Bill Mallon is an orthopedic surgeon, whose life-long interest in the Olympic Games became a second career. This is his 21st book on the Olympic Games. He is a founding member and Past-President of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and edits the Olympic Gold Data Retrieval System. He was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver in 2001 for his contributions to the Olympic Movement. Ian Buchanan is a founding member, an honorary member, and the first president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH), a member of the British Olympic Association, the British Society of Sports History, and the Association of Track & Field Statisticians. He was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver in 1997 for his contributions to the Olympic Movement.