Karl-Heinz Keldung, der Autor von „Leichtathletik – Die größten Legenden“ hat eine vielfältige Auswahl getroffen: Sportler:innen, die in der Ruhmeshalle ihrer Sportart aufgenommen worden sind, Leichtathlet:innen, von deren Leistungen man noch nach Jahrzenten spricht, weil sie z. B. bei den Olympischen Spielen dominiert haben oder die in ihren Ländern Heldenstatus genießen, aber auch jene, die jung auf tragische Weise ums Leben kamen und derer man sich deshalb noch heute erinnert.
Das Werk enthält unter anderem Geschichten zu Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Armand Duplantis, Eliud Kipchoge, Heike Drechsler, Heide Rosendahl, Mo Farah, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Emil Zatopek, Paavo Nurmi, Jim Thorpe und Sebastian Coe. (Verlagstext)
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Einleitung................................................................................................ 10
DIE LEGENDEN..................................................................................................12
Valerie Adams.....................................................................................................12
John Akii-Bua................... 14
Virgilius Alekna..................................................................................................16
Said Aouita........................................................................................................ 18
Evelyn Ashford..................................................................................................20
lolanda Balas......................................................................................................21
Roger Bannister.......................................... 23
Joseph Barthel...................................................................................................25
Bob Beamon......................................................................... 26
Kenenisa Bekele................................................................................................ 28
Abebe Bikila.......................................................................................................30
Fanny Blankers-Koen......................................................................................... 32
Lillian Board.......................................................................................................34
Femke Bol .........................................................................................................36
Usain Bolt............................ 38
Waleri Borsow....................................................................................................40
Waleri Brumel....................................................................................................42
Sergej Bubka......................................................................................................43
David Burghley..................................................................................................45
Veronica Campbell-Brown ............................................................................... 46
Ron Clarke......................................................................................................... 47
Sebastian Coe....................................................................................................50
Ryan Crouser...................................................................... 52
Betty Cuthbert.................................................................................. 53
Ivo van Damme............................... 55
Glenn Davis........................................................................................................56
Gail Devers.................................................................... 58
TiruneshDibaba60
Mildred Didrikson............................... 62
Harrison Dillard................................................................................................ 64
Heike Drechsler....................................................................... 65
Armand Duplantis..................... 67
Ashton Eaton..................................................................................................... 70
Jonathan Edwards............................................................................................. 71
Lee Evans ............. 73
Ray Ewry.............................................................................................................75
Mo Farah.............................................................................................................76
Allyson Felix.......................................................................................................78
John Flanagan.................................................................................. 80
Dick Fosbury............................... 81
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.....................................................................................82
Cathy Freeman.................................................................................................. 84
Ugo Frigerio.......... ............................................................................................85
Ruth Fuchs........... ................................................................................ 86
Mohamed Gammoudi.................................... 88
Haile Gebrselassie.............................................................................................89
Marlies Göhr............................................................................ 91
Wladimir Golubnitschi...................................................................................... 93
Florence Griffith-Joyner........ ............................................................................94
Hicham El Guerrouj....... ......................... 96
Rudolf Harbig.................................................................................................... 98
Robert Harting.................................................................................................101
Armin Hary................................... 103
Sifan Hassan....................................................................................................105
Bob Hayes............................................................. 107
Bud Houser............................ 109
Jakob Ingebrigtsen.......................................................................................... 110
Jelena Isinbajewa........................................... 113
Volmari Iso-Hollo..............................................................................................114
Marjorie Jackson..................................................... 116
Matti Järvinen...... ............ 117
Michael Johnson............................ 118
Jackie Joyner-Kersee....................................................................................... 120
Alberto Juantorena............................................................. 122
Tatjana Kasankina.............................................. 124
Kipchoge Keino.................. .............................................................................125
Eliud Kipchoge................................................................................................ 127
Faith Kipyegon.......................................................................... 129
Carolina Klüft........................................................ 131
Marita Koch...................... 133
Hannes Kolehmainen..................................................................................... 134
Robert Korzeniowski....................................................................................... 136
Alvin Kraenzlein........................................ 137
Ingrid Kristiansen............................................................................................139
Janusz Kusocinski............................................................................................140
Wladimir Kuz......................................................................... 141
Martin Lauer.................................................................................................„142
Eric Lemming.................... 145
Carl Lewis....................................................................................................... 146
Eric Liddell........................................................................................................149
James Lightbody................................................. 151
Spiridon Louis....................... 152
Jack Lovelock........................................................... 153
Douglas Lowe.................................................................. 155
Janis Lusis.........................................................................................................157
Tomasz Majewski.............................................................................................159
Bronislaw Malinowski ................................................................................... 160
Swetlana Masterkowa.................................................. 162
Bob Matthias................................................................................................... 163
Sydney McLaughlin................... 164
Faina Melnik...................................................................................................166
Ulrike Meyfarth................................................................ 167
Ingrid Mickler-Becker............................. 169
Shaunae Miller-Uibo....................................................................................... 172
Alain Mimoun...................................................................................................173
Noureddine Morceli.........................................................................................174
Bobby Morrow..................................................................................................176
Edwin Moses.....................................................................................................177
Erki Nool................................ 179
Paavo Nurmi.....................................................................................................181
Dan O’Brien.................................... 183
Parry O’Brien...................................................................................................185
Pat O'Callaghan............................................................................................. 187
AI Oerter...........................................................................................................188
Micheline Ostermeyer.................. ...................................................................190
Merlene Ottey...................................................................................................192
Jesse Owens......................... 194
Charles Paddock.............................................................................................196
Marie-Jose Perec............ ...................................................................................197
Sandra Perkovic................... 198
Dorando Pietri............................... 200
Mike Powell........... ..........................................................................................202
Steve Prefontaine................................. 204
Myer Prinstein................................... 206
Brittney Reese.................................................................................................207
Bob Richards.................................................................................................. 209
Annegret Richter.......... ................................................................................... 210
Lars Riedel........................ 212
Ville Ritola......................................................................................................214
Gaston Roelants.......... ......................... 215
Ralph Rose................. 217
Heide Rosendahl.............................................................................................. 218
David Rudisha.................... 220
Wilma Rudolph................. 221
Viktor Sanejew............... 223
Bob Seagren......................... 226
Juri Sedych................ 227
Melvin Sheppard................................................................... 229
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva................................................................... 230
Tommie Smith..................................................................................................231
Peter Snell........................................................................................................233
Barbora Spotakova........................................................................................ 236
Daniel Stahl.................................................................................................... 237
Renate Stecher................................................................................................239
Shirley Strickland............................................................................................ 240
Irena Szewinska................................................ 242
Jozef Szmidt.................................................................................................... 245
Nafissatou Thiam.................................... 246
Daley Thompson.............................................................................................248
Elaine Thompson-Herah................................... 250
Andreas Thorkildsen.......................................................................................252
Jim Thorpe.......................................................................................................253
Eddie Tolan....................................................................................................255
Derartu Tulu.................................................................................................... 257
Wyomia Tyus................................................................................................ ...259
Lasse Viren...................................................................................................... 260
Grete Waitz......................................................................................................262
Karsten Warholm............................................................................................263
Cornelius Warmerdam.................................................................... 266
Malvin Whitfield............................................................................................267
Percy Williams.................................................................................................268
Arthur Wint..................................................................................................... 269
Anita Wlodarczyk........................................................ 271
Bärbel Wöckel..................................................................................................273
Miruts Yifter.....................................................................................................274
Emil Zatopek....................................................................................................275
Jan Zelezny...................................................................................................... 278
ANHANG..........................................................................................................281
Literaturverzeichnis.........................................................................................281
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