03128nam 2200517 450 991081745580332120230721042507.01-4766-0950-0(CKB)3710000000443671(EBL)2093301(SSID)ssj0001557727(PQKBManifestationID)16179531(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001557727(PQKBWorkID)14817128(PQKB)11363014(MiAaPQ)EBC2093301(EXLCZ)99371000000044367120150805e20091997 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe 1896 Olympic Games results for all competitors in all events, with commentary /by Bill Mallon and Ture WidlundJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Incorporated, publishers,[2009]1 online resource (169 p.)Results of the early modern Olympics ;1"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.0-7864-4065-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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); NotesWeightliftingNotes; 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; IndexDuring 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 primaHistory of the Early OlympicsOlympicsRecordsOlympicsRecords.796.48Mallon Bill1606013Widlund TureMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817455803321The 1896 Olympic Games3931560UNINA