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/ Sociology of Sport International Review for the /content/45/1/87 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/1012690209356989 2010 45: 87International Review for the Sociology of Sport Ivo van Hilvoorde, Agnes Elling and Ruud Stokvis narrative How to influence national pride? The Olympic medal index as a unifying Published by: On behalf of: International Sociology of Sport Association at: can be foundInternational Review for the Sociology of SportAdditional services and information for /cgi/alertsEmail Alerts: /subscriptionsSubscriptions: /journalsReprints.navReprints: /journalsPermissions.navPermissions: /content/45/1/87.refs.htmlCitations: at Ulsan University on December 25, 2010Downloaded from International Review for the Sociology of Sport 45(1) 87–102 ? The Author(s) 2010 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermission.nav DOI: 10.1177/1012690209356989 Corresponding author: I.M. van Hilvoorde, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of Sport, Vrije Universiteit (VU), Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Van der Boechorststraat 9, NL – 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands, http://www.move.vu.nl/members/ivo-van-hilvoorde/ Email: I.vanhilvoorde@fbw.vu.nl How to influence national pride? The Olympic medal index as a unifying narrative Ivo van Hilvoorde Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and WJH Mulier Institute, The Netherlands Agnes Elling WJH Mulier Institute, The Netherlands Ruud Stokvis Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR) and WJH Mulier Institute, The Netherlands Abstract Elite sport is often regarded as one of the main vehicles for articulating national pride and stimulating national cohesion. In this article, we explore a variety of different notions of pride and nationality as related to success in elite sport. We present the results of a public survey, which measured some of the effects on national pride in the Netherlands, related to the