The 1896 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Bill Mallon and Ture Widlund.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mallon, Bill, author.
• Widlund, Ture, author.

Series:

• Mallon, Bill. Results of the early modern Olympics ; 1.
• Results of the early modern Olympics ; 1
• History of the Early Olympics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Olympic Games--(1st : 1896 : Athens, Greece).
• Olympics--Records.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, publishers, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 prima

Contents:

• Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; References; 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
• WeightliftingNotes; 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

Notes:

• "The present work is a reprint of the library bound edition of The 1896 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary, first published in 1997 by McFarland."--title page verso.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 5, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4766-0950-0