The 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, were the most "modern" Olympic Games yet celebrated and the most successful of the Modern Era to that date. Much of the success is credited to the influence of Viktor Balck, who is remembered as "The Father of Swedish Sports." The 1912 Olympics also featured new innovations and events. A semiautomatic electrical timing device and a photo-finish camera were used, and the decathlon and modern pentathalon were new events. This work, the sixth in a series on the early Olympics, provides unusually extensive information on the sites, dates, competitors, and nations of the Stockholm games. Results for each event, including cycling, diving, fencing, rowing and sculling, shooting, tennis, water polo, and yachting, among others, are provided.
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Bill Mallon is a cofounder and vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the original editor of the Journal of Olympic History. He is a surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. Ture Widlund is a resident of Stockholm. --The International Centre for Olympic Studies
"The details of the 1912 Olympic games…have been compiled in meticulous detail in this title…cover every aspect of the games…interesting facts…the appendices are a rich source of supplemental information…the authors have thoroughly researched and documented important primary and secondary sources…a fascinating, comprehensive, and accessible picture of the 1912 Olympic Games" --arba
"Excellent work...highly recommended...a fascinating read" --Emerald. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"The details of the 1912 Olympic games…have been compiled in meticulous detail in this title…cover every aspect of the games…interesting facts…the appendices are a rich source of supplemental information…the authors have thoroughly researched and documented important primary and secondary sources…a fascinating, comprehensive, and accessible picture of the 1912 Olympic Games" --arba
"Excellent work...highly recommended...a fascinating read" --Emerald. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Bill Mallon is a cofounder and vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the original editor of the Journal of Olympic History. He is a surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. Ture Widlund is a resident of Stockholm. They are also the coauthors of The 1896 Olympic Games (1997, $32.50).
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