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Author : Ekkehard Zur Megede
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (717 download)
Download or read book The Modern Olympic Century written by Ekkehard Zur Megede and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ekkehard Zurmegede
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)
Download or read book ˜Theœ Modern Olympic Century 1896 - 1996 written by Ekkehard Zurmegede and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ekkehard zur Zur Megede
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Modern Olympic Century 1896 - 1996 written by Ekkehard zur Zur Megede and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard D. Mandell
Publisher : Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The First Modern Olympics written by Richard D. Mandell and published by Berkeley : University of California Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first modem Olympic Games were held in Athens in April of 1896, and this volume is a description of the sporting and festive events of that occasion, with a large cast of athletes from various countries, including a contingent from Harvard and Princeton who won the hearts of the Athenians as they won most of the first place-medals. But the book is much more than a tale of athletes and organizers. We are given the first real insight into the birth of the modern Olympic movement, and into the personality of a French aristocrat, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, whose vision determined much of the form of international sport today. The author shows that although the modern Olympics have a sentimental bond with the ancient festival, the modern Games are a product of nineteenth century ideals, excesses, and ambitions. Richard Mandell has dispelled some myths, rediscovered forgotten sport heroes, and written a highly readable account of a landmark in modern sport history.
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 : Edd Wheeler
Publisher : Heathrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780964819009
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)
Download or read book From Games of God to Bubba's Field written by Edd Wheeler and published by Heathrow Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Grasso
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442248602
Total Pages : 907 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement written by John Grasso and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 907 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins in 776 B.C., although it is suspected that the Games had been held for several centuries by that time. The Games were conducted as religious celebrations in honor of the god Zeus, and it is known that Olympia was a shrine to Zeus from about 1000 B.C. In modern time The Olympic Movement attempts to bring all the nations of the world together in a series of multisport festivals, the Olympic Games, seeking to use sport as a means to promote internationalism and peace. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of The Olympic Movement covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on the history, philosophy, and politics of the Olympics, major organizations, the various sports, the participating countries, and especially the athletes. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about The Olympic Movement.
Author : John Ellis Findling
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313284776
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement written by John Ellis Findling and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1996-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first "Games of the Modern Era" were celebrated in Athens in 1896 and have grown from a quaint idea of the 1890s to a major world happening. It is a testament to the founders of the Games that the ideals upon which the Olympic Movement was founded have continued throughout the years and will be carried into the next century in Sydney, Australia. Valued for their idealism and revered for the moral code they demonstrate in heroic sporting contests, the Olympic Games are the foremost sporting event in the world. Divided into sections of the Summer Games and the Winter Games, this unique reference work shows the historical context in which each of the Olympic Games has taken place. The book includes chronologically arranged entries on each of the Games from 1896 to the Centennial Games planned for 1996, the Olympic Games planned for 1998 in Nagano, Japan and the year 2000 in Sydney.
Author : Island World Productions
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (331 download)
Download or read book Olympic Centenary written by Island World Productions and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotional material for a series of six one-hour television programs highlighting the place of the Olympic Games in the 20th century that will be seen during the weeks running up to the Atlanta Games.
Author : Richard Tames
Publisher : Heinemann Library
ISBN 13 : 9781575720357
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Modern Olympics written by Richard Tames and published by Heinemann Library. This book was released on 1996 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the Olympics since its revival in the nineteenth century including information on athletes, events, host cities, and the ceremonies.
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 : 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 : 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 : Secrétariat général aux sports Athènes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (717 download)
Download or read book 1896 - 1996 written by Secrétariat général aux sports Athènes and published by . This book was released on 1996* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book The Olympic Century written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
