檔案具傳動歷史與生活的重要性，其價值貴在應用。本研究以中央研究院近代史研究所檔案館庋藏的《外交部檔案》體育運動案卷為分析對象，針對案卷的「資料類別」與「檔案描述」進行分析與解釋，試圖探究冷戰時期中華民國《外交部檔案》體育運動案卷對於臺灣體育運動史學研究推進的可能性，以闡明其史料價值。研究結果揭示，《外交部檔案》應用的相關研究趨勢，以及《外交部檔案》的特質與體育運動案卷的界定，同時闡明關鍵詞在頻數的整理與資料的歸結要點，確實可以推進體育運動史學未來的研究，包括在原有議題上可能的新詮釋，以及在新議題上可能的新發現。

The importance of archives lies in driving history and life, and their value is in application. This study takes the sports files of the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives” at the Archives, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, as the object, and analyses the files’ "data category" and "file description". Then, this study tries to clarify the possibility of sports archives for the advancement of Taiwan's sports history research to confirm its historical value. The results reveal the trend of literatures applying the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, the characteristics of the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives" and the definition of sports files. The study also clarifies that the keywords in the compilation of the frequency and the summary of the data can indeed promote the future research of sports history, including possible new interpretations on the original issues, and possible new discoveries on new issues.