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The third edition of this fascinating book deals with both levels of the competition—the competitive side and the administrative side. The dictionary includes hundreds of cross-referenced entries on the major sports, more outstanding athletes, participating countries and numerous bodies in the organization as well as successive generations of officials—starting with the founder, Pierre de Coubertin. Two chronologies trace the history of the Olympic movement back to the Ancient Olympiad first celebrated in Greece in 776 B.C. as well as all of the modern Games up to Athens in 2004. The appendixes then provide elusive facts on the Games, the officials, the torchbearers, and the top Olympic medal winners.

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...public and academic libraries will want this standard reference in order to keep current with the Olympic movement. * Booklist, 5/15/2006 * This reference provides scholars and general readers quick access to information on both competitive and administrative aspects of the Olympic movement. It features hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on the major sports, outstanding athletes, and participating countries involved in the Games. Others describe various bodies within the International Olympic Committee as well as successive generations of officials. Supplemental materials include two chronologies, statistical tables (most gold medals won, etc.), and an extensive introduction. Mallon is the author of more than 20 books on the Olympic Games. * Reference and Research Book News * ...public and academic libraries will want this standard reference in order to keep current with the Olympic movement. Booklist, 5/15/2006 This reference provides scholars and general readers quick access to information on both competitive and administrative aspects of the Olympic movement. It features hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on the major sports, outstanding athletes, and participating countries involved in the Games. Others describe various bodies within the International Olympic Committee as well as successive generations of officials. Supplemental materials include two chronologies, statistical tables (most gold medals won, etc.), and an extensive introduction. Mallon is the author of more than 20 books on the Olympic Games. Reference and Research Book News

...public and academic libraries will want this standard reference in order to keep current with the Olympic movement. Booklist/Rbb, 5/15/2006 This reference provides scholars and general readers quick access to information on both competitive and administrative aspects of the Olympic movement. It features hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on the major sports, outstanding athletes, and participating countries involved in the Games. Others describe various bodies within the International Olympic Committee as well as successive generations of officials. Supplemental materials include two chronologies, statistical tables (most gold medals won, etc.), and an extensive introduction. Mallon is the author of more than 20 books on the Olympic Games. Reference and Research Book News

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Bill Mallon is an orthopedic surgeon, whose life-long interest in the Olympic Games became a second career. This is his 21st book on the Olympic Games. He is a founding member and Past-President of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and edits the Olympic Gold Data Retrieval System. He was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver in 2001 for his contributions to the Olympic Movement. Ian Buchanan is a founding member, an honorary member, and the first president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH), a member of the British Olympic Association, the British Society of Sports History, and the Association of Track & Field Statisticians. He was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver in 1997 for his contributions to the Olympic Movement.

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