This is an illustrated guide to the main Olympic events, recalling some of the most memorable moments in the history of each sport and profiling some of the great Olympic competitors as well as some of those expected to shine in Barcelona and beyond. From the basketball match in which the USSR beat the Americans in a three-second extra time, to Bob Beamon's remarkable long-jump leap in Mexico, the book aims to give a taste of the excitement of sporting competition at its highest level. The author devised ITV's Olympic sports series "The Fastest Men On Earth" and wrote the book of the same title.
- ISBN10 1852103256
- ISBN13 9781852103255
- Publish Date 31 August 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Wayland
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 48
- Language English