Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 906
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4422-4859-5 • Hardback • May 2015 • $262.00 • (£204.00)
978-1-4422-4860-1 • eBook • May 2015 • $248.50 • (£192.00)
John Grasso, an Olympic historian and Treasurer of the International Society of Olympic Historians, was born in New York City, raised in Queens, NY, educated as an accountant but spent most of his working life in data processing. He moved to Guilford in Central New York State in 1980, has written on boxing, wrestling, bowling, basketball, tennis and football and has traveled extensively—visiting more than forty-five countries and attending nine Olympic Games.
Bill Mallon a former professional golfer, is an orthopedic surgeon whose lifelong interest in the Olympic Games became a second career while he was in medical school at Duke University. This fifth edition is his twenty-fifth book on the Olympic Games. With Erich Kamper, he coauthored The Golden Book of the Olympic Games, and with the late Ian Buchanan he wrote Quest for Gold: The Encyclopedia of American Olympians and several other books, including the first three editions of this book. He is the author of a series of books on the earliest Olympic Games (1896–1920) and is a founding member and past president of the International Society of Olympic Historians and former editor of ISOH’s Journal of Olympic History. For his contributions to the Olympic Movement, he was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver in 2001. He also serves as the President of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) (2014-15), editor-in-chief of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, medical editor of Golf Digest, and medical editor of Orthopaedic Coding Newsletter.
Jeroen Heijmans is an information technology (IT) professional from the Netherlands. Fascinated by the Olympics since he was nine years old, he is involved in the OlyMADMen, a group that attempts to collect complete historic results of the Olympic Games (partially available on www.sportsreference.com/olympics). He has written extensively about the Olympic Games on the Dutch sports history site Sportgeschiedenis.nl and is a member (and the web master) of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH).
Editor’s Foreword by, Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
The Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix I: Presidents of the International Olympic Committee
Appendix II: The Games of the Olympiads
Appendix III: The Olympic Winter Games
Appendix IV: Members of the International Olympic Committee
Appendix V: Awards of the International Olympic Committee
Appendix VI: Final Olympic Torchbearers (Within the Olympic Stadium)
Appendix VII: Speakers of the Olympic Oath
Appendix VIII: Official Openings of the Olympic Games
Appendix IX: Most Olympic Medals Won: Summer, Men
Appendix X: Most Olympic Medals Won: Summer, Women
Appendix XI: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Summer, Men
Appendix XII: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Summer, Women
Appendix XIII: Most Olympic Medals Won: Winter, Men
Appendix XIV: Most Olympic Medals Won: Winter, Women
Appendix XV: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Winter, Men
Appendix XVI: Most Olympic Gold Medals Won: Winter, Women
Appendix XVII: Most Appearances: Summer, Men
Appendix XVIII: Most Appearances: Summer, Women
Appendix XIX: Most Appearances: Winter, Men
Appendix XX: Most Appearances: Winter, Women
Appendix XXI: List of All Positive Drug Tests at the Olympic Games
Appendix XXII: Attempts at Olympic Revival Prior to 1896
Appendix XXIII: International Federations – SportAccord
Appendix XXIV: Olympic Summer Games Participants
Appendix XXV: Olympic Winter Games Participants
Appendix XXVI: Olympic Sports
Appendix XXVII: Bid Cities
Bibliography
About the Authors
The fifth edition of the publisher's series dealing with the Olympic Movement contains much of the same material that previous editions are known for, including hundreds of A-Z entries providing relevant details about athletes, countries, sports, dates, commentators, organizations, and related subjects. This reference book is a good place for beginners to do general research on the Olympics, with a chronology going back to 1100 BC and forward to 2020. Offering a few black-and-white photos throughout the text, authors Grasso (an Olympic historian), Mallon (a former professional golfer), and Heijmans (an IT professional) focus on athletes from the 19th and early 20th centuries. A number of athletes are not included, however (e.g., American ice skater Dick Button is mentioned but not Peggy Fleming or Dorothy Hamill, other than their listing in an appendix on final Olympic torchbearers). Most entries average approximately a half page in length, although some are considerably longer (e.g., ‘Women at the Olympics’ or ‘Olympic Finance’ are six and eight pages, respectively). Very short entries appear on the future games in 2016, 2018, and 2020. Because the book is user friendly and contains many cross-references, the new information warrants purchase of a new edition. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic and general audiences.
— Choice Reviews
This fifth edition has nearly 200 more pages than the fourth edition. There’s a lot of information: a chronology starting in ancient Greece, a section that discusses each modern summer and winter Olympics; and an A-Z dictionary that includes athletes, countries, different commissions, events, and mascots.... Recommended.
— American Reference Books Annual
Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement fifth edition is quality work and an exhaustiveoverview of the Olympics…. [It]will be ofinterest to a range of libraries and researchersincluding: high school, public, and universitylibraries…. Overall, Historical Dictionary of the OlympicMovement is a solid book and serves as comprehensive high-level overview of the Olympics and its history, while providing highly detailed and nuanced information about athletes, events and more. Historical Dictionary of theOlympic Movement is recommended for libraries, experts and fans.
— Reference Reviews