The Guinness Olympics Fact Book

ISBN-10: 0851129560
ISBN-13: 9780851129563
Category: Olympics
Pages: 256
Language: English
Published: 1991
Author: Stan Greenberg

Description

A collection of Olympic facts, records, statistics and trivia, including detailed summaries of events at every summer and winter Games, final medal tables from each venue, event-by-event lists of every medal ever awarded and full records of each country's participation.

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