Newly-created digital vault is an Aladdins Cave of vintage reports, results, interviews and photographs dating back to 1945

Has your name or photograph appeared in Athletics Weekly in the past? If so, have you ever felt the urge to get hold of a copy of that old issue?

Or maybe you simply enjoy the idea of browsing our vintage magazines to read about the athletes of yesteryear or to unearth some old results that interest you?

It is all possible now with all of our magazines on our website in digital format.

From the first ever issue in December 1945 through to the present day, current subscribers to our magazine are able to dip into this resource for free whereas non-subscribers can pay just 3.99 per month for full access.

There are close to 4000 issues in our archive vaults. Want to read our original coverage from the 1948 London Olympics? Or Roger Bannisters first sub-four-minute mile? Or our reports and photos of Bob Beamons world record-breaking long jump and Dick Fosburys famous flop in 1968? Its all here.

How about Seb Coe and Steve Ovetts exploits in the 1970s and 1980s? Or more recent issues packed with in-depth reports and images galore in the 1990s and turn of the millennium from grassroots club and schools events right through to major championships including, of course, London 2012? The archive lets you select individual issues, or you can search for key names, with the issues opening as PDFs.

We have spent recent years putting together this archive with hundreds of thousands of pages painstakingly scanned and then uploaded to our site. We couldnt have done it either without generous help and support from the International Athletics Foundation and World Athletics Heritage.

Only one question remains. Which year and issue will you start looking for first?

Access the archive here