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Book Synopsis The 1912 Olympic Games by : Bill Mallon
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.
Book Synopsis The 1912 Stockholm Olympics by : Leif Yttergren
Download or read book The 1912 Stockholm Olympics written by Leif Yttergren and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-19 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.
Book Synopsis Olympic Games of Stockholm, Sweden, 1912 (June 29th-July 22nd) by : Charles Johnston
Download or read book Olympic Games of Stockholm, Sweden, 1912 (June 29th-July 22nd) written by Charles Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Fifth Olympiad by : Swedish Olympic Committee
Download or read book The Fifth Olympiad written by Swedish Olympic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Modern Olympic Games by : Haydn Middleton
Download or read book Modern Olympic Games written by Haydn Middleton and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which Winter Games were held on imported snow? Which golfer walked to the medal ceremony on his hands? Will BMX biking ever be an Olympic sport? Find the answers to these questions and more as you read about the Games as we know them today, including the Paralympics and the difficult process of choosing host cities.
Book Synopsis Sport, Militarism and the Great War by : Thierry Terret
Download or read book Sport, Militarism and the Great War written by Thierry Terret and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great War has been largely ignored by historians of sport. However sport was an integral part of cultural conditioning into both physiological and psychological military efficiency in the decades leading up to it. It is time to acknowledge that the Great War also had an influence on sport in post-war European culture. Both are neglected topics. Sport, Militarism and the Great War deals with four significant aspects of the relationship between sport and war before, during and immediately after the 1914-1918 conflict. First, it explores the creation and consolidation of the cult of martial heroism and chivalric self-sacrifice in the pre-war era. Second, it examines the consequences of the mingling of soldiers from various nations on later sport. Third, it considers the role of the Great War in the transformation of the leisure of the masses. Finally, it examines the links between war, sport and male socialisation. The Great War contributed to a redefinition of European masculinity in the post-war period. The part sport played in this redefinition receives attention. Sport, Militarism and the Great War is in two parts: the Continental (Part I) and the "Anglo-Saxon" (Part II). No study has adopted this bilateral approach to date. Thus, in conception and execution, it is original. With its originality of content and the approaching centenary of the advent of the Great War in 2014, it is anticipated that the book will capture a wide audience. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Book Synopsis The Spalding Baseball Collection by : New York Public Library
Download or read book The Spalding Baseball Collection written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Undying Flame by : Nigel McCrery
Download or read book The Undying Flame written by Nigel McCrery and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 60,000,000 people died worldwide during the course of the Second World War and, in contrast to those slaughtered in The Great War, it was civilian populations that bore the brunt. They perished in the Holocaust, in internment camps, in bombed towns and cities and as ‘collateral damage’, in war zones, such as the Eastern Front and in Asia. Among this carnage were hundred of individuals of all nations who had competed in Olympic Games. Imagine the loss of so many of the world’s greatest sportsmen and women of the present era. The author has painstakingly researched the lives, achievements and circumstances of death of almost five hundred athletes of the period. While many were household names at the time, this exceptional work honors these fallen Olympians and reminds us of the futility and wastefulness of war.
Download or read book The Sports Book written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to improve your knowledge of sports like football and basketball, or maybe even jianzi and kendo? The ultimate guide to over 200 of the world's greatest sports, The Sports Book is the go-to reference for sports buffs or those expanding their knowledge of sport. This book contains information on every type of sport, from athletics and gymnastics to extreme games and motorsports. Discover the history and players of nearly any sport you can think of and many you may not have even heard of yet! This amazing resource features facts and statistics, world and Olympic records, and tactics of the world's best competitors. Learn about the history of the Summer and Winter Olympics with fascinating overviews of every Olympic event since the birth of the Modern Games in 1896. With colorful and simple graphics to explain the rules, equipment, and techniques of each sport, The Sports Book will get everyone enthused about sports and itching to watch or play something new.
Book Synopsis The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by : David Goldblatt
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.
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the New York Public Library by : New York Public Library
Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Book Synopsis Olympism, Olympic Education and Learning Legacies by : Dikaia Chatziefstathiou
Download or read book Olympism, Olympic Education and Learning Legacies written by Dikaia Chatziefstathiou and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is largely a collection of the papers presented at the symposium Olympism, Olympic Education and Learning Legacies, organised by the Comité Internationale Pierre de Coubertin (CIPC). It was held during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, United Kingdom. The symposium drew together presenters and audience members from twenty-five nations on four continents to discuss current and future challenges of education and the Olympic Movement. While most books on the Olympics focus on economic issues or on aspects related to the management of the Games (such as legacies and impacts), this book remains faithful to Coubertin’s original vision about youth, sport and education. Olympism as a philosophical and educational idea is analysed in particular detail. Coubertin’s thoughts play a central role in many of the contributions of leading academics in the field, while historical perspectives unveil new insights. Young researchers are given a platform to publish their own accounts in interpreting the Olympics. The different insights of the book have something to offer to anyone with an interest in sport, education, and the Olympic Movement, either as a student, teacher, academic, athlete, coach or spectator.
Download or read book V & VI Olympiad written by George Daniels and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the emotional success of the I Olympiad of the Modern Era in Athens in 1896, the Olympic movement struggled through more than a decade of disappointment and uncertainty. It would not be until 1912 in Stockholm that the Olympics rediscovered the magic of Athens, and struck on a model for the Games that endures to this day.The V & VI Olympiads, the sixth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with the Games that finally showed the world what the modern Olympics could be-Stockholm 1912. Flawlessly planned and organized with typical Swedish precision, the Stockholm Games allowed the athletes to take centre stage. The book tells the story of Olympic heroes like Jim Thorpe, a Native American who claimed gold in both the pentathlon and decathlon before going on to play professional baseball, basketball and football; George S. Patton, the famed WWII general, who competed in the modern pentathlon; and Arnold Strode-Jackson who won gold in the 1,500 metres competing as an individual entry in what was called at the time "e;the greatest race ever run."e;Following Stockholm, the focus of the book shifts to the Olympics that never happened: the Games of the VI Olympiad - Berlin 1916. Planning for the Berlin Games began in 1912 and construction of the central venue, the 64,000-seat Deutsches Stadion, was completed in June 1913. But just over one year later, in July 1914, the start of World War I would postpone Berlin's Olympic dream for another twenty years. 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;.
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Download or read book Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Holidays in Sweden by : British and Northern Shipping Agency, Limited
Download or read book Holidays in Sweden written by British and Northern Shipping Agency, Limited and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Subject Lists of Books and Papers in the Board of Education Library by : Great Britain. Board of Education. Library
Download or read book Subject Lists of Books and Papers in the Board of Education Library written by Great Britain. Board of Education. Library and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
