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This Day in Observe & Subject–July 15
1900—It was a busy day on the 1900 Olympics in Paris, with gold medals decided in 10 occasions, a few of which had quick Olympic lives. Many spiritual athletes declined to compete of their respective finals on a Sunday! And there was no conventional observe! Occasions have been contested on a grass subject, with operating occasions performed on a 500-meter loop,
60m/Lengthy Bounce-Al Kraenzlein received his 2nd and threerd gold medals (he had received the 110-hurdles the day prior to this), edging U.S. teammate Walter Tewksbury within the dash as each have been timed in 7.0. The Lengthy Bounce was full of controversy. Marks in Saturday’s qualifying spherical would depend in the direction of figuring out the eventual winner, and Myer Prinstein led the way in which with a bounce of 23-1 ½ (7.175), with Kraenzlein 2nd at 22-9 (6.93). Although he was Jewish, and had competed on his personal Sabbath, Prinstein was advised by his school (Syracuse) that he couldn’t compete on Sunday. He reportedly entered into an settlement with Kraenzlein that neither would compete on Sunday. However Kraenzlein did compete, and wound up because the Olympic champion after topping Prinstein’s qualifying mark by one centimeter (7.185 [23-2). Prinstein had to be restrained from going after Kraenzlein when the result was announced! He gained some consolation by winning the gold medal in the Triple Jump the following day and in the Long Jump at the 1904 Olympics.
400—Maxie Long, the 1899 IC4A Champion from Columbia (and 3-time U.S. Champion) won in 49.4.
1500—Great Britain’s Charles Bennett pulled away from France’s Henri Deloge (4:07.2) in the final stretch to win in the World Record time of 4:06.2
400-meter hurdles—Walter Tewksbury (57.6) won this unusual rendition of this event. The “hurdles” were a series of 30-foot long telegraph poles except for the final hurdles—a water jump! (They obviously didn’t run the race in lanes).
2500-meter steeplechase—Canada’s George Orton, 3rd in the 400-hurdles, won in 7:34.4.
High Jump—With fans allowed to gather close to the event, Irving Baxter won with a clearance of 6-2 ¾ (1.90)
Pole Vault—Shortly after winning the High Jump, Baxter completed a very unusual double by winning this event at
10-10 (3.30). Officials, aware that some athletes had stated they wouldn’t compete on a Sunday, originally told them they could try to better Sunday’s marks on Monday, but changed their minds. A competition was held on Monday, with Bascom Johnson clearing 11-1 (3.38), and yet a 3rd event was held, with Dan Horton clearing 11-3 ¾ (3.45), but Baxter remained as the Olympic champion.
Shot Put—Richard Sheldon won with a toss of 46-3 1/8 (14.10). It was the 6th and final American Record of his career.
Discus—Golfers would have appreciated this event, which was held in the Boulogne Forest. With trees lining the throwing area, many throws ended up in the “rough”. Staying clear of trouble, Hungary’s Rudolf Bauer’s best of 118-3 (36.04), which he threw in the previous day’s qualifying round, held up as the winning performance.
(Notes from the IAAF’s Athletics Statistics Book from the 2012 Olympics).
WR Progression(1500): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres_world_record_progression
Bios
Tewksbury: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/walter-tewskbury
Kraenzlein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Kraenzlein
Prinstein: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/meyer-prinstein
Long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxie_Long
Medalists/Results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics
1912—As the Stockholm Olympics ended, Jim Thorpe earned his 2nd gold medal by winning the 3-day Decathlon with the World Record score of 8412.955 points (6564 under current scoring tables). Thorpe, who had earlier won the Pentathlon, reportedly ran the 1500-Meters with two “throwaway” shoes-one too small, one too big!
At the awards ceremony, Sweden’s King Gustav is reported to have told Thorpe, “You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world”. To which Thorpe reportedly replied, “Thanks, King”. Thorpe was later stripped of his titles and medals after being declared a “professional” for accepting money for playing baseball, but he was reinstated by the International Olympic Committee in 1983.
LINKS:
http://home.epix.net/~landis/thorpe.html;
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016499.html;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe
(Includes information on a successful petition to restore Thorpe as the sole winner of both the Pentathlon & Decathlon (had been listed as “co-Champion).
