OLYMPIC RESEARCH CORNER CROWDED HOUSE PROFESSOR DR. HELMUT DIGEL INVESTIGATES THE BEHAVIOUR AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECTATORS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND CONTRASTS HIS FINDINGS WITH OTHER SPORTING EVENTS W ithout spectators, modern top level sport is inconceivable. At home, in front of the TV screen, on the stands in the stadium or even as a listener while driving in their cars, the spectators ( and listeners) are the ones who enable athletes, sport officials, the businesssector and politicians to realise their interests through sport. Olympic Games as well as football world cups show this very impressively. Despite the spectators' specific significance, ?