JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. In addition to being the author or editor of many books, he is the coeditor of the two Greenwood series Events That Changed the World and Events That Changed America as well as editor of the Greenwood series Histories of Modern Nations.
KIMBERLY D. PELLE is a counselor in the admissions office at Indiana University Southeast. She is the coauthor/coeditor of the Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions (1990) and Fair America.

Preface
Introduction by John A. Daly
Prologue: The Ancient Games by Robert K. Barney
The Summer Games
Pre-Olympic Summer Games by Joachim Ruehl
Athens 1896 by Karl Lennartz and Stephen Wassong
Paris 1900 by Andre Drevon
St. Louis 1904 by C. Robert Barnett
Athens 1906 by Bill Mallon
London 1908 by John Nauright
Stockholm 1912 by Ulf Hamilton
Berlin 1916 by William Durick
Antwerp 1920 by Roland Renson
Paris 1924 by Mark Dyreson
Amsterdam 1928 by Edward S. Goldstein
Los Angeles 1932 by Doris Pieroth
Berlin 1936 by Annette Hofmann and Michael Kruger
Tokyo 1940 by Sandra Collins
London 1944 by Martin Manning
London 1948 by Norman Baker
Helsinki 1952 by Ingmar Bjorkman
Melbourne 1956 by Ian Jobling
Rome 1960 by Floris van der Merwe
Tokyo 1964 by John Slater
Mexico City 1968 by Joseph L. Arbena
Munich 1972 by Maynard Brichford
Montreal 1976 by Bruce Kidd
Moscow 1980 by James Riordan
Los Angeles 1984 by Wayne Wilson
Seoul 1988 by Ron Palenski
Barcelona 1992 by Miquel de Moragas
Atlanta 1996 by Larry Maloney
Sydney 2000 by Richard Cashman
Athens 2004 by Christine Sell
Beijing 2008 by Ying WuShanley
The Winter Games
Pre-Olympic Winter Games by Yves Morales, translated by Johanna Hackney
Chamonix 1924 by Paula D. Welch
St. Moritz 1928 by Susan Saint Sing
Lake Placid 1932 by John Fea
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 by Jon W. Stauff, updated by the Editors
Sapporo 1940 by Swantje Scharenberg
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1944 by Astrid Engelbrecht, translated Jamey J. Findling
St. Moritz 1948 by Janice Forsyth
Oslo 1952 by Gordon MacDonald and Douglas Brown
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 by Jom Nendel
Squaw Valley 1960 by Tim Ashwell
Innsbruck 1964 by Carly Adams
Grenoble 1968 by Douglas Brown and Gordon MacDonald
Sapporo 1972 by Junko Tahara
Innsbruck 1976 by John J. Kennedy Jr., updated by Morgan Patrick
Lake Placid 1980 by Harold Wilson
Sarajevo 1984 by Robert Dunkelberger
Calgary 1988 by Kevin B. Wamsley
Albertville 1992 by Michelle Lellouche
Lillehammer 1994 by Larry Maloney
Nagano 1998 by Naofumo Masumoto
Salt Lake City 2002 by Lex Hemphil
Torino 2006 by John E. Findling
Appendix A: The International Olympic Committee by Dwight H. Zakus
Appendix B: The U.S. Olympic Committee by Robert P. Watson, updated by Larry Maloney
Appendix C: The Olympics and Television by Stephen R. Wenn
Appendix D: Olympic Feature Films by Scott A.G.M. Crawford
Appendix E: Electronic Sources for Olympic Research by Scott G. Martyn
General Bibliography
Index
About the Editors and Contributors

A quaint idea in the 1890s, the Olympic Games are now the foremost sporting event in the world. Information on the winners and medals abounds, but this unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics: political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents. Covering specific games from the 1896 Olympics in Athens to the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, this volume also presents plans for the 2004 Athens games, 2006 Turin games, and the 2008 summer games.
Enhanced with new illustrations, this book includes sections on both the Summer and Winter Games. Chronologically arranged entries cover each of the games, while appendixes provide further information, including details about the Olympic committees. Bibliographic information is provided with the entries, as well as in a general bibliography. A full subject index makes this volume the ideal reference for anyone interested in the colorful history and scope of the Olympics.