Sole Champion: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/sports/olympics/jim-thorpe-olympics-medal-restored.html
(you can find many more sites by Googling “Jim Thorpe”.
There was a medal sweep in the Triple Jump by Sweden’s Gustaf Lindblom (14.76 [48-5 ¼]), George Aberg (14.51 [47-7 ¼]), and Eric Almlof (14.17 [46-6]).
An All-Star U.S. lineup of Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, and Charles Reidpath received the 4×400 relay by greater than 4 seconds over runnerup France (3:20.7) and set a World Document of three:16.6.
Some defunct occasions: the 12k cross-country race (7-15) was received by Finland’s Hannes Kolehmainen (45:11.6), whereas Sweden received the staff title; Standing Excessive Bounce (7-13) was received by American Platt Adams (1.63/5-4 1/4); the Standing Lengthy Bounce (7-8) by Greece’s Kostas Tsiklitiras (3.37/11-3/4).
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_4_x_400_metres_relay_world_record_progression
1933—In a extremely anticipated matchup, New Zealand’s Jack Lovelock (4:07.6 ) received the Mile over American Invoice Bonthron (4:08.7) as each bettered the World Document of 4:09-1/5 on the Cornell/Princeton-Oxford/Cambridge meet at Princeton. Bonthron’s time broke Glenn Cunningham’s month-old American Document of 4:09.8.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/information/8922807/Lovelocks-world-mark-recalled
Bonthron: http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/19/obituaries/bill-bonthron-70-set-mile-and-1500-marks.html
1939–Germany’s Rudolf (Rudi) Harbig took the World Document for 800 meters to a distinct stage by operating 1:46.6 on the 500-meter observe in Milan, Italy. The earlier mark of 1:48.4 was set by Nice Britain’s Sydney Wooderson the 12 months earlier than. The 1.8s differential stays the best enchancment on a earlier document within the occasion’s historical past. World Struggle II had one thing to do with the longevity of Harbig’s document, however it’s nonetheless notable that it held for 16 years till Belgium’s Roger Moens ran 1:45.7 in 1955. Harbin was killed in motion in the course of the battle in 1944.
The extremely anticipated race had been billed as a matchup between Harbig and Mario Lanzi, however he sprinted away from his Italian rival down the lengthy homestretch. Lanzi got here near the outdated document together with his runner-up time of 1:49.0.
Harbig would add the 400 World Document to his resume a month later, operating 46.0 in Frankfurt.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70264
http://racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=125
WR Progressions
(800) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_metres_world_record_progression
(400) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_400_metres_world_record_progression
1956—Coached by the legendary Mihály Iglói, Hungary’s Sándor Iharos ran 28:42.8 in Budapest to interrupt Emil Zátopek’s World Document for 10,000 meters (28:54.2). Iharos had beforehand set World Data within the 1500 and 5000.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_10,000_metres_world_record_progression
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sándor_Iharos
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=139
1960–19-year outdated Harry Jerome ran 10.0 on the Canadian Olympic Trials in Saskatoon to equal Armin Hary’s month-old World Document within the 100-meters. Jerome, who would later pull up with a hamstring harm in his semi-final on the Rome Olympics, went on to have a fantastic collegiate profession at Oregon, successful NCAA titles in 1962 (220y) and 1964 (100m). He received the bronze medal within the 100 on the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
The favored Jerome, who additionally competed on the 1968 Olympics, died on the younger age of 42 as a result of a mind aneurysm, however his reminiscence lives on in Canada, as many sporting services and awards bear his title, and the Harry Jerome Worldwide Observe Basic is among the main fixtures on the Canadian circuit. http://www.harryjerome.com/
Stroll of Fame: http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/harry-winston-jerome
Pictures: http://tinyurl.com/696ucgq
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_100_metres_world_record_progression
1960—Willye White jumped 20-4 ½ (6.21) in Abilene, Texas, to regain the American Document (once more) from former Tennessee State teammate Margaret Matthews, who had jumped 20-3 ½ (6.18) in 1958.
