995-3a58-4e1e-b467-394802f6fa30.jpg Propaganda leaflet, 1952]
http://library.ndsu.edu/digital/files/2010/04/Themes-in-Korean-War.pdf{{Dead link. (February 2019)

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