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This Day in Observe & Discipline–July 17
1912 – IAAF (Int’l Novice Athletic Federation) kinds in Sweden. (Later grew to become generally known as the Worldwide Affiliation of Athletics Federations and now as World Athletics).
https://www.worldathletics.org/heritage/historical past
IAAF 2012 Awards Ceremony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NhF_nMh5-c
Centenary Celebration (Spanish commentary, however value watching–Begin on the 6:30 mark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Y8PE0l2tk
1920—Most working occasions have been carried out at imperial distances for the one time in U.S. Olympic Trials historical past. The exceptions at this yr’s Trials at Harvard (Cambridge, MA) have been the 3000m-Steeplechase, 5000m, and 10,000m.
Amongst those that made the group and went on to win gold on the Antwerp Olympics (the 1st since 1912, as a consequence of WWI) have been Charley Paddock (100m), Allen Woodring (200m), Frank Loomis (400m-Hurdles), Richmond Landon (Excessive Soar), Frank Foss (Pole Vault), Pat Ryan (Hammer), and Pat McDonald (56lb Weight Throw).
The meet additionally served because the U.S. Championships.
Outcomes/Notes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1920.pdf
NY Instances: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/07/18/102873881.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
1922–Nice Britain’s Mary Strains established the primary World Report within the Ladies’s 440y by working 64.4 in London.
British Pioneers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lines
1942–Sweden’s Gunder (“The Surprise”) Hägg gained the 1500 in 3:45.8 in Stockholm to interrupt his personal World Report of three:47.6.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres_world_record_progression
1945—Hägg ran 4:01.4 for the Mile in Malmö to interrupt countryman Arne Andersson’s year-old World Report of 4:01.6.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression
http://question.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E3D71E3EF931A35751C1A9629C8B63
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Gunder-Hagg
1953—This was a time when separate information have been saved for yards and an occasion’s metric equal. The World Report for 800-meters was already right down to 1:46.6, however Mal Whitfield, the 2-time Olympic gold medalist at 800-meters, acquired official credit score for setting a a lot slower World Report of 1:48.6 for 880-yards in Turku, Finland!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Whitfield
1955—Tom Courtney, Fordham’s NCAA Champion at 880-yards, set an American Report of 1:46.8 for 800-meters in Kouvola, Finland. Courtney would win Olympic gold within the 800 the next yr in Melbourne.
AR Development: http://trackfield.brinkster.internet/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MA4&Gender=M&P=F
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Whitfield
1961—Corridor-of-Famer-to-be Willye White broke her day-old American Report within the Lengthy Soar by leaping 21-1/4 (6.41) in Karlsruhe, Germany).
AR Development: http://trackfield.brinkster.internet/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=WF3&Gender=W&P=F
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willye_White
1965—Wyomia Tyus, the 1964 Olympic gold medalist within the 100-meters (she repeated in 1968), set an American Report of 10.3 for 100-yards on the Carreras Invitational in Kingston,Jamaica (July 15-18)
Recent out of Wichita East(KS) Excessive Faculty, Jim Ryun, nursing a sore foot (ankle?), gained the Mile on Friday (July 16-4:04.3), then got here again on Sunday (July 18) to win the 1/2-mile (1:50.5) and end 2nd within the 3-mile (14:01.8).
Tyus and Ryun have been each inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 1980.
Tyus: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/wyomia-tyus
Ryun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryun
1966—19-year-old Jim Ryun ran 3:51.3 for the mile on the All-American Inv. in Berkeley to smash the year-old World Report of three:53.6 that was held by France’s Michel Jazy.
T&F Information co-founder Cordner Nelson captured the second brilliantly when he wrote within the journal, “Contained in the quiet, light exterior of younger Jim Ryun, there burns a fireplace as fierce as in any hero the world has identified. And at present he allow us to glimpse one concentrated jet of flame because it incinerated the mile World Report and scorched the very soul of Michel Jazy.”
A set of circumstances needed to fall into place to provide Ryun, who had not too long ago accomplished his freshman yr at Kansas, the chance to go after Jazy’s mark. He had come oh-so-close when he set an American Report of three:53.7 on the Compton Inv. on June 4, however that was going to be his final assault of the yr on the Frenchman’s report.
After profitable the AAU mile in New York in 3:58.6, Ryun was scheduled to run two 1500 races in separate twin meets in opposition to Poland and the Soviet Union, which have been to be held at Edwards Discipline in Berkeley and the L.A. Coliseum, respectively. He was planning to chase Herb Elliott’s World Report of three:35.6 within the 2nd meet, however then Vietnam-era politics got here into play. First the Soviets pulled out, and when the Poles additionally canceled, Ryun began enthusiastic about asking Corridor-of-Famer Sam Bell, the pinnacle coach at Cal-Berkeley and the director of the hastily-arranged All-American Inv., to alter the 1500 to a mile. Earlier than he might ask, Bell introduced the swap, and plans for the report assault began to fall into place.
The opposite People within the race have been wanting to see the mile report return to the U.S. for the primary time since Glenn Cunningham’s 1934 mark of 4:06.8 was damaged in 1937, they usually have been practical sufficient to appreciate that Ryun was the one one who might make that occur. They quietly agreed to assist with the tempo, with out sacrificing their very own potential to run quick. The report try wasn’t made public, so it was a nice shock to the followers in attendance after they watched Tom Von Ruden, Richard Romo, and Wade Bell take turns on the entrance as they went via fast splits of 57.7 on the 1/4 and 1:55.4 on the 1/2. Ryun took over with about 700-yards to go, and when he handed the three/4-mile break up in 2:55.3, it was only a query of by how a lot he would break the report. And Ryun didn’t disappoint, ending off his report run with a 56-flat final 1/4-mile. Ryun was appreciative of the assistance he obtained from his three countrymen, saying, “I assumed their names ought to have been on the world report”. Ryun acquired a 2ndReport when he was timed in 3:36.1 at 1500-Meters to take a full two seconds off Tom O’Hara’s American Report of three:38.1
There have been some fascinating footnotes to the race, as Ryun revealed to Runner’s World in 2006:
“After the race was over, I went to the tent, and it appeared like three hours of speaking to folks and the media, answering questions, and signing autographs. I went to the place my issues had been saved solely to seek out that the whole lot I had about that race besides what I had on had all been stolen – my sweats, my footwear. So others most have discovered it fairly vital too as a result of they took the whole lot.”
“Then, as I went throughout the sphere, I up-ran this stunning woman and her brother and sister and requested for an autograph. And at that time, I used to be simply plain drained, and I stated, “Properly, catch me later.”
Later, I used to be together with her on a blind date; she was to develop into my spouse, Ann, who was visiting there together with her household. So for me, it was a particular second in setting the world report, nevertheless it was additionally after I met my spouse.”
Sports activities Illustrated Vault:
Shut: https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/06/13/the-second-fastest-ever
The Purpose: https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/06/20/ready-for-the-goal
Excessive Expectations: https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/07/04/a-doleful-day-for-ryun-3586
A Particular Model of Fame: h https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/08/01/a-special-brand-of-fame
Ryun appears to be like again 40 years later: (Article mistakenly lists the date as July 27)
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/chat-jim-ryun-and-marty-liquori
Roger Robinson—50 Years In the past:
1968–FInland’s Jouko Kuha ran 8:24.2 for the Steeplechase in Stockholm to interrupt Gaston Roelants’ World Report of 8:26.4.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeplechase_(athletics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Kuha
1975–Marty Liquori ran 8:17.2 for 2-miles in Stockholm to interrupt Steve Prefontaine’s year-old American Report of 8:18.4.
Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/marty-liquori
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=241