AR Development (From 1956)
19-04 5.89 Margaret Matthews 8-18-56
19-09 ¼ 6.02 Matthews 8-25-56
19-11 ¾ 6.09 Willye White 11-27-56
20-01 6.12 Matthews 7-05-58
20-02 ½ 6.16 White 8-02-58
20-03 ½ 6.18 Matthews 8-06-58
20-04 ½ 6.20 White 7-15-60
White, who would compete in 5 Olympics, would set 4 extra American Data, her final of 21-6 (6.55) in 1964.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willye_White
1961—Wilma Rudolph, the triple Olympic gold medalist (100,200,4×100) on the earlier 12 months’s Olympics in Rome, ran 11.3 in Moscow on the primary day of competitors on the 3rd USA-Soviet twin meet to equal her American Document within the 100-meter. (Full report tomorrow–July 16).
https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/07/24/the-high-meet-the-mighty
1970—Patty Van Wolvelaere ran 13.3 in Stuttgart, Germany, to set the primary of her 7 American Data within the 100-meter hurdles. She was inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 2017.
https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/patty-vanwolvelaere-weirich
1970—Germany’s Josef Schwarz received the Lengthy Bounce in Stuttgart in a twin meet towards the U.S. with a leap of 27-4 ¾ (8.35). That matched the low-altitude document that was set by Ralph Boston in 1965.
The Soviet Union’s Igor Ter-Ovanesyan had equaled Boston’s World Document within the excessive altitude of Mexico Metropolis in 1967, and, in fact, Bob Beamon set his superb World Document of 29-2 ½ (8.90) on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico Metropolis.
1980–Steve Ovett ran 3:32.1 for 1500-meters in Oslo to equal the World Document held by his British rival, Sebastian Coe.
Mary Decker received the 3000 in 8:38.73 to interrupt Jan Merrill’s American document of 8:42.6, which had been set on the identical observe in 1978.
Video(1500): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgynlaXoVUY
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres_world_record_progression
1988—Randy Barnes received the Shot Put (71-9 ½ [21.88]) by greater than 3-feet on the opening day of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana. Additionally making the staff have been Gregg Tafralis (68-6 [20.88]) and Jim Doehring (67-8 ¼ [20.63]), who edged Ron Backes (67-8 [20.62]) for the threerdOlympic berth. Barnes would win the silver medal on the Seoul Olympics.
Outcomes/Notes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1988.pdf
1989—The Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Maksim Tarasov set a World Junior Document of 19-1/4 (5.80) in a twin meet towards East Germany in Bryansk, Russia. That remained because the WJR till 2017, when Mondo Duplantis ended the season with a better of 19-4 ¼ (5.90).
1994—Pushed by Nice Britain’s Yvonne Murray for a lot of the race, Eire’s Sonia O’Sullivan ran 8:21.64 in London to set a European Document for 3000-meters. Some really feel she ought to get retroactive recognition as a World Document holder since there’s some query concerning the validity of the entire quick marks that got here out of China in 1993, together with Wang Junxia’s ratified WR of 8:06.11!
Video (poor high quality): https://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2014/07/sonia-osullivan-broke-european-3000m.html
All-Time Listing: https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/world-all-time-list-women/
2000—There have been 5 finals on the twond day of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento (July 14-23). Making the staff have been:
Males’s 100-Maurice Greene (10.01), Curtis Johnson (10.07), Jon Drummond (10.07). World Document holder Greene would win
the gold medal in Sydney
Males’s Shot Put-Adam Nelson (72-7 [22.12]), C.J. Hunter (71-9 [21.87]), Andy Bloom (70-10 ¼ [21.61])…John Godina
(69-2 ½ [21.09]) was added to the staff after Hunter was suspended for a doping violation. Nelson and Godina
would win silver and bronze, respectively, in Sydney
Ladies’s 100–Marion Jones (10.88), Inger Miller (11.05), Chryste Gaines (11.13)…Jones would end 1st within the 100 (and
200) in Sydney, however was later stripped of her medals for doping violations.
Ladies’s Hammer–Daybreak Ellerbe (227-0 [69.20]), Amy Palmer (217-7 [66.31]), Jesseca Cross (217-2 [66.20])
Heptathlon–DeDee Nathan (6343), Shelia Burrell (6339), Kelly Blair-LaBounty (6180)
Outcomes/Writeups: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2000.pdf
2004—The U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento (July 9-18) resumed after a 2-day break. Making the staff on today:
Males’s 400–Jeremy Wariner (44.37), Otis Harris (44.67), and Derrick Brew (44.69), who edged Darold Williamson (44.70) for
the threerd spot on the staff. Ending in the identical order, the three particular person Olympians would sweep the medals in
Athens and be part of Williamson, Wariner’s teammate at Baylor, on the successful 4×400.
