The 1896 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary
Bill Mallon (Author), Ture Widlund (Author)
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 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
eBook, English, 2009
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2009
Records (Sports)
1 online resource
9781476609508, 1476609500
913785055
Cover
Introduction
Abbreviations
References
Table of Contents
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)
Notes
Weightlifting
Notes
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
Index
"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