The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary

by Bill Mallon

One of the early concepts of the Olympic Games was to include ""intercalated"" Games every four years between the normal cycle, and to hold these Games in Athens, the ancestral home of the Olympics. In 1906 the first, and only one, of these games was held. Occurring only two years after the St. Louis Games of 1904 and two years before the London Games of 1908, the Athens Games were considered by many not to be ""official""; social and political forces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786440678
• ISBN13: 9780786440672
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher