The Complete Book of the Winter OlympicsSport Media Publishing, 2005 - 310 Seiten The gold medal for chronicling the modern Olympics, at every Olympiad since the Los Angeles Summer Games of 1984, has gone to renowned historian David Wallechinsky. His books on the Summer and Winter Games have been called the bibles of the Olympics. Completely updated for the 2006 Turin Games, this ultimate reference book contains all-time Olympic records and medal standings, as well as results of the top eight finishers in every Winter Olympics since the Chamonix Games of 1924. It also carries, in Wallechinsky's colorful narrative style, a complete history of the Games plus the inside stories of the major competitors and events in each and every Olympiad. Book jacket. |
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Table of Contents | 113 |
Schedule | 134 |
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1980 Lake Placid 2002 Salt Lake Aamodt ahead Albertville Aleksandr Aleksei Alpine Andreas athlete Austrian biathlon Bjørn Dæhlie bronze medal Calgary Canada Canadian coach competed competition downhill earned event favorite figure skating final finish line four freestyle Games giant slalom Harri Kirvesniemi held ice hockey Innsbruck Jiří Josef judges JUMP JUMP TOTAL Killy kilometers Kirvesniemi Kjetil André Aamodt Kostelić Lake Placid Larissa Lazutina later lead Lillehammer meters Mühlegg Nagano Nikolai Nordic Norway Norwegian Olympic gold pair pre-Olympic Raisa Smetanina RANKINGS relay Salt Lake City Sarajevo Schranz score SECOND JUMP second run semifinal Sergei silver medal SKI JUMP skier snowboarding SOV/RUS Soviet speed skating Stefania Belmondo super G Sweden third Tomba Ulvang victory Vladimir Winter Olympics world champion world championships World Cup race world record Yelena Yevgeny