This Day in Monitor & Subject–December 1
1956–Australian followers have been hoping that John Landy, the 2nd man to interrupt 4-minutes for the mile and the present World Report holder within the occasion (3:58.0), might convey residence a gold medal within the Males’s 1500-meters on the ultimate day of competitors on the Melbourne Olympics.
However he was under no circumstances the favourite. The truth is, Bert Nelson wrote in Monitor and Subject Information that as many as 10 of the 12 finalists have been potential winners. The early tempo was fast, however cautious, with everybody nonetheless inside placing distance as one other Aussie, Merv Lincoln, led the tightly bunched pack by way of 800-meters in 2:00.1. With a lap to go (2:46.6), positions had began to alter, however everybody was nonetheless in rivalry, with Villanova’s Ron Delany, who had gained the primary of his three NCAA 1500/mile titles in June, sitting in tenth place. The Irishman then began his superb kick, one that might change into acquainted to American followers over the subsequent few years, and began to shortly move one runner after one other. He lastly took the lead coming off the ultimate flip and went on to win the gold medal with an Olympic Report time of three:41.2. Germany’s Klaus Richtzenhain edged Landy for the silver medal (3:42.0 for each).
Delany, along with his “herky-jerky” stride, had already began his fabled indoor profession by successful the primary of his 4 straight Wanamaker Miles on the Millrose Video games earlier within the 12 months, and he would ultimately change into probably the most in style runners ever to grace the boards at NY’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
The Irishman nearly didn’t make it to Melbourne. Members of the Olympic Council of Eire had voted 6-6 on whether or not or to not ship him to the Video games (funds being one of many issues). Lord Killanin, the Chairman of the Olympic Council of Eire (and the longer term Chairman of the IOC), solid the deciding vote in favor of Delany, clearing the way in which for considered one of Eire’s best Olympic moments.
With a lineup that included 3 of the highest 4 finishers within the 100, the U.S. was closely favored to win the Males’s 4×100, however, even 60+ years in the past, there was concern concerning the crew’s skill to get the baton safely across the observe. The handoffs have been lower than excellent in yesterday’s first spherical, in addition to within the semi-finals, which have been held earlier on this closing day of competitors, however the People gained every of their races.
Within the closing, 5’-4” (1.63) Ira Murchison ran an amazing lead-off leg to offer the U.S. the lead, which was prolonged by Leamon King. A lot of that lead was misplaced within the botched hand-off from King to Thane Baker (that they had an analogous mishap within the first spherical), however Baker maintained his composure and handed off the baton within the result in anchorman Bobby Morrow. The Abilene Christian star, who had earlier gained the 100 and 200, closed out his memorable Olympics by bringing the U.S. residence first within the World Report time of 39.5. The Soviet Union completed 2nd in 39.8, adopted by Germany in 40.3. Morrow was the third athlete to be chosen as Sports activities Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Yr (following Roger Bannister in 1954 and baseball’s Johnny Podres in 1955). He was additionally featured on the quilt of Life journal (see hyperlinks).
Nice Britain’s Thelma Hopkins (1.74 [5-8 ½]) and Romania’s 19-year outdated Iolanda Balaș (1.75 [5-8 ¾]) had every set World Data in the course of the 12 months and have been the favorites for the gold medal within the Girls’s Excessive Bounce. But it surely was American Mildred “Tex” McDaniel who turned Olympic Champion. The previous basketball participant at Tuskegee Institute, a future Corridor-of-Famer, was the one one to clear 5-7 (1.70), which was one centimeter higher than her earlier American Report. She then cleared a World Report of 5-9 ¼ (1.76) on her 2nd try. Hopkins tied for twond (1.67 [5-5 ¾]) with the Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Mariya Pisareva, whereas Balaș, who was destined to change into one of many best performers in T&F historical past (two Olympic golds, 13 extra WRs, and a 140-meet successful streak), completed 5th (1.67 [5-5 ¾]).
Lou Jones, the World Report holder within the 400, had run the anchor leg for the U.S. within the heats of the Males’s 4×400 relay, however he was switched to the lead-off leg for the ultimate. He opened with a 47.1 cut up that gave the U.S. a slight lead over Australia. With 100,000 followers going wild, David Lean stored the Aussies even with American J.W. Mashburn (46.4). After successful the gold medal within the 400, Charlie Jenkins was given the choice to run the anchor leg by U.S. coaches, however he selected to run the third leg.
