The Modern Olympic Games

1936 Olympic Games Amateur Athletic American Olympic ancient Angeles Athens August Avery Brundage Baillet-Latour Baron de Coubertin Baron Pierre Berlin Britain British bronze medals Brundage's called century ceremonies champions Club countries dominated English festival final finished Finland France freestyle freestyle wrestling French German gold medal gold-medal Greco-Roman Greece Greek gymnastics honors host human Hungarian Hungary ideal International Olympic Committee international sport IOC members IOC president Italian Italy Japanese journalist July jump London Lord Killanin marathon meters million modern Olympic Games modern pentathlon Montreal Moscow Munich never NOCs Nurmi Olympiad Olympic Idea Olympic movement Olympic record organizing committee Paavo Nurmi Paris participation pentathlon physical education Pierre de Coubertin political race relay rugby Russian Soviet spectators sports leaders sprint stadium success Sullivan Sweden Swedish swimming track track-and-field United University USOC victory West Germany William Milligan Sloane winner winning women world record wrestling York young