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This Day in Observe & Discipline–July 17
1912 – IAAF (Int’l Novice Athletic Federation) types in Sweden. (Later turned often called 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 price watching–Begin on the 6:30 mark)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Y8PE0l2tk
1920—Most working occasions had been performed at imperial distances for the one time in U.S. Olympic Trials historical past. The exceptions at this 12 months’s Trials at Harvard (Cambridge, MA) had been the 3000m-Steeplechase, 5000m, and 10,000m.
Amongst those that made the staff and went on to win gold on the Antwerp Olympics (the 1st since 1912, as a consequence of WWI) had been Charley Paddock (100m), Allen Woodring (200m), Frank Loomis (400m-Hurdles), Richmond Landon (Excessive Bounce), 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 Occasions: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/07/18/102873881.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
1922–Nice Britain’s Mary Traces established the primary World File within the Girls’s 440y by working 64.4 in London.
British Pioneers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lines
1942–Sweden’s Gunder (“The Surprise”) Hägg received the 1500 in 3:45.8 in Stockholm to interrupt his personal World File 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 File 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 had been stored for yards and an occasion’s metric equal. The World File 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 File 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 File of 1:46.8 for 800-meters in Kouvola, Finland. Courtney would win Olympic gold within the 800 the next 12 months 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 File within the Lengthy Bounce 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 File of 10.3 for 100-yards on the Carreras Invitational in Kingston,Jamaica (July 15-18)
Contemporary out of Wichita East(KS) Excessive College, Jim Ryun, nursing a sore foot (ankle?), received 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 had 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 File 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 recognized. And right this moment he allow us to glimpse one concentrated jet of flame because it incinerated the mile World File and scorched the very soul of Michel Jazy.”
A set of circumstances needed to fall into place to offer Ryun, who had lately accomplished his freshman 12 months at Kansas, the chance to go after Jazy’s mark. He had come oh-so-close when he set an American File of three:53.7 on the Compton Inv. on June 4, however that was going to be his final assault of the 12 months on the Frenchman’s document.
After profitable the AAU mile in New York in 3:58.6, Ryun was scheduled to run two 1500 races in separate twin meets towards Poland and the Soviet Union, which had been to be held at Edwards Discipline in Berkeley and the L.A. Coliseum, respectively. He was planning to chase Herb Elliott’s World File 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 occupied with asking Corridor-of-Famer Sam Bell, the top coach at Cal-Berkeley and the director of the hastily-arranged All-American Inv., to vary the 1500 to a mile. Earlier than he may ask, Bell introduced the swap, and plans for the document assault began to fall into place.
The opposite Individuals within the race had been desirous to see the mile document 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 had been practical sufficient to comprehend that Ryun was the one one who may make that occur. They quietly agreed to assist with the tempo, with out sacrificing their very own skill to run quick. The document try wasn’t made public, so it was a pleasing 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 by means of 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 cut up in 2:55.3, it was only a query of by how a lot he would break the document. And Ryun didn’t disappoint, ending off his document run with a 56-flat final 1/4-mile. Ryun was appreciative of the assistance he acquired from his three countrymen, saying, “I believed their names ought to have been on the world document”. Ryun acquired a 2ndFile when he was timed in 3:36.1 at 1500-Meters to take a full two seconds off Tom O’Hara’s American File 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 individuals and the media, answering questions, and signing autographs. I went to the place my issues had been saved solely to seek out that every thing I had about that race besides what I had on had all been stolen – my sweats, my sneakers. So others most have discovered it fairly important too as a result of they took every thing.”
“Then, as I went throughout the sector, I up-ran this stunning lady and her brother and sister and requested for an autograph. And at that time, I used to be simply plain drained, and I mentioned, “Properly, catch me later.”
Later, I used to be along with her on a blind date; she was to turn into my spouse, Ann, who was visiting there along with her household. So for me, it was a particular second in setting the world document, however 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 Objective: 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 File 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 File 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