The Olympic Factbook

The Olympic Factbook – A Spectator’s Guide to the Summer Games

The 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, are a gala celebration of the Olympic Centennial. This guide to the Games offers complete statistics and schedules, human interest stories, anecdotes and details about the Games. Published in association with the United States Olympic Committee, the book provides a reader warm-up for each sport, a spectator’s guide, with game rules, equipment requirements and explanations of terms, forecasts for the 1996 results, highlights from previous Olympic competitions, and medallists for all 28 summer sports.
Also included is a complete schedule of events for each sport, with trivia quizzes, glossaries of terms, and a profile of Atlanta, Georgia, the city which is host for the 1996 Summer Games. The guide is illustrated with action photographs from past competitions.