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Index to Track Stats Volumes 31-46 (1993-2008)compiled by Keith Morbey & Stuart Mazdon(figures in brackets are page numbers, usually for small mentions which may not be in the contents page)

ContentsAUTHORS ................................................................................................................................................................... 1AREAS......................................................................................................................................................................... 5CHAMPIONSHIPS and MEETINGS............................................................................................................................ 6EVENTS – Men............................................................................................................................................................ 7EVENTS – Women......................................................................................................................................................11MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................................................................................................................12NATIONS ...................................................................................................................................................................12PEOPLE ......................................................................................................................................................................14RECORDS...................................................................................................................................................................18SEASONS ...................................................................................................................................................................19UNITED KINGDOM (see also Records) ......................................................................................................................19

AUTHORS (Vol 31-32 and 41-46 only; articles by Bob Phillips, the editor vols 33-46, are too numerous to list)

Steve AkehurstThe most durable national long jump records 45/3

Neil AllenOh yes, I remember it well 41/3The full and rewarding life of Mal Whitfield 43/4The great Olympic relay of 1952 (4x400m) 44/2How our unlikely hero was spurned 44/2Recalling Stockholm 1958 with John Salisbury 46/2Kinnaird Trophy 1 mile 1951, the third man 46/3

Eddie AlmondAthletics cigarette cards 41/1Jack Higginson (Jr) 41/2World’s 20 leading javelin throwers of the1960s 43/2Simon Brooks 43/4Corks as a running aid 44/1Athletics cigarette cards 44/2Corks as a running aid 44/2Bobby Bridge: An extraordinary walker 45/1

John AndrewsAll-Time World team – Part I – Men 31/3All-Time World team – Part II – Women 32/1A third of a stride – Maureen Gardner 32/4

David BarringtonTrue ending to an “odde” story (Hans Odde) 44/1

Richard BondHow the Crick Run began 42/3The forgotten English Championships of the 1920s

45/4

Alain BouilléHow starting procedures have developed 42/1

John W. Brant“La Diablesse” (Violette Gouraud-Morris) 41/3

The circus life ot the Francisco sister 43/4Fatma Zaki: The Red Rose of Cairo 44/2Monte Carlo women’s international 1921, results45/1

Pat BrianWorld Champs 1993 – an armchair critique 31/4Europe and the Commonwealth at Stuttgart 31/4The ’94 majors – an armchair critique 32/4

Ian BrooksChinese women distance runners/records 41/1

Dr Susan BrownellMa Jun Ren 41/1

Ian BuchananUK 400m AT Lists 1920-30-40-50 31/4Progressive British records – Part 2, men’s track 32/3Bonzo Howland 32/4

Derrick BurfittStill around to tell the tale 43/1

David BurtonUK Vets men all-time top 10 performers 32/4

Tom CarruthersThe sprinting career of Tom Carruthers 44/1

Ellery Harding ClarkJournal of 1896 Olympics 42/3

Geoff Clark (presented by Bob Phillips)Yorkshire County Championships 43/1

Justin ClouderTen for one hundred 31/4Twenty for two hundred 31/4Ten for one hundred (Part 2) 32/4

Trevor ClowesAAA Championships 1880-1939 amendments 42/2Investigation into a fast hurdles time from 1930 43/3Leaders of the cross-country rankings 44/4

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History of the “National”: Part I 44/4History of the “National”: Part II 45/1History of British women’s cross-country 45/2

Eric L. CoweThe triple jump in Scotland in the 19th century 31/319th century Scottish professional HJ (more) 31/3Helen Stephens “The Fulton Flash” 32/4Scottish women’s athletics 1919-1930 41/1Scottish women’s athletics 1931-1939 41/2

Les CrouchThe middle distance running of 1955 43/2Which world records are under threat? 43/3Why say “adios” to 1957? 46/2

Alan CurrieThe Olympic champions who never competed in

Britain 45/3, 46/1 (9)

Mike Dagg-JendenUK 1 mile all-time rolling top-10 42/1Britain’s sub-4 minute milers 42/2

Elliott DenmanNew York Pioneer Club 41/1John Borican 41/1

Hugh FareyMarathon measurement: myths and mysteries 45/4

Alfred GeorgeSplendid showing of our athletes (Antwerp 1920)43/3

I.E.G. GreenHow athletic were rugby-union heroes? 46/1BE & Commonwealth Records @ 1939/69/99 46/3Tom Longboat 46/3British Women's athletics in 1958 46/4

Stan GreenbergFrom the compiler of top 20 lists 31/3Commonwealth athletics statistics 32/2Unusual Olympic events 42/3Nationality changes 42/31952 Olympics, Helsinki 42/4When we changed the face and the future of the sport

46/2

Martin GreensillHeather Armitage-Young 45/2Janet Simpson 46/3

Rob HadgraftAlf Shrubb: the life story 41/2Unearthing the stories behind those heroes of

yesteryear (Alf Shrubb, Walter George) 45/1

Hubert HamacherWorld’s leading performers in the year 1900 43/3

Matti HannusVoitto Hellsten 43/2

John HartleyMemories of junior athletics in the 1930s 43/3

Brian HatchNeil Griffin 41/2A one-man 4x440 at the Bracknell Relays 43/2The GB v USA match of 1967 44/4

Riël HaumanKennedy Kane McArthur: the invincible marathoner

43/4

Peter HeidenstromStop-watches – the problems of matching automatic

timing 41/420th century miling: world leaders year-by-year 43/2New Zealand’s first great miler (Randolph Rose) 45/3

Shirley HitchcockDoes wind speed affect times? 31/2

Ian HodgeUK Women’s 400mH – Performances at major

champs, all-time lists, etc. 31/4

Thomas S. HurstThe career of Wang Jun Xia 41/1The career of Marie-Jo Pérec 41/3

Andrew HuxtableHistory of men’s pentathlon in the UK 32/4Close relationships on the track (twins) 43/2The academic work of John Bale 46/2

Tony IsaacsMen’s Javelin at the Commonwealth Games 41/2Estonia’s javelin leaders 1910 to 2005 43/4The Wallisian influence in the javelin 45/4Eric Liddell's races in the Far East 46/3

Payton Jordan and Emerson SpencerHow pole vaulting made its transition 43/4

John W. KeddieEric Liddell – Part II 41/1Eric Liddell – Part III 41/2Eric Liddell – Part IV 42/1Eric Liddell – Part V 42/2Hugh Welsh: Scotland’s forgotten master miler 42/3Eric Liddell – Part VI 42/4K. G. Macleod, great Scottish all-rounder 43/2

Colin KirkhamZatopek’s race in the heart of rural England 43/2

Karsten KlintebergA strand of truth in Lennart’s story 44/4

Ulf LagerstromThe Flying Scotsman II 31/3Holmes & Sweeney – a closely matched pair 32/1In memoriam – Arthur S Wint 32/1

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“Coco” Brown – the forgotten Jamaican 32/4Herb McKenley – the Jamaican silver merchant 32/4400m hurdling in the 1920s 41/1

Glynn LeyshonGeorge Goulding 42/2

Bernard Linley90 years of Trinidad quarter-miling 42/2Trinidad’s team at the 1939 AAA champs 42/3Jamaica as a world power in the 4x400m relay 43/4The career of 400m runner Basil Ince 44/1The high-jumping career of C.L.R. James 44/2Oxbridge high jumpers from Trinidad 44/4Armstrong, Armstrong, Armstrong 45/3

Peter LoveseyMad dogs and Englishmen . . . 31/2Progressive British records – Part 2, men’s track 32/3False starts – some great ideas before their time 32/4Great 19th Century sporting all-rounders 42/3Herne Hill Harriers book review 41/1The Thou in a Thou (walking) 41/1AAA Championships 1880-1939 amendments 42/2Peter O’Connor & Alf Shrubb book reviews 42/4When . . . John Levett beat the hour 42/41845 - the year of the spike 43/2The beginnings of indoor athletics 43/3The career of Walter George (book review) 45/1Madame Ada Anderson perambulates 45/3Conan Doyle and the 1908 Olympics, etc. 45/3Deerfoot: Athletics’ Noble Savage (book review)45/4Leichtahletik im 19 Jahrhundert, Band II (book) 46/1

Tim Lynch-StauntonUK 400m AT Lists 1962-72-82-92 31/4

Guiseppe MappaCareer record of Colin Jackson, Part 1 41/2Career record of Sergey Bubka 41/4Career record of Jan Zelezny 42/4

Peter MatthewsProgressive British records – Part 2, men’s field 31/1Commonwealth athletics statistics 32/2Progressive British records – Part 2, men’s track 32/3UK men’s long distance track events – ATL 32/4UK Indoor Lists 2003 41/4UK Indoor Lists 2004 42/4Additions to career of Colin Jackson 42/1UK athletics over the years 1958-2007 46/2

Stuart MazdonMen’s 400m – world all-time list, hand times 31/2UK men’s 400m all-time performances 31/2Best performances in Heptathlons and Pents 32/4

Andy MilroyHave you got an hour to spare? 43/3Len Hurst, pioneering master of the London-to-

Brighton road 44/2The varied professional running life of Herb

Hedemann 45/2

“El Vasco”: Basque runners in South America 46/1The Ibarra brothers: Basque runners Part II 46/3The origins of the Marathon 46/3

Keith MorbeyOrigins of the White City stadium 41/1AAA Championships 1880-1939 amendments 42/2Estimated times 42/4Four British records discovered 70 years later 43/2AAA Championships 1880-1939 amendments 43/4Reeve or Riddell? Who was 2nd v Germany 46/1

Wilf MorganAlan Helffrich 41/2Four Olympians competing out of character 43/1James “Choppy” Warburton 43/4You have been selected . . . don’t miss the train 44/2You have been selected . . . go at your own risk 44/2How Britain was deprived of a European

Championships relay medal in 1938 44/4The formative years of road relay racing in Britain

45/2London-to-Brighton results of the 1920s 45/3

Maurice MorrellBob Beecroft over the Grand National course 43/2National cross-country championship of 1891 45/2

