The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920

Year: 1996
Place: Antwerpen - Gent
Publisher: Pandora - Snoeck-Ducaju
Edition: 1st
Language: EN
Pages: 96
Condition: FN
Cover condition: FN
Binding: SC

- Illustrated in b/w.

- Contents:
Preface 5 ;
Introduction: The Political, Social and Cultural Context 7;
How Antwerp Got the Games 11;
A Handicapped Start 15;
Heroic Improvisation 18;
Winter Sports Prelude in April 23;
The Spectre of War 27;
A Stylish Opening Ceremony 30;
Volatile Athletes 34;
From the Trenches to the Track 39;
Uproar in the Swimming Pool 47;
Amateurs of all Sorts and Conditions 52;
When the Gymnasts Come Marching In 58;
When Football Was Still an Olympic Sport 61;
Sporting Aristocrats 66;
The People's Sports 71;
Merchants and Arrivistes 78;
The Roots of the Financial Debacle 81;
Local Press Boycott or General Olympic Apathy ? 85;
Conclusion What Was the Significance of the 1920 Games ? 89;
References 94.