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Mallon Bill |
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Titolo |
The 1896 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / / by Bill Mallon and Ture Widlund |
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Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, publishers, , [2009] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (169 p.) |
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Results of the early modern Olympics ; ; 1 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The present work is a reprint of the library bound edition of The 1896 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary, first published in 1997 by McFarland."--title page verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; References; 1896 Olympic Games-Analysis and Summaries; Summary Statistics; Notes; Summary Articles: The Olympian Games at Athens (Charles Waldstein); The Olympic Games of 1896 (Pierre de Coubertin); The Olympic Games (Miss Maynard Butler); High Hurdles and White Gloves (Thomas P. Curtis); The New Olympian Games (Rufus Richardson); The Olympic Games by a Competitor and Prize Winner (G. S. Robertson); Athletics (Track & Field); Notes; Cycling; Notes; Fencing; Notes; Gymnastics; Notes; Shooting; Notes; Swimming; Notes; Tennis (Lawn); Notes |
WeightliftingNotes; Wrestling; Notes; Other Sports and Events; Notes; Appendix I: 1896 Program; Appendix II: Competitors (by Country); "The Olympic Games"-a Classical Greek Ode by George Stuart Robertson, 1896; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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