description: Compiles information not only about who set what record for what event in what year and competition and what country they were from, but also about the life and career of the athletes themselves and the circumstances and significance of their triumph. Divided first by gender, then by events such as running from 100 to 10,000 meters, hurdles, high and long jump, discus, and javelin. Indexed by name. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Track and Field Record Holders: Profiles of the Men and Women Who Set World, Olympic and American Marks, 1946 Through 1995
titlecomplete: Track and Field Record Holders: Profiles of the Men and Women Who Set World, Olympic and American Marks, 1946 Through 1995
publisher: McFarland Publishing