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Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad

Author : Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad written by Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games

Author : Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games written by Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 1912 Olympic Games

Author : Bill Mallon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476609535
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 1912 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-16 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, were the most "modern" Olympic Games yet celebrated and the most successful of the Modern Era to that date. Much of the success is credited to the influence of Viktor Balck, who is remembered as "The Father of Swedish Sports." The 1912 Olympics also featured new innovations and events. A semiautomatic electrical timing device and a photo-finish camera were used, and the decathlon and modern pentathalon were new events. This work, the sixth in a series on the early Olympics, provides unusually extensive information on the sites, dates, competitors, and nations of the Stockholm games. Results for each event, including cycling, diving, fencing, rowing and sculling, shooting, tennis, water polo, and yachting, among others, are provided.

The Female Athlete

Author : Mary Lloyd Ireland
Publisher : Saunders
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Female Athlete written by Mary Lloyd Ireland and published by Saunders. This book was released on 2002 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a comprehensive text focusing on the unique physiological and medical aspects of active females involved in competitive and recreational athletics, this resource covers issues relevant to the primary care physician and features helpful sport-specific chapters.

33 Olympic Games

Author : H. Singh
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788171417643
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book 33 Olympic Games written by H. Singh and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: History of Summer Olympic Games: Archery, Athletics (Track), Athletics (Field), Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak, Cycling, Diving, Eqestrian, Fencing, Football (Soccer), Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing Solo, Sailing Team, Shooting, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon. Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo, Weight Lifting, Wrestling, Olympic Records.

The Complete Book of the Olympics

Author : David Wallechinsky
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781845136956
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of the Olympics written by David Wallechinsky and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Wallechinsky's compendious book has long been the preeminent point of reference for sports enthusiasts and journalists alike Every sports writer assigned to cover the Games ensures they have their early copy of this prodigious work of reference, packed with absorbing anecdotes and essential statistics. A treasure trove of 116 years of Olympic history, it is also an amazingly readable book, for in the course of recording every single Olympic final since 1896, it concentrates on the strange, the memorable, and the unbelievable. Who knew (until reading this book) that croquet was once an Olympic sport, or tug of war, or that a 72-year-old once won a silver medal for target shooting? This new edition also has every finals result, recorded by the top eight competitors in every event at the Beijing Olympics, and full descriptions of rules and scoring for every event included for 2012. It is the one truly essential Olympics book.

Olympics '96

Author : H. B. Fenn & Company, Limited
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781551680453
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Olympics '96 written by H. B. Fenn & Company, Limited and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Owning the Olympics

Author : Monroe Price
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472024507
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Owning the Olympics written by Monroe Price and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A major contribution to the study of global events in times of global media. Owning the Olympics tests the possibilities and limits of the concept of 'media events' by analyzing the mega-event of the information age: the Beijing Olympics. . . . A good read from cover to cover." —Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Asian/Middle Eastern Cultures & Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University From the moment they were announced, the Beijing Games were a major media event and the focus of intense scrutiny and speculation. In contrast to earlier such events, however, the Beijing Games are also unfolding in a newly volatile global media environment that is no longer monopolized by broadcast media. The dramatic expansion of media outlets and the growth of mobile communications technology have changed the nature of media events, making it significantly more difficult to regulate them or control their meaning. This volatility is reflected in the multiple, well-publicized controversies characterizing the run-up to Beijing 2008. According to many Western commentators, the People's Republic of China seized the Olympics as an opportunity to reinvent itself as the "New China"---a global leader in economics, technology, and environmental issues, with an improving human-rights record. But China's maneuverings have also been hotly contested by diverse global voices, including prominent human-rights advocates, all seeking to displace the official story of the Games. Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from Chinese studies, human rights, media studies, law, and other fields, Owning the Olympics reveals how multiple entities---including the Chinese Communist Party itself---seek to influence and control the narratives through which the Beijing Games will be understood. digitalculturebooks is an imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library dedicated to publishing innovative and accessible work exploring new media and their impact on society, culture, and scholarly communication. Visit the website at www.digitalculture.org.

The IOC Official Olympic Companion 1996

Author : International Olympic Committee
Publisher : Brassey's (UK) Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781857531282
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The IOC Official Olympic Companion 1996 written by International Olympic Committee and published by Brassey's (UK) Limited. This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Officially endorsed by the International Olympic Committee, this is a comprehensive companion to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. It provides a history of the Olympic movement and the modern Games, including records established from 1896 to the present. Rules and regulations for each of the events are highlighted with pointers on the athletes to watch as they go for gold.

