Television has always played a major role in the recent history of the Olympic Games. What a lot of people don't realize is that the first television broadcast of this event was the infamous 1936 Berlin Games albeit via a closed circuit network within the surrounding areas of the venues. The 1936 games were also the where the first lighting of the Olympic Flame began.
This is where Nigel Blundell picks up with the torch with a quick history of the games (politics, tragedy, drugs etc...)and a very comprehensive history of the results, medals etc. with an overview of the stars of the games.
This book was printed before the XXVII Olympiad, 2000 Sydney Games but as it was intended as a complement to them, the venues and Sydney are included in this large and rather heavy to hold and well illustrated book.
Product details
- Publisher : PRC PUBLISHING; First Edition (January 1, 1999)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 512 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1856485447
- ISBN-13 : 978-1856485449
- Item Weight : 1.6 ounces