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Preface
Introduction by John A. Daly
Prologue: The Ancient Games by Robert K. Barney
The Summer Games
Athens 1896 by Joanna Davenport
Paris 1900 by Reet Ann Howell and Max L. Howell
St. Louis 1904 by C. Robert Barnett
Athens 1906 by Karl Lennartz, translated by Stephanie L. Peters and Curtis H. Peters
London 1908 by James R. Coates, Jr.
Stockholm 1912 by Horst Ueberhorst
Berlin 1916 by William Durick
Antwerp 1920 by Roland Renson
Paris 1924 by Paula D. Welch
Amsterdam 1928 by Edward S. Goldstein
Los Angeles 1932 by Doris Pieroth
Berlin 1936 by Dietmar Herz and Angelika Altmann
Tokyo/Helsinki 1940 by Jerry A. Pattengale
London 1944 by Martin J. Manning
London 1948 by Richard A. Voeltz
Helsinki 1952 by Adam R. Hornbuckle
Melbourne 1956 by Ian Jobling
Rome 1960 by Eric Leslie Davies
Tokyo 1964 by Mohammed B. Alam
Mexico City 1968 by Joseph L. Arbena
Munich 1972 by Maynard Brichford
Montreal 1976 by Bruce Kidd
Moscow 1980 by James Riordan
Los Angeles 1984 by Wayne Wilson
Seoul 1988 by Ron Palenski
Barcelona 1992 by Larry Maloney
Atlanta 1996 by Larry Maloney
Sydney 2000 by Max L. Howell
The Winter Games
Chamonix 1924 by Paula D. Welch
St. Moritz 1928 by Donald C. Simmons, Jr.
Lake Placid 1932 by John Fea
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 by Jon W. Stauff
Sapporo/St. Moritz/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940 by Swantje Scharenberg
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1944 by Astrid Engelbrecht, translated by Jamey J. Findling
St. Moritz 1948 by Donald C. Simmons, Jr.
Oslo 1952 by Gordon MacDonald and Douglas Brown
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 by Allan W. Hall
Squaw Valley 1960 by Tim Ashwell
Innsbruck 1964 by John J. Kennedy,Jr.
Grenoble 1968 by Douglas Brown and Gordon MacDonald
Sapporo 1972 by Donna Addkison-Simmons
Innsbruck 1976 by John J. Kennedy, Jr.
Lake Placid 1980 by John Fea
Sarajevo 1984 by Robert Dunkelberger
Calgary 1988 by K. B. Wamsley
Albertville and Savoie 1992 by Michele Lellouche
Lillehammer 1994 by Larry Maloney
Nagano 1998 by John E. Findling
Appendix A: The International Olympic Committee by Dwight H. Zakus
Appendix A1: Demetrios Vikelas by Kimberly D. Pelle
Appendix A2: Pierre de Coubertin by Ute Schwabe
Appendix A3: Henri de Baillet-Latour by Edward S. Goldstein
Appendix A4: Sigfrid Edstrom by Edward S. Goldstein
Appendix A5: Avery Brundage by Robert K. Barney
Appendix A6: Michael Morris, Lord Killanin by Kathy Nichols
Appendix A7: Juan Antonio Samaranch by John E. Findling
Appendix B: The United States Olympic Committee by Robert P. Watson
Appendix C: Olympic Films
Appendix C1: Olympic Documentary Films by Linda K. Fuller
Appendix C2: Olympic Feature Films by Scott A. G. M. Crawford
General Bibliography
Index
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Daniel Nadon
reviewed Historical Dictionary Of The Modern Olympic Movement on November 20, 2017
Historical Dictionary Of The Modern Olympic Movement
It was the Olympics of Cassius Clay, Wilma Rudolph, Rafer Johnson, and Abebe Bikila. It was the Olympics with the first drug scandal and it was the first Olympics to be telecast. Also, it was the first Olympics where an athlete was paid to wear a certain brand of shoes. All played out against the backdrop of the Eternal City and the Cold War.
Do not forbid what you cannot prevent.
1960 saw the beginning of the end of "amateurism" for Olympic athletes. It was already clear that the Soviets and their satellite nations were fully subsidizing their teams, while the West participants were realizing there was a new age to behold for post-Olympic marketing. In many ways, the Rome Olympics were an end of the old and the start of the new. There was still an elite old-boyism flair at play, but the Ethiopian victory in the marathon, run by Bikila in his bare feet, meant new competition from developing countries. Capitalism was rushing in from one side and Communism from the other side.
Prior to reading this book, I knew nothing about the 1960 Olympics and almost nothing about the stars. Muhammad Ali did not exist yet; Clay was just a kid from Louisville who loved attention and glory. Wilma Rudolph exemplified the predicament of most female Olympians in that she was expected to be successful yet still appear feminine. Italy was going through its economic revival and the remnants of WWII were finally disappearing. All in all, it's a fascinating history, especially when one considers how the Olympics are now financial cripplers focused more on opening ceremonies than on catching drug cheats. This book brings us back to a simpler time, enough that I have added the documentary to my watchlist. It's a good book, albeit so full of different names from different countries that I got a bit mixed-up (which I suspect is more my fault than the author's).
It was also a reminder of how much pain and toil each Olympian endures, only to be forgotten by the next event.
That is how most Olympic athletes finish, unknown and unseen, away from the glare of media hype and patriotic hope.
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