Don MorrowGeorge Goulding 42/2

Colm Murphy19th Century cigarette cards 41/2When Dracula’s creator took a walk in Dublin’s fair

city 42/2

Ken NakamuraChinese women distance runners/records 41/1

Leonid NichitinEastern cut-off high jump all-time list 43/1Western roll high jump all-time list 43/2Straddle high jump all-time list 43/3Bamboo/metal pole vault all-time list 43/4The first great Soviet high-jumper (Nikolay Kovtun)

44/2Pre-O’Brien style shot putting statistics 44/4

Tony O’NeillUK men’s shot put AT best 10 competitions 31/2UK men’s hammer AT best 10 competitions 32/4UK women’s hammer – AT 4kg 32/4World age bests – Jumps 32/1

Harry OgdenThe races of my youth against Hesketh and Saunders

45/1The races of Geoff Saunders 45/2

John Parlett (commentary on Mike Sheridan’s book)British Athletics 1946-1949, book review 43/1

Lionel Peters

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List of juniors at the 1993 world champs 31/4The junior 4 minute mile 32/4Lee Barnes, the youngest ever Olympic pole vault

champion 41/4Junior achievements of 1921 42/2World junior athletics in 1945 44/2The best junior athletes of 1958 46/2

Bob PhillipsTaking the high road: Liz McColgan 31/2

Roberto L. Quercetani“Nous tombions de trop haut” 41/3

Warren RoePhyllis Green-Perkins 42/1Eileen Garritt-Blackeby 42/2When . . . John Levett beat the hour 42/4Gateshead can all the world surprise 44/4

Martin RixMen’s 35lb weight throw 31/2UK Junior (U20) indoor best performances 31/3UK indoor best performances (update) 31/3UK all-time high-jump lists 32/1UK all-time indoor lists – Juniors U17 & U15 32/4

Joe Schatzle JnrAmerican sprinters from the class of ’52 43/3Great American sprinters 1895-1905 44/4

Michael SheridanBordeaux ’57 32/1Boston Marathon book review 32/4Ellen Allen, née Roth 43/1Top 10 quarter-milers in Britain 1947-1952 43/2A visit to the Finnish Athletics Archive 44/4Arthur Keily 46/4

Neil ShuttleworthWhen the Salford Pals answered Kitchener’s deadly

call to arms 44/1

Ian R. SmithNavy Days – Part IV 31/2World AT best 800m – Top 10 averages 31/2Navy Days – Part V 31/3Navy Days – Conclusion 31/4World AT best 1500m top-10 averages 31/4Progressive British records – Part 2, men’s track 32/3UK AT best performances 5000m 32/4The Sub-4 Chronicle Revisited 32/4World’s all-time best performances 2 Miles 41/1The Sub-4 Chronicle Revisited 42/1World AT best 1 Mile top-10 averages 42/1Fastest miles by venue 42/2World AT best 1500m top-10 averages 43/13:59.4 on 6 May . . . a miling update 43/2World’s all-time best performances 5000m 43/4World’s top 100 milers & sub 3:50 races 44/1The Sub-4 Chronicle Revisited 45/1Maintaining the Sub-4 Chronicle 46/1

Bob SparksThe Sub-4 Chronicle Revisited 32/4The Sub-4 Chronicle Revisited 42/1The Sub-4 Chronicle Revisited 45/1

John TaylorLeigh’s Olympic walking medallist (Reg Goodwin)

44/2

Ian TempestProgressive British records – Part 2, men’s field 31/1Qualifying revisited – 1993 World Champs 31/3UK men’s field events records – corrections 31/3Mark Pharoah – Britain’s best discus thrower 32/1UK field event rankings in major championships 32/4Geoffrey Turner – triumph and tragedy 41/2Athletics web sites 43/1A statistical history of the AAA Indoor

Championships: Part I – The 1930s 44/1Part II – The postwar years 44/2AAA Indoor Championships: All the medallists 44/2Lake District “Excitements and recreations” 46/1What else happened in 1958 46/2

Dave TerryTale of an ancient hammer thrower 32/4Baron de Coubertin, innovator of the Modern

Olympic Games 42/3The first marathon runner (Phedipides) 42/4Florence Griffith-Joyner 43/1New biography of Jim Thorpe 43/2Irish Championships 1873-1914 (book review) 43/3Club Histories of Britain & Ireland 46/4

Chris ThorneThe first “International” athletics match 32/1Ali Irfan (with Bob Phillips) 44/1

Hamish S. ThomsonBibliography of athletics books 2004 43/1

David ThurlowMaurice Herriot & Ernie Pomfret 41/1Ken Harris – a lifetime in Welsh athletics 41/2Don Seaman 41/4Derek Johnson 42/11927 AAA Marathon 42/1British Empire v USA matches 42/2Ken Wood’s mile in 3:59.2 before Bannister 42/3USA Team tour of Europe 1963 42/4John Disley 43/1Diane Coates: Her own story 43/11945: International athletics resumes 43/1George Forryan 43/2Lord Higgins 43/2Sir Christopher Chataway 43/3H.S.O. Ashington 43/31932 Olympic steeplechase final 43/4When the baton goes down 43/4Dorothy Manley/Parlett, 1948 silver medallist 44/1A mystery of the 1948 Olympics (torch-bearer) 44/1Derek Ibbotson, the “Four Minute Smiler” 44/2Great British Champions in Europe: 44/3

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Sydney Wooderson, Godfrey Brown, John Parlett, Roger Bannister

Arthur Wint 44/4The last meeting before World War II 44/4The 1940 Olympic 800m, a flight of fancy 45/1The 1940 Olympic marathon, fantasy 45/2Britain’s international matches of 1937 45/2Herb Elliott at Cambridge University 45/3George Knight 50 years on 45/3Alastair McCorquodale 45/4British athletics 70 years ago (1937) 45/4Jack Emery 45/4Sydney Wooderson obituary 45/4The 1940 Olympic 5000m, imagined 46/1Did Douglas Lowe run 1:52.0 in 1926? 46/1Review of recent British Marathon running 46/1Herb Elliott - What a runner! 46/2Olympic 400m hurdles 1940, fantasy 46/3Godfrey Rampling 46/4

Falk Tippmann (with Tony O’Neill)World age bests – Jumps 32/1

Oscar VecchiEdmond and Georges Filliatre 43/4Career of Deerfoot (Louis Bennett) 46/1

Vladimir VisekEurope’s leading nations 1950-59 41/1

Mel WatmanCliff Temple – a tribute 31/4The first Nuts Annual 32/4

The World’s greatest athletes 45/2The first NUTS Annual 46/2The NUTS and “Athletics Weekly” in 1958 46/2NUTS 50th Anniversary lunch 46/3

Captain F.A.M. WebsterThe “Shamateur” 45/3

Peter WellsMy high-jumping career 45/2

Charles “Chic” WernerHorace Ashenfelter 41/1

Clive WilliamsRaising the ghost of Pat Dengis 45/3The career of Arthur “Monkey” Gould 45/4Harry Cullum – World half-mile champ 1899 46/1Bob Shaw - 400 metres hurdler 46/3

Alf WilkinsThe Early Days of the NUTS 46/2

Alex WilsonHow WW2 set British marathon running back a

decade 46/4

Colin YoungFlying feet around the world 31/2My favourite track event – the 25 laps grind to

nowhere 32/4Long-distance walking in France 41/3Bert Cooper (written with Bob Phillips) 43/4

AREAS(see also Championships)

AfricaA Note on Tutsi High Jumping 34/2, 34/4Arabic and Black Africans at the Olympic Games to

1948 33/3 (72)Best performers from Arab Africa at 31/12/1949

33/3 (71)Best performers from Black Africa at 31/12/1949

33/3 (71)Black African High Jumpers - leading performers

1946-1960 36/2Black African High Jumping to 31/12/1960

36/1 (54-6)Early athletes (1896-1960) 33/1Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

AsiaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

British CommonwealthAll-time lists at 15/05/1994 32/2Commonwealth athletes at the 1993 World

Championships 31/4Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4Records at 15/05/1994 32/2

Central America and CaribbeanIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

EuropeAll Europeans at 45.20 or faster at 31/12/1999 38/110000 metres record progression 38/1Europe's leading nations 1950-59 41/1European athletes at the 1993 World Championships

31/4Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4Junior Championship Best Performances 33/2Junior Handbook 1995 33/2Junior records at 01/01/1995 33/2Under 23 records at 31/07/2000 38/4Women's pole vault record progression 38/1

North AmericaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

OceaniaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

ScandinaviaA Summer Sunday in Eskilstuna 39/1 (35)Nordic Sprint Tradition 39/1Scandinavia v USA 1949 35/3 (17)

South America

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Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

CHAMPIONSHIPS and MEETINGS

AAA Championships1880-1939 amendments to NUTS publication 42/2,

42/4, 43/4 (53)440 yards 1924 36/3 (20), 37/1 (44)2 Miles steeplechase 1928-9 38/1 (48)Marathon 1927 42/1Trinidad’s team at the 1939 AAA champs 42/3

Allied Track & Field Championships 1944 46/4

AAA Indoor ChampionshipsStatistical history: Part I – The 1930s 44/1Statistical history: Part II – The postwar years 44/2All the medallists 44/2Amendments to the survey 44/4

Commonwealth (formerly Empire) Games1930 37/41934 - full results 38/41938 39/1

- The long voyage to the Games 40/31950 - full results 40/21950 - corrected results 44/2 (5)1994 - An Armchair Critique 32/4880 yards 1938 37/31 Mile 1938 37/3Commonwealth Games in Britain 40/2 (40)Commonwealth Games results 1930-1990 32/2Data on female competitors 40/4 (55)Facing the problem of an exclusiveness of success

40/3Medalists 1930-1966 40/2Medalists 1970-1998 40/3Men’s Javelin 41/2

Domestic MeetingsAll England Athletics Championships of the 1920s

45/4Bracknell Relays 43/2Hertfordshire Championships, 1930s 42/4Kinnaird Trophy mile 1951 37/4 (38)Kinnaird mile 1951, the third man 46/3, 46/4 (32)The last meeting before World War II 44/4Liverpool “Olympic Festivals” of the 1860s 42/3Midland Championships high jump, 1921 43/1Oxford v Cambridge 440 yards, 1923 36/3 (19-22)“The Parade of Champions”, Liverpool 1951 43/2Yorkshire County Championships 43/1

