The Association of Track and Field Statisticians (ATFS) was founded in 1950. It is an international organization run by volunteers whose goal is to collect and disseminate the statistics of track and field athletics.

Yearbook

The association has published an annual yearbook since 1951. The first edition was published in Lugano, Switzerland, and titled The 1951 A.T.F.S. International Athletic Annual. The editors were Fulvio Regli and Roberto Quercetani. It is an authoritative compilation of international athletics statistics and has been known as The International Athletics Annual and "The A.T.F.S. Annual". It is currently published under the title of Athletics: The International Track and Field Annual and the current editor is Peter Matthews.

Previous editors and publishers

Years	Editors	Publishers
1951–52	Regli/Quercetani	Tipografia "La Commerciale" S.A., Lugano
1953–55		"World Sports" magazine, London
1956–69	Roberto Quercetani
1970–72	Rooney Magnusson
1973–74	Vladimir Visek	Bartels & Wernitz, West Berlin
1975–78	Don Potts	"Track & Field News Track & Field News Track & Field News is a magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson & Cordner Nelson, focused on the world of track and field.The magazine provides coverage of athletics in the U.S.A. from the high school to national level as well as covering the sport on an international bases. The magazine... ", Los Altos, CA
1979–83	Nejat Kök	Palle Lassen, København
1984	Richard Hymans
1985–90	Peter Matthews	Sports World, London
1991–92		Burlington Publishing, London
1993–94		Harmsworth Active, London
1995–2011		SportsBooks, Worcester & Cheltenham

Founding members

President: Roberto Quercetani (Italy)

Secretary: Fulvio Regli (Switzerland)

Committee: Norris McWhirter

Norris McWhirter

Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975...

 (UK), Donald Potts (USA)

Members: Harold Abrahams

Harold Abrahams

Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...

(UK) - Hon. President, Bruno Bonomelli (Italy), André Greuze (Belgium), Erich Kamper (Austria), Ekkehard zur Megede (Germany), André Senay (France), Björn-Johan Weckman (Finland), Wolfgang Wünsche (Germany)

Current executive commitee members (until 2012)

President: Paul Jenes (Australia); Vice President: A. Lennart Julin (Sweden); Treasurer: Tom Casacky (USA);
Committee Members: Nejat Kök (Turkey), Bernard Linley (Trinidad & Tobago), Rooney Magnusson (Sweden), Peter Matthews (UK), Yves Pinaud (France), Roberto Quercetani (Italy), Tatsumi Senda (Japan), Luis Vinker (Argentina)