LEADER 02938nam 2200505 450 001 9910810743703321 005 20230721042444.0 010 $a1-4766-0951-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000443672 035 $a(EBL)2093302 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001557730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16179536 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001557730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14483023 035 $a(PQKB)10238536 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2093302 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000443672 100 $a20150805e20091999 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe 1906 Olympic Games $eresults for all competitors in all events, with commentary /$fby Bill Mallon 210 1$aJefferson, North Carolina :$cMcFarland & Company, Incorporated, publishers,$d[2009] 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 1 $aResults of the early modern Olympics ;$v4 300 $a"The present work is a reprint of the library bound edition of The 1906 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary, first published in 1999 by McFarland."--title page verso. 311 $a0-7864-4067-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations and Usage Notes; References; 1906 Intercalated Olympic Games-Background; Notes; Summary and Statistics; Notes; Athletics (Track & Field); Notes; Cycling; Notes; Diving; Notes; Fencing; Notes; Football (Association Football [Soccer]); Notes; Gymnastics; Notes; Rowing & Sculling; Notes; Shooting; Notes; Swimming; Notes; Tennis (Lawn); Notes; Tug-of-War; Notes; Weightlifting; Notes; Wrestling; Notes; Other Sports and Events; Notes; Appendix I: Schedule of Events and Festivities; Appendix II: Program of Events and Festivities 327 $aAppendix III: "The Song of the Branwen"Appendix IV: Competitors (by Country); Notes; Index 330 $aOne of the early concepts of the Olympic Games was to include ""intercalated"" Games every four years between the normal cycle, and to hold these Games in Athens, the ancestral home of the Olympics. In 1906 the first, and only one, of these games was held. Occurring only two years after the St. Louis Games of 1904 and two years before the London Games of 1908, the Athens Games were considered by many not to be ""official""; social and political forces prevented continuation of the intercalation cycle in 1910 and later. Yet these Games were surprisingly successful and helped guarantee the survi 410 0$aHistory of the Early Olympics 606 $aOlympics$xRecords 615 0$aOlympics$xRecords. 676 $a796.48 700 $aMallon$b Bill$01606013 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810743703321 996 $aThe 1906 Olympic Games$93955422 997 $aUNINA