Vol. 148 No.

NATION

A HOST OF CONTRADICTIONS (Atlanta)
THE OLYMPICS WILL BE IN A CITY OF TREES AND HIGH-RISES, NORTH AND SOUTH, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND MARGARET MITCHELL

SPORT

VIEWER'S GUIDE (Summer Olympics / VIEWER'S GUIDE)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THE DOUBLE DARE (Citius)
MICHAEL JOHNSON WILL ATTEMPT TO DO WHAT NO MAN HAS EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS: CAPTURE BOTH THE LIGHTNING OF THE 200 METERS AND THE THUNDER OF THE 400

ONE LAST SPLASH (Citius)
AT 24, JANET EVANS IS SWIMMING AGAINST THE WORLD, AND THE YOUNGER VERSION OF HERSELF AS WELL

FLEXIBLE FLYER (Altius)
BIG THINGS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE SMALL PACKAGE OF TEENYBOPPER DOMINIQUE MOCEANU

KEY TO THE VAULT (Altius)
SERGEI BUBKA IS A MAN OF THE WORLD--AND OF THE WORLD RECORD

8 LIVE CREW (Fortius)
THE WORLD-CHAMPION U.S. WOMEN'S ROWING OCTET ARE DIFFERENT FOLKS WITH THE SAME STROKE--WHICH MAY BRING THEM OLYMPIC GLORY

HOLD OF GOLD (Fortius)
WRESTLER BRUCE BAUMGARTNER WILL TRY TO TAKE DOWN AN UNPRECEDENTED FOURTH MEDAL IN THE OLYMPICS

SHE HAS DONE JUST SWIMMINGLY

TO OUR READERS

SPECIAL SECTION

A HISTORY OF THE SUMMER GAMES FROM ATHENS TO ATLANTA (100 Years)

THE ONE TRUE TIME (Photo Essay)