Abstract
ABSTRACT A critical figure in facilitating the entry of the Soviet Union into the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) that has been not been sufficiently examined is Lord David Cecil, the 6th Marquess of Exeter (hereafter referred to as David Burghley). Based on underexamined archival material from the IAAF Archive in Monaco, we argue that as the leader of the largest sports federation within the Olympic Movement, Burghley was in a position to exert influence on the Soviet Union’s entry into the organisation in the immediate post-war period. We display that during and after a visit to Moscow in July of 1947, Burghley formed friendships with leading Soviet athletics officials, including Alexander Novikov, the head of the All-Union Committee of Physical Culture and Sport in the Soviet Union. This trip informed Burghley’s attitude towards the Soviets decisively and played an important role in ushering the Soviets into the organisation.
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