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Monday, September 11, 2017 TV Guide and the 1976 Montreal Olympics
The July 17, 1976 issue of TV Guide previewed coverage of the 1976 Montreal Games. You can see all 58 Olympics-related TV Guide covers here. link 0 comments Sunday, August 21, 2016 Sports Illustrated Coverage of the Opening of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
From the cover story of the October 19, 1964 issue of Sports Illustrated: As the opening ceremonies went off without a whisper of a hitch, one could sense a massive sigh of relief breaking across Japan. For a year now, the Olympic Games have kept the Japanese on the edge of apoplexy. Asia's first Olympiad could be the maraschino cherry on top of Japan's postwar rise to dignity, or it could be a face-losing debacle that could only be matched this year in Philadelphia. The country put on its work clothes, its hard hats and its safety shoes, and no one was excused. The Emperor practiced for weeks in the Imperial Palace to perfect his timing for the opening ceremonies. Tokyo's workingmen were advised to cease and desist from their habit of lounging around the air-conditioned airport in their underwear, and it was trumpeted from Hokkaido to Okinawa that urinating in the streets was now considered gauche Labels: 1964, opening ceremony, Tokyo link 0 commentsSaturday, August 20, 2016 Modern Sprinter, 1936 ConditionsSlightly off-topic for this blog, but this is something I wonder about every four years: How would modern world-class athletes fare using the sports equipment/conditions from past eras -- cinder tracks, wool swimsuits, etc? Someone put it to the test by having Andre De Grasse run a 100 meter sprint on dirt while wearing old-school leather racing spikes. Granted it was a sample size of one and the dirt appeared to be less compacted than that of an actual track, but his 11-second time suggests that Jesse Owens (who won the event in 10.3 seconds in 1936) would be very competitive if he time traveled to 2016. Labels: 1936, Berlin, Jesse Owens, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, August 18, 2016 Poster for the 1936 Winter Olympics
A French poster for the 1936 Winter Olympics, held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, posted on Flickr by History of Graphic Design. Labels: 1936, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, posters, skiing link 0 commentsMonday, August 15, 2016 Classic Photo of Bob Beamon's 1968 Long Jump
The story behind the classic photo of Bob Beamon demolishing the long jump record at the 1968 Mexico City games. Labels: 1960s, 1968, Bob Beamon, long jump, Mexico City, track and field link 0 commentsFriday, August 3, 2012 Vintage Photo: The 1948 British Women's Olympic Swimming Team
A photo of the British women's swim team for the 1948 London Games, posted to Flickr by the National Media Museum. Click here to see the full set of 40 vintage photos of the 1948 Olympic Games. Labels: 1948, London, swimming link 0 commentsMonday, July 30, 2012 Slideshow of Photos of the 1948 Olympics
Talking Points Memo has another great slideshow of vintage Olympics photos, this time for the 1948 London Games. It include the above shot of Yugoslavia's Oto Rebula, Iceland's Örn Clausen, and eventual winner Bob Mathias of the U.S.A. during the decathlon. Labels: 1948, decathlon, London, track and field link 0 commentsFriday, July 27, 2012 The Opening Ceremony of the 1960 Rome OlympicsLabels: 1960, 1960s, opening ceremony, Rome link 0 commentsThursday, July 26, 2012 The Opening Ceremony of the 1948 London OlympicsThe London Games officially opened on July 29, 1948. From the Wikipedia entry for the 1948 Summer Games: "The Games opened on 29 July, a brilliantly sunny day. Army bands began playing at 2 pm for the 85,000 spectators in Wembley Stadium. The international and national organisers arrived at 2.35 pm and George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Queen Mary and other members of the Royal Family, at 2.45 pm. Fifteen minutes later the competitors entered the stadium in a procession that took 50 minutes." Labels: 1948, London, opening ceremony link 0 commentsWednesday, July 25, 2012 Opening Ceremony: The 1932 Los Angeles OlympicsThe opening ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Labels: 1930s, 1932, Los Angeles, opening ceremony link 0 commentsTuesday, July 24, 2012 Memories of the 1896 Athens OlympicsThomas P. Curtis won the 110 meter high hurdles event in the first modern Olympics games. Sixty years later, he shared some memories of the 1896 Games in this piece for the Atlantic. Curtis and other members of the Boston Athletic Association dominated the track and field events, but swimming was not a strength for the team: For the aquatic events we had on our team a very fast short-distance swimmer, who had won many races in warm American swimming pools. He journeyed to the Piraeus on the day of the first swimming competition blissfully ignorant that even the Mediterranean is bitterly cold in the month of April. Labels: 1896, Athens, swimming link 0 commentsMonday, July 23, 2012 Slideshow of Photos of the 1908 Olympics
