Encyclopedia of the modern Olympic movement
Contains chronologically arranged entries that examine political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents related to specific games from the 1896 Olympics in Athens to the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Includes previews of Olympics through 2008
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xl, 602 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780313322785, 9780275976590, 0313322783, 0275976599
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Preface / John E. Findling and Kimberly D. Pelle
Introduction / John A. Daly
Prologue: The Ancient Games / Robert K. Barney
pt. I. The Summer Games
Olympic Games before Coubertin / Joachim K. Ruhl
Athens 1896 / Karl Lennartz and Stephen Wassong
Paris 1900 / Andre Drevon
St. Louis 1904 / C. Robert Barnett
Athens 1906 / Bill Mallon
London 1908 / James Coates
Stockholm 1912 / Ulf Hamilton
Berlin 1916 / William Durick
Antwerp 1920 / Roland Renson
Paris 1924 / Mark Dyreson
Amsterdam 1928 / Edward S. Goldstein
Los Angeles 1932 / Doris Pieroth
Berlin 1936 / Annette Hofmann and Michael Kruger
Tokyo/Helsinki 1940 / Sandra Collins
London 1944 / Martin Manning
London 1948 / Norman Baker
Helsinki 1952 / Vesa Tikander
Melbourne 1956 / Ian Jobling
Rome 1960 / Floris J.G. van der Merwe
Tokyo 1964 / John Slater
Mexico City 1968 / Joseph L. Arbena
Munich 1972 / Maynard Brichford
Montreal 1976 / Bruce Kidd
Moscow 1980 / James Riordan
Los Angeles 1984 / Wayne Wilson
Seoul 1988 / Ron Palenski
Barcelona 1992 / Miquel de Moragas
Atlanta 1996 / Larry Maloney
Sydney 2000 / Richard Cashman
Athens 2004 / Christine Sell
Beijing 2008 / Ying Wushanley
pt. II. The Winter Games
Pre-Olympic Winter Games / Yves Morales
Chamonix 1924 / Paula D. Welch
St. Moritz 1928 / Susan Saint-Sing
Lake Placid 1932 / John Fea
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 / Jon W. Stauff / The editors
Sapporo/St. Moritz/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940 / Swantje Scharenberg
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1944 / Astrid Engelbrecht
St. Moritz 1948 / Janice Forsyth
Oslo 1952 / Gordon MacDonald and Douglas Brown
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 / Jim Nendel
Squaw Valley 1960 / Tim Ashwell
Innsbruck 1964 / Carly Adams
Grenoble 1968 / Douglas Brown and Gordon MacDonald
Sapporo 1972 / Junko Tahara
Innsbruck 1976 / John J. Kennedy, Jr. and Morgan Patrick
Lake Placid 1980 / Harold E. Wilson, Jr
Sarajevo 1984 / Robert Dunkelberger
Calgary 1988 / Kevin B. Wamsley
Albertville and Savoie 1992 / Michelle Lellouche
Lillehammer 1994 / Larry Maloney
Nagano 1998 / Naofumi Masumoto
Salt Lake City 2002 / Lex Hemphill
Torino 2006 / John E. Findling
Vancouver 2010 / Larry Maloney
App. A. The International Olympic Committee / Dwight H. Zakus
Demetrios Vikelas / Kimberly D. Pelle
Pierre de Coubertin / Anthony Th. Bijkerk
Count Henti Baillet-Latour / Edward S. Goldstein
Sigfrid Edstrom / Edward S. Goldstein
Avery Brundage / Robert K. Barney
Michael Morris, Lord Killanin / Kathy L. Nichols
Juan Antonio Samaranch / John E. Findling
Jacques Rogge / Kimberly D. Pelle
App. B. The U.S. Olympic Committee / Robert P. Watson and Larry Maloney
App. C. The Olympic Games and Television / Stephen R. Wenn
App. D. Olympic Feature Films / Scott A.G.M. Crawford
App. E. Internet Sources on Olympism and the Olympic Games / Richard Cox
Rev. and expanded ed. of: Historical dictionary of the modern Olympic movement. 1996