Chronicle of the Olympics (Updated Edition)

By Michael T. Wise and Chris Oxlade

Book Overview

Atlanta 1996 marks the centenary of the modern Olympic Games. Featuring more than 750 spectacular photographs by top sports journalists, this book brings to life every Summer and Winter Olympic Games... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078940608X
• ISBN13: 9780789406088
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive and informative...

A very good coffee-table book about the Olympic Games. Excellent photography, text, and results of all the Olympic Games.If you're looking for one book to have in your collection, this is an excellent choice. I hope there will be an update in the future!

For Olympics buffs

A real compendium of information for the armchair buff or visiting Olympics spectator. Each Olympic games, both summer and winter is covered. It is lavishly illustrated - the stories are told via the pictures which are all well-captioned.As well, there is a comprehensive list of results (Gold Silver and Bronze medal winners) for every event in every games.This is the definitive Olympics compendium and I thoroughly recommend it.

The reference i was looking for

A great book for anybody looking to get a reference for the olympic games. Long time back i was looking for the same but i got nothing, now " The Olympic Games " gave me the chance. The result of all competitions in the entire summer and winter olympics really comprehensive, text and pictures were useful and enjoyable. I feel no sorry that i got this reference.

Howzat! A hole in one!

A great little book which covers all aspects of the even greater Olympic games - great for reference, casual reading or if you just love the odd nutty fact! A must for sea-farers (great sailing section)