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 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 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 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 1896 Olympic Games
Title | The 1896 Olympic Games PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Mallon |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2015-07-11 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476609500 |
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.
Athens 1896
Title | Athens 1896 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789608791220 |
Olympic Games in Athens
Title | Olympic Games in Athens PDF eBook |
Author | A. Tarassouleas |
Publisher | |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Olympic Games |
ISBN |