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Track & Field Olympic History: more books (72)

An Olympian's oral history: Sim Iness, 1952 Olympic Games, discus by Sim Iness, 1999
Olympic Marathon: A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race by Charlie Lovett, 1997-04-30
Track and Field Championship (Great Moments in Sports) by Steve Potts, 1992-09
AMERICA'S FIRST OLYMPICS: THE ST. LOUIS GAMES OF 1904 (SPORTS & AMERICAN CULTURE) by GEORGE R. MATTHEWS, 2005-07-22
Smell of Sweat: Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture by William Blake Tyrrell, 2004-02-01
The Olympic Marathon by David Martin, Roger Gynn, 2000-05-08
Olympic Glory Denied: A Final Opportunity for Glory Restored by Frank Zarnowski, 1996-08
Above and Beyond: Tim Mack, the Pole Vault, and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Bill Livingston, 2008-11-30
Greek Athletes and Athletics by H.A. Harris, 1979-06
OWENS, JESSE: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed.</i> by William Baker, 2006
SPORTS: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed.</i>
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schaap, 2008-02-05
Olympic Revolution: The Biography of Juan Antonio Samaranch by David Miller, 1992-08
Handbook of southern intercollegiate track and field athletics,: Being a brief history of the S.I.A.A. with the records of the track and field meets, complete ... athletes in the VIIIth Olympic games by John Wendell Bailey, 1924

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MSNBC - Newsweek Olympics Front Page
trackand-field superstar Marion Jones tries to outrun an accelerating scandalover doping Resources to help you brush up on your olympic history
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5112034/site/newsweek/
Indelible Images - Fallen Star
I had been covering track and field for about a week, he recalls, adding Ilook at it as history, olympic history, and it truly feels like it was
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/aug04/indelible.html

Extractions: document.write(''); Fallen Star When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this month, a young photographer was there to catch the anguish The curse of the sports photographer has always been redundancy. Year after year, city after city, he travels in a pack, following the competitive grind in pursuit of images that rise above decorating the box scores and go on to shape our collective sports consciousness. David Burnett's first shot at capturing that kind of history came in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Mary Decker, a world-class runner and an American sweetheart in the tradition of Peggy Fleming and Chris Evert, was competing in the 3,000-meter race on the last day of the track-and-field events. No longer "Little Mary Decker," the pigtailed girl-wonder from New Jersey who'd set her first American record at age 14, she was now 26 and fresh from victories in 1,500- and 3,000-meter races at the World Championships in Helsinki the year before. Her spitfire appeal promised to make the race a highlight of the Games 20 years ago this month. That she would win was a given. But the beauty of sports, of course, is that no conclusion is ever really foregone.
USA WEEKEND Magazine
basketball team has lost only two games in olympic history in 1972 and 1988 . Women s track and field 100m final, women s heptathlon final, NBC,
http://www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040808/040808olympic_daybook.html

Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName="" var server="" var channel="" var pageType="" var pageValue="" var prop1="" var prop2="" var prop3="" var prop4="" var prop5="" var prop6="news" var prop7="umbrella" var prop8="" var prop9="" var prop10="" /********* INSERT THE DOMAIN AND PATH TO YOUR CODE BELOW ************/ /********** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING ELSE BELOW THIS LINE! *************/ var s_code=" " OLYMPICS 2004 Exclusive 2004 Olympic Field Guide Here are broadcast highlights of the Games' first week from the NBC team's field notes. The journey to the Olympics is often as thrilling, agonizing and spectacular as the Games themselves. No one knows better than a quartet of NBC Olympic researchers who've traveled thousands of miles and visited dozens of countries this year. Their job: covering the competitions that decide who will earn the right to stand among the world's best athletes in Athens. We asked Dan Fleschner
Haverford College Men's Track & Field: History
Haverford boasts 91 cross country and track field AllAmericans since 1978, Haverford has had a runner in the last four US olympic trials Paranya
http://www.haverford.edu/athletics/Xctfm/history.htm

