The Olympics' Strangest Moments: Over A Century of the Modern Olympics

Geoff Tibballs

Pavilion Books, Jul 7, 2008 - Humor - 288 pages

The Olympics’ Strangest Moments recounts the bizarre, controversial, inept, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of the games to their birthplace in Athens in 2004 and up to the Beijing 2008 games. The world’s greatest sporting occasion has been packed with unusual occurrences as well as creating unlikely heroes such as Dorando Pietri, who missed out on marathon gold after being helped over the finish line by over-anxious officials, and ''Eric the Eel'' from Equatorial Guinea who was acknowledged as the slowest swimmer in the history of the games.

About the author

Geoff Tibballs is a former journalist and press officer. He is now a full-time writer. He lives in Nottingham, England, with his wife and daughters. He is the author of the bestselling The Mammoth Book of Jokes, The Mammoth Book of Dirty Jokes, and Believe It or Not! Strikingly True. His most recent title, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Unlock The Weird!, is a best seller.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Olympics' Strangest Moments: Over A Century of the Modern Olympics; Strangest Series
• Author: Geoff Tibballs
• Publisher: Pavilion Books, 2008
• ISBN: 1905798237, 9781905798230
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Humor / Topic / Sports; Sports & Recreation / Business Aspects; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports & Recreation / History; Sports & Recreation / Olympics & Paralympics