An Athletics Compendium

The ModemOlympic Games<&World Championships C 42 - 57 42 The Olympics / Lokesh Sharma; edited by M. J.Akbar; designed by Sunil Sil. London: Sangam (distributor), 1984. 171p; illus; index (Wills book of excellence) ISBN: 0-86131-52-1 BL:YK.1990.b.7748 Following an introduction by Ashwini Kumar. Sharma surveys Olympichistory fromancient Greeceto the modern revival. Athletes featureidnclude thehandful of Indian athletes who performed with distinction: Pritchard, Rebelio, Milkha Singh, Gurbachan Singh, Sriram Singh, anPd. T. Usha. 43 Olympics: the games in questio/nJohn Rodda and Steven Bierley. London: Channel Four Television, 1984. 32p; illus; pbk BL: X.622/24700 44 The Olympic bid. Birmingham: BirminghCamity Council Olympic Committee, 1986. 3 vols. BL: DSC-OP-LG/4407/8/9 Vol 1:The city strategyand answers to the IOC questionnaire. Vol. 2: Games arrangements and answers to the IF questionnaires. Vol. 3: Media arrangementsand answersto themedia questionnaires 45 The Bridsh Olympic Association athned Olympic Games. London: The Associati1o9n8,7. 39p; illus 46 The Olympics / Peter Tadow. Hove: Wayland, 1987. 32p; illus; index (Topics) ISBN: 1-85210-286-1 BL;YK.1987.b.5861 47 The complete book of the Olymp/icsDavid Wallechinsky. New ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1988. xxix, 680p; illus ISBN: 0-14-010771-1 BL: X.622/19325 Full of engaging detail. c ^ = Previous ed. C41; subsequent ed. C57 48 Faster, higher, further: women's triumphs and disasters at the Olympics / Adrianne BLluoen. don: Virago, 1988. ix, 182p; illus; index; pbk Bibliography:p1 77-/ 78 ISBN: 0-86068-648-5 BL:YK.1989.b.3607 Gives an overview of the subjectthen centres upon particular themes and incidents. Severatlrack and field athletes are mentioDneidr:ikson, Joyner-Kersee and Drechsler (ch.2), Blankers-Koen, Kristiansen, Brisco-Hooks, Decker-Slaney and Szewinska (ch.4), Sanderson, Whitbread and Felke (ch.8>), Budd and Decker-Slaney (ch. 9), Zatopkoavnad Packer (ch.10), Benoit, Mota, Waitz anKdristiansen (ch.11I).ssues of topical importance, suchdrausg abuse and stexsts, are discussed and a list of Olympic records is appended. 49 The Olympic fun boo/k Sally Tagholm; illustrated by Kate Shannon. London:Scholastic, 1988. 48p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-590-7091-19 For children. 50 The Olympic Games / text by Angela Lucas; illustrations by Jane Pirie. Reading: YounLgibrary, 1988. 24p; illus (Acorns) ISBN: 0-946003-89-0 BL: YK.1990.a.3341 Designed for very young readers, facing pages present ten short,large-print texts abnedautifully executed colour illustrations, ranging from 4th century BC Olympia to 198>4 Los Angeles. 51 The Manchester Olympic bid, 1996. London: MICP, 1989. 63p; illus BL: LB.31.b.5513 52 The Olympic Games / William S. JaOrrextfto. rd: Facts on File, 1990. vi, 94p; illus; index (Timetables of sports history) ISBN: 0-8160-1921-5 BL: YK.1993.b.8059 Medallists and verbyrief event descriptions are given for celebrations; the work is marred by several inaccuracies. 53 Silver, gold, bronze / David Guiney. Dublin: Sportsworld, 1990. 135p; illus; pbk The story of Irismh edal winners at the Games. 54 The Special Olympics / Graham Bartlett. Leicester: Leicestershire Adult BasiEcducation Service, 1990. 8p; pbk ISBN: 1-872617-35-2 BL: YK.1992.a.9437 55 The Olympic Games dossier / Stephen Rabley. London: Macmillan, 1991. 32p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-333-53666-5 BL: YK.1992.b.774 56 The Olympics / Neil Duncanson. London: Wayland, 1991. 48p; illus; index ISBN: 1-85210-325-6 (cased) • 0-7502-0242-4 (pbk) BL; YK.1991.b.6451 57 The complete book tohfe Olympics / David Wallechinsky. London: Aurum, 1992. xxviii, 763p; illus; index; pbk ISBN; 1-85410-199-4 BL; YK.1992.b.4621 ^ Previous ed. C47; subsequent ed. C69 [ 73 ]