An Athletics Compendium

C 218-233 Individual OlympicCompetitions 218 The BritishOlympic Association guide and team handbook: Seoul, 1988ed/ited by Caroline Searle. London: The Association, 1988. 240p; illus; pbk 219 Champions allt:he 3M book otfhe 1988 Olympic Games. London: Petersen in conjunctwiointh Option One, 1988. 160p; illus; index BL:YK. 1989.b.2597 A guide to the Seoul Games, with athletics contributions by Cliff Temple and Mel Watman. World records and winnearts the1967World Championships are included. 220 Desmond Lynam's 1988 Olympics: the complete guide to the summer games in Seoul. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988, 231p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-283-99592-0 BL: YK.1989.b.4404 The athletics section includes records, brief descriptions of each event, past medallists, stars and a miscellany. 221 Olympics 1988. London: Dennis Oneshots, 1988. 29p; unbound BL: YK. 1 990 .b .4043 222 Olympics 88 / Chris Reed. Loughborough: Ladybird 1988. 59 P; illu s ISBN; 0-7214-1085-5 223 Scotch Videocassettesbook of the OlympicGames / edited by Nicholas Keith. London: Petersen, 1988. 124p; illus; pbk BL: YK.1989.a.3153 Previews ofthe athletics events at the 198>6 Games are given, togetherwith a list ofwinners at the 19S7 World Championships. 224 Seoul '88: the official bookof the Games of thXeXIVth Olympiad; harmony and progress. London; Collins 1988. 221p; illus ISBN: 0-00-215176-6 BL: LB.31.b.236 Presented in the formof daily reports, the work is essentially pictorial, with colour photography by All Sport; the text and captions are by David Miller. Athletics coverageexitsensive and a loisftmedallists is included. 225 The BritishOlympic Association official Olympic Games report: 1988 Calgary, Seoul / edited by Caroline Searle; foreword byHRH The PrincessRoyal. London: The Association, 1989. 248p; illus 226 Calgary andSeoul: Games of thXeXIV Olympiad / Ernie Trory. Hove: Crabtree, 1989. 84 P; pbk BL:YC.1990.a.5739 The author traces the staging of the 1966Seoul Games from1960, when the city's bid was received by the IOC four days after the official closing date, through its award of the Gamine1s961. to th1e964 report agreeingto talks witNhorth Korea about the latter's proposal to send a joint team to Los Angeles and to th1e966 Games. 227 Seoul diary / David Guiney. Dublin: Sportsworld, 1989. 61p; illus; pbk A diary kept by thveeteran Irish athlete and journalist. A list ofwinners inall events is appended. 228 The Seoul Olympics: the inside st/oryPark Seh-Jik. London: Bellew, 1991. xiv, 177p Forewordby Juan AntonioSamaranch ISBN; 0-947792-96-1 BL; YK.1993.b.11561 Though dealing primarily with the political dimension of the 1966 Games this work also touches on the organisational aspects of the track and field programme -the schedulingof events to meet the demands of US television and the direction of the doping control centreby Dr Pak Chong-se. 229 Global television andthe politics of the Seoul Olympics / James F. Larson, Heung-Soo Park. Oxford: Westview 1993. xxi, 281p; illus; index (Politics in Asiaand the Pacific; interdisciplinary perspectives) ISBN; 0-8133-1693-6 (cased) • 0-8133-1694-4 (pbk) BL: YC1994.b.4495 # 1992 —Barcelona 230 Olympics '92: will yoube there? / compiledby Ann Griffiths and DavidMinton; introduction by Daley Thompson. London: Blackie, 1984. 96p; illus; index ISBN; 0-216-91607-0 (cased) • 0-216-91608-9 (pbk) BL; X.629/23113 231 All round guideto the 1992 Olympics / Alastair Yeomans. London; Boxtree, 1992. 64p; illus; pbk ISBN; 1-85283-674-1 BL; YK.1994.a.513 The sections included are:The story otfhe Olympics; Star profileQsu; izzes; Totatlrivia; and, World records. 232 Official report of participation tihne XXV Olympiad Barcelona, Spain 1992 / Olympic Council of Ireland. Dublin; The Council, 1992. 64p; illus; pbk 233 Olympic Games: Barcelona92. Basingstoke: Mosaik, 1992. 205p; illus ISBN; 3-576-80005-0 YK.1993.b.834 The athletics reports carry a strong emphasis UoKn performers. The results section lists only the first six in each event. [ 86 ]