When a friend of T&FN publisher Bert Nelson suggested that Track & Field News try to get a group together to go to the 1952 Olympics in Hel-sinki, Finland, Bert thought it sounded like a pretty good idea—get enough people to go and there could be a free trip in it for himself and his new wife, Jeannette. Working with a travel agent in Stockton, California, T&FN was able to offer a 16-day tour for $825 per person. Lodging (mostly in private homes), Games tickets, air transportation, a tour of Stockholm and a stopover in Paris, with a party at the Folies-Bergère, were the basic tour components and 46 American fans went on the trip. Still recovering from World War II, the Finnish people were friendly and hospitable, but there weren’t many amenities for visitors. Some tour members recall sleeping on mattresses filled with straw. When Bert returned home, it occurred to him that the touring business had possibilities and he started planning for the next trip: the British Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954 (where Bannister beat Landy in the famous Miracle Mile). Little did he realize what he’d begun. A half-century later, Track & Field News has taken almost 22,000 fans to 60 different countries on six continents. Tokyo 2020 will be the 18th Summer Olympic tour for TAFNOT (Track & Field News Olympic Tours). In addition, T&FN has led groups to all 16 Track & Field World Championships, five Pan American Games, nine Commonwealth Games, seven Olympic Trials and a host of other track & field festivals.

A popular feature of T&FN’s larger tours is a gala group dinner party to which the world’s leading athletes are invited and at last count more than 80 Olympic and World Championships gold medal winners have attended these parties and have been interviewed publicly for the party-goers. These celebrities include Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mike Powell, Lee Evans, Stacy Dragila, Bob Beamon, Tirunesh Dibaba, Justin Gatlin, Ashton Eaton, and Sanya Richards, plus other track legends like Dr. Roger Bannister, Ron Clarke, Emil Zátopek, Arthur Lydiard and Bob Mathias.

Sports Tours Operated By Track & Field News 1952-2018 #MembersSummer Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki 461956 Melbourne 69 1960 Rome 2151964 Tokyo 1761968 Mexico City 8171972 Munich 11001976 Montreal 29201980 Moscow 1321984 Los Angeles 6001988 Seoul 7201992 Barcelona 6301996 Atlanta 14002000 Sydney 6252004 Athens 3962008 Beijing 5802012 London 4462016 Rio 298

Winter Olympic Games1976 Innsbruck 311988 Calgary 802010 Vancouver 19

Commonwealth Games1954 Vancouver 261966 Kingston 301970 Edinburgh 351974 Christchurch 251978 Edmonton 1551982 Brisbane 541986 Edinburgh 1201994 Victoria 472014 Glasgow 25

THE STORY OF

#MembersPan American Games1955 Mexico City 331959 Chicago 261967 Winnipeg 681975 Mexico City 501979 San Juan 66

World Track & Field Championships1983 Helsinki, Finland 4531987 Rome, Italy 5241991 Tokyo, Japan 2471993 Stuttgart, Germany 2121995 Göteborg, Sweden 2931997 Athens, Greece 1881999 Seville, Spain 2532001 Edmonton, Canada 4972003 Paris, France 3472005 Helsinki, Finland 3602007 Osaka, Japan 1402009 Berlin, Germany 2482011 Daegu, South Korea 652013 Moscow, Russia 1362015 Beijing, China 822017 London, England 255

World Track & Field Cups1977 Dusseldorf 431979 Montreal 2431981 Rome 621985 Canberra 481989 Barcelona 49

#MembersU.S. Olympic Trials1964 Los Angeles 501984 Los Angeles 4051988 Indianapolis 3121992 New Orleans 3901996 Atlanta 2712000 Sacramento 3372004 Sacramento 1802008 Eugene 3102012 Eugene 2372016 Eugene 220

World Indoor Championships1993 Toronto 792016 Portland 65

European Track & Field Championships1974 Rome 201986 Stuttgart 641998 Budapest 20?2002 Munich 65

World University Games1983 Edmonton 21

Goodwill Games1990 Seattle 120

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Future Tours & Est. #Members2019 World Championships, Doha 752020 Olympic Trials, Eugene 2002020 Olympic, Tokyo 4002021 Worlds, Eugene 250

Other: #Members1964 USA-USSR meet, L.A. 401966 USA-Comm.-Africa, L.A. 351966 All-American Inv., Berkeley 351981 USSR Championships 411983 TAC Summer Games, L.A. 641987 TAC Champs., San Jose 1041991 TAC Champs., New York 521991 Scandinavia Circuit 461994 Penn Relays 381994 European Circuit 161995 USATF Champs., Sacto 941997 USATF Champs, Indpls 681998 USATF Champs, New Orleans 401998 European Circuit 811999 USATF Champs, Eugene 1912001 USATF Champs, Eugene 1242003 USATF Champs, Stanford 1012005 USATF Champs, Carson 1002007 USATF Champs, Indy 582007 European Circuit 142009 USATF Champs, Eugene 742011 USATF Champs, Eugene 1012014 World Junior Champs, Eugene 252014 European Circuit 402015 World Relays, Nassau, Bahamas 342015 USATF Champs, Eugene 732017 World Relays 382017 USATF Champs, Sacramento 412018 European Diamond League 60

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