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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)
An unusual release on audiobook format! The 2008 Beijing Olympics took place in August. John Goodbody, for many years chief sports news writer for the Times, has covered every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories of each of the modern Olympics. Here are some of the heroes and heroines who have made sporting history, as well as the main disasters and scandals that attend the world’s greatest sporting event.
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Disc 1
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1 | 1896 Athens | 08:45 |
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2 | 1900 Paris | 04:46 |
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3 | 1904 St. Louis | 03:47 |
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4 | 1908 London | 07:44 |
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5 | 1912 Stockholm | 07:27 |
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6 | 1920 Antwerp | 07:07 |
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7 | 1924 Paris | 07:03 |
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8 | Apart from Liddell and Abrahams… | 03:33 |
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9 | 1928 Amsterdam | 06:12 |
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10 | 1932 Los Angeles | 06:19 |
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11 | There was a wonderful all-American duel… | 06:20 |
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12 | 1936 Berlin | 08:51 |
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1 | 1936 Berlin (cont.) | 06:41 |
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2 | 1948 London | 07:04 |
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3 | Among the American women… | 06:28 |
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4 | 1952 Helsinki | 07:32 |
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5 | If Zatopek was the overwhelming presence… | 06:29 |
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6 | 1956 Melbourne | 06:24 |
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7 | Britain won their first individual track title… | 04:58 |
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8 | These were the first Olympics when butterfly… | 04:38 |
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9 | 1960 Rome | 06:16 |
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10 | The Americans also lost the high jump… | 05:52 |
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11 | In the women's events… | 06:15 |
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12 | 1964 Tokyo | 04:42 |
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13 | Apart from Judo, the Japanese were dominant. | 05:28 |
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1 | 1964 Tokyo (cont.) | 06:39 |
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2 | 1968 Mexico City | 06:59 |
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3 | The men's high jump saw a technical drama… | 08:37 |
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4 | 1972 Munich | 05:29 |
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5 | The events in Munich made such an impact… | 05:43 |
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6 | While Mark Spitz was winning his seven gold… | 06:50 |
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7 | 1976 Montreal | 05:35 |
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8 | If the East Germans dominated the women's… | 07:24 |
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9 | Another Cuban, Alberto Juantorena… | 04:01 |
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10 | 1980 Moscow | 06:47 |
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11 | The other great duels on the track… | 06:39 |
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12 | The boycott harmed the men's competition… | 04:34 |
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1 | 1984 Los Angeles | 06:03 |
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2 | For unpredictable drama… | 05:48 |
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3 | One person who began his Olympic career… | 06:14 |
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4 | 1988 Seoul | 05:29 |
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5 | The scandal over the men's 100 metres… | 05:46 |
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6 | The women's swimming was once again… | 07:18 |
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7 | 1992 Barcelona | 07:27 |
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8 | In the men's 10,000 metres there was uproar. | 07:23 |
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9 | 1996 Atlanta | 07:22 |
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10 | Mike Powell, who had set the world record… | 05:46 |
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11 | 2000 Sydney | 05:04 |
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12 | Redgrave's female equivalent… | 05:29 |
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1 | 2000 Sydney (cont.) | 07:13 |
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2 | 2004 Athens | 05:54 |
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3 | El Guerrouj demonstrated supreme resolution. | 06:50 |
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4 | For the hosts, much of the interest was… | 07:05 |
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5 | Interview with Sebastian Coe | 04:20 |
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6 | The tragedy of Munich in 1972… | 06:56 |
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7 | Although he didn't go, just watching the… | 05:52 |
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8 | Coe can now smile at his Olympic silver… | 07:34 |
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9 | Four years later in Los Angeles… | 06:52 |
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10 | Sebastian Coe feels that his rigorous and… | 06:26 |
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11 | What brought Sebastian Coe back into the… | 07:26 |
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Total Playing Time: 06:19:35