The 1896 Olympic Games

Author : Michael Llewellyn Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Olympic Games
ISBN : 1861977093

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Olympics in Athens 1896 by Michael Llewellyn Smith Pdf

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 : Richard D. Mandell
Publisher : Blacktoad Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780957059108

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The First Modern Olympics by Richard D. Mandell Pdf

Author : Burton Holmes
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Greece
ISBN : PSU:000009667310

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The Olympian Games in Athens, 1896 by Burton Holmes Pdf

Author : Bill Mallon,Ture Widlund
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476609508

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The 1896 Olympic Games by Bill Mallon,Ture Widlund Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Olympic Games
ISBN : UIUC:30112064437665

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The Olympic Games, B.C. 776-A.D. 1896 by Anonim Pdf

Includes the history of the Olympic games in ancient times, as well as the story of the Olympic games in 1896.

Author : David C. Young
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0801872073

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The Modern Olympics by David C. Young Pdf

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 : Spyridōn Paulou Lampros,Nikolaos G. Politis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Olympics
ISBN : OCLC:11190777

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The Olympic Games, B.C. 776-A.D. 1896 by Spyridōn Paulou Lampros,Nikolaos G. Politis Pdf

Author : David Goldblatt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393254112

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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt Pdf

“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 : Gail Herman,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780399542909

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What Are the Summer Olympics? by Gail Herman,Who HQ Pdf

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
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0252070461

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The Olympics by Allen Guttmann Pdf

Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Olympics
ISBN : OCLC:29135665

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The Olympic Games, B.C. 776-A.D. 1896 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781554587797

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Onward to the Olympics by Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn Pdf

The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games’ history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics bridges the historical divide between the ancient and the modern and concludes with a thought-provoking final essay that attempts to predict the future of the Olympics over the twenty-first century.

Author : John E. Findling,Kimberly D. Pelle
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Jeux olympiques - Histoire - Encyclopédies
ISBN : 0275976599

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Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement by John E. Findling,Kimberly D. Pelle Pdf

This unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics, such as political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents.

Author : Peter Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0603030688

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The Olympic Games by Peter Arnold Pdf

Author : Christopher R. Hill
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719037921

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Olympic Politics by Christopher R. Hill Pdf