Overview

One of the early concepts of the Olympic Games was to include ""intercalated"" Games every four years between the normal cycle, and to hold these Games in Athens, the ancestral home of the Olympics. In 1906 the first, and only one, of these games was held. Occurring only two years after the St. Louis Games of 1904 and two years before the London Games of 1908, the Athens Games were considered by many not to be ""official""; social and political forces prevented continuation of the intercalation cycle in 1910 and later. Yet these Games were surprisingly successful and helped guarantee the survival of the modern Olympics. This book, fourth in the series on the early Olympics, presents all the data on 29 nation and city-state participants in more than a dozen events in the Athens Games. Scores and descriptions are provided, and many historical errors and omissions in other sources are corrected. Appendices include the published program for the Games, the actual schedule followed during the Games, and country-by country listings of all participating athletes.

Full Product Details

Author:   Bill Mallon
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Volume:   No. 4
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780786440672

ISBN 10:   0786440678
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   10 March 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction      Abbreviations and Usage Notes      NOTES      References      1906 Intercalated Olympic Games—Background      NOTES      Summary and Statistics      NOTES      Athletics (Track & Field)      NOTES      Cycling      NOTES      Diving      NOTES      Fencing      NOTES      Football (Association Football [Soccer])      NOTES      Gymnastics      NOTES      Rowing & Sculling      NOTES      Shooting      NOTES      Swimming      NOTES      Tennis (Lawn)      NOTES      Tug-of-War      NOTES      Weightlifting      NOTES      Wrestling      NOTES      Other Sports and Events      NOTES      Appendix I: Schedule of Events and Festivities      Appendix II: Program of Events and Festivities      Appendix III: “The Song of the Branwen”      Appendix IV: Competitors (by Country)      Notes      Index     

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Detailed]]offers more value and depth than the [competition] --Reference Reviews -- Booklist/RBB Booklist/RBB

highly recommended --<i>ARBA</i>; detailed...offers more value and depth than the [competition] --<i>Reference Reviews</i>; this book provides numerous interesting facts about the poorly documented early years of Olympic history --<i>Booklist</i>; [an] absolute must for any library, public or personal --<i>Journal of Olympic History</i>; if Mallon has missed anything about the 1906 Olympiad...you would be hard pressed to name it. Public librarians will be particularly pleased with the exhaustive coverage offered here --<i>Against the Grain</i>; extensive research...wealth of information...an indispensable resource --<i>The International Journal of the History of the Sport.</i>

Author Information

Bill Mallon is a co-founder 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.

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