“Ella Maillart: Sportswoman”. International Olympic Committee.
Olympic Games
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Ella K. Maillart | EKM
competed in the ParisOlympics
, as the only woman in the Swiss sailing team (in a year when the number of female Olympic competitors more than doubled, from 64 to 136). Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. “Chronology of the Olympic Games”. United States Olympic Team. |
| Textual Production | Ali Smith | To mark the 2012 London Olympics
, artists including AS
were commissioned for the Exhibition Road Festival, a kerb-free refurbishment of Exhibition Road [to showcase] its institutions and reflect the legacy of the 1851 Great Exhibition. Exhibition Road Show. http://www.timeout.com/london/music/exhibition-road-show-exhibition-road-5-august-2012. |
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776 BC: Historical records trace the first Olympic...
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776 BC
Historical records trace the first Olympic Games
to this year. The ancient Games continued until 393 AD; the first modern Games were held in 1896.
6-15 April 1896: The first Olympic Games of modern times were...
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6-15 April 1896
The first Olympic Games
of modern times were held in Athens; the three hundred and eleven athletes who attended were all male.
14 May-28 October 1900: Women were first admitted to the Olympic...
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14 May-28 October 1900
Women were first admitted to the Olympic Games
, held this year in Paris.
27 April-31 October 1908: London hosted the fourth modern Olympic Games....
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27 April-31 October 1908
London hosted the fourth modern Olympic Games
. Women competed for the first time in archery, in which British women took gold, silver, and bronze.
By 27 July 1912: During the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the...
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By 27 July 1912
During the Olympic Games
in Stockholm, the British women's relay swimming team won a gold medal for the four-times-hundred-metres freestyle. This was the first year the event was open to women, and the first...
29 July 1948: The BBC broadcast a television programme...
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29 July 1948
The BBC
broadcast a television programme on the opening of the Olympic Games
from Wembley Stadium in still visibly bomb-damaged London. This was the first Olympics to be televised.
August 1948: The first post-war Olympic Games took place...
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August 1948
The first post-war Olympic Games
took place in still visibly bomb-damaged London. These Olympics were also the first to be televised.
1964: At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Mary Rand,...
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1964
At the Olympic Games
in Tokyo, Mary Rand
, a long jumper, became the first woman gold medal winner from Britain.
20 January 1980: President Jimmy Carter announced that America...
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20 January 1980
President Jimmy Carter
announced that America would boycott the MoscowOlympics
in an attempt to pressure the Soviet Union, which had invaded Afghanistan at the end of 1979.
8 May 1984: Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony...
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8 May 1984
Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony in Los Angeles, the USSR announced that it was boycotting the Olympic Games
.
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