Launched in 1984 for the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Stan Greenberg's Almanack rapidly established itself as the leading Olympic statistical book.

It contains an extensive and entertaining collection of facts and figures from Athens 1896 to Athens 2004, plus the ancient Games at Olympia and the Winter Olympics.

There is coverage of every summer and winter Games with detailed descriptions of venues, sports, competitors and records.

There are medal tables by sport and by year which makes it the most comprehensive record of Olympic reference.

Stan Greenberg’s deep interest in the Olympics was initially kindled when he watched the Olympic Games athletics in London in 1948. He helped found the NUTS (National Union of Track Statisticians) in 1958, and has been a member of the international organisation, the ATFS, for 45 years. He is also a founder member of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH), and has attended eight Olympic Games.

In 1968 he was appointed Honorary Statistician to the British Amateur Athletic Board, and for 28 years was on all Great Britain selection panels. In 1998 he was appointed Honorary Statistician to the England (AAA) selection committee. Also in 1968 he became the statistician to the BBC TV athletics commentary team, and only relinquished the post at the end of 1994. He became Sports Editor of the Guinness Book of Records in 1976, a post he held until 1981.

In 1981 he went freelance, primarily working for the BBC. He has written a number of books and pamphlets on the Olympic Games and athletics.

...includes every Olympic result and statistic that the sporting anorak could possibly wish for. ...will be the first item of luggage packed by any sensible journalist or fan for their journey to Beijing next summer.
Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph

… it's an Olympic encyclopaedia with a mountain of information clearly and concisely presented. The answer to even the most remote or trivial of Olympic queries is likely to be found in this publication.
The Olympian