Zur Ökonomik von Spitzenleistungen im internationalen Sport Sport in particular high performance sport is a fascination that is used as a platform for societal concerns. This is the base for different interests in active and passive sports and the states interest in top class sport. In most countries top class sport is a national concern: states train their athletes in national training centres support their sports associations in international competitions or promote applications for major sporting events.The articles in this volume provide a well founded insight into the organisation of high performance sport and show the different paths of selected countries