Foundations of Managing British Olympics

Institutions through Time

Alex G. Gillett, Kevin D. Tennent

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN: 9781802620962
• eBook ISBN: 9781802620979
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Project Management
• Index: Business

Foundations of Managing British Olympics: Institutions Through Time charts how the British contributed to the development of the Olympic Games as an institution, and how they did this through the development of competitive sport through the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
This intriguing new volume tells the story of how the first modern Olympic revival happened and the role that British sporting movements and administrators played in its success. The book takes the reader from the earliest Olympic revivals in England to London being awarded the hosting rights for the London 1908 games. 

This volume will be of considerable interest to research academics working on aspects of 19th and early 20th century British, European and World History, including sport, social, business, management, economic and political history.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Abbreviations
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 On the Shoulders of Zeus: Ancient Olympia, ‘Modern’ Revivals, and an Embryonic Olympic Movement
• Chapter 3 Emergence of Multi-sport Events in Britain and Abroad
• Chapter 4 The French Nobleman, an International Committee and a Global Games
• Chapter 5 Athens: The First Modern Olympic Games
• Chapter 6 Olympic or Not? Paris 1900
• Chapter 7 St Louis 1904
• Chapter 8 Developing British Sporting Institutions
• Chapter 9 The Intercalated Games, Athens 1906
• Chapter 10 Conclusion
• References
• Index