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Author:   Bill Mallon ,  Ture Widlund
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Volume:   No. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786440658

ISBN 10:   0786440651
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   10 March 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction      Abbreviations      References      xiii 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     

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Bill Mallon is a cofounder and vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the original editor of the Journal of Olympic History. He is a surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. The late Ture Widlund lived in Stockholm.

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