This book is great to read while watching the Olympics. It has great information about each and every sport you will see. It tells about the history of each Olympiad and when and where each was held. It tells who holds the record on all of the swimming events and also tells who won the gold medal in each event at the 1996 Olympics. My favorite thing about the book is that there is a space for you to record the gold medal winner for each event in 2000. Even though it is titled for the year 2000, it is also great to have for the next Olympics because you can still read about each sport and the history of the Olympics and that information will not be outdated. I do hope that they publish another book just like this for the 2004 Olympics. I would definately buy it! I love this book!