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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810745203321

Autore

Mallon Bill

Titolo

The 1904 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / / by Bill Mallon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, publishers, , [2009]

ISBN

1-4766-2160-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Results of the early modern Olympics ; ; 3

Disciplina

796.48

Soggetti

Olympics - Records

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The present work is a reprint of the library bound edition of The 1904 Olympic games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary, first published in 1999 by McFarland."--title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; References; 1904 Olympic Games-Analysis and Summaries; Summary Statistics; Notes; The 1904 "Official Reports"; Olympic Games ( James E. Sullivan); Notes; The Olympic Games 1904 (Charles J. P. Lucas); Archery; Notes; Athletics (Track & Field); Notes; Boxing; Notes; Cycling; Notes; Diving; Notes; Fencing; Notes; Football (Association Football [Soccer]); Notes; Golf; Notes; Gymnastics; Notes; Lacrosse; Notes; Rowing & Sculling; Notes; Swimming; Notes; Tennis (Lawn); Notes; Tug-of-War; Notes; Weightlifting; Notes; Wrestling; Notes

Non-Olympic SportsAmerican Football (Colleges); Anthropology Days at the Stadium; Baseball; Basketball; Roque; Water Polo; Notes; Appendix I: 1904 Olympic Sports and Events in the Literature; Appendix II: Non-Competing Foreign Entrants; Appendix III: Index of Competitors (by Country); Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were both unusual and controversial. One of the major problems for Olympic scholars has been to determine which of the events at these Games were truly of Olympic caliber. The Games were included as part of the World's Fair, and every athletic contest that took place under the Fair's auspices was deemed ""Olympic."" These activities included croquet and water polo, high school and college championships in football and basketball, as



well as the ""Anthropology Days"" events in which members of ""primitive"" ""tribes"" competed against one another. The author