Extractions: Coach Captains Roster Schedule ... Haverford Home Page History One of Haverford's oldest sports, early Ford track teams won or placed high in turn-of-the-century Penn Relays, and Phillip Baker, later known as Lord Noel-Baker, a one-year visitor from England set the college mile record. Baker went on to become Haverford's first track Olympian, competing for Great Britain in the 1920 games. By the end of that decade, the Ford thinclads, under legendary coach A.W. "Pop" Haddleton and led by weight thrower J. Howard Morris '30, were the dominant team in the large Middle Atlantic Conference. His name synonymous with Haverford track, Haddleton found unlikely athletes who he thought had potential and developed hundreds of them into top track men into the 1950's. Haddleton's finest protege may have been Jim Grosholz '49, whose career climaxed at the 1949 NCAA outdoors in an 800 showdown with U.S. Olympian Mal Whitfield of Ohio State at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Haddleton was the prime mover in the construction of Alumni Field House in the late '50's, and the indoor track there, now a state-of-the-art 200-meter oval with textured surface, is named for him. The team remained strong through the 1950s while the '60s were more a time for individual achievement, such as the javelin exploits of Stu Levitt '63, who won the NCAA College Division championship and barely missed qualifying for the 1964 U.S. Olympic team. A renaissance was begun during the Haverford coaching days of Villanova alumnus Francis "Dixie" Dunbar in the late 1960's and early '70s, but it was another Jumbo Elliott protégé, Wildcat All-American Tom Donnelly, who put Haverford back on the national track & field map the last three decades.
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
Athletics, or track and field, is the original olympic sport. Throughout recordedsports history, athletics has always been practised.
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=AT&sportCode=
FSM Enters Olympic History
FSM enters olympic history. POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service) September swimming; Tracy Anny Route, swimming; Regina Shotaro, track and field;
http://www.fsmgov.org/press/pr090700.htm

Extractions: POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): September 2000 - Today, September 15, the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia began, and 11 Federated States of Micronesia participants have entered into history as the first athletes from the FSM to participate in the most famous games in world. Participating in the events with their event are Welbert Samuel, swimming; Tracy Anny Route, swimming; Regina Shotaro, track and field; Manuel Minginfel, weightlifting; and Elias Rodriquez, marathon. Accompanying the FSM team is Dr. Eliuel Pretrick, FSM National Olympic Committee president and Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Social Affairs; Berney Martin, chef de mission; James Tobin, FSMNOC secretary-general; Sweeter Daniel, swim coach; Marcellus Akapito, athletic coach; and Vanston Waguk, weightlifting coach. In 1997, the FSM became the member of the International Olympic Committee due to the efforts of many coaches and sports enthusiasts in the FSM and to a lot of work by Jim Tobin, who came to the FSM almost 20 years ago with the dream of putting the FSM in the Olympic family. For further information on this release, please contact:
Cross Country History
The University of South Alabama has competed in men s track field since 1965 and A twotime olympic gold medallist, Evans set a world record in the
http://www.southalabama.edu/athletics/crosscountry/history.shtml

Extractions: USAJaguars.com This is USA From the A.D. Office Athletics Directory ... Sun Belt Conference In 1971, Ed Kelly was hired to run the South Alabama track program. Kelly spent 12 years at the helm and was awarded Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 1978 and 1981. The original Jaguar track was built during his tenure in 1978. During Kelly's tenure he coached South Alabama Hall of Famer and Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Champion and multi-time all conference performer Bobby Abruscato. In 1982, Mike Powell, USA alum and a former athlete of Ed Kelly, became head coach. Among the successful athletes Powell coached Darryl Eastman and Kevin Longmire. During his term, 35 track and field records were set.
Track & Field Coaches
head track field/cross country coach in the program s 39year history. Member of USA olympic, USA track and field and San Francisco Halls of Fame
http://www.southalabama.edu/athletics/track/coaches.shtml

