An Athletics Compendium

^4 389-399 International 389 International Cross-Country Union 1954-65 / compiled by Lawrence N. Richardson. Ambergate; The author, 1965. A supplement to the Jubhiliesetory ofthe ICCUwith comprehensive results coveringthe period 1954-65, an alphabetical list of all competiatonrds a section on rules and championship conditions. ^ See also: A386 390 70 golden years: IAAF, 1912-198/2 edited bJyon V. Wigley; text by Augusto FrascaR,obert Pariente, Roberto Quercetani and John Rodda. London: IAAF, 1982. 152p; illus Illustrated history ofthe Federation with profiles of the four Presidents. 391 Internadonal athletics guide 1986-87 / edited by Melvyn Watman. London: Tantiv1y9,86. 256p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-900730-33-1 Reviews the major meetings in 196>6, supplemented by admirably detailed surveoyf smarathons f1o9r55 and 198>6. The editor contributes saection on athletes who have distinguished themselves in other fields, updating Appendix o5f his Encyclopasdla of Track and FieldAthletice>. c ^ = See also: Ml32 392 100 golden moments: IAAF 75 years history of track & field athletics. London: IAAF, 1987. 224p; illus Milestones and personalities in the association's history, handsomely illustrated. 393 From LA to New York, from New YtorkLA / Harry Berry; with a forewordby Peter Gavuzzi. Chorley: The author?, 1990. 173p; illus Well-researched history of the trans-Continental races of the 1920wsit,h copious results. 394 Boston Marathon: the firsctentury of the world's premier running event / Tom Derderian. Centennial race ed. Leeds: Human Kinetics, 1996. xxvi, 634p; illus, maps; index; pbk ISBN: 0-88011-479-7 BL:YC.1996.a.2139 395 Empire Games: the British inventiofntwentieth- century sport / Roger Hutchinson. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996. 192p; index ISBN: 1-85158-842-6 BL: YK.1997.b.4378 'The strange and wonderful story of the birth of modern spectator sports' takes in th ancient Greek games, the Cotswold Games, the codification of sports and the birth of the modern Olympics. 396 Great sporting moment/s Chris Ewers, David Harding, Nigel Gross, Karen Hurrell, Dylan Lobo and Jason Tomas; introduction by Ian Cole. Bristol: Dempsey Parr, 1998. 200p; illus; index ISBN: 1-84084-029-3 BL: LB.31.b.20034 The athletes featured are: Thorpe, Owens, Blankers-Koen, Peters, Bannister, Snell, Beamon, Coe, Ovett, Mennea, Thompson, Lewis, Cacho, Baumann, Christie, KJpketer,Bailey and Johnson. 397World cross country championships, 1999: facts and figures / compiled by David Guiney. Dublin: Adidas Ireland, 1999. 44p; illus, Imap; pbk 398 Masters track and field:a history / Leonard T. Olson. London: McFarland, 2000. vi, 3I4p; illus ISBN: 0-7864-0889-8 • Australia 399 The Oxford companion to Australian sport / edited by Wray Vamplew, Katherine Moore, John O'Hara and Richard Cashman; the Australian Society for Sports History with assistance fromthe Australian Sports Commission. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. ix, 430p; illus ISBN: 0-19-553287-2 BL: YC.1993.b.6167 Contains several entrioefsathletics significance, for example: Australian participation in the Olympic Games; Olympic bids by Australian cities; Staging BEG (193S>), BECG (1962) and CG (198>2); Aborigines insport; and, Australian Gallery of Sp rt and Olympic Museum. The appendix lists ABC Sport Australian award winners (from 1951), Australian medallists in the Olympic Games 1&96-1992, Australian gold medallists in the CommonwealthGames 1950-1994 and Stawell Gift winners (130yds 18>78>-19721, 20m 1975 todate). Biographies of over thirty outstanding Australian athletes, coaches and administrators are included. Chapter 1 covers the period from 1&97 to 1909; subsequent chapters covethr e decadesfrom 1910. The appendices list winners (men from 1597, women from 1966) and runners' affiliations. Though the course isundulating, the staart Hopkinton (463ft) produces anoverall downhill effect withthe finishat Boston (15ft). In the race results top finishersare given, and, whereknown, the occupation andlongevity of winners. Supplementary information provided includes variationin distances anchdeckpoint splits for recent races. ^ Subsequent ed. A400 [ 36 ]