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1896 Olympic Games Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary

Mallon Bill Widlund Ture
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780786440658
Publisert
2009-03-10
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
308 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
9 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Mallon Bill
Widlund Ture

Biographical note

Bill Mallon is a cofounder and vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the original editor of the Journal of Olympic History. He is a surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. The late Ture Widlund lived in Stockholm.

1896 Olympic Games Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary

Mallon Bill Widlund Ture
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
Mallon Bill Widlund Ture
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
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“numerous interesting facts about the poorly documented early years of Olympic history”—<i>Booklist</i>; “the sites, dates, events, athletes and participating countries are listed, together with all the results”—<i>Olympic Review</i>; “impressive...superior to all those yet produced”—<i>Olympika</i>; “as a historian of sport I can only thank the author of this and other authors of volumes in the series for their fastidious labour of love that will provide a mine of information both to enjoy for its own sake and to form the basis for academic research”—<i>Reference Reviews.</i>

During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, much of the world watched and celebrated as athletes broke world records and took home medals, fulfilling their Olympic dreams. The athletes' scores were available instantaneously and are now easily accessible, but what about the performance records of the first modern Olympic athletes? The Modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens, Greece, but an official record of these Olympic games does not exist. This work is the first in a series of comprehensive reference works giving the results of the Olympic Games, beginning in 1896. Based primarily on 1896 sources, the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are compiled herein for track and field, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis (lawn), weightlifting, wrestling and other sports and events. Although mainly a statistical analysis, this work does include a short synopsis of the Sorbonne Congress and reprints of famous articles about the Olympics.
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Presents the results of the Olympic Games, beginning in 1896. This work compiles the event results for track and field, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis (lawn), weightlifting, wrestling and other sports and events.
Les mer
Table of Contents Introduction      Abbreviations      References      xiii 1896 Olympic Games—Analysis and Summaries      SUMMARY STATISTICS      NOTES      Summary Articles The Olympian Games at Athens (Charles Waldstein)      The Olympic Games of 1896 (Pierre de Coubertin)      The Olympic Games (Miss Maynard Butler)      High Hurdles and White Gloves (Thomas P. Curtis)      The New Olympian Games (Rufus Richardson)      The Olympic Games by a Competitor and Prize Winner (G. S. Robertson)      Athletics (Track & Field)      NOTES      Cycling      NOTES      Fencing      NOTES      Gymnastics      NOTES      Shooting      NOTES      Swimming      NOTES      Tennis (Lawn)      NOTES      Weightlifting      NOTES      Wrestling      NOTES      Other Sports and Events      NOTES      Appendix I: 1896 Program      Appendix II: Competitors (by Country)      “The Olympic Games”—a Classical Greek Ode by George Stuart Robertson, 1896      Index     
Les mer

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“numerous interesting facts about the poorly documented early years of Olympic history”—<i>Booklist</i>; “the sites, dates, events, athletes and participating countries are listed, together with all the results”—<i>Olympic Review</i>; “impressive...superior to all those yet produced”—<i>Olympika</i>; “as a historian of sport I can only thank the author of this and other authors of volumes in the series for their fastidious labour of love that will provide a mine of information both to enjoy for its own sake and to form the basis for academic research”—<i>Reference Reviews.</i>

During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, much of the world watched and celebrated as athletes broke world records and took home medals, fulfilling their Olympic dreams. The athletes' scores were available instantaneously and are now easily accessible, but what about the performance records of the first modern Olympic athletes? The Modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens, Greece, but an official record of these Olympic games does not exist. This work is the first in a series of comprehensive reference works giving the results of the Olympic Games, beginning in 1896. Based primarily on 1896 sources, the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are compiled herein for track and field, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis (lawn), weightlifting, wrestling and other sports and events. Although mainly a statistical analysis, this work does include a short synopsis of the Sorbonne Congress and reprints of famous articles about the Olympics.
Les mer
Presents the results of the Olympic Games, beginning in 1896. This work compiles the event results for track and field, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis (lawn), weightlifting, wrestling and other sports and events.
Les mer
Table of Contents Introduction      Abbreviations      References      xiii 1896 Olympic Games—Analysis and Summaries      SUMMARY STATISTICS      NOTES      Summary Articles The Olympian Games at Athens (Charles Waldstein)      The Olympic Games of 1896 (Pierre de Coubertin)      The Olympic Games (Miss Maynard Butler)      High Hurdles and White Gloves (Thomas P. Curtis)      The New Olympian Games (Rufus Richardson)      The Olympic Games by a Competitor and Prize Winner (G. S. Robertson)      Athletics (Track & Field)      NOTES      Cycling      NOTES      Fencing      NOTES      Gymnastics      NOTES      Shooting      NOTES      Swimming      NOTES      Tennis (Lawn)      NOTES      Weightlifting      NOTES      Wrestling      NOTES      Other Sports and Events      NOTES      Appendix I: 1896 Program      Appendix II: Competitors (by Country)      “The Olympic Games”—a Classical Greek Ode by George Stuart Robertson, 1896      Index     
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780786440658
Publisert
2009-03-10
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
308 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
9 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Mallon Bill
Widlund Ture

Biographical note

Bill Mallon is a cofounder and vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the original editor of the Journal of Olympic History. He is a surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. The late Ture Widlund lived in Stockholm.

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