Extractions: In his first three seasons at USA, Evans' athletes have earned 58 Indoor All-Sun Belt Conference honors and 49 Outdoor All-Sun Belt Conference honors. During his tenure at USA, Evans has also had a total of 21 SBC champions including 13 from the 2004 Indoor and Outdoor seasons. The indoor campaign was highlighted by a third place finish at the conference meet. The Jags under Evans direction also hosted three home outdoor meets and had 10 student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Regionals held in Baton Rouge, La. Javelin thrower Justin Cummins and 400 meter hurdler Ajoke Odumosu each advanced to the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.
WashingtonPost.com: Athletics
LATEST track AND field NEWS Josia Thugwane, Lee Bongju and Eric Wainaina Inthe closest marathon in olympic history, Josia Thugwane (pictured far
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/track/front.htm

Extractions: Main Sections Business International National Sports Style Washington World (Metro) Weather Home Page Site Index Search Help BigBook Business Directory Autos Classified CareerPost (Jobs Classified) Homes Classified Rentals Classified Olympic Sections AP Olympic News Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic News Summary Olympic Talk Olympic Trivia Post Olympic Articles Schedule by Day TV Schedule Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting LATEST TRACK AND FIELD NEWS TRACK AND FIELD RESULTS In the closest marathon in Olympic history, Josia Thugwane (pictured far right) pulled ahead for good over the final mile today to become the first black South African to win an Olympic gold medal. The victory came four days after Hezekeil Sepeng won the silver in the men's 800-meter, becoming the first black South African to win an Olympic medal of any kind. Thugwane edged Lee Bong-ju
The Falcons Online -- Seattle Pacific University
Complete history of SPU track and field Program (PDF Format) In fact, Goughwould later challenge for a berth on the 1972 olympic team.
http://www.spu.edu/depts/athletics/m-track/history.htm

Extractions: Includes champions, honors, awards, all-time rosters In 1955, Foreman became a forerunner in women's athletics by founding the Falcon Track Club, a team open to gifted females. Marcia Cosgrove, a 16-year-old Renton native, qualified for the AAU Indoor Championships. A year later, Cosgrove won the AAU 50-meter dash, then finished second in the 200 at the Olympic Trials and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team. SPU at Nationals Men's Place Pts Meet 1952 26th 6 NAIA 1953 8th 14 NAIA 1954 14th 10 NAIA 1956 9th 14 NAIA 1957 19th 9 NAIA 1968 11th 15 NCAA 1969 33rd 6 NCAA 1970 11th 18 NCAA 1971 25th 10 NCAA 1972 38th 4 NCAA 1973 15th 14 NCAA 1974 20th 11 NCAA 1984 46th 8 NCAA 1987 33rd 5 NCAA 1991 20th 14 NCAA 1992 26th 10 NCAA 1994 28th 5 NCAA 1995 44th 1 NCAA 1996 31st 6 NCAA 1997 34th 6 NCAA 1998 51st 1 NCAA
The Olympic Marathon - Human Kinetics
No olympic event can rival the rich history and grand spectacle of the marathon . He was the marathon statistician for the Association of track field
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0880119691
Brief History Of The Olympic Games
Brief history of the olympic Games. Ancient olympic Games Chronology of The most exacting track and field event is the decathlon (from the Greek words
http://www.nostos.com/olympics/

