The Olympics : Fun, Facts and Figures
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The Olympics : Fun, Facts and Figures

Fun, Facts and Figures

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eBook - ePub

The Olympics : Fun, Facts and Figures

Fun, Facts and Figures

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About this book

The Olympic Games: a major international amateur sporting competition that brings together hundreds of nations and thousands of athletes. This book is a collection of fun, facts and figures about the Games (from ancient to modern times) for sports lovers all over the world. "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well" Pierre de Coubertin

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Publisher
Crombie Jardine
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781471615030
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
  4. MODERN-DAY OLYMPIC GAMES
  5. BACKGROUND
  6. OLYMPIC FLAG
  7. OLYMPIC FLAME
  8. OLYMPIC MOTTO
  9. OLYMPIC OATH
  10. OLYMPIC CREED
  11. IOC
  12. OLYMPIC ANTHEM
  13. Olympic Anthem
  14. OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY
  15. OLYMPIC SPORTS
  16. Summer Games Sports
  17. Winter Games Sports
  18. Olympic Marathon
  19. OLYMPIC MEDALS
  20. LINGO
  21. WOMEN
  22. HOSTS AND NON-HOSTS
  23. A CHRONICLE OF THE MODERN SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
  24. 1896 ATHENS
  25. 1900 PARIS
  26. 1904 ST. LOUIS
  27. 1908 LONDON
  28. 1912 STOCKHOLM
  29. 1916 CANCELLED
  30. 1920 ANTWERP
  31. 1924 PARIS
  32. 1928 AMSTERDAM
  33. 1932 LOS ANGELES
  34. 1936 BERLIN
  35. 1940 CANCELLED
  36. 1944 CANCELLED
  37. 1948 LONDON
  38. 1952 HELSINKI
  39. 1956 MELBOURNE
  40. 1960 ROME
  41. 1964 TOKYO
  42. 1968 MEXICO CITY
  43. 1972 MUNICH
  44. 1976 MONTREAL
  45. 1980 MOSCOW
  46. 1984 LOS ANGELES
  47. 1988 SEOUL
  48. 1992 BARCELONA
  49. 1996 ATLANTA
  50. 2000 SYDNEY
  51. 2004 ATHENS
  52. 2008 BEIJING
  53. 2012 LONDON
  54. OLYMPIC RECORDS
  55. A CHRONICLE OF THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
  56. 1924 CHAMONIX
  57. 1928 ST. MORITZ
  58. 1932 LAKE PLACID
  59. 1936 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
  60. 1940 CANCELLED
  61. 1944 CANCELLED
  62. 1948 ST. MORITZ
  63. 1952 OSLO
  64. 1956 CORTINA D’AMPEZZO
  65. 1960 SQUAW VALLEY
  66. 1964 INNSBRUCK
  67. 1968 GRENOBLE
  68. 1972 SAPPORO
  69. 1976 INNSBRUCK
  70. 1980 LAKE PLACID
  71. 1984 SARAJEVO
  72. 1988 CALGARY
  73. 1992 ALBERTVILLE
  74. 1994 LILLEHAMMER
  75. 1998 NAGANO
  76. 2002 SALT LAKE CITY
  77. 2006 TURIN
  78. 2010 VANCOUVER
  79. THE PARALYMPIC GAMES
  80. SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES
  81. WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
  82. PARALYMPIC SPORTS AS OF 2012
  83. OLYMPIC JOKES
  84. www.crombiejardine.com