The Olympics at 100: A Celebration in PicturesCelebrate the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the Olympic Games Centennial with this superb, lavishly illustrated volume from the first name in worldwide sports reporting! All the color, drama, and excitement of the world's premier sporting event is here, captured in hundreds of thrilling, action-packed photos by the AP's ace sports photographers. The fast-paced text - by a top sports reporter - provides stirring portraits of the great Olympic champions of the past and present, plus an indispensable guide to the 1996 Games with these exclusive special features: a typical day at the Olympics, game-site activities and what they cost, a full-color map of all Atlanta Olympic sites with transport distances clearly marked, and a complete schedule of all Olympic events, from basketball to track to gymnastics. |
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Page 78
... Beamon put the world record so far out there , at 29 feet , 2 1⁄2 inches , that any feat far beyond the norm has come to be called " Beamonesque . " Even the jumper couldn't believe it when it happened . " Mine was a jump way before its ...
... Beamon put the world record so far out there , at 29 feet , 2 1⁄2 inches , that any feat far beyond the norm has come to be called " Beamonesque . " Even the jumper couldn't believe it when it happened . " Mine was a jump way before its ...
Page 79
... Beamon was the favorite . He had won 22 of 23 meets coming into the Olympics , despite being suspended from the track team at Texas - El Paso because he refused to compete against Brigham Young University . In keeping with the times , ...
... Beamon was the favorite . He had won 22 of 23 meets coming into the Olympics , despite being suspended from the track team at Texas - El Paso because he refused to compete against Brigham Young University . In keeping with the times , ...
Page 80
... Beamon is overcome by emotion after breaking the long - jump record . Beamon had suffered a cataleptic seizure , shocked into numbness by the magnitude of his own accomplishment . The rest of this great field was humbled . No one else ...
... Beamon is overcome by emotion after breaking the long - jump record . Beamon had suffered a cataleptic seizure , shocked into numbness by the magnitude of his own accomplishment . The rest of this great field was humbled . No one else ...
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9 a.m. July American Angeles Athens athletes Atlanta Avery Brundage Barcelona Barcelona 92 basketball Beamon boycott bronze and gold Carl Lewis Comaneci competition Coubertin decathlon Didrikson figure skating freestyle Georgia gold medal gymnastics host hurdles IOC member IOC President Johnson Juan Antonio Samaranch July 24 July 27 Men's July 30 Kerrigan Lake Placid Lillehammer long jump marathon Mark Spitz mascot medalist Men's and women's men's doubles men's singles meters Montreal Moscow Munich Nadia Comaneci Olympic champion Olympic Games Olympic Stadium Olympic Village opening ceremonies Ovett Owens p.m. Aug p.m. July Payne Preliminaries 1:30 p.m. preliminaries 10 a.m. quarterfinals race runner seconds semifinals Seoul silver Soviet Union Spitz sprint star swimming teammate Thorpe Tickets Tokyo track and field U.S. Olympic U.S. team Unified Team victory vote winning the gold Winter Games Witt Women's and men's Women's preliminaries world record Zatopek