The 1896 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with CommentaryMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 1998 - 152 pages 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, through the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who revived the Olympic tradition that began centuries before--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 primarily on 1896 sources, the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are compiled herein for track and field, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis (lawn), weightlifting, wrestling and other sports and events. Although mainly a statistical analysis, this work does include a short synopsis of the Sorbonne Congress and reprints of famous articles about the Olympics, including one by Pierre de Coubertin. Previous documentation of the early Olympics has been sketchy and error-prone. This series addresses the need for comprehensive and accurate information. Most of the data are derived from sources contemporary to the events and much information published elsewhere is herein correct. |
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Olympic Games Analysis and Summaries | 1 |
Summary Articles | 26 |
The Olympic Games Miss Maynard Butler | 37 |
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The 1896 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with ... Bill Mallon,Ture Widlund Affichage d'extraits - 1998 |
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1,200 meter freestyle 110 meter hurdles 12-hour race 2,000 meter sprint 500 meter freestyle Akrp Alexandros Alfred Flatow Alphonse Grisel Athens Athletics Track Carl Schuhmann Club committee compete competitors Connolly contest Coubertin Cycling Dimitrios Discus Throw Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos Fencing Flack Foil Free Rifle 300 Fritz Manteuffel Gagalis Garrett George Georgios GER/GYM Greece Greek Gymnastics heat Hermann Weingärtner High jump Horizontal Bar ac Horse Vault ac Ioannis Jeux Olympiques kilometers Konstantinos Launceston Elliot listed Long jump Marathon Men's Singles mètres Military Pistol Military Rifle 200 Momcsilló nations Neo Phaliron Nielsen Nikolopoulos ORev Panathenaic Stadium Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos Papasideris Parallel Bars ac Pole vault Pommelled Horse ac Prsk Rifle 300 meters Road race Shooting Shot put Stadion Swimming-100 meter freestyle Szokolyi Teams Tennis Lawn Topavicza Track & Field Triple Jump Unlimited Class Viggo Jensen Weightlifting Wrestling yachts