European Championships -1938 – Paris (Colombes) 41/31946 – Off to Oslo to take on Europe 44/31958 46/21966 – Britain’s worst showing 44/31986 – A golden week in Stuttgart 44/31994 – An armchair critique 32/42006 – Sometimes quite atrocious 44/4Britain is slow to join the rest of Europe 44/3

Britain’s competitors 44/3, 45/4 (64)Britain’s medallists 44/3Commonwealth, Olympic & World champions at the

European Champs 44/3Dates, venues, competing nations 44/3How Britain was deprived of a European

Championships relay medal in 1938 44/4Medallists from N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales 44/2A political perspective 44/3Progressive best British performances 44/3UK - most appearances 36/3

most medals 36/3relatives 36/3

European Indoor ChampionshipsBritish Competitors 36/1, 37/1 (50), 37/4 (68)800 metres winners (men and women) reviewed 34/1Madrid 2005 43/2Memories of Birmingham 2007 45/2

InternationalsBritain’s international matches of 1937 45/2British Empire v USA matches 42/2England v Germany, 1930 (women) 46/1GB v Germany match of 1937 45/4GB v USA match of 1967 44/4Germany v USA 1938 42/1Monte Carlo women’s international 1921 45/1New York v London 1895 42/3USAvUSSR, vPol, vFRG, vGB, 1963 42/4Who was 2nd at 800m v Germany 1935? 46/1

Major ChampionshipsUK Rankings in 32/4

National Cross-Country ChampionshipsHistory of the “National”: Part I 44/4History of the “National”: Part II 45/1National cross-country championship of 1891 45/2

Olympic Games1896 Olympics (several articles) 42/31908 Olympics 38/4 (36)1912 Olympics - some thoughts 39/11924 Olympics 41/31948 Olympics, a mystery (torch-bearer) 44/1, 44/21948, the “Austerity” Olympics 45/11948, How London rescued the games 45/4 (68)1952 Olympics 42/42000 Olympics 38/42008 Olympics in hindsight 46/4100 metres 1952 37/4 (25-7)400 metres 1908 33/1400 metres 1920 37/1 (59)800 metres 1932 35/1 (15)800 metres 1940, fantasy 45/11500 metres 1952 35/1 (23)10000 metres 1924 38/1 (45)Marathon 1908 36/1, 45/43000 metres steeplechase 1924 38/1 (46)

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3000 metres steeplechase 1932 43/4400 metres hurdles 1948 45/34x400m 1936 46/3Women's 800 metres (Olympic film) 38/1 (29)Women's 800 metres 1940, fantasy 46/3Women's 80 metres hurdles 39/1 (17)How Britain got the 1948 Games 39/4How seven Wembley gold medals might have

changed hands 39/4Nationality changes 42/3One Hundred Years of the Olympic Marathon

34/3, 35/3 (11 & 47)The Olympic champions who never competed in

Britain 45/3The overseas Olympians from Achilles 43/1Professionals at 1900 Games 39/2Splendid showing of our athletes (1920) 43/3UK Marathon runners 1932-1994 33/3Unusual Olympic events 42/3

USA Championships440 yards 1940-2 37/4 (7)

WAAA Championships1928 – UK’s greatest ever women’s meeting? 46/1

Windsor to Chiswick (Marathon)1965 37/3 (43-5)

The Poly Marathon 37/1

World Championships1993 - An Armchair Critique 31/41995 - A day in the life of the WC 43/12001 - A Fan's notes 39/32003 – Paris perspectives 41/4Europe and the Commonwealth 31/4Field event qualifying 31/3French athletes’ achievements 41/3Junior Competitors 31/4

World (formerly International) Cross-Country Championships

1906 44/11928 38/1 (47)1946 38/1 (53)1947 38/1 (54)2005, Saint-Galmier 43/2Ethiopian competitors 33/4Ethiopian competitors' road performances 33/4Ethiopian competitors' track performances 33/4Junior Team Medal Winners 34/1Kenyan competitors 33/4, 34/4 (84)Kenyan competitors' road performances 33/4Kenyan competitors' track performances 33/4Leading medallists 33/4Results 1903-1995 33/4

EVENTS – Men(see also under UNITED KINGDOM)

100 yardsWorld all-time list at 31/12/1949 33/3

100 metres1938 CAC championships 100 metres 44/4All-time sub 10.00 performances at end of 1994

season 32/4Leading athletes of the 1960s 39/4 (40)Olympic Games 1952 37/4 (25-7)The chequered route to 10.1 34/1The first sub 10 seconds 100 metres 31/4World all-time list at 31/12/1949 33/3World all-time best average of first three at

31/12/1997 36/1

200 metresThe first sub 20 seconds 200 metres 31/4

220 yardsWorld's all-time top ten at 31/12/1929 36/2 (23)World's all-time top ten at 31/12/1939 36/2 (25)

400 metres“A world history of the one-lap race 1850-2004” 43/3AAU Championships 1941 46/1All Europeans at 45.20 or faster at 31/12/1999 38/1Barrier breakers 36/2The best 400 metres race I ever saw 45/2The best 400 metres race I never saw 45/2Fast finishers 39/3

Olympic Games 1908 33/1Olympic Games 1920 37/1 (59)Reflections on record breaking 37/4 (32)Top 10 quarter-milers in Britain 1947-1952 43/2Trends in 400 metre running 40/3 (35)Trinidad's 400 metres tradition 39/290 years of Trinidad quarter-miling 42/2UK all-time lists at 31/12/1920/30/40/50/62/72/82/92

31/4UK all-time performances at 31/12/1992 31/2US Selections for the 1936 Olympics 46/1World all-time best performances at 31/12/1945

37/4 (10)World all-time best performances at 31/12/1960 38/1World all-time best performers at 31/12/1939 35/4World all-time list supplement to 31/12/1992 - hand

times 31/2World's all-time top ten at 31/12/1966 39/2World's leading juniors 1974-1996 35/2 (45)World Record splits 46/1

440 yardsAAA Champs 1924 36/3 (20), 37/1 (44)Oxford v Cambridge 1923 36/3 (19-22)USA 440 yards Champs 1940-2 37/4 (7)

800 metres/880 yardsBest performers 1957 31/2Comparison between indoor and outdoor world

records 36/3Comparison with 1000 metres world record 37/4 (11)Declining standards in Britain 42/3Empire Games 880 yards 1938 37/3

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European Indoor Championships winners to 1994 reviewed 34/1

How Harbig's world record survived for 16 years 38/3Is 1997 the year for Coe's record to go at last? 35/2Junior World record progression 40/3 (53)Moens v Boysen, the first sub 1:46 41/2Olympic Games 1932 35/1 (15)Olympic Games 1940, fantasy 45/1Where the junior talent goes 34/1, 40/3World all-time best performers at 31/12/1929

35/1 (11)World all-time best performers at 31112/1947

33/3 (77)World all-time best performers at 31/12/1953 34/1World all-time best performers at 31/12/1957 32/1World Junior record progression 40/3 (53)World progression 1981-1996 35/2 (7)World top ten averages at 31/12/1992 31/2World top ten averages at 31/12/1998 37/1

1000 metresComparison with 800 metres world record 37/4 (11)World all-time best performances at 30/09/1999

37/4, 38/1 (29)

3/4 MileWorld record progression 40/4

1500 metresCareer best of athletes below 3:38.0 at 31/12/1994

33/3Comparison between indoor and outdoor world

records 36/3Final 300 metres 35/1Miling/1500m special 41/4Olympic Games 1952 35/1 (23)UK best performances at 31/12/1994 33/1World all-time best performers at 31/12/1952

35/1 (26)World all-time best performers at 31/12/1997

37/3 (61-69)World top ten average at 31/12/1993 31/4World all-time top ten, year by year, 1958-1997 38/4World all-time top 10 averages 43/1World best performances 1955 34/2 (37)

1 Mile20th century world leaders year-by-year 43/2A miling update 43/2All-time performances to 3:49.99 at 03/09/1997 35/3Britain’s sub-4 minute milers 42/2British rolling top-10 42/1Career bests of athletes below 3:56.0 at 31/12/1994

33/3Comparison between indoor and outdoor world

records 36/3Empire Games 1938 37/3Fastest finishes 35/1 (22)Fastest miles by venue 42/2First great British postwar mile 44/4Four minute milers 32/4, 33/1Ireland's four minute milers 33/1Junior four minute milers 32/4, 39/3

Junior World record progression 32/4Ken Wood’s 3:59.2 before Bannister 42/3Kinnaird Trophy 1951 37/4 (38)Miling in Eugene, Oregon 45/3Sub-4 Chronicle revisited 42/1Sub-4 Chronicle revisited 45/1, 45/2 (33), 46/1 (65)USA's sub 4 minute milers 38/3When Manchester was the capital of the miling world

40/4World all-time best indoor performances at

31/03/2002 40/4World all-time top 10 averages 42/1World best performances each year 1920-1999 38/1World’s top 100 milers & sub 3:50 races 44/1Years when indoor miling set the pace (to 1953) 44/1Yorkshire’s miling legacy 43/2

3000 metresBest aggregate times - 3000m and 5000m 35/1 (43)Comparison between indoor and outdoor world

records 36/3Differentials - 3000m and 2 miles 35/1 (44)UK all-time top ten at 31/12/1939 36/1 (31)UK best performances at 31/12/1995 34/2World all-time best performers; top ten averages at

31/12/1999 38/1World best performances at 31/12/1996 35/2World best performances under 7:30.0 at 31/12/1996

35/1 (42)

2 milesComparison between indoor and outdoor world

records 36/3Differentials - 3000m and 2 miles 35/1 (44)Early performances 39/1 (48)Fast finishers 39/3World best performances at 31/12/1996

35/1, 35/2 (11 & 22)World best performances at 31/12/2002 41/1

3 milesWorld all-time top ten at 31/12/1939 36/2 (58)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1954 39/3 (8)

5000 metresBest aggregate times - 3000m and 5000m 35/1 (43)Comparison between indoor and outdoor world

records 36/3Olympic Games 1940, imagined 46/1World all-time best performances at 31/12/1996

35/1 (42)World all-time best performances at 2005 43/4World all-time best performers; top ten averages at

