by Brendan Foster · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780245542008
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«Olympic Heroes 1896-1984» is Brendan Foster's essay on Olympic history, published by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd in paperback (144 pages).
The work reviews the history of the Olympic Games from 1896 to Los Angeles 1984: on the one hand, it analyses the main gold-medal contenders in the athletics events of the Californian Games; on the other, it brings together more than 250 biographies of past Olympic champions. The whole offers a journey through the heroes of Olympism.
The original edition was published in 1984. The subtitle of the work is Past Olympic Champions and the Favourites for L.A. '84.
Recommended for athletics fans, followers of Olympic history and readers interested in biographies of great sportspeople.