Jenkins, conscious that he was about to run his sixth 1-lapper in 4 days, defined the change by saying just lately, ”I used to be simply making an attempt to look out for my teammates when deciding to run the third leg”. Jenkins’s concern about fatigue was unfounded, although, as his 45.5 carry, the quickest of the day, broke open the race and gave the U.S. a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Anchor Tom Courtney, who gained the 800-meters on November twenty sixth, had 4 days of relaxation earlier than he ran within the relay qualifying spherical. The previous Fordham star, who had really overwhelmed Jenkins to win the 400 on the AAU Championships in June, closed out the successful effort with the 2nd-fastest cut up of the race–45.8 (3:04.8).
Kevan Gosper, the 1955 Massive-10 400-meter Champion whereas at Michigan State, anchored Australia to a set of silver medals (3:06.2), whereas Nice Britain completed 3rd (3:07.2).
For Jenkins, it was a pure development of success within the relay. He was the anchor on the Rindge Tech (Cambridge,Ma) crew that set a U.S. Nationwide H.S. file in 1953 and had already anchored Villanova to 2 wins on the Penn Relays (he would anchor a third in 1957–Ron Delany ran the third leg in 1956!). Carrying on the household custom, his son Chip additionally gained Olympic gold after working within the first spherical of the relay on the 1992 Olympics.
The partisan crowd was thrilled as Betty (“The Golden Lady”) Cuthbert introduced Australia from behind on the anchor leg within the Girls’s 4×100 relay to beat Nice Britain for the gold medals (it was her third gold medal of the Video games). Each groups (44.5-44.7) bettered the earlier World Report of 44.9, which had been set by the Aussies and Germany within the first warmth earlier within the day.
The U.S. fielded a crew that Included future Corridor-of-Famers Mae Faggs and Wilma Rudolph, who was solely 16 on the time, however they needed to accept the bronze medals, regardless of equaling the hours-old WR of 44.9. Faggs had gained a gold medal within the relay because the lead-off runner on the successful crew on the 1952 Video games in Helsinki, whereas Rudolph went on to achieve legend standing along with her 3 gold medals on the 1960 Video games in Rome.
France’s Alain Mimoun took the lead within the Marathon 1/2-way by way of the race and was by no means challenged as he went on to win the gold medal with a time of two:25:00 within the heat situations (80s). Successful the silver and bronze have been Yugoslavia’s Franjo Mihalić (2:26:32) and Finland’s Veikko Karvonen (2:27:47). Ending sixth in direction of the tip of his profession was the good Emil Zátopek (Czech.), the defending champion who had overwhelmed Mimoun to win the gold medal within the 10,000-meters on the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. People Nick Costes (2:42:20) and John (the “youthful) Kelley (2:43:40) completed twentieth and twenty first, respectively.
Because of ’56 U.S. Olympian Elliott Denman, 11th within the 50k Stroll, for offering many private reminiscences and associated tidbits from the Video games as we chronicled every day of competitors.
Full Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Stories: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/14/sports activities/ATH
Delany Remembers: http://www.iaaf.org/information/information/delany-reminisces-as-melbourne-celebrates-50t
1500 Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u696YRFCfFg
Delany Photographs:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4278496-s227
http://tinyurl.com/DelanyGoogle
Delany’s E-book-Staying The Distance: http://tinyurl.com/DelanyBook
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1956/12/10/golden-melbourne
Morrow:
Sports activities Illustrated Man of the Yr (Morrow)
1974 – Jaqi (aka Jacki) Hansen set a Girls’s World Report of two:43:54.5 on her “residence course” on the Western Hemisphere Marathon in Culver Metropolis, California. Hansen, the winner of the 1973 Boston Marathon, was on the forefront of the battle to have girls’s distance occasions added to the Olympic program.
