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Olympic Marathon: A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race

Autor Charles Lovett
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 apr 1997 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This is the first complete history of the Games' most storied race. From ancient Greece to Atlanta 1996, the book chronicles the race's development-the heroes, the controversies, and the stories that emerged from the ultimate Olympic challenge.For the first time, the complete history of the most famous race in the Olympic Games has been presented in Olympic Marathon-A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race. Beginning with the legends of ancient Greece, this book traces the process of reviving the Olympic movement, including the establishment of the marathon-the only event specifically created for the 1896 Olympics. Following heroes such as Dorando Pietri, Emil Zatopek, Abebe Bikila, and Frank Shorter, the book includes a complete analysis of every Olympic marathon as well as tales from the lives of the runners.The stories of John Hayes, who won the race with the help of strychnine; 1936 winner Sohn Kee Chung, a South Korean forced to compete for Japan; and Mamo Wolde, who won the marathon with an infected toe only to end up as a political prisoner in Ethiopia, make this book much more than a sports history. The story of the long struggle to establish a women's marathon begins with a lonely female who ran the marathon course in 1896 and ends with the dramatic victory of American Joan Benoit in the first women's Olympic marathon in 1984. Completely up to date, the book concludes with chapters on the races in Atlanta in 1996, including the closest finish in Olympic marathon history. An appendix, photographs, and an index complete this history. An invaluable resource for all interested in the Olympics and marathon running.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275957711
ISBN-10: 0275957713
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

CHARLIE LOVETT is the author of Alice on Stage, Lewis Carroll's Alice, and Everybody's Guide to Book Collecting. He is the editor of The Proceedings of the Second International Lewis Carroll Conference and a series editor of The Complete Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll. He started researching the Olympic Marathon in 1976 for a school project and ran his first and only marathon in 1979.

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List of IllustrationsPrologue--The LegendThe Races--MenThe Games of the I Olympiad--Athens, 1896The Games of the II Olympiad--Paris, 1900The Games of the III Olympiad--St. Louis, 1904The Intercalated Games--Athens, 1906The Games of the IV Olympiad--London, 1908The Games of the V Olympiad--Stockholm, 1912The Games of the VII Olympiad--Antwerp, 1920The Games of the VIII Olympiad--Paris, 1924The Games of the IX Olympiad--Amsterdam, 1928The Games of the X Olympiad--Los Angeles, 1932The Games of the XI Olympiad--Berlin, 1936The Games of the XIV Olympiad--London, 1948The Games of the XV Olympiad--Helsinki, 1952The Games of the XVI Olympiad--Melbourne, 1956The Games of the XVII Olympiad--Rome, 1960The Games of the XVIII Olympiad--Tokyo, 1964The Games of the XIX Olympiad--Mexico City, 1968The Games of the XX Olympiad--Munich, 1972The Games of the XXI Olympiad--Montreal, 1976The Games of the XXII Olympiad--Moscow, 1980The Games of the XXIII Olympiad--Los Angeles, 1984The Games of the XXIV Olympiad--Seoul, 1988The Games of the XXV Olympiad--Barcelona, 1992The Games of the XXVI Olympiad--Atlanta, 1996The WomenThe Fight to Establish the Women's RaceThe Games of the XXIII Olympiad--Los Angeles, 1984The Games of the XXIV Olympiad--Seoul, 1988The Games of the XXV Olympiad--Barcelona, 1992The Games of the XXVI Olympiad--Atlanta, 1996EpilogueAppendix: Top Finishers in the Olympic Marathon, 1896-1996NotesSelect BibliographyIndex