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The First Modern Olympics
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Author : Richard D. Mandell
language : en
Publisher: Blacktoad Publishing
Release Date : 1976
The First Modern Olympics written by Richard D. Mandell and has been published by Blacktoad Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
The Olympian Games In Athens 1896
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Author : Burton Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 1984
The Olympian Games In Athens 1896 written by Burton Holmes and has been published by Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Greece categories.
Olympics In Athens 1896
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Author : Michael Llewellyn Smith
language : en
Publisher: Profile Business
Release Date : 2004
Olympics In Athens 1896 written by Michael Llewellyn Smith and has been published by Profile Business this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History, Ancient categories.
Published in the year that The Olympics returned to Athens this is the illuminating story of the making of the modern games, the multinational group of intriguing characters who re-invented them and the first generation of new sporting heroes. 'On 5 April 1896 James B. Connolly of the Suffolk Athletic Club, Boston, projected himself 13 m and 71 cm through the Attic air in the newly restored Panathenaic Stadium of Athens, in the hop, step and jump, and became the first Olympic victor for more than 1500 years.' That opening sentence gives the flavour of a rich and often entertaining work of history that brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in Britain, the US, France, Germany and other western countries, each with its own particular stamp; the enormous interest aroused by the excavation of ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Games; the determination of the eccentric French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin to embody the amateur athletic ideal in a revival of the Games; and a perception by politicians and the Greek royal family that hosting Coubertin's Games could help to put the young Greek state on the European map.
What Are The Summer Olympics
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Author : Gail Herman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-03-22
What Are The Summer Olympics written by Gail Herman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-22 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands. The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from fourteen countries. Today, nearly three thousand years after the first Games, the Summer Olympics attract one hundred thousand top athletes from over two hundred countries. Billions of fans around the world cheer on their national teams to bring back the gold.
The Olympics
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Author : Allen Guttmann
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2002
The Olympics written by Allen Guttmann and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
The 1896 Olympic Games
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Author : Bill Mallon
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-07-11
The 1896 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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.
Igniting The Flame
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Author : Jim Reisler
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2012-06-05
Igniting The Flame written by Jim Reisler and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-05 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The story of the fourteen men – largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book – who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London.
The 1908 Olympic Games
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Author : Bill Mallon
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-07-11
The 1908 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the American team and the British officials. Because of the controversies, the 1908 Olympics have been termed “The Battle of Shepherd’s Bush,” referring to the site of the Olympic Stadium. Reports of the 1908 Olympics have been rare and do not for instance contain full results for archery, track and field athletics, football (soccer), gymnastics, motorboating and shooting. A great deal of new information has been discovered by the authors, and this work gives complete results for all events. The information presented is based primarily on 1908 sources. For the first time, definitive word on the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are available for all of the 1908 Olympic events, including boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, polo, raquets, swimming, lawn tennis, tug-of-war, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting, among other sports. A series of appendices include rarely seen information about the many controversies surrounding the Games.
The Olympic Games
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Author : M. I. Finley
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-05-24
The Olympic Games written by M. I. Finley and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-24 with History categories.
A definitive survey of the Olympic Games, from 776 B.C. to A.D. 261. Readers are introduced, with absorbing detail, to the games' events and their historical, social, and religious context. 40 unnumbered plates of illustrations.
The First Modern Olympics Athens 1896
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The First Modern Olympics Athens 1896 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Olympics categories.