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Author(s): Goodbody, John
Reader(s): Davies, Barry
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA487012
Barcode: 730099087025
Release Date: 06/2008
GOODBODY, J.: History of the Olympics (A) (Unabridged)
Tracklist
Disc 1
Goodbody, John - Author
Davies, Barry (Reader)
|  | 1 | 1896 Athens | 08:45 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 2 | 1900 Paris | 04:46 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 3 | 1904 St. Louis | 03:47 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 4 | 1908 London | 07:44 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 5 | 1912 Stockholm | 07:27 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 6 | 1920 Antwerp | 07:07 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 7 | 1924 Paris | 07:03 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 8 | Apart from Liddell and Abrahams… | 03:33 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 9 | 1928 Amsterdam | 06:12 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 10 | 1932 Los Angeles | 06:19 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 11 | There was a wonderful all-American duel… | 06:20 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 12 | 1936 Berlin | 08:51 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | 1936 Berlin (cont.) | 06:41 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 2 | 1948 London | 07:04 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 3 | Among the American women… | 06:28 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 4 | 1952 Helsinki | 07:32 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 5 | If Zatopek was the overwhelming presence… | 06:29 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 6 | 1956 Melbourne | 06:24 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 7 | Britain won their first individual track title… | 04:58 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 8 | These were the first Olympics when butterfly… | 04:38 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 9 | 1960 Rome | 06:16 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 10 | The Americans also lost the high jump… | 05:52 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 11 | In the women's events… | 06:15 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 12 | 1964 Tokyo | 04:42 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 13 | Apart from Judo, the Japanese were dominant. | 05:28 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
Disc 3
| | 1 | 1964 Tokyo (cont.) | 06:39 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 2 | 1968 Mexico City | 06:59 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 3 | The men's high jump saw a technical drama… | 08:37 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 4 | 1972 Munich | 05:29 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 5 | The events in Munich made such an impact… | 05:43 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 6 | While Mark Spitz was winning his seven gold… | 06:50 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 7 | 1976 Montreal | 05:35 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 8 | If the East Germans dominated the women's… | 07:24 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 9 | Another Cuban, Alberto Juantorena… | 04:01 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 10 | 1980 Moscow | 06:47 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 11 | The other great duels on the track… | 06:39 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 12 | The boycott harmed the men's competition… | 04:34 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
Disc 4
| | 1 | 1984 Los Angeles | 06:03 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 2 | For unpredictable drama… | 05:48 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 3 | One person who began his Olympic career… | 06:14 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 4 | 1988 Seoul | 05:29 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 5 | The scandal over the men's 100 metres… | 05:46 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 6 | The women's swimming was once again… | 07:18 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 7 | 1992 Barcelona | 07:27 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 8 | In the men's 10,000 metres there was uproar. | 07:23 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 9 | 1996 Atlanta | 07:22 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 10 | Mike Powell, who had set the world record… | 05:46 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 11 | 2000 Sydney | 05:04 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 12 | Redgrave's female equivalent… | 05:29 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
Disc 5
| | 1 | 2000 Sydney (cont.) | 07:13 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 2 | 2004 Athens | 05:54 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 3 | El Guerrouj demonstrated supreme resolution. | 06:50 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 4 | For the hosts, much of the interest was… | 07:05 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 5 | Interview with Sebastian Coe | 04:20 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 6 | The tragedy of Munich in 1972… | 06:56 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 7 | Although he didn't go, just watching the… | 05:52 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 8 | Coe can now smile at his Olympic silver… | 07:34 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 9 | Four years later in Los Angeles… | 06:52 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 10 | Sebastian Coe feels that his rigorous and… | 06:26 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
| | 11 | What brought Sebastian Coe back into the… | 07:26 |
Davies, Barry (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 06:19:35