31/12/1995 34/1 (9-16, 77)World all-time best performers; top ten averages at

31/12/2000 39/1World all-time top ten at 31/12/1939 36/2 (59)World all-time top ten 1960-1999 38/2 (8-16)World best performances 1955 34/2 (38)World top fifty summary 1970-1999 38/4 (50)

6 milesUK all-time top ten at 31/12/1953 40/3 26)

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10000 metresAltitude record by Haile Gebrselassie 46/3 (8)Comparative basic speed of 10000 metres world

record holders 36/1 (10)European record progression 38/1Miling/1500m special 41/4Olympic Games 1924 38/1 (45)Progressive all-time top ten lists at end of each year

1960-1999 38/3 (29)UK all-time top ten at 31/12/1953 40/3 (26)World all-time best performances at 31/12/1997 36/1World all-time top ten at 31/12/1939 33/1 (21)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1990 38/1 (33)World top fifty summary 1970-1999 38/4 (50)

15000 metres - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

10 miles - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

20000 metresUK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

One HourUK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4World all-time best performances at 31/12/1999

38/1, 38/2 (39)Have you got an hour to spare? 43/3World all-time list at 31/12/2004 43/3

15 miles - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

25000 metres - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

30000 metres - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

20 miles - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

2 Hours - UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 32/4

Marathon19th Century British marathon runners 42/3AAA Marathon 1927 42/1A myth laid to rest - Olympic Games 1908 36/1British marathon runners post 1908 46/3British men's marathon running since 1975 38/1Coventry Godiva Harriers tradition

37/3, 37/4, 38/2, 38/3Japanese marathon running in the 1960s 37/3 (43-45)Major Championship medal winners 34/3“Manchester marathons 1908-2002” 43/3Marathon measurement: myths and mysteries 45/4Marathon running in Japan 1933-1938 38/4 (58)One Hundred Years of the Olympic Marathon

34/3, 35/3 (11 & 47)Olympic selection for Britain, 1908 46/3The Origins of the Marathon 46/3The Poly Marathon 37/1

During WW2 46/4How Sam Ferris reported the 1960 marathon46/4- 1965 37/3 (43-5)

Review of 1937-1938 37/1UK age records 38/2

UK all-time top ten at 31/12/1974 and 31/12/198433/3 (38)

UK all-time top ten at 31/12/1994 33/3 (39)UK Marathon runners 1932-1994 33/3UK runners in Olympic Games 1932-1994 33/3UK top ten 1974, 1984, 1994 33/3 (38-9)UK – review of recent marathon runners 46/1World all-time best performances at 31/12/1970

38/3 (76)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1956 40/3 (16)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1974 and 31/12/1984

33/3 (38)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1994 33/3 (39)World top ten 1974, 1984, 1994 33/3 (38)World top ten 1946-1996 34/3World top fifty summary 1970-1999 38/4 (53)How WW2 set British marathon running back a

decade 46/4

Road RunningThe San Silvestre road race 42/2Colourful reporting by Sam Ferris 46/2

2000 metres SteeplechaseWorld all-time best performances at 31/12/2000

39/3, 39/4 (74), 40/1 (73)

3000 metres SteeplechaseOlympic Games 1924 38/1 (46)Olympic Games 1932 43/4Progressive world all-time best performances year by

year 1960-2001 40/4Steeplechasing before the Kenyans came 41/1Sub 8 minute times at 31/12/1995 34/2UK all-time best performances at close of 1995

season 33/4, 34/1 (70)World all-time best performers - top ten average at

31/12/1997 36/2World all-time top 20 at 30/09/1995 33/4 (28)World top fifty summary 1970-1999 38/4 (52)

2 Miles SteeplechaseAAA Championships 1928-9 38/1 (48)

HurdlesWorld leading "all round" hurdlers at 31/12/1960

38/4 (63)

110 metres hurdlesHow British high hurdlers compare with the world

34/4

220 yards hurdlesThe lifespan of the furlong hurdles 43/4

400 metres hurdlesDaring pioneers 39/4, 40/1 (76-80), 40/2 (80), 40/4Investigation into a fast hurdles time from 1930 43/3Matete v Adkins 34/4Slow progress in the 1920s 41/1World all-time best performances at 31/12/1960

38/1, 38/4 (63)

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High Jump19th Century versions of the straddle 44/4A note on Tutsi High Jumping 34/2, 34/4Amendments to NUTS event booklet 39/2Best series at 31/12/1994 33/3Black African High Jumpers - leading performers

1946-1960 36/2Black African High Jumping to 31/12/1960

36/1 (54-6)Eastern cut-off high jump all-time list 43/1, 44/2 (14)Fosbury Flop - 30 years on 36/2The Flop - power versus speed 34/2Hazards of early 20th century high jumping 44/1High jumping in the 1920s 41/2Scottish professional performances in the 19th

century 31/3Straddle high jump all-time list 43/3, 44/1 (11)The demise of the straddle 34/2UK all-time lists at 31/12/1993 - Snr, U20, U17, U15,

U13 32/1Western roll high jump all-time list 43/2, 44/2 (14)Where the junior talent goes 34/1

Pole VaultBamboo/metal pole vault all-time list 43/4Best series at 31/12/1994 33/3How pole vaulting made its transition 43/4Early pole vaulting at the Grasmere Sports 46/1

Long JumpBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3North of England Long Jumpers 39/2The most durable national long jump records 45/3World and European top ten 1925 40/1 (10)

Triple JumpBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3Biomechanical analysis 33/4Brazil's tradition 36/3Edwards v Quesada 38/3, 38/4 (48)Leading Triple Jumpers of the 1960s 40/1 (11)Scottish professional high jump performances in the

19th century 31/3Scottish professional triple jump performances to end

of 1875 31/3Scottish professional triple jump record progression

31/3World all-time best performances at 31/08/1995

33/4 (56)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1939 40/4 (7)World all-time top ten at 31/12/1968 40/1 (12)World record progression 1950-1980 36/3World top ten 1949 and 1954 36/6

Shot PutBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3Pre-O’Brien style shot putting statistics 44/4UK all-time best 10 competitions at 31/12/1992 31/2World age bests 31/2

DiscusBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3UK all-time best 10 competitions at 31/12/1992 31/2

World age bests 31/2

HammerBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3Tale of an ancient Hammer thrower 32/4UK all-time best 10 competitions at end of 1994

season 32/4World age bests 31/2World all-time list at 31/12/1997 (all down to 70

metres) 36/3 (23)

JavelinBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3British javelin throwing from the 1920s to the 1940s

43/2Estonia’s proud javelin-throwing tradition 43/4Men’s Javelin at the Commonwealth Games 41/2National strengths 1986-1997 36/4The "Barra Man" 36/4The History of American Javelin throwing 37/3 (28)The Javelin throwers of New Guinea 37/2UK all-time best 10 competitors average 37/1Whatever happened to the Congolese Javelin

throwers? 37/3 (29)World age bests 31/2World’s 20 leading javelin throwers of the1960s 43/2

351b Weight ThrowComparison with Hammer performances 31/2UK age bests 31/2, 31/3UK all-time list at 01/04/1993 (all down to 14 metres)

31/2, 31/3UK best performance progression 31/2, 31/3World all-time list at 01/04/1993 31/2, 31/3World best performance progression 31/2, 31/3

DecathlonTalence decathlon 41/3Who needs 1500 metres in the decathlon? 44/1Reviving the decathlon in postwar Britain 44/4Great decathletes discuss the1500m 45/3

PentathlonHistory of the event in the UK 32/4

RelaysWhen the baton goes down 43/4

4 x 100 metresAll-time best, end of 1950 (also 4x110y) 45/2

4 x 400 metresEuropean all-time best performances at 31/12/2001

40/1Jamaica as a world power in the 4x400m relay 43/4The great Olympic relay of 1952 44/2

4 x 800 metresWorld all-time best performances at 06/02/2000 39/3

4 x 1500 metresWorld all-time best performances at 29/04/2000 39/2

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Distance medleyFantasy race 39/3 (44)

Road RelaysLondon-to-Brighton results of the 1920s 45/3The formative years in Britain 45/2

Cross CountryBritons compete in China in 1933 38/3Ethiopian competitors in World Cross Country

Championships 33/4How the Crick Run began 42/3, 42/4 (76)International Cross Country 1928 38/1 (47)International Cross Country 1946 38/1 (53)International Cross Country 1947 38/1 (54)

Kenyan competitors in World Cross Country Championships 33/4, 34/4 (84)

Leaders of the cross-country rankings 44/4Olympic Games 1924 38/1 (45)

WalkingLong distance walking in France 41/3Race Walking under scrutiny 34/2Review of world situation 31/2Short distance walking records 42/4The Thou in a Thou 41/1When Dracula’s creator took a walk in Dublin’s fair

city 42/2

EVENTS – Women

100 yardsWorld all-time top ten at 31/12/1954 40/2 (60)

100 metresWorld all-time top twenty at 31/12/1954 40/2 (60)

200 metresWorld all-time top ten at 31/12/1954 40/2 (60)

400 metresComparisons between flat and hurdles times33/1 (28)The first one lap heroines 39/4

800 metresAll performances under 1:59 1990-1997 35/3 (24)European Indoor Championship winners to 1994 -

reviewed 34/1Olympic Games film 1928 38/1 (29)The women who kept 800 metres alive and kicking

1928-1960 37/1Where the Junior talent goes 34/1

5000 metresAll performances under 15:20 at 31/12/1997 36/1

MarathonMajor Championship Medal Winners 34/3One hundred years of the Olympic Marathon 34/3Progress in the women's marathon 40/4The Greek woman who led the way 40/4UK age bests at 31/12/1999 38/3World Top Ten 1946-1996 34/3

80 metres hurdlesOlympic Games 1948 39/1 (17)

400 metres hurdlesComparisons between flat and hurdles times33/1 (28)UK age bests 31/4UK all-time performance lists at 31/12/1993 31/4UK internationals 31/4UK performances in major championships and

internationals 31/4UK record progression 31/4

UK survey 31/4

High JumpBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3Height achieved above head height 41/1UK All-time lists (all age groups) at 31/12/1993 32/1Where the Junior talent goes 34/1World age bests 32/1World record progression 1932-1956 38/2 (22)

Pole VaultBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3European record progression 38/1Review of 1995 season 34/1World all-time list at 31/12/1995 34/1

Long JumpBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3Seven metres - 20 years on 36/2World age bests 32/1

