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The 1906 Olympic Games: Complete Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary (Results of the Early Modern Olympics/Bill Mallon, 4) - Hardcover
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.
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"[an] absolute must for any library, public or personal, that prides itself on its Olympic collection"--Journal of Olympic History
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Presents the data from the first and only intercalated Athens Olympics (held between games in the normal cycle). All the results from the games are included and appendices provide information the schedule of the games and listings of all the athletes from the 29 participating countries. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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- PublisherMcFarland & Co Inc
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0786405511
- ISBN 13 9780786405510
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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