The 1912 Stockholm Olympics

Author : Leif Yttergren
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147660066X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 1912 Stockholm Olympics written by Leif Yttergren and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Gustaf V of Sweden inaugurated the Fifth Olympiad at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm on July 6, 1912. In the following weeks, 2,380 competitors from 27 nations representing six continents participated in well-organized competitions in perfect weather conditions. The largest Olympics yet at the time, the Stockholm Games have thus gone down in history as the Sunshine Olympics, or "the Swedish Masterpiece." Since that achievement, and despite numerous attempts by other Swedish cities, Sweden has not yet managed to host the Olympic Games again. This work examines the 1912 Stockholm Olympics from a variety of perspectives, exploring the preparations, organization, competitions, participants, and spectators, as well as the continuing significance of the 1912 Games to Sweden and to the future of the Olympic movement.

London, Europe and the Olympic Games

Author : Thierry Terret
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317745795
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book London, Europe and the Olympic Games written by Thierry Terret and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948. In addition, the Olympic Games went back to Europe in 2012 after a long period where (apart from Athens in 2004) they were held by cities in other continents. In London, the world watched the Games. Continental Europe, however, generated a particular attitude based on the special relations it had developed historically with England. At the crossing point of history, cultural studies and geopolitics, this book provides new insights on the significance of the Olympic Games. It considers that the Games are the right window to look at both the past and the current relations between England and its closest continental neighbours. It will be ideal for students and academics working in sport sciences, cultural history, political science and European studies; amateur and professional sports historians; Olympic followers and experts in Olympic studies. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

The Games: A Global History of the Olympics

Author : David Goldblatt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393254119
Total Pages : 755 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Games: A Global History of the Olympics written by David Goldblatt and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.

The Modern Olympics

Author : David C. Young
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801872075
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Olympics written by David C. Young and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coubertin's main contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and all the Olympic Games held thereafter.

XXV Olympiad

Author : George Constable
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1987944224
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book XXV Olympiad written by George Constable and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: XXV Olympiad, the twenty-third volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with the story of the Barcelona Summer Games of 1992. The Barcelona Games were the first without boycotts since 1972, and played host to a wealth of nations participating for the first time.The book explores how the Barcelona Games reflected a rapidly changing world. With the devolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Barcelona played host to teams from the Baltic States and to a "e;Unified Team"e; made up of athletes from the former Soviet republics. The former member states of Yugoslavia participated as independent nations, and South Africa was welcomed back into the Olympic fold for the first time since 1960. The book also profiles heroes of Barcelona like the Chinese diver Fu Mingxia, who became the youngest-ever Olympic gold medalist at age 13; and Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus, who won four golds in artistic gymnastics in a single day.Following Barcelona, the book turns its focus to the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, the first Winter Games not held in the same year as the Summer Games. Lillehammer featured aerial skiing as a full event for the first time, and saw Australia win its first ever Winter Olympic medal. The book also tells the story of the drama swirling around the women's figure skating competition, where Americans Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding battled with eventual gold-medal winner Oksana Baiul of Ukraine.Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.

The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges

Author : David Hassan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317618653
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges written by David Hassan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the World’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to celebrate the significance of the Olympics, their historical impact, controversies that presently surround them and their possible future direction. It begins with a detailed, if controversial, analysis of the scale of the modern Summer Olympics and considers whether in fact the Games have simply become too big? Thereafter considerable coverage is afforded the often contentious bidding process, required of successful host cities wishing to attract the Games, and asks why some cities are successful and others are not. This book also reflects on the growing security measures that surround the Olympics and considers their full impact on the civil liberties of those impacted by them. For scholars of the Olympic movement this book represents essential reading to understand further the Olympic Games, their significance and effect, as the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro draw ever closer. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

So You Think You Know: The Olympics

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1444906860
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book So You Think You Know: The Olympics written by Clive Gifford and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you think you all about the Olympics? Have a go at these: Which country's population was granted a day's holiday when its men's football team won gold at the 2000 Olympics? At the 2012 games, only two stadiums used for the football events are Premier League grounds. Can you name both? Name one of the three sports that George Eyser, a man with a wooden leg, won at the 1904 Olympics. Whether you want to test your knowledge or are keen to learn more about the biggest sporting event EVER, here are over 1000 Olympic teasers that cover everything from the history of the games and sports knowledge to weird and wonderful trivia that will put even gold medallists to the test and will make sure that you're ready for this summer's Olympics!

Olympic Cities

Author : John Gold
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317565312
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Olympic Cities written by John Gold and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and enlarged third edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Summer Games; Winter Games; Cultural Olympiads; and the Paralympics. The second part comprisessystematic surveys of seven key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics: finance; place promotion; the creation of Olympic Villages; security; urban regeneration; tourism; and transport. The final part consists of nine chronologically arranged portraits of host cities, from 1936 to 2020, with particular emphasis on the six Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games of the twenty-first century. As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics, with associated issues of accountability and legacy, continues unabated, this book’s incisive and timely assessment of the Games’ development and the complex agendas that host cities attach to the event will be essential reading for a wide audience. This will include not just urban and sports historians, urban geographers, event managers and planners, but also anyone with an interest in the staging of mega-events and concerned with building a better understanding of the relationship between cities, sport and culture.