An Athletics Compendium

C 192 -202 Individual Olympic Competitions 192 The XX Olympiad: Munic1h972, Innsbruck 1976 / George G. Daniels. London?: Firefly, 1996. 176p; illus, maps; index (The Olympic century; 18v). Bibliography: p 172-173 • 1976 —Montreal 193 Olympic Games, 1976: a guid/e Tom McNab; drawings by Chrisdne McNab. Leicester: Knight, 1975. 160p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-340-19164-3 BL: X.619/15213 Though aimed primarily at a juvenile readership, McNab's concise guide to the OlympiGc ames track and field events (he was a BAAB National Coach 1963-77) makes many original and sharply critical points. Divided into five sections (Olympic history; Analysis of Olympic results; 1976 a—viewer's guide; Olympic record progression; 197m2 edal winners) the work employs in the third section a question and answer formatwhich works very successfully. In the first sectionth, e most striking paragraph appears on p62 — No Official Olympics were held in1944. However, behind barbed wire, inthe concentrationcamp aGt ross Born, Polish officers celebrated the Games on the 13-15 August. On 30th July they produced a series of special Olympic stamps anodn 14th August at the close of the Games they produced three separate series. Inall 17,58>0 Olympic stamps werisesued. No records of performance at the Gross Born Games remain. I am, however, convinced that thesGeames were as Olympic ansy heldbefore or since.' 194 Full colour preview otfhe Montreal Games: Olympics 76 / edited by Peter Dunk. London: Queen Anne, 1976. 48p; illus; pbk Various authors, including MelWvyantman and James Coote. 195 Olympic handbook / RPoicnkering; photography by Tony Duffy. London: Macmillan, 1976. 126p; illus, 1map; pbk ISBN: 0-333-19397-0 BL:X.619/16676 A rather general guide, with sections devoted to twelve sports in additioton athletics. For each event, or group oef vents, abrief introduction is followed by the full 1972 result and a 1975 world ranking. 196 Olympic report 76 / edJitaomr es Coote. London: Kemp, 1976. x, 222p; illus ISBN: 0-905255-03-8 BL: X.629/11270 As in 1972, Cootewas responsible forthe athletics section. 197 Official British Olympic Associatiorneport Olympic Games 1976 / edited Nbyeil Wilson. London: West Nally, 1977. 80p; illus 198 Official report of Ireland's participation inXthXeIst Olympiad, Montreal, 1976 / Olympic Council of Ireland. Dublin: Gemini, 1977. 52p; illus; pbk BL: X.615/1910 ^ 1980 —Moscow 199 The 1980 Olympics handbook:guiade to the Moscow Olympics and ahistory of the Games / Norman Giller. London: Arthur Barker, 1980. 208p; illus; index ISBN: 0-213-16754-9 (cased) • 0-213-16755-7(pbk) BL: X.629/13183 200 The 1980 Olympics: track and fie/ld Matti Hannus; photography by Mark Shearman. Croydon: Sports Market, 1980. 224p; illus ISBN: 0-9507256-0-9 ATFS member and journalisMt atti Hannus oFfinland and outstanding British photographer Mark Shearman combined to produce a comprehensive record of the Moscow pvents. Detailed results and commentaries awrell integrated witihllustrations (in both black & white and colour) and punctuated with Press comments, detaibleiodgraphies otfhe winners, topical comments, arnedsponses to a thirteen-point questionnaire by ssixtatisticians. 201 The ITV book ofthe Olympics / James Coote and others. London: Independent Television Books, 1980. 144p; illus1, map ISBN: 0-900727-70-5 (cased) •0-900727-69-1 (pbk) BL: X.620/19185 The work was publishedbefore the boycootft the1950 Games was declared, so the preview assumed the participation of leading athletes frotmhe USA and West Germany. pAopular version ofGames history is presented, illustrated by line drawings. 202 Moscow '80 Olympic special / written and edited by Peter Bills. Manchester: World International, 1980. 63 P; illu s ISBN; 0-7235-658-3-X [ 8 4 ]