She talks about her preparation for the race on this excerpt from her e-book, “A Lengthy Time Coming”.
https://www.jacquelinehansen.com/2019/09/01/culver-city-my-home-course/
https://www.amazon.com/Lengthy-Time-Coming-marathon-revolution-ebook/dp/B01DD06XNQ
http://www.jacquelinehansen.com/
2nd WR: http://tinyurl.com/JackiHansen
Coached by László Tábori (1988 article):
László Tábori appeared slightly embarrassed when requested if he might have foreseen that Jacqueline Hansen would change into considered one of this nation’s premier distance runners after he started teaching her within the fall of 1970.
“Fairly truthfully, no”, he stated.
Lower than 3 years later, Hansen gained the Boston Marathon. Twice, she set world marathon data, in 1975 turning into the primary girl to run the 26.2-mile race quicker than 2 hours 40 minutes(2:38:19).
However all Tábori might see within the fall of 1970, when he met the 21-year-old faculty junior, was that she had issue becoming into her working shorts. “I’ll admit it,” Hansen stated. “I used to be fats.”
(For Subscribers): http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-28/sports activities/sp-415_1_jacqueline-hansen
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
2006-Josh Hembrough (Northern,MI) set a Nationwide H.S. Report of seven.85 within the 60-meter hurdles (42”) on the Clemson Invitation. He went on to change into a 3-time Massive-10 Champion whereas at Purdue—110-meter hurdles (2008,2009, 60m-hurdles (2008). Born deaf, he obtained cochlear implants on the age of 9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpik6lJ1pY
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/josh-hembrough-14240432
https://www.purdueexponent.org/options/article_f6ff1c49-18a2-5afd-a14a-4091533b3152.html
2007—A tribute to Larry James, who was battling most cancers on the time (he handed away the next November). That is what I wrote on the time:
“It was an occasion as thrilling and memorable as a day on the Olympics. And no surprise–in all places you appeared, there have been Olympians, lots of them medalists.
Hosted by The Richard Stockton Faculty of New Jersey, an estimated 1,000 individuals confirmed up on December 1 to pay tribute to 2-time Olympic medalist “Mr. G. Larry James” for his “4 Many years of Excellence”. (James gained gold [4×400] and silver[400] medals on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico Metropolis).”
You possibly can learn the entire article right here:
https://villanova.com/information/2007/12/18/A_Tribute_to_Larry_James.aspx
NY Occasions Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/sports activities/othersports/08james.html
2018–Grand Valley State swept the crew titles on the NCAA Div.II Championships on a muddy course in Pittsburgh. It was the 5th title within the final 7 years for the ladies, whereas it was the primary for the boys. The person winners have been Marcelo Laguera (CSU-Pueblo/10k-31:46.4) and Sarah Berger (GVS/6k-22:07.7).
Recap:
https://outcomes.leonetiming.com/XC.html?mid=1504
2018—The highest finishers on the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) in Portland, Oregon:
Ladies: Junior Katelyn Tuohy (16:37.8/North Rockland,NY) gained the twond of her eventual 3 NXN titles. 2nd was senior Kelsey Chmiel (16:54.8/Saratoga Springs,NY) and threerd was versatile junior Taylor Ewert (17:06.7/Beavercreek,OH), one of the best younger race-walker within the U.S. Summit (OR) gained the crew title. Chmiel and Tuohy led North Carolina State to the 2021 and 2022 NCAA X-Nation crew titles (Tuohy was the person champion in 2022). Tuohy led the Wolfpack to a 3rd NCAA title in 2023, whereas an injured Chmiel needed to cheer from the sidelines.
Boys: 1.Senior Liam Anderson (14:57.6-Meet Report/Redwood,NC), 2.Senior Cole Hocker (Indianapolis Cathedral,I N(15:00.9/), 3.Junior Cole Sprout (Valor Christian,CO(15:02.7). Loudoun County(VA) gained the crew title. Hocker was a finalist (6th) within the 1500 Meters on the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo and went on to win the gold medal on the 2024 Olympics in Paris!
https://nxn.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=13&title_id=187&do=title&folder_id=1186
https://nxn.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=13&12 months=2018&do=movies
https://www.milesplit.com/movies/313363/liam-anderson-grabs-meet-record-1457-at-nxn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E12z1ZCu9FM
Previous Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Cross_Nationals
