Competitive swimming / / John Lohn
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| Autore: |
Lohn John <1976->
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| Titolo: |
Competitive swimming / / John Lohn
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2010 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2010 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 797.2/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Swimming - Competitions |
| SPORTS & RECREATION - Swimming & Diving | |
| Swimmers | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Dictionaries. |
| Biographies. | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology of Swimming; CHRONOLOGY OF THE FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; CHRONOLOGY OF MICHAEL PHELPS' CAREER; Introduction; Photos; The Dictionary; Appendix A. Fédération Internationalede Natation (FINA) Presidents; Appendix B. The World Championships: Sites, Dates, Nations, Athletes, and Attendance; Appendix C. The World Short Course Championships: Sites,Dates, Nations, Athletes, and Attendance; Appendix D. World Championships:Most Gold Medals (Career); Appendix E. World Championships: Most Medals (Career) |
| Appendix F. World Championships: Men's Medal WinnersAppendix G. World Championships: Women's Medal Winners; Appendix H. World Short Course Championships: Most Gold Medals (Career); Appendix I. World Short Course Championships:Most Medals (Career); Appendix J. World Short Course Championships:Men's Medal Winners; Appendix K. World Short Course Championships: Women's Medal Winners; Appendix L. Olympic Games: Years, Sites, and Dates; Appendix M. Olympic Games: Most Overall Medals (Country); Appendix N. Olympic Games: Most Gold Medals (Career); Appendix O. Olympic Games: Most Medals (Career) | |
| Appendix P. Olympic Games: MostGold Medals (Single Olympiad)Appendix Q. Olympic Games: Most Medals (Single Olympiad); Appendix R. Olympic Games: Men's Medal Winners; Appendix S. Olympic Games: Women's Medal Winners; Appendix T. Olympic Games: Men's Diving Medal Winners; Appendix U. Olympic Games:Women's Diving Medal Winners; Appendix V. Michael Phelps' Individual World Records; Bibliography; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming examines the sport of swimming since its inception as a competitive athletic event. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and appendixes that detail Olympic and World Championships medal winners. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individuals, major competitions, and there are also entries for each of the competitive strokes and countries that have enjoyed significant success in the sport.</ |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Competitive swimming |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Competitive swimming |
| ISBN: | 979-82-16-43334-7 |
| 979-82-16-32300-6 | |
| 1-282-82036-2 | |
| 9786612820366 | |
| 0-8108-7495-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910973088103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Historical dictionaries of sports ; ; no. 1.