olympic games

Presents the final standings in every event ever contested in the modern Olympics through 1980, with complete team rosters, and includes many anecdotes and interesting facts such as the age of the youngest Olympic competitor.

A discussion of the Olympic Games, tracing the history of the international competition from its origins in Greece, examining the rules and regulations of summer and winter sports, and looking at some of the outstanding achievements, scandals, and tragedies of the biennial event.

A history of the Olympic games focusing on the political events, controversies, and tragedies that have marred the games.

Brief biographies of women athletes who became Olympic winners.

Presents portraits of the great Olympic champions of the past and a guide to the 1996 games in Atlanta.

Follows four young men, Christopher Wood, John Biglow, Joe Bouscaren, and Brad Lewis, through the preliminary meets for the 1984 Olympic sculling team and the actual competition, chronicling the triumphs and defeats of the group as they pursue their largely ignored sport.

Contains a collection of essays describing the history, politics, and difficulties of the winter Olympics, from the unofficial first games in Chamonix, France, in 1924, to the games in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002.

Presents the final standings in every event ever contested in the modern Olympics through 1980, with complete team rosters, and includes many anecdotes and interesting facts such as the age of the youngest Olympic competitor.

Introduces young readers to the history of the Olympics, describing how the games were created and profiling the greatest athletes who have competed.