New Publications on Olympic Matters 2004

NEW PUBLICATIONS
ON
OLYMPIC MATTERS 2004
compiled by Karl Lennartz & Thomas Zawadzki
Every four years the production of new book on Olympic issues show a marked upturn and this was
particularly so this time. This year we noted very many new editions timed to tie in with the games
returning to Greece. Many authors published material on sport in ancient times to tie in with the return
to Olympia and also there was a wealth of material on 1896 and 1906 Olympic celebrations in Athens.
In the following register it has been impossible to review every book but the publications are listed with
bibliographical information and sometimes with some additional remarks. Because the editorial office
is situated in Cologne, Germany more than 50 per cent of the mentioned works are of German origin
and in German language. Any additional information or even reviews from our readers are very
welcome.
I. The Ancient Olympic Games
GÜNTHER, Rosmarie: Olympia. Kult und Spiele in der
Antike. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft/
Primus Verlag, 2004. 176 S. hardback, ISBN 3-89678-2517, € 19,90. (German)
Pan Macedonian Association (ed.): Birth of the Olympic
Games, 32 p. (English)
SIEBLER, Michael: Olympia: Ort der Spiele. Ort der
Götter. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2004. 266 S. Hardback;
ISBN 3-608-96006-6. € 25,-. (German)
SINN, Ulrich: Das antike Olympia. Götter, Spiel und
Kunst. München: C.H. Beck, 2004. 276 S. Hardback;
ISBN 3-406-51558-4. (German)
SWADDLING, Judith: Die Olympischen Spiele der Antike.
Stuttgart: Reclam, 2004. 200 S. ISBN 3-15-018293-X, € 5,(German). A translation of the English Original:
SWADDLING, Judith: Ancient Olympic Games. London: The
British Museum Press, 1999.
WEGNER, Ulrich: Olympische Götterspiele. Wettkampf
und Kult. Ostfildern: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2004. 208 S.
Hardback; ISBN 3-7995-0118-5. € 29,90. (German)
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II. Athens and the Olympic Games 1896
GEORGIADIS, Konstantinos: Olympic Revival. The
Revival of the Olympic Games in Modern Times. Athens:
Ekdotike Athenon, 2003; 270 p., ISBN 960-213-408-9;
hardback; € 44,-. (English) Translation of GEORGIADIS'
dissertation at the University of Mainz, Germany:
GEORGIADIS, Konstantinos: Die ideengeschichtliche Grundlage der Erneuerung der Olympischen Spiele im 19. Jahrhundert in Griechenland und ihre Umsetzung 1896 in Athen
[Olympische Studien; vol. 4). Kassel: AGON, 2000. 738 p.
(incl. 334 p. transcription of original sources), ISBN 389784-081-2. Also compare the review by Tony Bijkerk.
KARDASIS, Vasilis: The Olympic Games in Athens 18961906. Athens: International Sport Publications, 2004
ISBN 960-6603-16-4 292 S. (Greek and English).
KOULOURI, Christina (ed.): Athens, Olympic City 18961906. Athens: International Olympic Academy, 2004.
ISBN 960-87449-7-0, 400 p. (English). Compilation of
articles
by designated
Greek historians:
Christina
KOULOURI "Introduction: Rewriting the History of the
Olympic Games", Christos LOUKOS "The Greek Capital,
1890-1912", Lina LOUVI "The Royal Family and the first
Olympic Games", Giorgios KOKKINOS "The Greek
Intellectual World and the Olympic Games (1896, 1906)",
Vassiliki TZACHRISTA "Travelling to Athens", Yannis
YANNITSIOTIS
"Urban
Space
and
National
SelfRepresentation", Eleana YALOURI "When the New World
meets the Ancient", Eleni FOURNARAKI "The Olympism of
the Ladies" and Alexander KITROEFF "The International
Dimension of the Preparations for the Internediate
Olympics".
PAPANICOLAOU-CHRISTENSEN, Aristea: The Panathinaic Stadium. Its History over the Centuries. Athens:
Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece: 2003. 164
p., hardback, ISBN 960-85573-7-2. (English)
S.O.F.I.A. Foundation (ed.), The "Unknown Olympic
Games" of 1856, Athens 2004, 70p., ISBN 960-88307-0-2.
