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SUOMEN YLEISURHEILU. Finland 1936 Track and Field Athletics Yearbook compiled by Esa Laitinen in 1988.

Approximate size 5.7x8 inches. 145 pages. FINNISH TEXT. Full coverage Men and some coverage Women. Magnificent review of Track in Finland in one of their golden years, 1936. The golden era of Suomi Athletics was between the wars after World War I and prior to World War II. To be sure Finland was significant before and after this period however the "Twenties" and the "Thirties" were Finland's best. Laitinen researched this period and produced this comprehensive review for 1936. The outstanding contents included 1) Season records for the top 12 Finns of 1936 2) FULL results for the 1936 Olympic Games Berlin 3) Full results 1936 Finnish Championships 4) Results of 1936 matches Estonia vs Finland and France vs Finland 5) Results of Finnish District Championships 6) TUL labor union results 7) All-time top ten Finns by event 8) 1936 World top ten list by event 9) Best 1936 foreign performers on Finnish soil 10) 1936 Finland best performers/performances. These Finnish lists were deep too, the Javelin throw

presented the best 211 performances by Finnish athletes in 1936. Finnish lists for 1500 meters portrayed the top 150 performances. Complete 1936 season records were presented for these 12 Finns: Gunnar Hockert, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Ilmari Salminen, Yrjo Nikkanen, Sulo Barlund, Matti Jarvinen, Arvo Askola, Lauri Lehtinen, Kalevi Kotkas and Kaarlo Tuominen. For the serious Track researcher it doesn't get better than this source. WONDERFUL updated review of Track in Finland in their golden years, NOT TO BE PASSED UP. ******Atletica Leggera Leichtathletik Lehkoatleticke Yleisurheilu Fri idrett Fri idrott Atletismo Atletiek Atletika Lekkiej Atletyka Atletism. **************************************Atletica Leggera Leichtathletik Lehkoatleticke Yleisurheilu Fri idrett Fri idrott Atletismo Atletiek Atletika Lekkiej Atletyka Atletici Atletism. JPF Association of Track and Field Statisticians ATFS. FIDAL Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. Fulvio Regli Roberto R.L. Quercetani Don D.H. Potts N.D. A.R. Norris Ross McWhirter Harold M Abrahams Rooney Magnusson Peter Pozzoli Luigi Mengoni Jan Popper Bob Phillips Stan Greenberg Andrew Huxtable Scott S Davis Dave Terry Melvyn Watman Yves Pinaud Heinz Vogel Ekkehard zur Megede Ernst Elert Vladimir Otkalenko Leo Heinla Richard Hymans Jim Dunaway Dick Drake Cordner Bert Nelson Stephen Sprague. ATFS Association of Track and Field Statisticians.