olympics

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olympics

Summer Olympics

1996
Athletes who have competed in different summer Olympics give their testimony to the power of faith in their lives.

Sword of a champion

the story of Sharon Monplaisir
2000
Chronicles the life of Olympic fencer Sharon Monplaisir.

Timetables of sports history

1990
Surveys the Olympic Games from 1896 to the present.

The Olympic Summer Games

1991
Discusses the history and organization of the Olympics, describing the individual sporting events of the summer Olympics.

The Olympic Games

complete track and field results, 1896-1988
1988
Covers Olympic games separately and chronologically and lists all participating athletes alphabetically.

Top 10 American men's Olympic gold medalists

2000
Profiles the lives and careers of Greg Barton, Dick Button, Eddie Eagan, Eric Heiden, Greg Louganis, Billy Mills, Edwin Moses, Dan O'Brien, Jesse Owens, and Mark Spitz.

Top 10 American women's Olympic gold medalists

2000
Profiles ten of the best American women's Olympic gold medalists in history including Babe Didrikson, Peggy Fleming, Florence Griffith-Joyner, and Kristi Yamaguchi.

Triumph

the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
2007
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the 1936 Olympic games hosted by Germany, America's threat to boycott the games, and the four Olympic gold medals won by African-American athlete Jesse Owens, whose performance crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.

Michael Phelps

2013
Simple text and photographs describe the life and career of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

Elefantina's dream

2002
With the help of Mozzarella Mouse, Elefantina the elephant trains hard to qualify for the Elympic ice skating team.

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