Food at the Olympic: An Analytical Viewpoint on Gastronomy Issue in a Century of the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games have a variety of historical and social aspects that one of the most appealing and important areas are gastronomy of Games. This study aims were an analysis on gastronomy issues of the modern Olympic Games from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century. Methodology is Documentary and library. The required information is obtained by collecting, categorizing and analyzing books, articles, reports, sources of Persian and Latin published on the Olympic Games. The research findings showed that the gastronomy issue of the Games from the beginning has undergone many changes in various aspects, including planning, organizing, co-ordination, leading and control and in terms of management, each Olympics has made many progress, and overall research findings are somehow a reflection of the evolution of gastronomy issue in the era of the Olympic Games. The findings also represent innovations in the gastronomy issue of each round of the Olympic Games that hosts in each era make their best efforts to give their culture their culinary dimension to the whole world. According to the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the discussion of gastronomy major sporting events, including the Olympic Games, has a lot of managerial dimensions and by knowing these aspects, we can manage these events in a desirable manner.