The Olympic Games : a critical approach / by Jefferson Lenskyj, Helen

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Olympic Games, Munich 1972.

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The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy.

Table of Contents: “…Towards a culture-led Olympic games?…”
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1920 olympic games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Mallon, Bill

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (7th : 1920 : Antwerp, Belgium)…”
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The 1900 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Mallon, Bill

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- References -- Table of Contents -- 1900 Olympic Games-Analysis and Summaries -- Summary Statistics -- Notes -- Archery -- Notes -- Athletics (Track & Field) -- Notes -- Cricket -- Croquet -- Notes -- Cycling -- Notes -- Equestrian Events -- Notes -- Fencing -- Notes -- Football (Soccer) -- Notes -- Golf -- Notes -- Gymnastics -- Notes -- Pelota Basque -- Polo -- Notes -- Rowing & Sculling -- Notes -- Rugby Football -- Notes -- Shooting -- Notes -- Swimming -- Notes -- Tennis (Lawn) -- Notes -- Tug-of-War -- Notes -- Water Polo -- Notes -- Yachting -- Notes -- Other Sports-Non-Olympic Status -- Notes -- Appendix I: 1900 Program -- Appendix II: Competitors (by Country) -- Appendix III: IOC Document on 1900 Sports and Events -- Appendix IV: 1900 Olympic Sports and Events in the Literature -- Index.…”
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The 1904 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Mallon, Bill

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (3rd : 1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)…”
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The 1906 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Mallon, Bill

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Introduction -- Abbreviations and Usage Notes -- References -- Table of Contents -- 1906 Intercalated Olympic Games-Background -- Notes -- Summary and Statistics -- Notes -- Athletics (Track & Field) -- Notes -- Cycling -- Notes -- Diving -- Notes -- Fencing -- Notes -- Football (Association Football [Soccer]) -- Notes -- Gymnastics -- Notes -- Rowing & Sculling -- Notes -- Shooting -- Notes -- Swimming -- Notes -- Tennis (Lawn) -- Notes -- Tug-of-War -- Notes -- Weightlifting -- Notes -- Wrestling -- Notes -- Other Sports and Events -- Notes -- Appendix I: Schedule of Events and Festivities -- Appendix II: Program of Events and Festivities -- Appendix III: "The Song of the Branwen" -- Appendix IV: Competitors (by Country) -- Notes -- Index.…”
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The 1896 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Mallon, Bill, Widlund, Ture

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- References -- Table of Contents -- 1896 Olympic Games-Analysis and Summaries -- Summary Statistics -- Notes -- Summary Articles: The Olympian Games at Athens (Charles Waldstein) -- The Olympic Games of 1896 (Pierre de Coubertin) -- The Olympic Games (Miss Maynard Butler) -- High Hurdles and White Gloves (Thomas P. …”
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The Olympic games explained : a student guide to the evolution of the modern Olympic games / by Girginov, Vassil, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: THE IDEA OF OLYMPISM; CHAPTER TWO: THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER THREE: REVIVAL OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER FOUR: BRITAIN IN THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT; CHAPTER FIVE: THE PARALYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER SIX: THE OLYMPICS AND THE MASS MEDIA; CHAPTER SEVEN: OLYMPIC MARKETING; CHAPTER EIGHT: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER NINE: ORGANISING THE OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER TEN: OLYMPIC POLITICS; CHAPTER ELEVEN: ETHICS OF SPORT AND OLYMPISM.…”
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The 1908 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary / by Mallon, Bill

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Introduction -- Abbreviations and Usage Notes -- References -- Table of Contents -- 1908 Olympic Games-Background -- Notes -- Summary and Statistics -- Notes -- Archery -- Notes -- Athletics (track & Field) -- Notes -- Boxing -- Notes -- Cycling -- Notes -- Diving -- Notes -- Fencing -- Notes -- Figure Skating -- Notes -- Football (Association Football) [Soccer] -- Notes -- Gymnastics -- Notes -- Hockey (Field) -- Notes -- Jeu De Paume (Tennis [Court/Real Tennis]) -- Lacrosse -- Notes -- Motorboating -- Notes -- Polo -- Notes -- Racquets -- Notes -- Rowing & Sculling -- Notes -- Rugby Union Football -- Notes -- Shooting -- Notes -- Swimming -- Notes -- Tennis (Lawn) -- Notes -- Tug-of-war -- Notes -- Water Polo -- Notes -- Wrestling -- Notes -- Yachting -- Notes -- Other Sports and Events -- Notes -- Appendix I: the 1908 Olympic Program -- Appendix II: Controversies and Protests -- Appendix III: the British and American Responses to "The Battle of Shepherd's Bush" -- Appendix IV: Maps of Olympic Sites -- Appendix V: Music-"Dorando" by Irving Berlin -- Appendix Vi: Competitors (by Country) -- Notes -- Index.…”
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A brief history of the Olympic games / by Young, David C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Beginnings and evidence -- Athletic events -- Combat and equestrian events -- Zeus country -- Pindar and immortality -- Body, mind, and Greek athletics -- Questions of profit and social class -- The athletes -- Women and Greek athletics -- Between the Greek and Roman worlds -- The later centuries of Olympia -- The origin and authenticity of the modern Olympic Games -- Appendix A: Chronology and schedule of the athletic circuit -- Appendix B: Technical note on discus and long jump -- Appendix C: Modern issues : the marathon and torch relay.…”
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Horizon. First Olympian : a Horizon special

