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The Complete Book of the Olympics | 
 enlarge | Authors: David Wallechinsky, Jaime Loukey
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 5000
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2008 Ed
Pages: 1200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.1 x 2.2
ISBN: 1845133307
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.48
EAN: 9781845133306
ASIN: 1845133307
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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The Complete Book of the Olympics May 22, 2004
A. Gilbert (Aberdeen, Scotland)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
For many years David Wallechinsky has produced his quadrennial publication in the months prior to each summer Olympic Games. For anybody seriously interested in the Games it is quite simply invaluable. The 2004 edition - more than 200 pages longer than the 2000 version - contains comprehensive results for every summer Olympic final since 1896, including discontinued events, medal tables for each Games, and tables of Olympic trivia (most medals, oldest and youngest medallists etc). As if this wasn't enough, there is also a brief history of the Games (ancient and modern), articles about issues facing the Games (e.g. drugs and corruption) and, perhaps most interestingly of all, scores of fascinating anecdotes about Olympic competitors and controversies at the Games. Do you know which American swimmer was wined and dined by the Nazis after being expelled from her team for bad behaviour? Or which woman has won 18 Olympic medals? Mr Wallechinsky tells their stories and many, many, many more.
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