Description making use of hitherto unknown documents on
the Olympic Games of Piraeus to be held in 1856, f o r t y
years before the 1st Modern Olympic Games and three
years before the Zappas-Games. This issue was handed
over to all ISOH members who attended the quadrennial
ISOH meeting.
III. Before the Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad Athens 2004
NOK für Deutschland (ed.): Athen 2004. Die deutsche
Olympiamannschaft. The German Olympic Team.
Leipzig: Andersen Nexö, 2004. (English and German).
Many National Olympic Committees produced brochures/
handbooks with biographies of their delegation members. As
an example we mention here the German publication
compiled by Dirk SCHMIDTKE and Volker KLUGE, which
describes every participant from Germany.
Some countries such as the USA produced individual
brochures by sport and made the entire handbook available
in cd format.
GALLAS, Klaus / KLEMM, Ulf-Dieter (eds.): Griechenland: Begegnung mit Geschichte, Kultur und Menschen.
Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss, 2003. 320 p., hardback, ISBN 38062-1714-9. € 29,90. (German) It includes 15 articles by
the editors an another by Manfred LÄMMER entitled "'Ewiges
Olympia"', and is thought as an information handbook for
visitors of Greece especially in the pre-Olympic and Olympic
years.
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HASELBAUER, Torsten: Olympiastadt Athen. Ein Sportund Reiseführer. Göttingen: Verlag Die Werkstatt, 2004.
192 p., ISBN 3-89533-431-6, € 16,90. (German) This tourist
guide includes the usual archaeological information also
information about the Olympic Games their History and
Organization in 2004.
Hellenic Ministry of Culture (ed.): Just before the finish
line. Juste avant d'arriver. oO [Athens], oJ. [2003] 160p.
(English and French) Already issued in 2003, this
monograph describes the planning and development of the
sports facilities for 2004 and how they shall be used after the
Olympic Games in Athens.
ROSS, John F.L.: Olympic Homecoming. Greece's
legacy and the 2004 Athens Games. Athens: Explorer,
2004. 274 p., ISBN 960-8303-65-6. € 18,-. (English) This
issue describes the Greek Olympic Games starting with the
Games of Antiquity, with "stops" at the Zappas Olympic
Games, the 1896 and 1906 Athens Games and the
"destination" Athens 2004. An easy read aimed at the
general visitor to the Olympic events.
IV. After the Games: Athens 2004
CERNE, Rudi (ed.): Athen 2004. 13. bis 29 August 2004.
Das Olympiabuch. München: Südwest Verlag, 2004. 236
p., hardback, ISBN 3-517-06733-4. € 16,95 (German) Like
the following three books, this one is edited by national
recognized journalists. The emphasis is on the pictorial story.
These books tend to include fewer mistakes than the
traditional history books because the information comes first
hand at the games even though they are produced very
quickly after the event.
GIERSBERG, Günter / RUDI, Werner (Red.): Athen 2004.
Olympische Spiele. Köln: Deutscher Sportverlag, 2004.
192 p., hardback, ISBN 3-937630-01-5. € 16,90, SFr 26,-.
(German)
OTTO, Kristin / OERTEL, Heinz-Florian (eds.); KLUGE,
Volker (Red.): Athen 2004. Unser Olympiabuch. Berlin:
Das Neue Berlin, 2004, 240 p., hardback, ISBN 3-36001238-0. € 19,90. (German)
SIMON, Sven (ed.) [Sport Informations Dienst]: Olympische Spiele 2004 Athen. München: Copress-Sport, 2004.
194 p., hardback, ISBN 3-7679-0665-1. € 19,90. (German)
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V. Olympic History - Overview Editions
CLEMENS, Fabian et al. (ed.), Die Chronik der Olympischen Spiele. Von Athen nach Athen. Gütersloh/
München: Chronik Verlag, 2004. 372 p., hardback, ISBN
3-57714-4632-X. € 19,95. (German) Issued a long time
before the games as a primer for the games. This is an
updated version of previous editions.
GERLACH, Larry (ed.): The Winter Olympics. From
Chamonix to Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City: The
University of Utah Press, 2004. 448 p., hardback, ISBN
0-87480-778-6. US$ 32,50. Olympic Summer Games have
also encouraged some to write about the "cooler"
counterpart. Larry GERLACH has edited a descriptive history
of the Winter Olympic Games, a compilation of Articles by
various internationally recognized authors.
