Olympics category: 421 books
VII Olympiad
Antwerp 1920, Chamonix 1924
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
In the immediate aftermath of World War I, Europe was devastated and exhausted from years of destruction and death. The VII Olympiad, the seventh volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with the story of how the Antwerp Games of 1920 used sport to bind the wounds war and restore hope for the future...
XVII Olympiad
Rome 1960, Innsbruck 1964
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Rome had been selected to host the 1908 Olympic Games, but the impact of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 on the Italian economy forced the Eternal City to withdraw. Rome would finally get a second chance to host the world's premier sporting festival in 1960, and XVII Olympiad, the fifteenth volume...
Going for Wisconsin Gold
Stories of Our State Olympians
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
U-S-A , U-S-A is a familiar refrain heard in every Olympics, but truly it could be Wis-con-sin! Since pioneering hurdler Alvin Kraenzlein got his start here in the 1890s, the Badger State has nurtured, trained, or schooled more than 400 Olympic athletes in a vast array of sports. Wisconsin’s varied...
Olympic Collision
The Story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
It remains one of the most memorable moments in modern Olympic history. At the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles, a raucous crowd of ninety thousand saw their favorite in the women’s 3,000-meter race, Mary Decker, go down. An audience of two billion around the world witnessed the mishap and listened...
Forty Years of Sport and Social Change, 1968-2008
To Remember is to Resist
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
1968 was a year of protest in civil society (Prague, Paris, Chicago) and a year of protest in sport. After a world-wide campaign, the anti-apartheid movement succeeded in barring South Africa from the Olympic Games, while US athletes from the Olympic Project for Human Rights used the medals podium...
XIV Olympiad
London 1948, Oslo 1952
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
In the terrible years leading up to and encompassing World War II, the Olympic movement endured a forced hiatus that lasted 12 long years. The London Games of 1948 marked the end of that dark period, and signaled the beginning of a whole new Olympic era.The XIV Olympiad, the twelfth volume in The Olympic...
by John Grasso, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins...
The Mo Farah Quiz Book
100 Questions on the Track and Field Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
If you are a fan of athletics, you are certain to be familiar with the name Mo Farah and his fantastic achievements at the London 2012 Olympic Games but how much do you really know about the charismatic British runner? Do you know what other athletics titles Mo currently holds? What honour did he receive...
Olympic Education
An international review
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
A fundamental component of the Olympic ideal is the concept of Olympic education. This is the notion that sport can help children and young people develop essential life skills. Olympic Education: An international review is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of the diffusion and implementation...
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy
Meeting the Challenge of Major Sports Events
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played? How can the vast expense of mounting such events be justified? What if there is nothing left behind or what if the legacy is negative, a costly infrastructure which is unused or a debt-ridden host city?...
Understanding International Sport Organisations
Principles, power and possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The governance of international sport is dominated by the SINGOs (sporting international non-governmental organisations). The IOC, FIFA, IAAF and the FIA wield global influence, but how exactly do such complex organisations operate? This important book examines the rise of the SINGOs, their structures,...
Mega-events and social change
Spectacle, legacy and public culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect, mark and influence, deeper social changes in the media, cities and global geopolitics.
This Great Symbol
Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear. Behind this fascinating blend of biography and history lies an impressive framework of cultural, social, and psychological...
Above and Beyond
Tim Mack, the Pole Vault, and the Quest for Olympic Gold
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
“Above and Beyond is a treat. Livingston’s knowledge and love of the sport shines through.”—David Maraniss, author of Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
Two Olympic medalists were recognized at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, days before Christmas 2004. One was the...