 Olympic Marathon
Charles C. Lovett, Charlie Lovett
A complete history of the most famous race in the Olympic Games - the
marathon. Beginning with the legends of ancient Greece, this book traces
the process of reviving the Olympic movement, incuding the establishment
of the marathon - the only event specifically created for the 1896
Olympics.
Following heroes such as Dorando Pietri, Emil Zatopek, Abebe Bikila and
Frank Shorter, the book includes a complete analysis of every Olympic
marathon as well as tales from the lives of the runners. John Hayes, who
won the race with the help of strychnine, 1936 winner Sohn Kee Chung, a
South Korean forced to compete for Japan and Mamo Wolde, who won running
on an infected toe, are some of the athletes featured.
Up-to-date, the book concludes with chapters on the races in Atlanta in
1996, including the closest finish in Olympic marathon history.
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