Males’s Steeplechase–Daniel Lincoln (8:15.02), Anthony Famigletti (8:17.91), Robert Gary (8:19.46)
Ladies’s Lengthy Bounce–Marion Jones (23-4 [7.11]), Grace Upshaw (22-5 [6.83]), Akiba McKinney (21-6 ¾ [6.57])…Jones
would end 3rd on the Athens Olympics, however was later stripped of her medal as a part of her punishment for doping
violations
Ladies’s Hammer–Erin Gilreath (231-0 [70,42]), Anna Mahon (227-1 [69.23]), Amber Campbell (216-6 [65.98])
Ladies’s Steeplechase–Ann Gaffigan (setting an American Document of 9:39.35), Kassi Andersen (9:45.52), Carrie
Messner (9:50.70)
Outcomes/Writeups: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2004.pdf
Olympic Trials Historical past: https://trackandfieldnews.com/usa-olympic-trials-history/
2012–The World Junior (Beneath-20) Championships in Barcelona (July 10-15) featured many future stars:
Winners (except in any other case famous)
Males’s Javelin–Trinidad & Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott (258-0 [78.64]); Gained Olympic gold in London the next month
(2016-Bronze)
Males’s 800–Botswana’s Nijel Amos (1:43.79/MR); received the silver medal on the London Olympics and set a World Junior
Document of 1:41.73. https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=73840
Males’s Steeplechase–Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto (8:06.10); 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 2017 & 2019 World
Champion (silver-2013, 2015)
Males’s Triple Bounce–Cuba’s (now Portugal’s) Pedro Pablo Pichardo (55-1 [16.79]); 2021 Olympic gold medalist, 2-time silver
medalist-World Championships (2013, 2015), received gold in 2022
Ladies’s 400–American Ashley Spencer (50.50/MR); 2-time NCAA Champion (Illinois/2012,2013); 2016 Olympic bronze
Medalist within the 400-meter hurdles…4th within the 400 was the Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller (Uibo), the 2010 Champion;
2-time Olympic gold medalist (2016,2021); 3-time medalist within the 400 on the World Championships-gold (2022), silver
(2015,2019), 2022 World Indoor Champion
Ladies’s 800–American Ajee’ Wilson (2:00.91); bronze medalist-2017 & 2019 World Championships; 2022 World Indoor
Champion (2-time silver medalist (2016, 2018). American Indoor Document holder, former Out of doors Document holder
Ladies’s 1500–Kenya’s Religion Kipyegon 4:04.96 (MR); 2-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2021), 2017 & 2022 World Champion/
silver medalist 2015 & 2019…set a World Document of three:49.11 on June 2, 2023, and improved to three:49.04 on July 7, 2024
Ladies’s Excessive Bounce (bronze)–Russia’s Mariya Kuchina-Lasitskene (6-2 [1.88]); 2021 Olympic Champion; 2-time World
Indoor (2014,2018) and 3-time World Out of doors (2015,2017,2019) Champion
Ladies’s Lengthy Bounce–Nice Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson (22-4 1/4w [6.81]); 2019 & 2023 World Champion-Heptathlon,
2018 World Indoor Champion-Pentathlon
Additionally
Gunnar Nixon received the Decathlon and set an American Junior Document of 8018 factors.
Mary Cain (Bronxville,NY) completed 5th within the Ladies’s 1500-meters and set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 4:11.01,
breaking the earlier mark of 4:14.50, set by Jordan Hasay in 2008.
Kendell Williams (Kell,GA) completed 8th within the Heptathlon with a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 5578 factors. She went on to
win 7 NCAA titles within the multi-events (Georgia/3-Heptathlon, 4-Pentathlon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics
2018—After I first did a recap of the World Junior (Beneath-20) Championships in Tampere,Finland (July 10-15), I reported that it was too early to find out which athletes would go on to have success on the senior stage, however I did notice the next exceptions. (See under for others who’ve since made a profitable transition).
One of many exceptions was U.S.-born Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, who, representing Sweden, the birthplace of his mom, received the Pole Vault (19-1 [5.82]) in Tampere, then went on to win the gold medal on the European Championships in Berlin the next month, setting a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 19-10 ¼ (6.05) that might final for a really very long time. He has set a number of World Data, the latest occurring on April 20, 2024 (20-5 ½ [6.24]). He received gold medals on the 2021 Olympics, 2022 & 2023 World Championships, and the 2022 & 2024 World Indoor Championships.
