This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

... Netherlands, 210–27; and anti-Semitism, 216, 211; and Olympic boycott, 210, 211, 212, 218, 219, 224 Netherlands Bowling Association, 212 Netherlands Football Federation, 213–14, 218, 222–23 Netherlands Korfball Association, 212 Netherlands ...

... Olympics activity was in 1900 when they sent 35 athletes to the Paris Olympics. After missing the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the Netherlands has never missed an- other Olympic Games, although in 1956 it competed only at the Equestrian ...

This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA.

Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) ...

... Netherlands Olympic Record ( * ) 1912 - Fanny Durack , Australia . 1 : 22.2 1920 - Ethelda Bleibtrey , U.S.A .. 1 : 13.6 1924 - Ethel Lackie , U.S.A .. 1 : 12.4 1928 - Albina Osipowich , U.S.A .. 1:11 1932 - Helene Madison , U.S.A ... 1 ...

... Netherlands Olympic Committee, nevertheless proposed Amsterdam as the location for the Games in 1924, although ... Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin sought to ensure that the right to host the VIII Olympiad went to Paris. Therefore, in ...

This is a cutting-edge text which responds to the increasing importance of sport policy and its relation to public investment.

... Netherlands. Wils's first brush with “matters Olympic” occurred in 1923. His vis- its to some of the leading cities ... olympics: the olympics before world war ii.