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The Olympic Games: ATHENS 1896 - ATHENS 2004

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"In the year 2004, the Olympics will return to their spiritual birthplace, Greece. The Greek capital, Athens, will host a Games featuring more than 10,200 athletes from 200 countries."

If you are a fan of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games then you might want to own this as a highly collectable documentation of every one of the Olympic Games since 1896. Full previews of Athens, 2004, Beijing, 2008 and Torino, 2006 are included.

Each section covers about 4 pages and a quarter of the book is dedicated to statistics. You can look on a chart for each year to find the Event and who won the Gold, Silver or Bronze medals. The extensive index contains the names of competitors and personalities mentioned in the text.

Extra Features: See the new medals and who designed them with Greek elements and explore the construction efforts and newly built arenas. You can look up every athlete, event and result since 1896. Pretty impressive!

~The Rebecca Review

Older book but thrilled my Olympics obssessed husband. Lots of facts and stats for people who follow the Olympic records. Nice photographs. "Coffee table" style hardback.