An Athletics Compendium

B 224 - 236 Collective Biographies 224 Marathon kings / NormanGiller. London: Pelham, 1983. 96p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 0-7207-1453-2 BL:X.622/16030 In addition to profiles of Louis, Pietri, Kolehmainen, Ferris, Zatopek, Peters, Bikila, Clayton, Shorter, Cierpinski, Salazar, de Castella, and Waitz, supplementary details of their contemporaries appear. The winners of Olympic, European, Commonwealth and AAA titles areincluded, as ias record progression. 225 Brendan Foster's Olympic heroes, 1896-1984: past Olympic champions and the favouriftoers LA '84 / Brendan Foster anNd orman Giller. London: Harrap, 1984. 141p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-245-54200-0 BL:X.622/19322 Part I contains biographical details of 35 leading contenders f1or954 titles,with photography by All Sport Photographic; Part II is an A-Z guide to the great Olympic champions, including 124 track and field athletes. 226 The Olympians: a quefsot r gold: triumphs, heroes and legends / Sebastian Coe wNitihcholas Mason. London: Pavilion, 1984. 145p; illus; index ISBN: 0-907516-44-0 ^ Subsequent ed. B232 227 The Sony Tape guide to whwo'sho inthe 1984 Olympics / editebdy David Emery; foreword by Brendan Foster. London: Pelham, 1984. 192p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-7207-1519-9 Of the 240athletes whodse tailed biographies are included, all those from so-called Communist countries, except China and Romania, failed to appear at Los Angeles. 228 Great sporting eccentrics / DaRvainddall. London: W.H. Allen, 1985. 192p; illus Bibliography: pi 87-192 ISBN; 0-491-03004-5 (cased) •0-86379-140-9 (pbk) BL:YC.1986.b.l808 •YK.1987.b.4531 Many of the mostbizarre stories atihn letics history are told itnhis biographical format. 229 On the right track: contemporary Christianspoinrt / John D. Searle. Basingstoke: MarshPailclkering, 1987. 191p; pbk ISBN: 0-551-01424-5 BL:YK.1987.a.7153 Includes chapters on Brian Adams, Olympic walker, and CarlLewis, Olympic gold medallist. 230 The fastest men on earth/ Neil Duncanson. London: Collins, 1988. 192p; illus ISBN: 0-00-218313-7 BL: YK.1988.b.5503 Published to coincide waithtelevision series, this is a collection of biographies of the Olympic 100m champions fromTom Burke in 1596 to CaLrelwis in 19&4. In this sense, the title is somewhat misleading because, ofthe twentysprinters described, only ten ever held the world 100m record. The introductory section 'From professional to amateur' is of particular interest. 231 My great Britons/ Emlyn Hughes. London: Partridge, 1988. 195p; illus ISBN: 1-85225-023-2 BL: YK.l989.b.3365 David Coleman and Sebastian Coe appear in this collection ofseventeen tape-recordedinterviews. 232 The Olympians: qauest for gold: triumphs, heroes and legends / Sebastian Coe wNithicholas Mason. 2nd ed. London: Pavilion, 1988. Previous ed. B226 ; subsequent ed. B247 233 Who's who in Britisahthletics / PeterMatthews. Runcorn: Archive in association with Express Newspapers, 1990. 128p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-948946-73-3 Contains detailed biographies of 175 male and 125 female athletes. 234 British Olympians: haundred years of goldmedallists / Ian Buchanan. Enfield: Guinness, 1991. 191p; illus; index ISBN: 0-85112-952-8 BL: YK.l991.b.6397 Includes biographical details of 67 track and field gold medallists (including tug-of-war), togethewr ith brief data (fulnl ame, date/s boifrth/death, event/s) of all British track and field participants from 1596 to 1955. 235 The fifty finest athletes of the 20th century: a worldwide reference / Robert J. Condon. London: McFarland, 1991. viii, 152p; illus; index ISBN: 0-89950-374-8 BL: YC.l991.b.3203 236 Great women athletes of the 2c0ethntury / Robert J. Condon. London: McFarland, 1991. ix, 180p; illus; index ISBN: 0-89950-555-4 BL: YC.1992.b.l231 After an introduction surveying the development of women's sporftrom ancient times thteo present day, the author applies his subjective judgement in selecting the tfoivpe, among them Didrikson-Zaharias and Joyner-Kersee. Ina groluabpelled 'pioneers', Helen Stephens is included. Biographical details andhalf­ tone illustrations a ofurther 55 other great women athletes are presented. [ 6 4 ]