Triple JumpBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3World age bests 32/1

Shot PutBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3Kumbernuss v Krivelyova v Kleinert 38/3UK age bests 31/2USSR 1939-1952 39/1 (25)

DiscusA golden era 39/4 (49)Best series at 31/12/1994 33/3Poland in the 1920s and 1930s 39/4 (49)UK age bests 31/2USSR 1939-1952 39/1 (25)World age bests 31/2

HammerUK age bests 31/2UK all-time list at 31/12/1994 32/4

JavelinBest series at 31/12/1994 33/3UK age bests 31/2

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World age bests 31/2

HeptathlonBest performances in a heptathlon at 31/10/1994 32/4Talence heptathlon 41/3

PentathlonBest performances in a pentathlon at 31/10/1994 32/4

201b Weight throwWorld all-time list at 01/04/1993 31/2World best performance progression 31/2

Cross-CountryHistory of British women’s cross-country

45/2, 45/3 (62)

MISCELLANEOUS

All Time World Team - Men 31/3All Time World Team - Women 32/1Allied Track and Field Championships 1944

33/1 (11), 37/1 (46)Athletics cigarette cards 41/1, 41/2, 44/2Athletics in children's annuals 39/4Athletics web sites 43/1Beginnings of indoor athletics 43/3, 43/4 (53)Best Junior athletes of 1958 46/2Bibliography of athletics books 2004 43/1Birchfield Harriers (book review) 43/4Close relationships on the track (twins) 43/2, 43/4 (9)Comparative basic speed of 10000 metres world record

holders 36/1 (10)Comparisons between women's 400m flat and hurdles

times 33/1Contributors to Track Stats 27/3 - 32/4 32/4Corks as a racing aid 44/1, 44/2Early Days of the NUTS 46/2Early women’s athletics: Volume Two 44/1Early women’s athletics to 1896 42/3Electric timing in 1887 38/1Estimated times 42/4False starts: ideas before their time 32/4Field events qualifiers in major championships 31/3Finnish Athletics Archive 44/4First "International" match and series 32/1Geordie songs about running 44/4Geneva Amateur Athletics Club 43/4Grasmere Sports 46/1History of the ATFS Annual 40/2 (61)IAAF World Rankings 38/3Lake District, early athletics 46/1

Longevity of athletes 35/3 (14)The first NUTS Annual 46/2The NUTS and “Athletics Weekly” in 1958 46/2NUTS 50th Anniversary lunch 46/3Performance under pressure 35/4Photographs from Stan Greenberg 42/1 (79)Professional athletics (ITA) 41/4Ranking of nations 1990-1995 34/2 (32-35);

1996 35/2 (42)1998 37/2 (64)

Rugby Union stars’ sprinting claims 46/1Siblings 45/2 (38)Speed skating: 100 metres in 9.42 sec 43/4Starting and Timekeeping in the 1860s 35/2 (45)How starting procedures have developed 42/1Salford Harriers in WWI 44/1South Herts Athletic Club Sports 1871 44/1Stop-watches – the problems of matching automatic

timing 41/4Surrey AC 1921, photo 46/3Sutton Harriers: From Acorn to Oak 45/3The most durable athletes (male) of the 1960s 39/3The Perfect Distance book review 42/4The Shamateur, by Captain F.A.M. Webster 45/3The World's All-round Sprinters 34/4The World’s greatest athletes 45/2Training Gentlemen for Athletic Sports 37/2Videos of athletics 41/1What else happened in 1958 46/2When the NUTS changed the face of the sport 46/2White City stadium 41/1Wind Speed - does it affect times? 31/2World Field Events Index 38/3You have been selected . . . don’t miss the train 44/2You have been selected . . . go at your own risk 44/2

NATIONS

Argentina - Early meetings 31/2 (43-4)

Barbados - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

Bermuda - Early meetings 31/2 (45)

BrazilEarly meetings 31/2 (44)]The San Silvestre road race 42/2, 42/4 (55)Triple Jump tradition 36/3

CanadaCanada's Finest 39/4

Early meetings 31/2 (46)Ethel Scott and her contemporaries 38/2 (33)

Chile - Early meetings 31/2 (44)

ChinaBritons compete in Cross Country in China in 1933

38/3Chinese women's distance records 41/1Early meetings 31/2 (46)

CongoWhatever happened to the Congolese Javelin

throwers? 37/3 (29)

Egypt - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

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EnglandNorth of England Long Jumpers 39/2

EstoniaAthletes of note 33/3 (4-7)National records at 01/06/1995 33/3 (7/8)Estonia’s proud javelin-throwing tradition 43/4

EthiopiaWorld Cross Country Championships - competitors

33/4World Cross Country Championships - competitors'

road performances 33/4World Cross Country Championships - competitors'

track performances 33/4

FranceEarly meetings 31/2 (45)Great Britain and France compared in 1939 41/3Great Britain and France compared in the 1990s 35/2A celebration of French athletics 41/3France v Great Britain up to 1969 41/3

GermanyEarly meetings 31/2 (45-6)Post 2nd World War Revival 35/2 (35/51)

Gibraltar - Early meetings 31/2 (44)

GreeceEarly meetings 31/2 (45)The Greek (marathon) women who led the way 40/4

Guyana - Early Olympians 40/3

Holland - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

Hong Kong - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

HungaryMiddle distance masters 34/2Hungarian distance running in the 1930s 41/1

India - Early meetings 31/2 (44-6)

IrelandFour minute milers 33/1Irish Championships 1873-1884 (book review) 42/2Irish Championships 1873-1914 (book review) 43/3Meeting at Annaghamore in 1868 39/3

JamaicaJamaican-Born Olympic medalists 34/4Jamaica as a world power in the 4x400m relay 43/4

JapanGreat Britain and Japan compared 39/4Marathon running 1933-1938 38/4 (58)Marathon running in the 1960s 37/3 (43-45)

Kenya

Performances in National Championships 1946-194933/3 (73)

World Cross Country Championships - competitors33/4, 34/4 (84)

World Cross Country Championships - competitors' road performances 33/4

World Cross Country Championships - competitors' track performances 33/4

KoreaKoreans who represented Japan 39/1

Malta - Early meetings 31/2 (45)

New GuineaThe Javelin throwers of New Guinea 37/2

Peru - Early meetings 31/2 (44)

PolandWomen's Discus in the 1920s and 1930s 39/4 (49)

Portugal - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

RussiaEarly meetings 31/2 (46)

ScotlandProfessional high jump performances in the 19th

century 31/3Professional triple jump performances to end of 1875

31/3Professional triple jump record progression 31/3Scotland's greatest Olympians 40/1, 40/3 (49)Scottish women’s athletics 1919-1930 41/1Scottish women’s athletics 1931-1939 41/2

Singapore - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

South Africa - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

SpainEarly meetings 31/2 (45)When the Spaniards went to Africa 36/4

Sri Lanka/Ceylon - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

SwedenA Summer's day in Eskilstuna 39/1 (35)World records set in Stockholm's Olympic stadium

39/1

Switzerland - Early meetings 31/2 (46)

TrinidadEarly sprint stars 38/2Royal Sussex Regiment 39/3 (78)400 metres tradition 39/290 years of quarter-miling 42/2

Turkey - Early meetings 31/2 (45)

Ukraine - Early meetings 31/2 (45)

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United Kingdom – see UNITED KINGDOM section

USAAmerican athletics in the 1940s 41/1American sprinters from the class of ’52 43/3Brave Pioneers of an American sprint tradition

[women] 36/4Great American sprinters 1895-1905 44/4New York Pioneer Club 41/1Sub 4 minute milers 38/3Sub 4:10 milers at end of 1953 44/1The first international races in North America 45/4The History of American Javelin throwing 37/3 (28)

Top 50 rankings: 1987 and 1998 compared 37/1USA v Scandinavia 35/3 (17)USA Team tour of Europe 1963 42/4440 yards 1940-1942 37/4 (7)

USSRThe rise of sport in the USSR 45/2Women's Shot Put 1939-1952 39/1 (25)Women's Discus Throw 1939-1952 39/1 (25)

ZaireWhatever happened to the Congolese Javelin

throwers? 37/2 (29)

PEOPLE

Abrahams, Harold 36/3 (19-22), 36/4 (44), 37/1 (44)

Adcocks, Bill 38/2, 38/3, 42/3 (50)Adkins, Derrick 34/4Agostini, Mike 38/3Aldama, Yamila 40/3 (19)Alexander, Sheila 44/3Alford, Jim 37/3Allen, Ellen née Roth 43/1Alozie, Glory 37/3 (51)Anderson, Madame Ada 45/3Anderson, Tim 40/3Andrews, Harry 37/2Antipov, Aleksandr 33/4 (26)Armitage-Young, Heather 45/2Armstrong, Aaron 45/3Armstrong, Ainsley 45/3Armstrong, Ernest 45/3Ashenfelter, Horace 41/1Ashington, H.S.O. 43/3

Backley, Steve 34/1, 35/1 (57)Bacon, Fred 42/3 (64-68)Bagnall-Oakeley, Henry 40/1Bailey, E. McDonald 38/2, 38/3, 38/4 (28), 39/1 (28

& 74), 39/2 (6), 39/3 (78), 39/4Bailey, George 37/2Baker, Benjamin Howard 42/3 (70)Bale, John 46/2Balfour-Melville, Leslie 42/3 (71)Ball, Valerie – see WinnBallington, Hardy 41/1Bannister, Roger 40/2, 44/3Barnes, Lee 41/4Barry, William 40/4Barthel, Josy 35/1Batten, Kim 35/4Bauma, Herma 43/4Bayi, Filbert 41/4Beamon, Bob 45/3, 46/1 (9)Beecroft, Bob 43/2Bennett, Louis “Deerfoot” 43/1 (19), 43/3, 45/4, 46/1Bergqvist, Kaisa 41/1Bignall, Herbert 40/3Bikitsha, C.L. 37/1 (43)

