An Athletics Compendium

C 2 8 - 4 1 TheModem OlympicGames <&World Championships 28 Incredible Olympic fea/tsJim Benagh. London: McGraw-Hill, 1976. xii, 178p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-07-004426-0 BL:X.619/17358 The significant personalities of the Games from 1596 to 1972 and their achievements are described briefly; there is aheavy emphasis oUnS performers. 29 An Olympic feasibilitystudy / prepared faorworking party of representadves of Edinburgh District Council by the Scottish Development Advisory Group. Edinburgh: The Group,1976. 249p; illus, maps, plans 30 The Olympic Games / Bruce Tulloh. London: Heinemann Educadonal, 1976. viii, 72p; illus; pbk (Heinemann guided readers, upper levels; 5) ISBN: 0-435-27027-3 BL:X.619/15399 ^ Also listed at: L337 31 The Olympic Games: 80 years of people, events and records / editedby Lord Killanin and John Rodda. London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1976. 272p; illus; index ISBN: 0-214-20091-4 BL:X.625/513 Assisted by 45 contributors,the editors succeed admirably in their aim of producing 'the most comprehensive work on the Olympic Games in the English language'. After an extended history of the IOC, there follow brief surveys of the ancient and modern Games, descriptioonfssports on the Olympic programme, the backgrountod the Olympics, a Who's Who in the Olympic Games (including sixty outstanding track and field athletes), a listing of medallists ainll sports, ruleosf the IOC,anda list of NOCs. ^ Subsequent ed. C34 32 Olympics: questions & answers onmthaejor events / Alan Gibbon and TomMcNab. London: Lepus, 1976. 128p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-86019-024-2 BL: X.619/15420 The work, in which athletics is one of seven sports covered, aims taonswer bothhistorical and technical questions relating to the Olympic Games events. 33 The Pye story otfhe Olympic Games / edibteydPhil Soar & Martin Tyler. London: Cavendish, 1976. 103p; illus 34 The Olympic Games / edibtyedLord Killaninand John Rodda. Rev. ed. London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1979. 319p; illus; index ISBN: 0-354-08561-1 BL: X.620/18904 ^ Previous ed. C31; subsequent ed. C208 35 The 1980 book otfhe Olympics: the Games since 1896: a pictorial record / James Coote. London: Webb, 1980. 129p; illus ISBN: 0-86189-008-6 A chapter is devotetdo each of themodern Olympics from Athens in1596 to a preview of the Lake Placid& Moscow Olympics in1950. 36 The Games: a complete newhis tory / compiled and edited byMarshall Brant. London: Proteus, 1980. ii, 271p; illus ISBN: 0-906071-29-1 (cased) • 0-906071-19-4 (pbk) The Games as portrayed in English language newspaper clippings. 37 The modern Olympic Games / John Lucas. London: Yoseloff, 1980. 242p; illus; index ISBN: 0-498-02447-4 BL: X.622/8245 The author has attemptedboth astraight narrative history of the modern Games and a critical evaluation of suggestions froerform of the OlympicMovement. Particular attention is focused on the IOCPresidents, Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin. The author advances ten suggesteredforms ofthe IOCT. he work lacks abibliography, theblack and white illustrations are poorly reproduced, andmany errors occur in the spellings of propernames. 38 The Olympic Games N/igel Baguley. London: Harrap 1980. 48p; illus; pbk (The reporters series) ISBN: 0-245-53572-1 BL: X.629/15722 39 The Olympic Games ancient amnoddern. London: British Olympic Association, 1981. 76p; illus Authors include K.WP.almer, R. W.Cox, A. H. Jackson, P. G. Kuntz, P. W.Sutciiffe and D. W. Masterson. 40 The Olympic Games: Athens 1896 to Los Angeles 1984 / Peter Arnold. London: Optimum, 1983. 255p; illus ISBN: 0-603-03068-8 A well-illustrated photographic record of the modern Olympics. 41 The complete book othfe Olympics / David Wallechinsky. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984. xxvi, 628p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-14-006632-2 BL: X.622/19325 Wallechinsky's bookmakes no claimto beinga history of the Olympics. It is a rich, results-based chronological account of tmheodern Olympics. ^ Subsequent ed. C47 [ 7 2 ]