1908 Olympic Games

1908 Olympic Games

EnglishPaperback / softback
Mallon Bill
McFarland & Co Inc
EAN: 9780786440689
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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 "The Battle of Shepherd's Bush," 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 9780786440689
ISBN 0786440686
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Publication date March 10, 2009
Pages 536
Language English
Dimensions 254 x 178 x 27
Country United States
Authors Buchanan, Ian; Mallon Bill
Series History of the Early Olympics