Cycling and Olympism
Cycling and Olympism Summary Foreword by the President of the FIAC. Financing, training and improvement of techni- cal officials, awards made by the FIAC, General information on the FIAC and the UCI. principal FIAC publications, films. Part I Part Ill The History of the FIAC. The competitions The emergence of the velocipede, first compe- - Technical aspects of cycling. titions, first associations, from the ICA to the - Cycling at the Olympic Games. UCI, from the UCI to the FIAC. - Development of the programme. Successive Presidents and Secretaries Gen- - List of winners eral. - Participation by NOC from 1896 to 1984. - Participation by event during the last three The congresses. Olympic Games. Biographical Notes. - World Championships. Part II - Host towns and development of the pro- The administration of the FIAC. gramme. - Honours list. Organisation chart, member Federations, - Major international competitions. aims, Statutory and Extraordinary Con- gresses, the Supervisory Committee, Commis- Part IV sions, the General Secretariat, Confedera- tions. Olympic awards obtained. 531 From the first bicycles. to the crossing of the finishing line by the competitors in the road event at the Games of the XVIIth Olympiad (1960). 532 Foreword The sport of cycling never fails to surprise those who study its development from an objective standpoint. Unlike many other sporting disciplines, our sport has, in a short space of time, become established on the five continents. Its ability to satisfy the aspirations and requirements of the greatest number of enthusiasts is most extraordinary. Its energy is even more amazing if we consider that, since its introduction, cycling has in many different ways formed and influenced the development of modern sport.
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