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Author : Richard D. Mandell
Publisher : Blacktoad Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0957059108
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The First Modern Olympics written by Richard D. Mandell and published by Blacktoad Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Llewellyn Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781861977090
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Olympics in Athens 1896 written by Michael Llewellyn Smith and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and entertaining work of history, Olympics in Athens 1896 brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in competing 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.
Author : David C. Young
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801872075
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
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.
Author : David Goldblatt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393254119
Total Pages : 755 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
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.
Author : Michael Llewellyn Smith
Publisher : Profile Business
ISBN 13 : 9781861973429
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (734 download)
Download or read book Olympics in Athens 1896 written by Michael Llewellyn Smith and published by Profile Business. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Burton Holmes
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Olympian Games in Athens, 1896 written by Burton Holmes and published by Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 1984 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gail Herman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399542906
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)
Download or read book What Are the Summer Olympics? written by Gail Herman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Allen Guttmann
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252070464
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Olympics written by Allen Guttmann and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
Author : John E. Findling
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9780275976590
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement written by John E. Findling and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics, such as political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents.
Author : Jim Reisler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762786604
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Igniting the Flame written by Jim Reisler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : George R. Matthews
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826264751
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book America's First Olympics written by George R. Matthews and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2005-07-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s young, spirited, and athletic president, a sports mania rampaged across the country. Eager to celebrate its history, and to display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the world at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. One part of the World’s Fair was the nation’s first Olympic games. Revived in Greece in 1896, the Olympic movement was also young and energetic. In fact, the St. Louis Olympics were only the third in modern times. Although the games were originally awarded to Chicago, St. Louis wrestled them from her rival city against the wishes of International Olympic Committee President Pierre de Coubertin. Athletes came from eleven countries and four continents to compete in state-of-the-art facilities, which included a ten-thousand-seat stadium with gymnasium equipment donated by sporting goods magnate Albert Spalding. The 1904 St. Louis Olympics garnered only praise, and all agreed that the games were a success, improving both the profile of the Olympic movement and the prestige of the United States. But within a few years, the games of 1904 receded in memory. They suffered a worse fate with the publication of Coubertin’s memoirs in 1931. His selective recollections, exaggerated claims, and false statements turned the forgotten Olympics into the failed Olympics. This prejudiced account was furthered by the 1948 publication of An Approved History of the Olympic Games by Bill Henry, which was reviewed and endorsed by Coubertin. America’s First Olympics, by George R. Matthews, corrects common misconceptions that began with Coubertin’s memoirs and presents a fresh view of the 1904 games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals. Matthews provides an excellent overview of the St. Louis Olympics over a six-month period, beginning with the intrigue surrounding the transfer of the games from Chicago. He also gives detailed descriptions of the major players in the Olympic movement, the events that were held in 1904, and the athletes who competed in them. This original account will be welcomed by history and sports enthusiasts who are interested in a new perspective on this misunderstood event.
Author : Bill Mallon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786403790
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Results of the Early Modern Olympics: The 1896 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Mallon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476609500
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The 1896 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Pierre de Coubertin
Publisher : Lausanne, Switzerland : International Olympic Committee
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Olympism written by Pierre de Coubertin and published by Lausanne, Switzerland : International Olympic Committee. This book was released on 2000 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of the most important documents and speeches by Pierre de Coubertin on Olympism and the Olympic Games.
Author : Bill Mallon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476609519
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The 1906 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the early concepts of the Olympic Games was to include "intercalated" Games every four years between the normal cycle, and to hold these Games in Athens, the ancestral home of the Olympics. In 1906 the first, and only one, of these games was held. Occurring only two years after the St. Louis Games of 1904 and two years before the London Games of 1908, the Athens Games were considered by many not to be "official"; social and political forces prevented continuation of the intercalation cycle in 1910 and later. Yet these Games were surprisingly successful and helped guarantee the survival of the modern Olympics. This book, fourth in the series on the early Olympics, presents all the data on 29 nation and city-state participants in more than a dozen events in the Athens Games. Scores and descriptions are provided, and many historical errors and omissions in other sources are corrected. Appendices include the published program for the Games, the actual schedule followed during the Games, and country-by country listings of all participating athletes.
Author : David Wallechinsky
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781845136956
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
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.
Author : M. I. Finley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486149412
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Olympic Games written by M. I. Finley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
