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Second edition. (Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine. Vol. II.) Edited by R.J. Shephard and P.-O. Åstrand. 987 pp., illustrated. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 2000. $125. ISBN 0-632-05348-8.

The Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("swifter, higher, stronger"), has pushed many athletes to the limits of human endurance. When the 40,000-m Olympic marathon was run in 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 50 seconds in 1896, who could have imagined that a 42,195-m marathon would be run in a record-setting time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, and 42 seconds in Chicago in 1999? In 1932, the winning time for the 50-km walk was 4 hours, 50 minutes, and 10 seconds. In 2000, the race was won in 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 22 seconds.

These dramatic improvements in human performance . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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