1908 Olympic Games

1908 Olympic Games

EnglishEbook
Bill Mallon, Mallon
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
EAN: 9781476609522
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The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the American team and the British officials. Because of the controversies, the 1908 Olympics have been termed &quote;The Battle of Shepherd's Bush,&quote; referring to the site of the Olympic Stadium. Reports of the 1908 Olympics have been rare and do not for instance contain full results for archery, track and field athletics, football (soccer), gymnastics, motorboating and shooting. A great deal of new information has been discovered by the authors, and this work gives complete results for all events. The information presented is based primarily on 1908 sources. For the first time, definitive word on the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are available for all of the 1908 Olympic events, including boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, polo, raquets, swimming, lawn tennis, tug-of-war, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting, among other sports. A series of appendices include rarely seen information about the many controversies surrounding the Games.
EAN 9781476609522
ISBN 1476609527
Binding Ebook
Publisher McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date July 11, 2015
Pages 536
Language English
Country United States
Authors Bill Mallon, Mallon; Ian Buchanan, Buchanan
Series History of the Early Olympics