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The 1908 Olympic Games

The 1908 Olympic Games

Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary

by Ian Buchanan and Bill Mallon
Paperback
Publication Date: 10/03/2009

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The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the American team and the British officials. Because of the controversies, the 1908 Olympics have been termed ""The Battle of Shepherd's Bush,"" referring to the site of the Olympic Stadium. Reports of the 1908 Olympics have been rare and do not for instance contain full results for archery, track and field athletics, football (soccer), gymnastics, motorboating and shooting. A great deal of new information has been discovered by the authors, and this work gives complete results for all events.The information presented is based primarily on 1908 sources. For the first time, definitive word on the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are available for all of the 1908 Olympic events, including boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, polo, raquets, swimming, lawn tennis, tug-of-war, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting, among other sports. A series of appendices include rarely seen information about the many controversies surrounding the Games.
ISBN:
9780786440689
9780786440689
Category:
Olympic & Paralympic games
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10-03-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
McFarland & Co Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
536
Dimensions (mm):
254x178x27mm
Weight:
0.91kg

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