Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement

by Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780810855748
• ISBN10: 0810855747
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-15
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

The third edition of this fascinating book deals with both levels of the competition--the competitive side and the administrative side. The dictionary includes hundreds of cross-referenced entries on the major sports, more outstanding athletes, participating countries and numerous bodies in the organization as well as successive generations of officials--starting with the founder, Pierre de Coubertin. Two chronologies trace the history of the Olympic movement back to the Ancient Olympiad first celebrated in Greece in 776 B.C. as well as all of the modern Games up to Athens in 2004. The appendixes then provide elusive facts on the Games, the officials, the torchbearers, and the top Olympic medal winners.

Author Biography

Ian Buchanan is a founding member and former president of the International Society of Olympic Historians. Bill Mallon is a founding member and former president of the International Society of Olympic Historians and edits the Olympic Gold Data Retrieval System.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff	ix
Preface	xi
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xv
Chronology of the Olympic Movement	xxvii
Chronology of the Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games	xxxvii
Introduction	xciii
THE DICTIONARY	1	(330)
Appendixes
A Presidents of the International Olympic Committee	331	(1)
B The Games of the Olympiads: Sites, Dates, Nations, and Athletes	332	(1)
C The Olympic Winter Games: Sites, Dates, Nations, and Athletes	333	(1)
D Members of the International Olympic Committee	334	(12)
E Awards of the International Olympic Committee	346	(6)
F Final Olympic Torchbearers within the Olympic Stadium	352	(3)
G Speakers of the Olympic Oath	355	(2)
H Official Openings of the Olympic Games	357	(2)
I Most Olympic Medals Won: Summer, Men	359	(1)
J Most Olympic Medals Won: Summer, Women	360	(1)
K Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Summer, Men	361	(1)
L Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Summer, Women	362	(1)
M Most Olympic Medals Won: Winter, Men	363	(1)
N Most Olympic Medals Won: Winter, Women	364	(1)
O Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Winter, Men	365	(1)
P Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Winter, Women	366	(1)
Q Positive Drug Tests at the Olympic Games	367	(8)
R Attempts at Olympic Revival Prior to 1896	375	(2)
Bibliography	377	(34)
About the Authors	411