Blackett, Jennings 44/4Blankers-Koen, Fanny 36/3, 36/4, 45/4 (66)Board, Lillian 44/3Boit, Mike 36/4 (2)Boot, Pat 37/3Booth, J.C. 37/1 (43)Borican, John 41/1Bourland, Cliff 37/4 (7)Bowerman, Bill 45/3Boysen, Audun 38/2Bréard, Lucie 42/2 (49)Bredin, Edgar 39/2 (74-76)Bridge, Bobby 45/1Brooke, Victor 39/3 (58)Brookes, Simon 43/4Brown, Audrey 44/4Brown, "Corn" 32/4Brown, Godfrey 35/4, 44/3Bubka, Sergey 35/3, 36/2, 41/4Buckner, Jack 44/3Buford-Bailey, Tonja 35/4Bullough, Denny 42/4, 43/1 (10), 43/2 (43)Burfitt, Derrick 42/4, 43/1, 43/3 (61)Burghley, Lord 34/4Burn, Arthur 39/4Burns, Alex 40/1Burton, Edmund Charles 42/3 (69)

Cabrera, Delfo 43/1Canton, James 36/2Carlisle, Richard Risley 42/3 (69)Carr, Bill 36/4Carruthers, Tom 44/1Catherwood, Ethel 39/4 (13), 40/1, 40/2 (29)Chataway, Chris 43/3Chavasse, Christopher 43/2Chavasse, Noel 43/2Chojecka, Lidia 45/2 (38)Christie, Linford 39/2, 40/1 (16)Chudina, Aleksandra 46/3Clark, Ellery Harding 42/3Clark, H.D. 43/4Clark, Joetta 38/1Coaffee, Cyril 43/1Coates, Diane 43/1Cochran, Roy 45/3Coe, Sebastian 35/1, 35/2

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Collier, Tom 39/4Collyer, Arthur 36/1Collymore, Ed 37/3, 37/4 (6)Conan-Doyle, Sir Arthur 45/2 (8), 45/3Coombes, G.A. 43/4 (62)Cook, Kathy 38/4 (73)Cook, Myrtle 39/4 (13)Cornell, Muriel 34/4Comes, Jerry 37/4Cooper, Bert 43/4Cowe, Eric 44/4Cox, Stan 40/3Coxon, James William 43/2Coy, Eric 45/3, 45/4 (30)Crossland, George 42/3 (64-68)Cullum, Harry 46/1Cupid, Cyril 38/2

Dalrymple, Malcolm 43/2Dalzell, Ernest 43/3Darby, Joe 42/3, 42/4 (76)da Silva, Adhemar Ferreira 36/3da Silva, Helio Coutinho 36/3, 36/4 (44)Dauban, Henri 34/4 (71)Davies, Lynn 39/2 (67)Davis, Calvin 34/4 (20-22)Davis, Everard 39/1 (50)Davis, Glenn 34/4 (18, 20-22), 38/1 (18-23)Davis, Hal 38/2Davis, Otis 38/1 (18-23)Deakin, Joe 37/2De Beck, Eric 33/4 (26)Debele, Bekele 33/4 (26)De Coubertin, Baron 42/3DeCouteau, Alexander 39/4 (9)Deerfoot, see Bennett, LouisDengis, Pat 37/1, 45/3de Oliveira, Geraldo 36/3de Oliveira, Joao Carlos 36/3Desborough, Lord – see GrenfellDevers, Gail 37/3 (51)Dexter, Ted 39/3 (57)De Zubiera, Constantin 42/3Didrikson, Mildred 40/2 (44)Disley, John 43/1Dookie, Mannie 40/4 (63)Doorly family 44/4Drechsler, Heike 33/1 (4-10, 41), 33/3, 33/4,

34/1 (69/70)Dudabayeva, Guylsara 39/3 (65)Duffy, J. (aka Bernard Rodden) 43/1Duffey, Arthur 44/4Dumbadze, Nina 42/4Duits, Tom 39/2 (23)Duncan, Sandy 39/3Dvorak, Thomas 37/3 (50)

Eastman, Ben 36/4Easton, George W. 31/3Edward, Harry 40/3 (10)Edwards, Jonathan 33/4, 38/3, 38/4 (38)Edwards, Phil 40/2, 40/3 (11)El Guerrouj, Hicham 37/3 (47), 38/1 (31)

Elliott, Herb 45/3, 46/2 (39), 46/2Ellis, Cyril 40/4Ellis, Mike 44/1Emery, Jack 36/2, 45/4Engqvist, Ludmila 37/3 (51)Erausquin, Felix 36/4Evenson, Tom 37/2Ewell, Barney 41/1

Fairbairn-Crawford, Ivo 42/4Fames, Kenneth 38/3Fell, Graeme 33/4Ferris, Sam 37/3, 37/4 (21), 46/2Filliatre, Edmond 43/3 (84), 43/4 (55)Filliatre, Edmond 43/4 (55)Finlay, Donald 34/2Fitzgerald, John 39/4 (9)Flack, Edwin 42/3Fleet, Mike 46/3 (8)Fleshman, Lauren 45/3Forshaw, Joe 46/1 (24)Forryan, George 43/2Fowler, Roy 45/1Fowler-Dixon, John 37/2, 37/3 (55)Francisco, Eva 43/4Francisco, Maude 43/4Francom, Septimus 39/3Fritz, Bill 39/2, 43/1 (8)Fry, C.B. 42/3Futterer, Heinz 36/2 (13-19)

Gailly, Etienne 37/3 (57)Gardner, Maureen 32/4Garritt, Eileen 42/2Gebrselassie, Haile 37/3 (48)Gehrmann, Don 44/1George, Alfred 43/3George, Walter 36/4, 45/1Germar, Manfred 36/2 (13-19)Gerschler,Woldemar 40/1Gold, Arthur 40/3 (80)Golliday, Jim 37/2Goodwin, Reg 44/2Gordon, Colin 40/3 (10)Gould, Arthur “Monkey” 45/4Goulding, George 39/4, 40/1 (59)Gouraud-Morris, Violette 41/3Gray, Johnny 36/4, 37/1 (57)Green, Fred 39/3Green, Phyllis – see PerkinsGrenfell, William Henry 42/3 (70)Griffin, Neil 41/2Griffith-Joyner, Florence 43/1Grimes, Mickey 39/3 (65)Gunn, Muriel 34/4

Haddow, Pen 44/2Hakelis, Aleksis 38/4, 39/1 (34)Halberg, Murray 46/2Halswelle, Wyndham 33/1Hampson, Thomas 35/1Hannus, Arti 39/3 (38)Hansenne, Marcel 34/2

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Harbig, Rudolf 33/3, 37/4 (7), 38/3, 40/1Haro, Mariano 33/4 (26)Harris, Doug 40/1, 41/1 (16)Harris, Elmore 41/2Harris, Ken 41/2Hart, Jack 39/2, 39/3 (24)Hartley, John 43/3Hary, Armin 36/2 (13-19)Hayes, Clarrie 45/1Hayes, Johnny 35/3, 39/1 (28), 45/4Hedemann, Herb 45/2Hefferon, Charles 46/1 (43)Held, Franklin “Bud” 43/2Helffrich, Alan 41/2Hellsten, Voitto 43/2Hemmings, Deon 35/4Herbert, Jim 37/4Herriott, Maurice 41/1Heiimann, Siegfried 35/2Henriquez, Albert – see de ZubieraHesketh, Walter 40/3Hewson, Brian 46/2Higgins, Lord Terence Langley 43/2Higginson, Jack (Snr) 40/4Higginson, Jack (Jr) 41/2Hill, Ralph 45/3Hill, William 42/2, 42/4 (76), 43/1 (80),

43/3 (20)Hitomi, Kinue 46/3Hoff, Charles Teilmann 42/2 (49)Holden, Jack 38/4Hollingsworth, Roy 40/1 (67), 40/2 (53)Holmes, Cyril 31/2, 36/4Horne, Kenneth 45/2 (59)Houdini, Harry 46/3 (45)Howard, John 42/3Howland, Bonzo 32/4, 46/1 (41)Hurst, Len 42/3 (64-68), 44/2

Ibarra, Raul & Ubaldo 46/3Ibbotson, Derek 44/2Iharos, Sandor 34/2Ince, Basil 44/1Irfan, Ali 44/1Ivanovic, Vane 37/3 (56)

Jackson, Colin 41/2, 42/1 (80)Jackson-Nelson, Marjorie 40/2, 40/3 (36)James, C.L.R. 44/2Jenner, Bruce 45/3Johnson, Dave 45/3Johnson, Derek 42/1Johnson, Ethel 43/1Johnson, Michael 34/4, 35/2 (11), 35/4 (36), 37/2Jones, Barbara 38/2; (61-64)Jones, Ken 36/4Jones, Marion 39/3, 40/1 (35)Jones, Stan 36/2Joyner-Kersee, Jackie 38/2

Kaindl, Ludwig 41/1Katz, Elias 39/3Kaufmann, Carl 38/1 (18-23)

Kazankina,Tatyana 42/2Kedir, Mohamed 33/4 (27)Keily, Arthur 46/4Keino, Kip 35/2 (22), 41/4 (16)Kelley, Johnny 35/1Kermode, Richard 37/4 (21)Kerns, Hubert 37/4 (7)Kilby, Brian 38/2 (77)Kimihara, Kenji 37/4Kipketer, Wilson 35/1, 35/2 (11), 35/4, 37/3 (46)Kipkoech, Paul 33/4 (27)Kiptanui, Moses 34/2, 34/4 (65), 35/1 (57)Kirkham, Colin 38/3, 39/2Kleinert, Nadine 38/3Klemmer, Grover 37/4 (7), 46/1Klumberg-Kolpere, Aleksandr 33/3Knight, George 45/3Kokot, Manfred 34/4Komen, Daniel 35/1, 35/3 (16)Konopacka, Halina 39/4, 40/1 (59)Korclas, Jerzy 39/4, 40/1 (35)Korzeniowski, Robert 37/2 (56), 37/1Kostadinova, Stefka 34/2, 34/4, 35/1 (57)Kovtun, Nikolay 44/2Kravchenko, Andrey 45/2 (39), 46/1 (19)Krivelyova, Svetlana 38/3Kuck, Johnny 44/2Kumbernuss, Astrid 38/3Kuzenkova, Olga 37/3 (52-53)