Extractions: Brief History of the Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. Here the Greeks erected statues and built temples in a grove dedicated to Zeus, supreme among the gods. The greatest shrine was an ivory and gold statue of Zeus. Created by the sculptor Phidias, it was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Scholars have speculated that the games in 776 BC were not the first games, but rather the first games held after they were organized into festivals held every four years as a result of a peace agreement between the city-states of Elis and Pisa. The Eleans traced the founding of the Olympic games to their King Iphitos, who was told by the Delphi Oracle to plant the olive tree from which the victors' wreaths were made. According to Hippias of Elis, who compiled a list of Olympic victors c.400 BC, at first the only Olympic event was a 200-yard dash, called a stadium. This was the only event until 724 BC, when a two-stadia race was added. Two years later the 24-stadia event began, and in 708 the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the games. This pentathlon, a five-event match consisted of running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus, and hurling the javelin. In time boxing, a chariot race, and other events were included.
Olympic Information Center
has undertaken an oral history project involving olympic medal winners whoonce lived track and field, 1948. Jack Davis track and field, 1952, 1956
http://www.aafla.org/6oic/oral.htm

Extractions: Olympic Oral Histories The Amateur Athletic Foundation, in cooperation with Southern California Olympians, has undertaken an oral history project involving Olympic medal winners who once lived in Southern California, or who live here now. Several oral histories have been completed and are available below: Clifford Bourland
NewsHour Extra: Olympics - September 13, 2000
America s Marion Jones going for five golds in track and field in December1979 led to the largest boycott in the history of the olympic movement.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec00/olympics.html

Extractions: (September 13, 2000) His brow covered with sweat, an athlete crosses the finish line. He glances behind him and realizes he's done it. He's won the gold. An Olympic medal. Not bad for a cook. Meet Coroebus of Elis, who won the sprint race in 776 BC. Although he's the first Olympic champion listed in Greek Olympic records, it's generally accepted that the games were probably at least 500 years old at that time. Flash forward to Sydney, Australia, September, 2000. Now, get ready for 16 days and nights of suspense, surprises and super human effort. A $3.5 billion extravaganza called the summer Olympics is being held in Australia. (You may think it's already fall a bit late for the "summer" Olympics…. but it's spring in Australia ). About 10,200 athletes from 199 countries will compete. More than 15,000 reporters will cover the events.
Alice Coachman, America's First Woman To Win Olympic Gold
National Women s history Project Home, Biography Center Alice became thefirst African American woman to win an olympic Gold medal in track and field.
http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/coachman/coachman_bio.html

Extractions: Biography Center Themes The determination of the American Spirit can be seen in the life of Alice Coachman. In London, England in 1948, during the first Olympics held after World War II, Alice became the first African American woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in track and field. Breaking the previous world record in the high jump, her success challenged long held assumptions about women's physical ability to participate in track and field and opened the doors for the success of generations to follow which would include 3-time gold medallist Wilma Rudolph and her Tigerbell teammates. Alice Coachman was born in Albany, Georgia in 1923, the fifth of ten children. Denied access to public training facilities because of segregation policies, she ran barefoot on the back roads of Georgia and devised all sorts of makeshift setups to jump over - from strings and ropes to sticks and tied rags. Her parents thought she should direct herself to a more ladylike path, but Alice was determined to succeed as an athlete. Alice overcame the effects of segregation to win twenty-five national titles as well as the Olympic Gold. Emboldened with the spirit of possibility, Alice says, "I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do." After her Olympic victory, she returned to America to train other women athletes. Her legacy opened possibilities for future generations of women to participate and succeed in Track and Field. Alice Coachman worked to ensure the success of future generations as she passed the torch of opportunity to other American women.
DefenseLINK News: Military Athletes Have Proud Olympic History
While few records of the Army s participation in olympic games exist from before1948, boxing, equestrian and the obligatory trackand-field events.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2004/n08132004_2004081305.html

Extractions: American Force Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2004 As 21 servicemembers report to Athens to participate in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, they carry on a proud tradition. While few records of the Army's participation in Olympic games exist from before 1948, there is a record of a 2nd Lt. George S. Patton participating in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 games. He placed fifth. Since 1948, more than 400 servicemembers have participated in summer and winter Olympic games. The Army can claim 102 total medals for its efforts. Since the Air Force's inception in 1947, that service's athletes have won 24 Olympic medals, according to Steve Brown, chief of Air Force Sports. The Navy boasts at least 30 medals in the Games from 1948. Marines have participated in at least 15 Olympics and have won 14 medals since 1948. The earliest records place the first Olympic games at Olympia, in Western Pelloponnese, in 776 B.C. It is believed, however, Olympic games had been held for several centuries before that.
OLYMPICS HISTORY A SHORT REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
THE ATHENS GREECE GUIDE 2004. history OF THE OLYMPICS Americans won nine ofthe 12 track and field events, but Greece won the most medals with 47.
http://www.athensguide.org/olympics-history.html

