This Day in Monitor & Discipline–October 17
1964—The fiberglass pole had revolutionized the Pole Vault because the earlier Olympics in Rome, resulting in 13 males clearing 15-5 (4.70) in Tokyo to raised the earlier Olympic Report.
American Fred Hansen, who had set a World Report of 17-3 ¾ (5.28m) in July, was one in all 4 males to clear 16-4 ¾ (5.00m) on their opening try. He then handed at 16-6 ¾ (5.05), a top solely cleared by West Germany’s Wolfgang Reinhardt. Hansen then “stole” the gold medal from Reinhardt by narrowly clearing 16-8 ¾ (5.10/Olympic Report) on his last try. Reinhardt gained the silver medal and teammate Klaus Lehnertz gained the bronze on fewer misses over East Germany’s Manfred Preussger.
Dallas Lengthy (66-8 ½ [20.33]) and Randy Matson (66-3 ¼ [20.20m]) gave the U.S. a 1-2 end within the Males’s Shot Put. Ending 4th in his 4th Video games was Parry O’Brien (63-0 [19.20]), the Olympic Champion in 1952 and 1956 (he gained the silver medal in 1960). All 3 are members of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame. Hungary’s Vilmos Varjú (63-7 ½ [19.39]) gained the bronze medal.
The U.S. bought one other 1-2 end within the Males’s 200-Meters, with Henry Carr (20.3/20.36/Olympic Report) ending forward of Paul Drayton (20.5/20.58). Profitable the bronze was Trinidad and Tobago’s Edwin Roberts (20.6/20.63), who has been a long-time official on the Penn Relays. 4th was Canada’s Harry Jerome (20.7/20.79), the bronze medalist within the 100, and 5th was Italy’s Livio Berruti (20.8/20.83), the defending champion.
The Soviet Union’s Irina Press gained the 5-event Pentathlon, a brand new occasion on the Olympic program, with a World Report rating of 5246 factors. Profitable silver and bronze have been Nice Britain’s Mary Bignall-Rand (5035), the winner of the Lengthy Leap, and the Soviet Union’s (and Azerbaijan’s) Galina Bystrova (4956).
Betty Cuthbert, Australia’s Golden Woman, grew to become the primary Olympic Champion within the Girls’s 400-Meters, working 52.01 to beat Nice Britain’s Ann Packer (52.2/52.20). 3rd was one other Australian, Judy Amoore (53.4).
Cuthbert had gained 3 gold medals within the 1956 Olympics (100,200,4×100), however was injured in 1960 and located athletics a chore by then. By 1964 she had recovered her enthusiasm, and had a remarkably emotional response to her win – “in Tokyo the truth that I had gained came visiting me instantly. It was splendid – it was like shedding one thing you like very a lot after which discovering it once more. I felt large gratitude”. (From the IAAF Development of World Information)
Belgium’s Gaston Roelants gained the Steeplechase (8:30.8-OR) over Nice Britain’s Maurice Herriott (8:32.4) and the Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Ivan Belyayev (8:33.8). American George Younger completed 5th (8:38.2).
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Experiences: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/16/sports activities/ATH
Cuthbert: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Cuthbert
https://www.athletics.com.au/hall-of-fame-directory/betty-cuthbert/
Movies
M200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdfB8ni1FK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzI2Y7KoPL8
Corridor of Fame Bios
O’Brien(1974-Constitution Member): (At present not out there)
Lengthy(1996): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/dallas-long
Matson(1984): (At present not out there)
Carr(1997): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/henry-carr
1968–East Germany’s Christoph Höhne gained the 50k-Stroll (4:20:13.6) on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics over Hungary’s Antal Kiss (4:30:17.0) and American Larry Younger (4:31:55.4). Future Corridor-of-Famer Younger, who’s an completed sculptor, repeated his feat 4 years later on the 1972 Video games in Munich.
From his web site (http://www.youngsculpture.com/) :”…has positioned over 50 monumental outside sculptures nationally and overseas. Most of his work has been in bronze, however he additionally works with chrome steel, marble, and different supplies.”
There was nearly a U.S. sweep within the 110-Meter Hurdles, however Leon Coleman (13.6/13.67) hit the 6th hurdle and wound up 4thbehind Willie Davenport (13.3/13.33), Erv Corridor (13.4/13.42), and Italian Eddy Ottoz (13.4/13.46).
Mexico Metropolis’s altitude was a significant component within the Triple Leap because the World Report was damaged 5 instances!
Italy’s Giuseppe Gentile bought the ball rolling by leaping 56-1 ¼(17.10) within the qualifying spherical(10-16) to interrupt the earlier mark of 55-10 ½ (17.03), which was set by Poland’s Józef Schmidt in 1960.
Gentile improved to 56-6 (17.22) within the opening spherical of the ultimate to take the early lead. That will be his longest soar, however it could solely earn him the bronze medal!
The Soviet Union’s (and Georgia’s) Viktor Saneyev went into the lead along with his 3rd-round soar of 56-6 ½ (17.23). Subsequent to enhance the World Report was Brazil’s Nelson Prudêncio, who reached out to 56-8 (17.27) on his 5th soar. Saneyev put the ultimate contact on this superb occasion by changing into the primary man to leap farther than 57-feet along with his last effort of 57-3/4 (17.39). It was the primary of three Olympic titles for Saneyev.
4 days after profitable bronze within the 10,000, Tunisia’s Mohammed Gammoudi (14:05.01) held off challenges from the Kenyan duo of Kip Keino (14:05.16) and Naftali Temu (14:06.41) to win the gold medal within the 5000-meters. Gammoudi had gained the silver medal (behind Billy Mills) within the 10,000-meters on the 1964 Olympics.
Hungary’s Gyula Zsivótzky gained the Hammer Throw with an Olympic Report toss of 240-8 (73.36). Profitable silver and bronze have been the Soviet Union’s (and Belarus’s) Romuald Klim (240-5 [73.28]), the defending champion, and Hungary’s Lázár Lovász (228-11[69.78]).
Medalists within the Girls’s Excessive Leap have been Czech Milena Rezková (5-11 ½ [1.82]) and the Soviet duo of Antonina Lazareva (Russia) and Valentyna Kozyr (Ukraine), each of whom cleared 5-10 ¾ (1.80).
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Experiences: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/17/sports activities/ATH
Corridor of Fame Bios
(Younger): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/larry-young
(Davenport): (at present not out there)
Strolling His Means Via Faculty(Younger/2011):
http://actual.columbiacollegealumni.org/2011/05/larry-young-hes-walking-his-way-through.html
1972—The Soviet Union’s (and Georgia’s) Viktor Saneyev regained the World Report within the Triple Leap with a leap of
57-2 ¾ (17.44) in Sukhumi, Finland. Cuba’s Pedro Pérez had jumped 57-1 (17.40) within the altitude of Cali, Colombia, in 1971, to interrupt Saneyev’s earlier mark of 57-3/4 (17.39), which was additionally set at altitude on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico Metropolis(see above).
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Saneyev
2020—Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir ran 65:16 on the World Half-Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, breaking her personal “girls’s-only” World Report of 65:34.
Winner of the Males’s race was Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who set an occasion file of 58:49. 4th was countryman Joshua Cheptegei(59:21), the brand new World Report holder at 5000 and 10,000 meters.
The occasion was initially scheduled to be held in March, however was postponed as a result of pandemic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_World_Athletics_Half_Marathon_Championships
