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)
11896 Athens08:45
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21900 Paris04:46
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31904 St. Louis03:47
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41908 London07:44
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51912 Stockholm07:27
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61920 Antwerp07:07
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71924 Paris07:03
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8Apart from Liddell and Abrahams…03:33
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91928 Amsterdam06:12
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101932 Los Angeles06:19
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11There was a wonderful all-American duel…06:20
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121936 Berlin08:51
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Disc 2
11936 Berlin (cont.)06:41
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21948 London07:04
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3Among the American women…06:28
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41952 Helsinki07:32
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5If Zatopek was the overwhelming presence…06:29
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61956 Melbourne06:24
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7Britain won their first individual track title…04:58
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8These were the first Olympics when butterfly…04:38
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91960 Rome06:16
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10The Americans also lost the high jump…05:52
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11In the women's events…06:15
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121964 Tokyo04:42
Davies, Barry (Reader)
13Apart from Judo, the Japanese were dominant.05:28
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Disc 3
11964 Tokyo (cont.)06:39
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21968 Mexico City06:59
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3The men's high jump saw a technical drama…08:37
Davies, Barry (Reader)
41972 Munich05:29
Davies, Barry (Reader)
5The events in Munich made such an impact…05:43
Davies, Barry (Reader)
6While Mark Spitz was winning his seven gold…06:50
Davies, Barry (Reader)
71976 Montreal05:35
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8If the East Germans dominated the women's…07:24
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9Another Cuban, Alberto Juantorena…04:01
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101980 Moscow06:47
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11The other great duels on the track…06:39
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12The boycott harmed the men's competition…04:34
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Disc 4
11984 Los Angeles06:03
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2For unpredictable drama…05:48
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3One person who began his Olympic career…06:14
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41988 Seoul05:29
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5The scandal over the men's 100 metres…05:46
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6The women's swimming was once again…07:18
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71992 Barcelona07:27
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8In the men's 10,000 metres there was uproar.07:23
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91996 Atlanta07:22
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10Mike Powell, who had set the world record…05:46
Davies, Barry (Reader)
112000 Sydney05:04
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12Redgrave's female equivalent…05:29
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Disc 5
12000 Sydney (cont.)07:13
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22004 Athens05:54
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3El Guerrouj demonstrated supreme resolution.06:50
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4For the hosts, much of the interest was…07:05
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5Interview with Sebastian Coe04:20
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6The tragedy of Munich in 1972…06:56
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7Although he didn't go, just watching the…05:52
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8Coe can now smile at his Olympic silver…07:34
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9Four years later in Los Angeles…06:52
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10Sebastian Coe feels that his rigorous and…06:26
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11What brought Sebastian Coe back into the…07:26
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Total Playing Time: 06:19:35