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L'Equipe (ed.), Das Olympia-Buch. Athen 1896-2004
Athen. Bielefeld: Delius, Klasing & Co., 2004. 360 p.,
hardback, ISBN 3-7688-1545-5. € 29,90. (German) French
original: L'Equipe: D'Athenes à Athenes, 1896-2004, Issyles-Moulineaux: 2003. Produced under the aegis of the No.
1 sports newspaper in France L'Equipe. Well researched
facts combined to many coloured pictures always make a
very good impression on readers and invite to participate in
history,
WALLECHINSKY, David: The Complete Book of the
Olympics. 2004 Edition. London: Aurum Press, 2004.
ISBN 1-85410-990-1. 1172 p. £ 16,99. (English) The new
edition of W ALLECHINSKY'S well researched compilation of
athletes, results and accounts of each event with over 1,500
stories and top 8 finishers.
IOC (ed.): Le Mouvement Olympique.
Lausanne: 2004. 80p. (English, French and
Spanish versions). An Olympic primer by the
IOC itself.
VI. Olympic History - Special Issues
ART & OLYMPICS
IOC (ed.): Concours Olympique Art et Sport 2004.
Olympic Art and Sport Contest 2004. Lausanne: 2004.
40p.
KRAMER,
Bernhard:
Die
Olympischen
Kunstwettbewerbe. Von 1912 bis 1948.
Ergebnisse einer Spurensuche. Weimar:
Gallas, 2004. 292 p., ISBN 3-936082-37-5.
(German) The Author investigated many
archives, museums and collections and as a
result presents over 150 illustrations of Art
included in the so-called Olympic Art
Competitions within the Olympic Games.
Following the work of Richard STANTON this is
the second volume to deal with these
"forgotten" contests.
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GREEK OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
KITROEFF, Alexander: Wrestling with the Ancients.
Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics. New York:
Greeksworks.com, 2004, 0-9747660-0-3. (English) A history
of the Olympic Games and Olympic Movement in Greece.
1936
3-0. (Greek) Translation of the Original: MANDELL, Richard:
The Nazi Olympics. New York: MacMillan, 11971. Although
this work is not undisputed it has been translated into Greek
language.
BIOGRAPHIES
CARPENTIER, Florence: Le Comité International Olympique en Crises. La présidence de Henri de Baillet-Latour
1925-1940. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2004. ISBN 2-7475-6700-1
36,50 € 442 p. (French) With the intention to shed some
more light, another work on BAILLET-LATOUR'S presidency has
been edited.
QUINN, Mark: The King of Spring. The Life and Times of
Peter O'Connor. ...A remarkable story of one of Ireland's
Greatest
yet
neglected
Sporting
Heroes...Olympic
Champion, World Record Holder and Irish Nationalist
Dublin: Liffey Press, 2004. 308 p. ISBN 1-904148-52-2
(English).
WASSONG, Stephan: Pierre De Coubertin's American
Studies And Their importance For The Analysis Of His
Early Educational Campaign, English translation and web
publishing of the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles;
www.aafla.org
The German version: WASSONG, Stephan: Pierre de Coubertins US-amerikanische Studien und ihre Bedeutung für die
Analyse seiner frühen Erziehungskampagne (Sport, Kultur
und Gesellschaft, vol. 3). Würzburg: Ergon, 2002. Please
compare the review by Otto J. Schantz
OTHER
DELBROUCK, Mischa: Verehrte Körper, verführte Körper.
Die Olympischen Spiele der Neuzeit und die Tradition des
Dionysischen (Studien zur Geschichte und Theorien der
dramatischen Künste, Bd. 43). Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2004.
294 p. ISBN 3-484-66043-0. (German)
GÜLDENPFENNIG, Sven: Olympische Spiele als Weltkulturerbe. Zur Neubegründung der Olympischen Idee.