Talking Points Memo has a great slideshow of photos of the 1908 London Olympics, including the above shot of Mel Sheppard of the U.S. beating Great Britain's Harold Wilson to win gold in the men's 1,500-meter race. Labels: 1908, Harold Wilson, London, Mel Sheppard, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, July 19, 2012 The Economics of the Olympic GamesThis report (PDF) from Goldman Sachs on the economics of the Olympic Games also includes some information about past games -- here's a map showing the location of all of the summer games and a chart showing the increasing participation of women. And this page features a chart listing the different event types at each Games -- the 1936 Berlin Olympics evidently features an Aeronautics competition! UPDATE: Here's the 2016 version of the report. Labels: 1936, Berlin, sports economics link 0 commentsWednesday, July 18, 2012 How Great Britain Dominated the 1908 OlympicsFrom a Wall Street Journal article on Britain's efforts to increase its medal count for the 2012 London Games: Though the 2012 team may be the finest in Britain's modern Olympic history, it isn't likely to beat the country's medal tally from the 1908 London Games, when British officials drew up the program of events and included oddball sports such as motorboat racing, the tug of war and rackets, allowing Britain to scoop 146 medals. "Nobody else [besides the British] really knew the rules," Polley said.link 0 comments Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Vintage Olympic Photo: George Foreman in Mexico City, 1968
Many years before the Grill: George Foreman at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Foremen won the gold medal in boxing for the heavyweight division. Photo posted on Flickr by mezcal&tequila. Labels: 1968, boxing, George Foreman, Mexico City link 0 commentsTuesday, July 10, 2012 Coverage of the 1960 Rome Olympics in Life MagazineCourtesy of Google Books -- coverage of the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics in the September 12, 1960 issue of Life Magazine. Back then, it was apparently acceptable to refer to a female athlete (German diver Ingrid Krämer) as "chubby." link 0 comments Sunday, July 8, 2012 Vintage Photo: Opening Day of the 1960 Rome Olympics Opening day of the 1960 Rome Games, posted on Flickr by Alex Dawson. Labels: 1960, opening ceremony, Rome link 0 commentsTuesday, July 3, 2012 1960 Rome Olympics: Rafer Johnson and C.K. YangRafer Johnson and C.K. Yang compete in the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Summer Games. Labels: 1960, C.K. Yang, decathlon, Rafer Johnson, Rome, track and field link 0 commentsTuesday, June 26, 2012 The Judging Technology of the 1948 London OlympicsCourtesy of Google Books: The June 1948 issue of Popular Mechanics included this six-page article on the then cutting-edge technology for the 1948 London Olympic Games. Labels: 1948, London, track and field link 0 commentsFriday, June 22, 2012 Life Magazine Coverage of the 1948 London OlympicsThe August 23, 1948 issue of Life Magazine included this five-page article on the 1948 London Olympic Games. Labels: 1948, London, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, June 21, 2012 Pictures of the 1948 London OlympicsThe Guardian has a gallery of vintage photos of the 1948 London Olympic Games. link 0 comments Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Official Poster of the 1948 London Olympic Games
The official poster advertising the 1948 London Olympics, posted on Flickr by The National Archives UK. link 0 comments Thursday, June 14, 2012 1968 Olympics: Bob Beamon's Record-Setting Long JumpBob Beamon's long jump at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics broke the existing record by more than 21 inches. Beamon's new world record of 29 feet 2 1/2 inches stood until 1991. Labels: 1968, Bob Beamon, long jump, Mexico City, track and field link 0 commentsFriday, June 8, 2012 Film Footage of the 1948 OlympicsSome amazingly high-quality film footage of the four track events won by Fanny Blankers-Koen at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Labels: 1948, London, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, June 7, 2012 Vintage Photo: 1948 London Olympics
The Wall Street Journal's recent book review of Olympic Visions included the above photo of Fanny Blankers-Koen, winner of four gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Labels: 1948, Fanny Blankers-Koen, London, track and field link 0 comments |
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