Completely revised for the summer games in Atlanta, a definitive resource includes 1,500 anecdotes and dramatic moments from Olympic history, the top eight finishers from every Olympic event since 1896, rules and scoring for each event, black-and-white photographs, and much more.
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This ultimate sports reference has anecdotes from every sport, stats and scores for the top finishers in every event of every summer Olympics since 1896. Includes complete coverage of discontinued events, national medal totals, concise descriptions of the rules and scoring for 1996, and more than 200 classic photos of Olympic athletes.
An indispensable addition to the shelves of both sportswriters and serious fans ... an extremely meticulous -- one may even say Olympian -- piece of scholarship. -- New York Times Book Review
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