Olympics in Athens 1896
Title | Olympics in Athens 1896 PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Llewellyn Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Olympic Games |
ISBN | 9781861977090 |
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.
The First Modern Olympics
Title | The First Modern Olympics PDF eBook |
Author | Richard D. Mandell |
Publisher | Blacktoad Publishing |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0957059108 |
The Olympics From Athens to Athens
Title | The Olympics From Athens to Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Life |
Publisher | |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Olympics |
ISBN | 9781932273625 |
The Modern Olympics
Title | The Modern Olympics PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Young |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2002-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801872075 |
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.
The Olympian Games in Athens, 1896
Title | The Olympian Games in Athens, 1896 PDF eBook |
Author | Burton Holmes |
Publisher | Grove/Atlantic |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906
Title | The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906 PDF eBook |
Author | James Edward Sullivan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Olympic Games |
ISBN |
The 1906 Olympic Games
Title | The 1906 Olympic Games PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Mallon |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2009-03-10 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0786440678 |
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.