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The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the American team and the British officials. Because of the controversies, the 1908 Olympics have been termed ""The Battle of Shepherd's Bush,"" referring to the site of the Olympic Stadium. Reports of the 1908 Olympics have been rare and do not for instance contain full results for archery, track and field athletics, football (soccer), gymnastics, motorboating and shooting. A great deal of new information has been discovered by the authors, and this work gives complete results for all events. The information presented is based primarily on 1908 sources. For the first time, definitive word on the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are available for all of the 1908 Olympic events, including boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, polo, raquets, swimming, lawn tennis, tug-of-war, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting, among other sports. A series of appendices include rarely seen information about the many controversies surrounding the Games.

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Author:   Bill Mallon ,  Ian Buchanan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Volume:   No. 5
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.912kg
ISBN:  

9780786440689

ISBN 10:   0786440686
Pages:   536
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      References      1908 Olympic Games—Background      NOTES      Summary and Statistics      NOTES      Archery      NOTES      Athletics (Track & Field)      NOTES      Boxing      NOTES      Cycling      NOTES      Diving      NOTES      Fencing      NOTES      Figure Skating      NOTES      Football (Association Football) [Soccer]      NOTES      Gymnastics      NOTES      Hockey (Field)      NOTES      Jeu de Paume (Tennis [Court/Real Tennis])      Lacrosse      NOTES      Motorboating      NOTES      Polo      NOTES      Racquets      NOTES      Rowing & Sculling      NOTES      Rugby Union Football      NOTES      Shooting      NOTES      Swimming      NOTES      Tennis (Lawn)      NOTES      Tug-of-War      NOTES      Water Polo      NOTES      Wrestling      NOTES      Yachting      NOTES      Other Sports and Events      NOTES      Appendix I: The 1908 Olympic Program      Appendix II: Controversies and Protests      Appendix III: The British and American Responses to “The Battle of Shepherd’s Bush”      Appendix IV: Maps of Olympic Sites      Appendix V: Music—“Dorando” by Irving Berlin      Appendix VI: Competitors (by Country)      Notes      Index     

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An invaluable, addition to any library, public or private, with a collection relating to the Olympics --Journal of Olympic History -- The International Journal of the History of Sport. The International Journal of the History of Sport.

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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. The late Ian Buchanan was president of the International Society of Olympic Historians and lived in Norwich, England.

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