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100	1		_aJohn, Geraint,
245	1	0	_aOlympic Stadia : _btheatres of dreams. / _cGeraint John and Dave Parker. _htxt
264		1	_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2020.
300			_a194 p. _bill. ; _c29 cm. _fbook
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aAcknowledgements p. viii -- Foreword by Lord Coe p. xi -- Introduction p. xiii -- Chapter 1 In the Beginning p. 1 -- Chapter 2 First Stirrings p. 2 -- Chapter 3 Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the birth of the modern games p. 9 -- Chapter 4 Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the paralympic games p. 13 -- Chapter 5 Athens, Greece, 1896 p. 18 -- Chapter 6 Paris, France, 1900 p. 23 -- Chapter 7 ST Louis, Usa, 1904 p. 27 -- Chapter 8 London, UK, 1908 p. 31 -- Chapter 9 Stockholm, Sweden, 1912 p. 36 -- Chapter 10 Antwerp, Belgium, 1920 p. 41 -- Chapter 11 Paris, France, 1924 p. 47 -- Chapter 12 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1928 p. 52 -- Chapter 13 Los Angeles, USA, 1932 p. 57 -- Chapter 14 Berlin, Germany, 1936 p. 62 -- Chapter 15 London, UK, 1948 p. 69 -- Chapter 16 Helsinki, Finland, 1952 p. 76 -- Chapter 17 Melbourne, Australia, 1956 p. 81 -- Chapter 18 Rome, Italy, 1960 p. 86 -- Chapter 19 Tokyo, Japan, 1964 p. 91 -- Chapter 20 Mexico City, Mexico, 1968 p. 96 - Chapter 21 Munich (Munchein), West Germany, 1972 p. 101 -- Chapter 22 Montreal, Canada, 1976 p. 106 -- Chapter 23 Moscow, USSR, 1980 p. 112 -- Chapter 24 Los Angeles, USA, 1984 p. 118 -- Chapter 25 Seoul, South Korea, 1988 p. 124 -- Chapter 26 Barcelona, Spain, 1992 p. 129 -- Chapter 27 Atlanta, USA 1996 p. 134 -- Chapter 28 Sydney, Australia, 200 p. 139 -- Chapter 29 Athens, Greece, 2004 p. 144 -- Chapter 30 Beijing, People's Republic of China, 2008 p. 149 -- Chapter 31 London, UK, 2012 p. 155 -- Chapter 32 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016 p. 162 -- Chapter 33 Tokyo, Japan, 2020 p. 168 -- Chapter 34 The Olympic stadium of the future p. 172 -- Appendix A Sochi Winter Games, Russian Federation, 2014 p.182 -- Appendix B Intercalated Games p.186 -- Index p.187 --
520			_aOlympic Stadia provides a comprehensive account of the development of stadia including but not limited to: developments in running tracks, the introduction of lighting, improvements in spectator viewing standards and the introduction of roofs --
650		0	_aOlympics _xHistory.
650		0	_aStadiums _xHistory.
700	1		_aParker, Dave _c(Journalist)
942			_2lcc _c6 _hGV721.9 _kGeneral _mJ64 2020
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