The foremost sporting event in the world, the Olympic Games have
grown from a quaint idea in the 1890s to a major world happening.
This unique book shows the historical context in which each of the
Olympic Games has taken place. Divided into sections on the Summer
Games and the Winter Games, the book includes chronologically
arranged entries on each of the games since 1896. Entries focus on
such information as site selection, political questions,
controversies, collateral events, changes in programming, and
political and economic consequences of the games--all information
that is not available in other reference works on the Olympics.
Once again the Olympic flame will burn in the U.S.A. as Atlanta,
GA, hosts the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, marking the 100th
anniversary of the Modern Olympic Movement. The first Games of the
Modern Era were celebrated in Athens in 1896 and have grown from a
quaint idea in the 1890s to a major world happening. It is a
testament to the founders of the games that the ideals upon which
the Olympic Movement was founded have continued throughout the
years and will be carried into the next century in Sydney,
Australia. Valued for their idealism and revered for the moral code
they demonstrate in heroic sporting contests, the Olympic Games are
the foremost sporting event in the world. Divided into sections on
the Summer Games and the Winter Games, this unique reference work
shows the historical context in which each of the Olympic Games has
taken place. The book includes chronologically arranged entries on
each of the games from 1896 to the Centennial games planned for
1996, and the Olympic Games planned for 1998 in Nagano, Japan, and
2000 in Sydney. Entries focus on such information as site
selection, political questions, controversies, collateral events,
changes in programming, and political and economic consequences of
the games--all information that is not available in other reference
works on the Olympics.
Adding another dimension, the appendixes provide biographical
profiles of the members of the International Olympic Committee and
an entry on the United States Olympic Committee. The volume also
provides information on Olympic films and a general
bibliography.
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