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
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).
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*
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 exhaustive overview of the Olympics…. [It] will
be of interest to a range of libraries and researchers including:
high school, public, and university libraries…. Overall, Historical
Dictionary of the Olympic Movement 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 the Olympic
Movement is recommended for libraries, experts and fans.
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