The Best Olympics, Running & Athletics Documentaries

Sport - 8 free documentaries about olympics, running & athletics.

Start with I Trained with Kenya's ELITE Runners (35 min, National Geographic), then The Mirage: Timothy Olson's Race Against Time (60 min, National Geographic). All 8 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on olympics, running & athletics is Born to Run by Christopher McDougall.

• I Trained with Kenya's ELITE Runners | Superskilled with Eva zu Beck S2 E3 (35 min, National Geographic)
• The Mirage: Timothy Olson's Race Against Time (60 min, National Geographic)
• LA’s ‘No-Car’ Olympics Plan Explained (19 min, The B1M)
• Why Olympians Can’t Swim in the Seine (8 min, The B1M)
• The Paris Olympic Pool is Heated by the Internet (10 min, The B1M)
• Why Egypt Built an Olympic City Without the Olympics (12 min, The B1M)
• Doping Scandal: Secrets Behind Olympic Success (95 min, Real Stories)
• The Sprinter Factory (22 min, The Guardian)

Top-Rated Books About Olympics, Running & Athletics

1. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. Endure by Alex Hutchinson - View on Amazon
5. Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn - View on Amazon