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Index
Cover
Title page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Host cities and athlete numbers
Foreword
1 The Empire strikes back: Bigger than the World Cup – how it all started
2 Precious: The amazing, uplifting story of the Queen’s favourite strongman
3 Dorothy and Debbie raise the bar as teenagers and mothers
4 Friends and enemies: Friendship and tragedy for ‘the Coe and Ovett of the pool’
5 Marathon man: The remarkable Ron Hill just keeps on running
6 The forgotten: The sad, swift sporting decline of a Scot and a South African
7 Exodus: ‘The Games were great – let’s go and live in New Zealand!’
8 Fallen hero: The history-making high jumper who died in front of the firing squad
9 The trouble with men and women: Hard times for Dawn Fraser and Kathy Watt
10 South Pacific: How a future president started a sporting boom
11 Miracle mile: Biggest audience ever for Bannister v Landy – then a horror show
12 Con man: Robert Maxwell and the missing millions
Bibliography
All-time medals tables (1930–2010)
Picture credits
eCopyright
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