The OlyMADMen The data provided in Olympics at Sports-Reference.com is the result of over 120 years of research by a combined group of Olympic historians and statisticians. The group, termed the OlyMADMen, reflecting their maniacal devotion to the project, began in the late 90s between Bill Mallon (USA), Arild Gjerde (Norway), Magne Teigen (Norway), David Foster (Great Britain), and Jeroen Heijmans (Netherlands). Much of the early data came from the publications of Mallon, a Past-President and Co-Founder of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH), especially two of his books, The Golden Book of the Olympic Games, and Total Olympics. Also useful was his series of books on the earliest Olympic Games (1896-1920). This was supplemented by a database of all Olympians developed by