Sankt Augustin: Academia, 2004. 400 p., ISBN 3-89665308-3. (German)
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COMPILATIONS
BUSCHMANN, Jürgen / LENNARTZ, Karl / WASSONG, Stephan (eds.): Spiel – Spiele –
Olympische Spiele (Schriftenreihe des Willibald-Gebhardt-Instituts; vol. 10). Aachen:
Meyer&Meyer, 2004. 198 p., ISBN 3-89899-064-8. € 18,95 (mostly German, one English
article). Compilation of various articles as they were held on a symposium in Cologne on the
occasion of Dietrich R. QUANZ' retirement July 5th, 2002. Joachim K. RÜHL & Thomas
ZAWADZKI "Securing Future Olympic Pathways: the Henley Royal Regatta as Coubertin's
Model for the Structure of the IOC", Karl LENNARTZ "Der Einmarsch der Nationen - auch in
der zweiten hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts ein Symbol politischer Legitimation", Rolf GEßMANN
"Olympische Erziehung un die nordrhein-westfälischen Richtlinien und Lehrpläne Sport von
1999/2000", Norbert MÜLLER & Manfred MESSING "Zur Resonanz des olympischen
kulturprogramms von 1992, 1996 und 2000 bei jugendlichen Olympiafahrern aus
Deutschland", Roland NAUL "'Olympia' - ... und was wissen deutsche jugendliche darüber?",
Stephan WASSONG "Die Sandspielplätze von Boston und ihre Verwurzelung im deutschen
Kaiserreich", Walter BORGERS "Vom 'Tempel der Industire' zum Tempel der olympischen
Arena - die Ausstellungstradi-tion der modernen Olympischen Spiele", Thomas SCHMIDT
"Werner March - ein Architekt in der Zeit des National-sozialismus", Jürgen BUSCHMANN
"Vom 'An'- zum 'In'-lnstitut - die Geschichte des Diem-Archivs" and Andreas HÖFER "'Olympia
tut Deutschland gut!' Fünf Bewerber - ein Ruck?".
FINDLING, John E./PELLE, Kimberly D.: Encyclopedia of
the Modern Olympic Movement. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press, 2004. 640 p. ISBN 0-2759-7659-9. € 27,50, US$
29,95. Please compare the review by Anthony BIJKERK &
Stephan WASSONG.
MESSING, Manfred / MÜLLER, Norbert / PREUß, Holger
(eds.): Olympischer Dreiklang. Werte – Geschichte –
Zeitgeist. Olympic Triad. Values – History – Zeitgeist.
(Olympische Studien; vol. 6); Kassel: Agon Sportverlag:
2004. 406 p., ISBN 3-89784-095-2. (German) Compilation
dedicated to Fekrou KIDANE "for his indefatigable
engagement for the preservation of Olympic Ideals" with
articles by international and national scholars on values,
history and zeitgeist. Here only the articles on history are
listed due to place reasons. Ingomar WEILER: Das antike
Olympia als Festwiese - was gab es neben dem Sport? Überlegungen zu einer Soziologie der
Olympiabesucher", Franz GOLD "Das Publikum bei sportlichen Wettkämpfen der alten Welt
unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Zuschauer der Olympischen Spiele", Konstantinos
GEORGIADIS "Antikes Sportideal und die rezeption der Olympischen Spiele für Griechenland
im 19. Jahrhundert", Hans-Dieter KREBS "Das Zwischenspiel der Olympiamannschaft
'Bundesrepublik Deutschland'", and Sakis BATSILAS "Die Bewerbung Athens um die
Olympischen Spiele im Spiegel der internationalen Presse". Furthermore an article by Fekrou
KIDANE himself was re-edited. Fekrou KIDANE "Sport and Politics - Diplomacy of an Olympic
Truce".
