The Olympics Encyclopedia for Kids
The Olympics Encyclopedia for Kids

Author: Chrös McDougall

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2021-12-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1098217888

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This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement
Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement

Author: John E. Findling

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780275976590

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This unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics, such as political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents.

The Complete Book of the Olympics
The Complete Book of the Olympics

Author: David Wallechinsky

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781845136956

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David Wallechinsky's compendious book has long been the preeminent point of reference for sports enthusiasts and journalists alike Every sports writer assigned to cover the Games ensures they have their early copy of this prodigious work of reference, packed with absorbing anecdotes and essential statistics. A treasure trove of 116 years of Olympic history, it is also an amazingly readable book, for in the course of recording every single Olympic final since 1896, it concentrates on the strange, the memorable, and the unbelievable. Who knew (until reading this book) that croquet was once an Olympic sport, or tug of war, or that a 72-year-old once won a silver medal for target shooting? This new edition also has every finals result, recorded by the top eight competitors in every event at the Beijing Olympics, and full descriptions of rules and scoring for every event included for 2012. It is the one truly essential Olympics book.

The Olympics Encyclopedia
The Olympics Encyclopedia

Author: Chrös McDougall

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2021-12-15

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1098218744

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This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics
The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics

Author: David Fischer

Publisher:

Published: 2004-02-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780531163924

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Explores the history and traditions of the Olympics and the various events included in the competitions held every four years.

The Olympics and the Cold War, 1948-1968
The Olympics and the Cold War, 1948-1968

Author: Erin Elizabeth Redihan

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1476627282

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For Olympic athletes, fans and the media alike, the games bring out the best sport has to offer--unity, patriotism, friendly competition and the potential for stunning upsets. Yet wherever international competition occurs, politics are never far removed. Early in the Cold War, when all U.S.-Soviet interactions were treated as potential matters of life and death, each side tried to manipulate the International Olympic Committee. Despite the IOC's efforts to keep the games apolitical, they were quickly drawn into the superpowers' global struggle for supremacy, with medal counts the ultimate prize. Based on IOC, U.S. government and contemporary media sources, this book looks at six consecutive Olympiads to show how high the stakes became once the Soviets began competing in 1952, threatening America's athletic supremacy.

Cold War Olympics
Cold War Olympics

Author: Harry Blutstein

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-12-03

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1476686874

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The political tension of the Cold War bled into the Olympic Games when each side engaged in psychological warfare, exploiting sport for political ends. In Helsinki, the Soviet Union nearly overtook the United States in the medal count. Caught off guard, the U.S. hastened to respond, certain that the Soviets would use a victory at the next Olympics to broadcast their superiority over the Western world. Following the 1956 suppression of the Hungarian uprising, a Soviet athlete struck a Hungarian opponent in the Melbourne water polo semifinals, turning the pool red. The United States covertly encouraged Eastern Bloc athletes to defect, communist Chinese agents nearly succeeded in goading the Taiwanese government into withdrawing from the games, and a forbidden romance between an American and Czech athlete resulted in a politically complex marriage. This history describes those stories and more that resulted from the complicated relationship between Cold War politics and the Olympics.

The Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Olympics

Author: Nigel Spivey

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-06-14

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0191655414

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The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were - fierce contests between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Victory was almost worth dying for, and a number of athletes did just that. Many more resorted to cheating and bribery. Contested always bitterly and often bloodily, the ancient Olympics were not an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield.

Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History
Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History

Author: Paul Christesen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-10-22

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1139466232

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This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed.

Running Encyclopedia
Running Encyclopedia

Author: Richard Benyo

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780736037341

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An A to Z resource on running including history, key figures, major events, and primary training theories and terms.