1920년대 조선체육회의 ‘전조선대회’ 성격과 한계

Abstract

This paper tried to empirically identify the status and role of the Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會), which was established with the aim of becoming a central organization. Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會) was founded in 1920 with the aim of becoming a central organization that guides and encourages sports activities. Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會) tried to establish its status as a central organization that guides and encourages sports activities by hosting the ‘All Chosun Competition’. However, in the early Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會)’s ‘All Chosun Competition’, various complication continued, and in the process of handling the complication, the leadership of the Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會) gradually weakened. And ‘All Chosun Competition’ had regional limitations that were limited to the Gyeongseong area. In 1924, the Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會) reorganized its operating system to solve the problems of the ‘All Chosun Competition’, and promoted the establishment of branches and holding of local qualifiers. However, the establishment of the branch failed, and the local preliminaries could not be held. The Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會) abolished the local branch and postponed the establishment of the branch. Instead, it tried to secure authority as the central organization first. Organized sports events were expanded and comprehensive competitions were held. The Korean Sports Association(朝鮮體育會) was a sports organization representing Korean sports activities during the colonial period, but it failed to function as a central organization in the 1920s. In the absence of a central organization, local athletic organization conducted activities based on the region. As a result, sports activities were actively developed nationwide, but national-scale competitions were not held because they were conducted in a dispersed form.