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The 1891 Spalding's Official Athletic Guide and Handbook was published by A. G. Spalding & Bros. [125] Spalding Athletic Library's 1893 Athletes Guide was published by American Sports Publishing Company. [126] This guide was available until 1941. [127] In 1896 book No. 46 was issued, "Athletic Almanac" by J.E. Sullivan. [128]
Books on the subject are predominantly non-fiction, and tend towards the forms of training manuals and historical accounts of athletics. The story of the four-minute mile has been a particularly popular subject, spawning books such as The Perfect Mile and 3:59.4: The Quest to Break the Four Minute Mile.
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.
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The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules. [1] These criteria also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games.
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Athletics comprises a variety of running, jumping, throwing and walking events. The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes.