Track Stats
Worldwide Athletics Facts and Figures
This is the quarterly bulletin of the NUTS which has been published since 1963. It was originally named NUTS Notes and changed its name to Track Stats in 1982. It is an A5 booklet with usually 64 pages per edition. Its coverage extends to the history and statistics of athletics worldwide, and ideas for articles are welcomed by the editor. To subscribe, you simply need to join the NUTS.
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Subjects planned for 2026 include the following:
Fearless high jumper Bob Avant; the marathon-running Kelleys singled out by Neil Shuttleworth; the World Championships reassessed by Mike Dagg-Jenden; more hurdlers remembered by Trevor Clowes; who is the "last of Lydiard's boys". One of the overlooked British marathon champions and record-breakers, Bobby Mills who was a farmer by occupation and was often harvesting until hours before a race. A world-renowned starter, Freddie Hulford who was known to turn a blind eye to sprinters beating the gun if he thought that the spectators would be disappointed by a disqualification.
NUTS Notes Archive 1959-1981 - PDF Versions of all editions of NUTS Notes, the fore-runner of Track Stats
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- Editorial Comment: Welcome to Birmingham 2026
- Getting ready for the 1956 Olympics - Bob Phillips
- Derek Ibbotson's races in 1956
- Sprinting at the White City
- Hellenic roots of the Olympic Games - Jacques Carmelli
- Marius Eynard, French discus "king"
- Roger Gynn, marathon statistics maestro
- World Championships team scores - Trevor Clowes
- The missing "Olympians" of 1912 - Bob Phillips
- The first Baltic javelin thrower
- The women's throws at the 1948 Olympics
- Suzanne Allday, British shot/discus record-holder - David Thurlow
- Albert Michelsen, 1920s US marathon man - Neil Shuttleworth
- 19th century origins of the decathlon - Bob Phillips
- British sprint hurdlers at major Games/Championships - Trevor Clowes
- Steeplechasing issues over the years
- Edvin Wide, in the shadow of Nurmi
- Changes I have seen in almost 80 years - Stan Greenberg
- Changes that may happen in the next 80 years - Stuart Mazdon
- Arthur Dolphin, "lost" sprinter of the 1920s
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- Editorial: 30 years of editing "Track Stats"
- Clarence DeMar's marathon career over several decades - Neil Stuttleworth
- Ralph Norris and records leading to the first 12 foot pole vault
- The steeplechase. Best British championship performances - Trevor Clowes
- Denis Eyers, steeplechase international for the Empire but not for Britain
- Early track measurement standards - Rooney Magnusson
- Alexander Johnston, shot-putting "Athletics Weekly" contributor
- Lionel Blackman, "AW" contributor and statistical author
- World records day by day, October to December - Brian Hatch
- Peter Lovesey, his dual literary life
- Alive Coachman, Olympic high jump champion in 1948 - The Editor
- Preston Watson, the original "Flying Scot"
- The controversial Olympic high jump final of 1924 - Bob Phillips/Jacques Carmelli
- The UK's share of World Athletics meetings - John Edwards
- Early indoor records at 5000 metres for women - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- Pre Classic mile times by Britons and the fastest combined couple and family milers - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- Team scores in Tokyo - Trevor Clowes
- Tokyo World Championships medals by continent - The Editor
- 2025 World Championships placings table - Stuart Mazdon
- Peter Chlentzos, US pole vaulter, but Greek for the 1932 Olympics
- József Darányi of Hungary and other 1930s shot putters at the AAA Championships
- Stanley Lampert, US shot putter and weight training proponent
- Gunnar Huseby, Icelandic shot put world record-setter
- Dorothy Dodson, US all-round thrower and general sportswoman
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- Editorial: National Lottery funding for athletics
- Ron Clarke's greatest year - 1965 - Bob Phillips
- Indoor records at three miles and 5000 metres - The Editor
- John Bale, academic with his own views on athletics statistics - The Editor
- World records, day-by-day - Brian Hatch
- Windermere - Britain's toughest marathon - Neil Shuttleworth
- Clive Loveland, British javelin record-setter - The Editor
- UK all-time performances for 1500m and the mile - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- Minutes per mile - women's marathon progress - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- A brief autobiography - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- American women distance-runners: Part IV, 1960 - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- Jean Lane, top US wartime sprinter - Bob Phillips/John Brant
- Progressive UK championships performances, 10,000m and marathon - Trevor Clowes
- Albert Rowland & Wilfrid Kalaugher, New Zealanders with GB links
- US shot-putters in the pre-O'Brien era - The Editor
- Otis Chandler and the adoption of weight-training
- Jack Torrance - a big world record by a big man
- Al Blozis - great promise, but a sad end in World War II
- Charles Fonville - lithe, but a career curtailed by back injury
- Bill Bangert - the "Blind Samson"
- Woody Strode - shot put, discus and Hollywood
- National shot-put records, end of 1951
- UK shot put all-time Top 20, end of 1961
- R.S. Woods - early technique in Britain
- Obituaries 2024 - Stuart Mazdon
- A tribute to Martin James, NUTS founder member - Ian Tempest
- Remembering the inimitable Peter Lovesey - Keith Morbey
- In memory of Don Turner - Stuart Mazdon
- Britain at the 2025 European Team Championships - Brian Hatch
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- Editorial: Towards the 2028 Olympics
- Brian Shenton, 1950s record-breaking sprinter - Bob Phillips
- Gordon McKenzie, disqualified for walking! - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- Stella Walsh and Diana Gallardo - US women's distance-running - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- Dutch winners at the AAA Championships
- Fanny Blankers-Koen in wartime
- Ron Pavitt, twice an Olympic high-jumper - Bob Phillips
- Christopher North, 19th century long jumper - Neil Shuttleworth
- Remembering the 2024 Olympics - Keith Morbey
- Sophie Eliott-Lynn, Violette Gouraud-Morris - Mike Dagg-Jenden
- World records, day-by-day - Brian Hatch
- Progressive UK 5000 metres championships performances - Trevor Clowes
- Audrey Patterson, Afro-American sprinter - John Brant
- Sydney Spencer, 1920s middle-distance runner - John Edwards
- The 3:41 mile in prospect: two miles and 3000 metres
- The world indoor records for two miles
- Jonni Myrrä, javelin thrower of the 1920s
- Jim Beatty, US miler of the 1960s - Bob Phillips
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