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Tom Van Aken, co-lecturer at Univeristy of Ghent, Belgium, has started a project to reconstruct biographies of each of the competitors at the 1948 London Olympics. At London1948.org,visitors are invited to contribute information about these competitors. In addition, the site is following the Olympics Games that took place 60 years ago, day by day. This is accompanied by photos and video material, such as a video of the men's 100 m final.
Just out, issue 2 of the Journal of Olympic History. On the cover is the "lost" poster of the 1908 Olympics, the subject of an article by Bob Wilcock. Other topics include Avery Brundage's vision of the Olympics in the 1948–1952 period (by John Lucas) and the story school boy Ted Meredith at the 1912 Olympics (by Harald Wilson, Jr.). Several other articles are included, as are of course the book reviews, obituaries and messages from the ISOH president and secretary-general.
American company sports-reference.com has launched a new website with full Olympic results. Already, final results for all events and details on all competitors are available - more detailed results will follow soon. It is the first time this information is fully and publicly available on the internet.
The data for this site had been provided by a group of "Olympic Madmen", which includes various ISOH members, including past ISOH-president Bill Mallon.They hope the publication of their information will help ISOH members with their research and will lead to new discoveries and additions. One of the discoveries published on the site concerns a new Olympic medallist at the 1904 Olympics.
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