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Prologue--The Legend
The Races--Men
The Games of the I Olympiad--Athens, 1896
The Games of the II Olympiad--Paris, 1900
The Games of the III Olympiad--St. Louis, 1904
The Intercalated Games--Athens, 1906
The Games of the IV Olympiad--London, 1908
The Games of the V Olympiad--Stockholm, 1912
The Games of the VII Olympiad--Antwerp, 1920
The Games of the VIII Olympiad--Paris, 1924
The Games of the IX Olympiad--Amsterdam, 1928
The Games of the X Olympiad--Los Angeles, 1932
The Games of the XI Olympiad--Berlin, 1936
The Games of the XIV Olympiad--London, 1948
The Games of the XV Olympiad--Helsinki, 1952
The Games of the XVI Olympiad--Melbourne, 1956
The Games of the XVII Olympiad--Rome, 1960
The Games of the XVIII Olympiad--Tokyo, 1964
The Games of the XIX Olympiad--Mexico City, 1968
The Games of the XX Olympiad--Munich, 1972
The Games of the XXI Olympiad--Montreal, 1976
The Games of the XXII Olympiad--Moscow, 1980
The Games of the XXIII Olympiad--Los Angeles, 1984
The Games of the XXIV Olympiad--Seoul, 1988
The Games of the XXV Olympiad--Barcelona, 1992
The Games of the XXVI Olympiad--Atlanta, 1996
The Women
The Fight to Establish the Women's Race
The Games of the XXIII Olympiad--Los Angeles, 1984
The Games of the XXIV Olympiad--Seoul, 1988
The Games of the XXV Olympiad--Barcelona, 1992
The Games of the XXVI Olympiad--Atlanta, 1996
Epilogue
Appendix: Top Finishers in the Olympic Marathon, 1896-1996
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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reviewed Olympic Marathon: A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race on November 02, 2020
Olympic Marathon
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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