Glima at the Summer Olympics

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Glima was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1908 and 1912. [1]

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References

  1. Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Scarecrow Press. p. 141. ISBN   9780810875227.