An Athletics Compendium

Individual OlympiCcompetitions C 20321- 7 203 Official handbook oGfreat Britain's Olympic team, XXII Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980. London: British Olympic Association, 1980. 121p; pbk 204 Official report of Ireland's participation thien XXII Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980 / Olympic Council of Ireland. Dublin: The Council, 1980. 205 Olympics 1980/ Norman Barrett; designed and illustrated byDavid Nash. London: Piper, 1980. 48p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 0-330-25979-2 BL: X.611/9242 A Piccolo book for children. 206 The Games war: a Moscowjournal / Christopher Booker. London: Faber, 1981. 236p; illus,1 map; index ISBN: 0-571-11755-4 (cased) • 0-571-11763-5(pbk) BL: X.629/15594 Sent to covtehre 198>0 OlympicGames bythe Daily Mail, the author (a non-sporte journalist and first editor ofPrivate Eye)presents a lucaidccount of the choice of Moscow by the IOC, the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet trooinp1s979, and thbeoycott of the '{d&OGames. Booker's Olympic narractiovveers the period from 16 July4toAugust and he devotes a significant part hoisf report to athletics. 207 Sport: official BritishOlympic Association report thoef 1980 Games. London: Epic, 1981. 107p; illus; pbk BL:DSC-d87/17620 Includes Poy Moor onathletics. # 1984 —Los Angeles 208 The Olympic Games 1984 / edited by Lord Killanin and John Rodda. 3rd ed. London: Willow, 1983. 344p; illus; index ISBN: 0-00-218062-6 (cased)• 0-00-218063-4 (pbk) BL: X.622/18069 ^ Previous ed. C34 209 British challenge athe 1984 Olympics p/aintings by Kevin Whitney with a texbty Brian Glanville. London: Muller, 1984. 119p; illus Includes 24p supplement: Records and achievements ISBN: 0-584-11103-7 This is a rather curious mix of graphic work, photography and text. Whitneywas appointed BOA Official Artist i1n963; heis represented here by 32 works, of which 21 are oil on canvas, 9watercolours and 2 drawings. Seven athletes are depicted. ^ Also listed at: L370 210 Olympic Games 1984 / Tom McNab. Sevenoaks: Knight, 1984. 240p; illus, 1 map; pbk ISBN: 0-340-33345-6 BL: YK.199La.546 211 Olympics 84 / Bill Tancred; designed and illustrabtyed Chris Reed; photographs by GeorHgerringshaw. Loughborough; Ladybird, 1984. 57p; illus ISBN: 0-7214-0821-4 BL:X.629/23121 The venues anddates otfhe Summer Games from 18>96 to1950 argeiven, together withbraief guide to athletics even1ts9,60 winners and Olympic records. 212 Olympics 1984/ edited by Martin Tyler. London: Philips International BV, 1984. 144p; illus 213 Olympics '84: the British challeng/e text byPaul Wade; photographs by TomDuffy; foreword by Duncan Goodhew. Poole: Blandford, 1984. 96p; illus, 1 map; index; pbk ISBN: 0-7137-1449-2 BL:X.622/22351 214 Playfair Olympics 1984 Los Angel/es edited by David Emery, Stan Greenberg and Ian Morrison. London: Queen Anne, 1984. 192p; pbk ISBN: 0-356-10336-6 BL:X.629/23122 Track and field data includeas section on decathlon and heptathlon with scoring tables, medallists from 1945, finalistsin \QbO, current Olympic and World records, and top ten world lists fo1r963. 215 British Olympic Association Olympic Games 1984 official report / editebdy Mike Blake. London: British Olympic Association, 1985. 132p; illus 216 Olympic glory:the official BritishOlympic Association report of the Olympiacnd Olympic Winter Game/s Caroline Searle, consultant editor; foreword by HRH The Princess Royal. Sevenoaks: Crier, 1985. 225p; illus • 1988 —Seoul 217 The 1988 Seoul Olympic/sJ. Home, P. Taylor, T. Taylor, G. Whannel. Stoke-on-Trent: North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Dept. of Sociology, 1988. 48p; pbk (Occasional paper; 5) BL:DSC-6219.190(5) Proceedings of a day school held at North Staffordshire Polytechnic in February 1966. [ 8 5 ]