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The Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games / by Sanders, Barry A.

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) History Pictorial works.…”
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Real olympics

Subjects: “…Olympic games (Ancient) History.…”
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In search of history. The first Olympics

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Onward to the Olympics : historical perspectives on the Olympic Games /

Table of Contents: “…The Olympics in antiquity -- The ancient Olympic games through the centuries / Nigel B. Crowther -- Origins. …”
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Onward to the Olympics : historical perspectives on the Olympic Games /

Table of Contents: “…The Olympics in antiquity -- The ancient Olympic games through the centuries / Nigel B. Crowther -- Origins. …”
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Marketplace Asia. Tech at the Beijing Olympic Games

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Freedom for Catalonia? Catalan Nationalism, Spanish Identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games. by Hargreaves, John

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (25th : 1992 : Barcelona, Spain) Political aspects.…”
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The Sport Psychologist's Role at the Olympic Games : Mental Challenges for the Olympian /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Olympics : a different experience -- Psychological assets of the Olympian -- Mental toughness defined -- Finding "flow" -- On being "resilient" -- Controlling the "controllables" -- SP role at the Olympic games -- Reflections & observations : Beijing 2008 -- St. …”
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The Sarajevo Olympics : a history of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games / by Vuic, Jason, 1972-

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Five ring circus : myths and realities of the Olympic games / by Shaw, Christopher A. (Christopher Ariel)

Table of Contents: “…The second ring : the hidden history of the Olympic games -- pt. 3. The third ring : it all starts with real estate -- pt. 4. …”
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Munich 1972 : tragedy, terror, and triumph at the Olympic Games / by Large, David Clay

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A visitor's guide to the ancient Olympics by Faulkner, Neil

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America's first Olympics : the St. Louis games of 1904 by Matthews, George R., 1950-

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (3rd : 1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)…”
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Closing ceremony 1996 Centennial Olympic Games /

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.)…”
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Closing ceremony 1996 Centennial Olympic Games /

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.)…”
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1972.

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany) Massacre of Israeli athletes.…”
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The gold in the rings : the people and events that transformed the Olympic Games / by Wenn, Stephen R., 1964-, Barney, Robert Knight, 1932-

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The Olympic Games, the Soviet sports bureaucracy, and the Cold War : red sport, red tape / by Parks, Jenifer, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Verbal gymnastics : the Soviet Union enters the Olympic movement -- Leveling the playing field : Soviet sports administrators abroad and international sports exchanges under Khrushchev, 1953-1964 -- Getting things done : Soviet bureaucrats' expanding role in the IOC and Moscow's bid to host the games -- "An exemplary communist city" : preparing Moscow for the 1980 Olympic Games -- A job well done? : welcoming the world to the 1980 Moscow Olympiad.…”
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Rio 2016 : Olympic myths, hard realities

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Social aspects.…”
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Face the Nation : Sunday, May 13, 1984

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)…”
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Games of discontent : protests, boycotts, and politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics by Blutstein, Harry

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico)…”
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Hitler's games : Berlin 1936

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)…”
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Sustainable reform and development in post-Olympic China

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China) Economic aspects.…”
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Sunday Morning. Tis the season : movies

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Learn more about the different weight divisions in the sport of boxing.

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England)…”
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Running for the revolution

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Olympic housing : a critical review of London 2012's legacy by Bernstock, Penny

Subjects: “…Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England)…”
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The Montreal Olympics : an insider's view of organizing a self-financing games by Howell, Paul Charles

Table of Contents: “…Financial Statements of the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Olympic Games --…”
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