Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement

John Grasso, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN:
  9781442248601
• Edition: 5

The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins in 776 B.C., although it is suspected that the Games had been held for several centuries by that time. The Games were conducted as religious celebrations in honor of the god Zeus, and it is known that Olympia was a shrine to Zeus from about 1000 B.C. In modern time The Olympic Movement attempts to bring all the nations of the world together in a series of multisport festivals, the Olympic Games, seeking to use sport as a means to promote internationalism and peace.

This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of The Olympic Movement covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on the history, philosophy, and politics of the Olympics, major organizations, the various sports, the participating countries, and especially the athletes. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about The Olympic Movement.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Editor’s Foreword
• Preface
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Chronology
• The Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games
• Introduction
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• Appendix I: Presidents of the International Olympic Committee
• Appendix II: The Games of the Olympiads: Sites, Dates, Nations, Athletes
• Appendix III: The Olympic Winter Games: Sites, Dates, Nations, Athletes
• Appendix IV: Members of the International Olympic Committee
• Appendix V: Awards of the International Olympic Committee
• Appendix VI: Final Olympic Torchbearers (Within the Olympic Stadium)
• Appendix VII: Speakers of the Olympic Oath
• Appendix VIII: Official Openings of the Olympic Games
• Appendix IX: Most Olympic Medals Won: Summer, Men
• Appendix X: Most Olympic Medals Won: Summer, Women
• Appendix XI: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Summer, Men
• Appendix XII: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Summer, Women
• Appendix XIII: Most Olympic Medals Won: Winter, Men
• Appendix XIV: Most Olympic Medals Won: Winter, Women
• Appendix XV: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Winter, Men
• Appendix XVI: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Winter, Women
• Appendix XVII: Most Appearances: Summer, Men
• Appendix XVIII: Most Appearances: Summer, Women
• Appendix XIX: Most Appearances: Winter, Men
• Appendix XX: Most Appearances: Winter, Women
• Appendix XXI: List of All Positive Drug Tests at the Olympic Games
• Appendix XXII: Attempts at Olympic Revival Prior to 1896
• Appendix XXIII: International Federations—SportAccord
• Appendix XXIV: Olympic Summer Games Participants
• Appendix XXV: Olympic Winter Games Participants
• Appendix XXVI: Olympic Sports
• Appendix XXVII: Bid Cities
• Bibliography
• About the Authors