Land, W.A. 38/1 (1-7)Landy, John 40/2Lavery, Tom 39/1 (50)Lawes, Charles Bennett 42/3 (70)Le Fleming, John 42/3 (70)Lerwill, Sheila – see AlexanderLevett, John 42/4Lewis, Carl 35/4Lewis, Denise 40/1, 40/2 (53)Liddell, Eric 40/4, 41/1, 41/2, 42/1, 42/2,

46/1 (40)Lillak, Tiina 36/1Lillakas, Valdu 38/2, 39/1Linnhoff, Erich 38/4Lismont, Karel 33/4 (27)Ljunggren, John 34/1Loader, W.R. 37/1Locke, Roland 36/2London, Jack 40/3Longboat, Tom 46/3Lopes, Carlos 33/4 (27)Lovelock, Jack 40/1 (58)Lowe, Douglas 35/1, 35/2, 46/1 (44)Lueg, Werner 37/1Lyttleton, Alfred 42/3 (70)Lyttleton, Humphrey 45/2 (14)

McArthur, Kennedy Kane 43/4McColgan, Liz 31/2McCorquodale, Alastair 45/4McKenley, Herbert 32/4, 34/4, 46/1 (60)Macleod, Kenneth Grant 43/2McMillen, Bob 35/1

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Ma Jun Ren 41/1Maki, Taisto 39/1, 39/2Malott, Ray 35/4 (22-23), 36/1 (56),

36/2 (12 & 43)Mamede, Fernando 38/1 (32-42)Manley, Dorothy 44/1Mark, John 39/2, 44/1Marshall, A.G.G. 36/3, 37/1 (44)Mashburn, J.W. 45/2Masterkova, Svetlana 34/4Matete, Samuel 34/4Mathis, Johnny 41/2Matson, Ollie 39/2, 39/3 (38 & 51)Mauermayer, Gisela 42/4Mawby, Fred 42/2Mecser, Lajos 39/2 (68)Mehl, Walter 33/1 (11), 37/1 (46)Melinte, Mihaela 37/3 (52-53)Merriman, John 37/4Mitchell, Robert 38/2 (42)Moesgaard-Kjeldsen, Hans 44/4Moks, Hans 38/4, 39/1Moore, Obea 35/2Morceli, Nourredine 34/1Moses, Ed 39/3Mottley, Wendell 39/2, 39/3 (78)Mutola, Maria 33/1 (14/15, 41), 35/4

Nakamura, Shinichi 38/4 (58)Nankeville, Bill 38/3Neame, Douglas 43/3Nelson, Bert 31/4 (2)Neufville, Marilyn 39/2 (66)Nevala, Pauli 36/1Noël, Jules 41/3Nokes, Michael 40/3Norris, Fred 45/2, 45/3 (14)Nurmi, Paavo 37/1 (45), 39/4, 40/1 (35)

O'Connor, Peter 39/3, 42/4Odde, Hans 44/1Ogden, Harry 45/1Olney, Alec 34/4 (75), 37/1 (43)Ortiz, Jacinto 44/4Ostermeyer, Micheline 39/1O'Sullivan, Marcus 33/3Otenhajmer, Andrija 38/4Ottey, Merlene 36/1Owen, Edward 39/1Owens, Jesse 35/4, 36/2

Parlett, Dorothy – see ManleyParlett, John 33/4, 34/2, 40/2, 44/3Paterson, James 38/4Pazera, Anna 38/4Peacock, Eulace 43/1Pedersen, Terje 40/1Pedroso, Ivan 37/3 (49)Pell, Denis 35/2 (31)Peltzer, Otto 46/1 (44)Pennington, Alan 36/3, 36/4 (85)Perec, Marie-Jose 34/4 (72), 41/3Perez, Yuliana 42/2

Perkins, Phyllis 42/1Pharaoh, Mark 32/1, 39/4Phedipides 42/4Pickerell, Margaret 40/4Pomfret, Ernie 41/1Ponijasi, Sotia 37/4 (21)Ponting, David 40/1Potgieter, Gert 38/4Povarnitsyn, Rudolf 33/3 (11/12)Powell, John 45/1, 45/4Price, Jack 38/1 (44)Profumo, John 37/1 (46)Prudencio, Nelson 36/3Pujazon, Raphael 38/1, 38/2, 38/3 (29)

Quarrie, Don 40/3Quercetani, Roberto 41/4Quesada, Yoelvis 38/3, 38/4 (48)Quirot, Ana 35/2, 35/4

Radcliffe, Paula 44/3Radtke, Lina 46/3Rampling, Godfrey 46/4Rand, Mary 46/2Rautavaara, Tapio 36/1Rawson, Michael 31/2 (3S), 38/4 (22)Remigino, Lindy 37/4Reichel, Frantz 42/3Reid, Bevis 42/4Revans, Reginald 40/4Revithi, Stamata 40/4Ribas, José (El Vasco) 46/1Rice, Greg 42/2Richardson, Sam 37/3 (70)Robertson, Eric Mackenzie 38/4Robinson, James 36/4 (3)Rodden, Bernard (aka J. Duffy) 43/1Rono, Henry 43/1Rose, Randolph 45/3Roth, Ellen, see AllenRowden, George William 34/2 (17-21)Rowe, Arthur 44/3Rudd, Bevil 37/1Ryan, John Joseph 42/4Ryun, Jim 39/2 (66), 41/4, 42/1 (8)

Saling, George 43/2Salisbury, John 46/2Sando, Frank 39/3Sangster, John 43/2 (42), 43/4 (9)Saunders, Geoff 45/2Schatzle, Joe 43/3Schofield, Trevor 42/1Scott, Ethel 38/2 (3)Scott, Neville 46/2Seaman, Don 41/4Sears, Eddie 46/1Sears, Eleanora 37/2 (56), 37/3 (55)Sebrle, Roman 46/1Sechenova, Yevgenia 37/3Sevryukova, Tatyana 39/1Seward, George 46/3 (66)Shaw, Bob 46/3

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Shergold, Bevis – see ReidShillington, Bertie 39/1 (50)Shishigina, Olga 37/3 (51)Shore, Denis 45/1Shrubb, Alf 41/2, 42/4, 42/4, 43/4 (9),

45/1 (63)Simpson, Colin 39/1 (55)Simpson, Janet 46/3Sin Kim Dan 32/1 (2)Smith, Tommie 46/1 (20)Smouha, Brian 37/4 (6)Smythe, Tim 42/4Snell, Peter 41/4Snook, William 36/4, 37/1, 37/4, 46/4 (37)Sotomayor, Javier 33/1 (39), 37/2Soundarajan, Shanthi 45/2 (45)Southern, Eddie 38/1 (18-23)Stendzenieks, Janis 33/3, 33/4 (40)Stephens, Helen 32/4Sting (Gordon Sumner) 46/1Stokely family 44/4Stoneley, Crew 37/4Storm, Rory 46/3 (45)Strand, Lennart 44/4Strickland, Shirley 39/1Sullivan, Terry 33/3Suzuki, Fusashige 38/4Sweeney, Arthur 31/2, 36/4Sweeney, Mike 39/2 (76)Szewinska, Irena 37/4

Tamani, Saimoni 40/4Taylor, Dick 39/2 (68)Taylor, J.B. 38/3Temple, Cliff 31/4Testoni, Claudia 43/3Thomas, Reg 40/4Thompson, Charles 40/3 (11), 40/4 (63)Thomson, Fred 40/4, 41/1 (62)Thornton, John 35/3Thorpe, Jim 43/2Tisdall, Bob 43/2Townend, Stuart 39/2Turing, Alan 37/3, 37/4 (21), 38/1 (29)Turner, Geoffrey 41/2, 41/4 (34)Tyler, Dorothy 38/2

Valla, Ondina 43/3

Vidal, Eugene 46/3 (48)

Waitz, Grete 44/2Wajs, Jadwiga 39/4 (52)Walker, Jack 39/1 (50)Walker, John 41/4Wang Jun Xia 41/1Warburton, James “Choppy” 43/3, 43/4Warmerdam, Cornelius 42/2Ward, Peter 36/2Watkins, Harry 42/3 (64-68)Webb, W.S.K. 36/3Webster, Eddie 38/1Webster, F.A.M. 46/3 (45)Webster, F.R. (Dick) 39/1, 39/2 (6)Weeks Pearson, Tony 40/1Wells, Peter 45/2Welsh, Hugh 42/3Wharton, Arthur 35/4 (31), 36/1 (9)Whetton, John 36/1 (65)Whitfield, Mal 34/1, 36/4 (2), 43/4Wihuri, W. 37/4 (21), 39/4, 40/3 (39)Wilde, Ricky 40/2Wilkinson, J.C.M. 43/4Williams, Archie 46/1, 46/3 (33)Williams, Dorian 46/1 (14)Williams, George 37/3Williams, Gerry 39/4Williams, Roy 41/2Williamson, Audrey 43/2Wilson, Doug 37/3Wilson, Stanley 46/1Winn, Valerie 42/1Wint, Arthur 32/1, 44/4Wood, Ken 42/3Wooderson, Sydney 36/4, 44/1, 44/2, 44/3, 45/4Woodruff, John 45/1

Yielder, Harry 45/1Young, Heather – see Armitage

Zabala, Juan Carlos (El Vasco) 46/1Zaki, Fatma 44/2Zamperini, Louis 44/1Zatopek, Emil 40/1, 43/2Zelezny, Jan 34/1, 42/4, 43/1 (8), 44/4 (18)Znamenskiy, Georgiy 38/4, 39/1Znamenskiy, Syerafim 38/4, 39/1

RECORDS(see also individual events)

AfricaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

AsiaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

Central America & CaribbeanIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

British Empire & Commonwealth

Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4Records as at 15/05/1994 32/2Records as at 1939, 1969 & 1999 46/3

Europe10000 metres record progression 38/1European Junior Championship best performances

33/2European Junior records at 01/01/1995 33/2Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4Under 23 records at 31/07/2000 38/4Women's Pole Vault record progression 38/1

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North AmericaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

OceaniaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4

South AmericaIndoor best performances at 10/03/1996 34/4The legend of “El Vasco”: Basque runners 46/1

UK100 metres 31/3 (31)Age bests - W800 34/1 (69)

- Women's throws 31/2British Records as they stood in 1937 45/4Four British records discovered 70 years later 43/2National Indoor Best Performances at 01/05/1993

31/3National Junior Indoor Best Performances at

01/05/1993 31/3Progressive records:

Indoors 35/3Men's Field Events 31/1Men's Field Events amendments

31/3, 33/4, 34/4 (89)Men's Pentathlon 32/4Men's Track Events 32/3, 37/1 (42)Men's Track Events amendments

33/4, 34/1 (71), 34/4 (89)Men's Walks 33/4351b weight 31/2, 31/3Women's amendments 31/3, 31/4;32/3,

33/1 (38), 33/4, 34/1 (71), 34/4 (90)Record holders- Men's index 33/4, 34/4 (91)Record holders- Women's index

33/1 (38), 33/4, 34/4 (91)

Records set during 1958 46/2

WorldAge bests - jumps 32/1, 32/4 (20)Age bests - throws 31/2Best performances: nations of 5 million or less 34/1Best performances: nations of 5 million or less 34/1Chinese women's distance world records 41/1Comparison between indoor and outdoor 800, 1500,

3000 and 5000 metres records 36/3Comparison between indoor and outdoor 1 mile and 2

mile records 36/3Comparison between 800 metres and 1000 metres

records 37/4 (11)European 10000 metre record progression 38/1Women's Pole Vault record progression 38/1Indoor best performances at 10/03/1996 (Senior &

Junior) 34/4Indoor 50 metres 34/4 (39)Junior age best performances

33/4, 34/1 (69 &71), 34/4 (88)Junior records at 01/01/1995 33/2Junior 100/200 metres 37/3 (10)Junior 800 metres record progression 40/3 (53)Junior mile record progression 32/4Paris – 60 years of world records 41/3Review of Richard Hymans’ book 41/4Triple Jump record progression 1950-1980 36/3Which world records are under threat? 43/3Women's High Jump record progression 1932-1956

38/2 (22)Women's 201b weight best performance progression

31/23/4 mile record progression 40/4351b weight best performance progression 31/2, 31/3

SEASONS

World’s leading performers in the year 1900 43/3Athletics as the 20th century began 43/3Junior achievements of 1921 42/2Britain’s international matches of 1937 45/21937: O.L. Owen reports for The Times 45/41937: British athletics 70 years ago: how they trained 45/41945: International athletics resumes in the UK 43/11945 lists 37/1 (43)World junior athletics in 1945 44/2The middle distance running of 1955 43/2Why say “adios” to 1957? (1958) 46/2Champions recall 1958 46/2County champions in 1958 46/2British Women's athletics in 1958 46/4Recollections of: 1948 (OG) 33/4

1949 34/1

1950/1 34/41952 35/1, 42/41953 35/21954 35/3, 35/41955 36/11956 31/2 (32-6), 36/2, 36/31957 31/3 (3-7), 36/41958 31/4 (4-8), 37/11960 37/3 (30-32)1961 37/41962 38/11963 38/2 (69-71)1964 38/31965 38/41966 39/11967 39/2

Review of Women's Pole Vault - 1995 34/1

UNITED KINGDOM (see also Records)

100 metres 31/3 (31)Age bests - High Jump 34/2

Jumps 35/2Marathon 38/2351b weight throw 31/2, 31/3Women’s 800 metres 34/1 (69)Women's 400 metres hurdles 31/4

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Women's throws 31/2All-time 400 metres best performances at 31/12/1992 31/2All-time 400 metres best performers at

31/12/1920/30/40/50/62/72/82/92 31/4All-time 400 metres best performers at 31/12/1939 &

1961 40/3 (34)All-time 800 metres best performers at 31/12/1933 &

1939 40/4 (22)All-time 800 metres best performers at 31/12/2000

39/1 (47)All-time 1500 metres best performances at 31/12/1956

33/1All-time 1500 metres best performers at 31/12/1933 &

1939 40/4 (22)All-time 1 mile best performers at 31/12/1933 & 1939

40/4 (22)All-time 1 mile rolling top-10 42/1All-time best performances - 1 Mile at 31/12/1996

35/1, 35/2 (22)All-time top ten 3000 metres performers at 31/12/1939

36/1 (31)All-time 3 miles best performers at 31/12/1956 39/3 (9)All-time 5000 metres best performers at 31/12/1956

39/3 (9)All-time 5000 metres best performances at 31/12/1994

32/4, 33/1 (31)All-time 6 miles best performers at 31/12/1956 39/3 (9)All-time 10000 metres best performers at 31/12/1956

39/3 (9)All-time 15000 metres lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 10 mile lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 20000 metres lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 1 hour lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 15 miles lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 25000 metres lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 30000 metres lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 20 miles lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time 2 hours lists at 31/12/1993 32/4All-time Marathon top ten at 31/12/1974 & 31/12/1984

33/3 (38)All-time Marathon top ten at 31/12/1994 33/3 (39)All-time best 3000mSt performances at close of 1995

season 33/4;34/1 (70)All-time best HJ lists at 31/12/1993 - Snr, U20, U17, U15,

U13 32/1All-time best LJ performers at 31/12/1939 40/4 (7)All-time best TJ performers at 31/12/1939 40/4 (11)All-time best 10 Shot competitions at 31/12/1992 31/2All-time best 10 Discus competitions at 31/12/1992 31/2All-time best 10 Hammer competitions at end of 1994

season 32/4All-time best Javelin competitions 37/1All-time 351b weight throw list at 01/04/1993 (all down

to 14 metres) 31/2, 31/3All-time U13 boys lists 37/2All-time U15 boys lists 37/2All-time U15 girls lists 37/3All-time U17 lists (women) at 30/11/1997 36/2All-time U20 lists (women) at 26/01/1996 34/2All-time U23 lists (men & women) at 20/09/1995 34/1All-time Indoor lists (U20, U 15, U 13 men & women) at

01/05/1994 32/4All-time Indoor lists (Junior men & women) at

21/09/1998 36/4

All-time Indoor U23 lists (men & women) at 30/09/199735/4

All-time top ten 6 mile performers at 31/12/195340/3 (26)

All-time top ten 10000 metre performers at 31/12/195340/3 (26)

All-time women's lists (15000m to 40 miles) 37/2All-time women's 400 metres hurdles performance lists at

31/12/1993 31/4All-time women's lists (High Jump all age-groups) at

31/12/1993 32/1All-time women's Hammer lists at 31/12/1994 32/4Amendments to NUTS High Jump booklet 39/2Amendments to UK 3000m lists 35/2 (22)Best 1 mile performers in 1938 36/2 (55)Best 3000 metres performances at 31/12/1995 34/2Best 3 mile performers in 1938 36/2 (55)Best performance progression 351b weight throw 31/2,

31/3Birchfield Harriers in National and International CC

Champs 38/1 (51)Birchfield's missing year in the 1870s 40/4 (64)Birchfield Harriers during WW2 46/4Britain's best events 37/1Britain's Forgotten International match of 1939

38/2, 39/1 (73)Britain’s sub-4 minute milers 42/2British all-time lists: some further thoughts and issues

37/1British Men at the European Championships

36/4, 37/1 (50), 37/4 (68)British Athletics during WW2 46/4British Athletics 1946-1949, book review 43/1British Athletics 1951-1959, book review 46/3British quarter miling in the 1930s 40/3British Women at the European Championships 37/1British women now challenge the French 43/2Britons compete in Cross Country in China in 1933 38/3Britons in the world's top 50 in distance events 1970-1999

38/4 (49)Club & Association Histories 46/4Coventry Godiva Harriers marathon tradition

37/3, 37/4, 38/2, 38/3Dorset - Review of athletics in Dorset 39/2 (32)European Championships - most appearances 36/3European Championships - most medals 36/3European Indoor Championships - competitors

36/1, 37/1 (50), 37/4 (68)Fastest milers 1919-1939 40/4 (20)Great Britain and Japan compared 39/4Herne Hill Harriers – into the Millennium 41/1History of the Pentathlon in the UK 32/4How Britain got the 1948 Olympic Games 39/4How British high hurdlers compare with the world 34/4How France and Great Britain compare in the 1990s 35/2Indoor Best Performances at 01/05/1993 31/3Indoor Junior Best Performances at 01/05/1993 31/3Indoor lists:

1995/6 34/41996/7 35/41998 36/3, 37/1 (69)1999 37/22001 39/32002 40/4

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2003 41/42004 42/4

International competitors - women's 400m hurdles 31/4Kinnaird Trophy 37/1Manchester's Athletic Legacy 40/2Marathon age bests (women) at 31/12/1999 38/3Marathon runners in Olympic Games 1932-1994 33/3Marathon Top Ten 1974, 1984, 1994 33/3 (38-9)Mel Watman’s All-Time Greats (book review) 44/4Men's marathon running since 1975 38/1National Collection of Athletics Literature 32/4 (35)North of England Long Jumpers 39/2NUTS 40th anniversary poll of UK athletes 36/2Performances in W 400mH at major championships and

internationals 31/4Progress – Annual ranking statistics 1958-2007 46/2Rankings in Major Championships 32/4Ranking lists 1930-39 (book review) 45/2Record holders - Men's index 33/4, 34/4 (91)Record holders - Women's index

33/1 (38), 33/4, 34/4 (91)Record progression -

Indoors 35/3Men's Field Events 31/1Men's Field Events amendments 31/3, 33/4, 34/4 (89)Men's Pentathlon 32/4

Men's Track Events 32/3, 37/1 (42)Men's Track Events amendments

33/4, 34/1 (71), 34/4 (89)Men's Walks 33/4351b weight 31/2, 31/3Women's 400 metres hurdles 31/4Women's amendments 31/3, 31/4, 32/3

33/1 (38), 33/4, 34/1 (71), 34/4 (90)Relatives at European Championships 36/3Salford or Manhattan: The First International Venturers

36/4Small Heath Harriers 39/1Survey of women's 400 metres hurdles 31/4Teenage Indoor best performances at 30/09/1997 35/4The First NUTS Annual 32/4The high flying RAF athletics team of 1946 39/4The Polytechnic Marathon 37/1Top 20 Lists 2001 39/4Triple Jump - the earliest references in British

publications 40/4 (5)Vets all-time top ten performers at 01/11/1994 32/4When Manchester was capital of the miling world 40/4Whip & Carrot Club 46/4Windsor to Chiswick Marathon 1965 37/3 (43-45)Women's athletics in Greater Manchester 1919-1939

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