One other exception was Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who additionally had success in Berlin. After ending 2nd within the 1500 and threerd within the 5000 in Tampere, he went on to turn out to be a double European Champion, successful the 1500 and 5000 meters. He received Olympic gold within the 1500 in 2021 and received the 5000 on the 2022 & 2023 World Championships.
Jamaica’s Briana Williams, winner of the 100 and 200, set a U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 10.94 in 2019 and was named T&F Information’ Feminine H.S. Athlete of the 12 months.
Lastly, Kenya’s Celiphine Chespol, who received her 2nd title within the Ladies’s Steeplechase (9:12.79), had already set a World Junior Document of 8:58.78 whereas successful on the 2017 Pre Basic, and is the 8th-fastest performer in historical past.
Others who’ve emerged on the world scene in recent times
Brazil’s Alison dos Santos, 3rd within the Males’s 400-hurdles, received the bronze medal on the 2021 Olympics and gold on the 2022 World Championships. With a better of 46.29, he’s the threerd-fastest man in historical past.
Tara Davis-Woodhall, 3rd within the Ladies’s Lengthy Bounce, was the 2021 NCAA Indoor and Out of doors Champion whereas at Texas, received the silver medal on the 2023 World Championships, and gold on the 2024 World Indoor Championships.
Canada’s Camryn Rogers, the winner of the Ladies’s Hammer Throw, received 3 NCAA titles whereas at Cal-Berkeley (2019, 2021, 2022) and received the gold medal on the 2023 World Championships (silver in 2022).
Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega, 4th within the Males’s 5000, received gold within the 10,000 on the 2021 Olympics and within the 3000 on the 2022 World Indoor Championships.
JuVaughn Harrison, 3rd within the Males’s Excessive Bounce, received 6 NCAA titles whereas at LSU from 2019-2021 (3-HJ, 3-LJ) and was the silver medalist within the HJ on the 2023 World Championships.
Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock, 3rd within the Males’s Lengthy Bounce, received 3 NCAA titles whereas at Tennessee and Arkansas and was the silver medalist on the 2023 World Championships.
Australia’s Ashley Moloney, winner of the Decathlon, was the bronze medalist within the Dec on the 2021 Olympics and within the Heptathlon at then 2022 World Indoor Championships.
Kenya’s Mary Moraa, 5th within the Ladies’s 400, received gold within the 800 on the 2023 World Championships (bronze in 2022).
Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi, 3rd within the Ladies’s Steeplechase, received gold on the 2023 World Championships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships
2022—Three finals have been held on the opening day of the World Championships, which have been being held within the U.S. for the 1st time on the renovated Hayward Subject in Eugene, Oregon.
The house crowd received excited when Elija Godwin gave the U.S. an enormous lead together with his 44.71 opening leg within the Blended 4×400 Relay. The noise reached a fever pitch as Allyson Felix (50.15), competing in her 8th Worlds, began increasing the lead halfway by means of her carry, however she was caught proper earlier than the handoff by the Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino (48.47).
Vernon Norwood put the U.S. again within the lead together with his 44.40 cut up, however anchor Kennedy Simon (50.90), after going out arduous within the first 200m, was handed proper earlier than the end line by the DR’s Fiordaliza Cofil (49.92) and the Netherlands’ Femke Bol (48.95)
(3:09.82-3:09.90-3:10.16)
Felix’s bronze gave her a document 19th WC medal. On the time, it was thought that may be her closing WC look, however she would win her 20th(gold) medal after operating within the 1st spherical of the Ladies’s 4×400.
Different Medalists
Ladies’s 20k Stroll: 1.Kimberley García (Peru) 1:26:58, 2.Katarzyna Zdziebło (Poland) 1:27:31, 3.Shenjie Qieyang (China) 1:27:56
Males’s 20k Stroll: 1.Toshikazu Yamanishi (Japan/defending champion) 1:19:07, 2.Koki Ikeda (Japan) 1:19:14, 3.Perseus Karlström (Sweden) 1:19:18
Reviews: Blended 4×400 M20k Stroll W20k Stroll