HÖFER, Andreas / LÄMMER, Manfred / LENNARTZ, Karl (eds.): Special Volume to
Stadion. International Journal of the History of Sport 29(2003). Sankt Augustin:
Academia, 2003. 416 p., ISSN 0172-4029. € 45,-. (English, French and German articles)
Compilation with contributions by international Olympic historians: Nigel B. CROWTHER
"Power and politics at the Ancient Olympics: Pisa and the Games of 364 B.C.", Hugh LEE
"Galen, Johann Heinrich krause, and the Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics", Vasilios
KAIMAKAMIS & Yannis MOURATIDIS: "Deutsches Turnen und die Olympien des Evangelis
Zappas", Ansgar MOLZBERGER "Von Ramlösa bis Stockholm: Anfänge der Olympischen
Bewegung in Schweden", Arnd KRÜGER "'Nothing succeeds like Success'. The Context of the
1894 Athletic Congress and the Foundation of the IOC", Sotiris G. GIATSIS "Charilaos
Trikoupis: the 'Dragon' of the First Olympic Games", Volker KLUGE "Albert Meyer: Ein
deutscher Fotograf und Chronist der ersten Olympischen Spiele", Heiner GILLMEISTER
"Einmal Bonn - Athen und zurück: Das Olympiatagebuch des Iren John Pius boland", Karl
LENNARTZ "Die Zweiten internationalen Olympi-chen Spiele in Athen 1906", Floris J.G. van
der MERWE "The Case of Reggie Walker Revisited", Thierry TERRET "Les 'Olympiades
militaires' de 1919. Sport, diplomatie et politique sportive au sortir de la Première Guerre
mondiale", Stephan WASSONG "The Playing Fields Sub-Commission of the International
Olympic Committee (1926-1930)", Edeltraud ODENKIRCHEN "Die Diskussion um die
olympische Frauen-eichtathletik in Amsterdam 1928", Stefan LEHMANN "'Sport der Hellenen' Die Berliner Ausstellung von 1936 und der jüdische Archäologe Alfred Schiff (1863-1939)",
John A. LUCAS "The Underestimated Frederic René Coudert and his Subtle impact in the
International Olympic Committee, 1937-1948", Christian TAGSOLD "Die Bedeutung der
Olympischen Spiele für die Entwicklung der nationalen Identität in Asien", Evelyn MERTIN "Der
Boykott der Olympischen Spiele 1980 in Moskau in der sowjetischen Presse", Wojciech
LIPOÑSKI "The Polish Olympic Movement in Cultural and Historical Perspective", Roland
NAUL "Die integrierte Olympische Erziehung: Ein Konzept für Schule und Sportverein",
Gertrud PFISTER '"Share the Spirit' - kollektive Erinnerung und ihre Inszenierung bei den
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Olympischen Spielen 2000 in Sydney", Jeffrey O. SEGRAVE &
Robert K. BARNEY "From Ritual Invention to Ritual
Entrepreneurship: The Olympic Torch Relay and Enveloping
Commercialism" and Andreas HÖFER "Das Deutsche
Olympische Institut: Die ersten zehn Jahre".
OLDER ISSUES
MILSHTEIN, Oleg: Olympic Saga. Olympionics, Priest,
Pilgrims (Historical and sociological Essays). Moscow:
Olympia Press, 2001. 744 p., hardback ISBN 5-93127-134-1.
DA COSTA, Lamartine P.: Olympic Studies. Current
Intellectual Crossroads. Rio de Janeiro: 2002. 380 p., ISBN
85-7444-034-5.
VII. Olympic Education
IOC Commission for the International Olympic Academy
and Olympic Education (ed.): Keep the Spirit Alive. You
and the Olympic Games. A Handbook for Educators.
Lausanne, 1995. 68 p., ISBN: 0-9699937-0-6. (English)
Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (ed.):
Olympia ruft: Mach mit!
Unterrichtsvorschläge
für
Schülerinnen und Schüler im Alter von 6 bis 12 Jahren.
Frankfurt a.M., 2004. (German)
WICK, Uwe (Red.): Olympische Erziehung. Eine Ausstellung der Woche des Sports der Ruhrfestspiele
Recklinghausen und des Willibald Gebhardt Instituts Essen. Essen, 2003. 28 p. (German) The draft to this
exposition was given by Roland NAUL, Essen, and Rolf
GEßMANN, Cologne, who both deal with education through
sports and Olympic education. On 20 posters the exhibition
describes values, history and the exhibition's catch-phrase
"Olympic living"
HOWARD, Rachel: The Truce Story. ed. by The
International Olympic Truce Centre. Athens: Pallis ABEE,
2004. 48 S. ISBN 960-8389-15-1. (English)
NOK für Deutschland / Kuratorium Olympische Akademie
und Olympische Erziehung (eds.): Olympism. The
Olympic Idea in Modern Society and Sport. Materialien für
den Englischunterricht in der gymnasialen Oberstufe.
Stuttgart: 2004. 84 S. (German and English). This issue is a
orientation help for teachers and pupils how to introduce
"Olympism" into school education.
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