Extractions: HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS Athens Greece city guide HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES History tells us that in ancient times, Hercules, the strongest of all men, challenged his four brothers to a race before the gods in the fields of Olympia to set the stage for the beginning of the ancient Games. The recorded date was 776 BC, a time when the Greeks marked their calendars in four-year periods called Olympiads. The Games, which took the character of a festival of sports, were held In 393 AD, the Roman Emperor Theodosius declared the Games corrupt and ended them. Centuries of earthquakes and floods buried Olympia and the Temple of Zeus until 1870 when German excavations unearthed the beauty and magnificent statues of the classical Greek Games. These archeological findings in the sacred ground of Olympia fascinated Baron Pierre de Coubertin so much that he was inspired to conceive the idea of reviving the modern Olympic Games
Outdoor Track & Field
Both are looking forward to the 2005 NAIA outdoor track and field when hewon the pentathlon and decathlon; a feat unmatched in modern olympic history.
http://www.minotstateu.edu/track/OutdoorTrackField.html

Extractions: Link to Golf Link to Volleyball Link to Baseball Link to Womens Basketball ... Link to Softball Menu News Archives Beaver Women Finish 5th, Men 7th at DAC-10 Championships Led by the first place finishes of senior LeeAnn Pekovitch in the javelin and sophomore Genevieve Binsfeld in the 5000-meter run the Minot State women scored 54 points to place fifth in the seven team conference meet. Pekovicth, of Malta, Montana, threw 153 feet even to win by 20 feet over teammate Jenny Castro (Dillon, Montana). Pekovitch finishes her DAC-10 career with her fourth conference title and holder of the conference record of 157' 4" set at last years championship. Watson, Saskatchewan native, Binsfeld circled the track 12 and a half times in 17:34.24 to win by over a minute. Binsfeld's time broke her conference record set last year by 32 seconds and her personal best, set two weeks earlier, by seven seconds. The Beavers also picked points from sophomore Maggie Aalund (Bottineau, ND) with her 2nd in the discus and 3rd in the shot put and senior Amber Flaig (Jamestown, ND) placed 7th in the steeplechase. Castro was the workhorse of the team placing in all three throws. Besides her 2nd in the javelin she finished fourth in both the discus and shot put. The men's team scored 11 points from the triple jump title by Grand Forks (ND) native Drew Hysjulien (sophomore) and the 8th place finish in the 800 meter run by freshman Donovan Blatherwick (Bottineau, ND).
USA Track & Field - New England Home Page
USATFNE includes the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. News, contact information, membership information, Grand Prix information, track and field, road racing, cross country, race walking, mountain/trail running, board of governors, officials, Junior olympic program, and links.
http://www.usatfne.org/index.shtml

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Yueling Chen - World Class Race Walker And Olympic Athlete
The first Chinese athlete to ever win an olympic Gold Medal in track and field. Now training to be part of the U.S. olympic team, she hopes to repeat her Gold Medal performance.
http://www.yuelingchen.com/

Extractions: brvc inc "I believe that we are part of a global community whereby we should help others. I am proud of my Chinese heritage, and I am thankful for the opportunity to be a United States citizen. I hope to provide assistance to both China and the US as they work together for the common good." Yueling's 2001-2002 Activities' Schedule. MORE VISIT OUR PDF ARCHIVES FOR ARTICLES ABOUT YUELING CHEN Chen Prepares for Next Olympics ...

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