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Title: The Olympic Factbook : A Spectator's Guide to the Summer Games
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0787606200
ISBN 13: 9780787606206
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Weight: 3 pounds

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The 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, are a gala celebration of the Olympic Centennial. This guide to the Games offers complete statistics and schedules, human interest stories, anecdotes and details about the Games. Published in association with the United States Olympic Committee, the book provides a reader warm-up for each sport, a spectator's guide, with game rules, equipment requirements and explanations of terms, forecasts for the 1996 results, highlights from previous Olympic competitions, and medallists for all 28 summer sports. Also included is a complete schedule of events for each sport, with trivia quizzes, glossaries of terms, and a profile of Atlanta, Georgia, the city which is host for the 1996 Summer Games. The guide is illustrated with action photographs from past competitions.

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These two volumes are geared toward television viewers as well as Olympic attendees. As a spectator's guide, the Companion offers more useful diagrams and better writing than The Olympic Factbook, even if the end result is a bit droll. Chapters on each competitive event are broken into seven categories-e.g., Stars To Watch; Background; Equipment; Rules-a blessing for those who don't follow the badminton or synchronized swimming circuits. The Olympic Factbook offers much of the same information but suffers from uneven writing at times. Regardless, the occasional trivia quiz and less structured entries make it entertaining to read. Additionally, the comprehensive events schedules-something the Companion lacks-make it a useful tool for spectators. Together, these titles should fill the needs of most collections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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