This day in athletics – September 21
1895— Future Hall of Famer Bernie Weffers tied the previous IAAF world records of 9.8 (9-4/5) in the 100 and 21.6.
(21-3/5) 220 in front of 10,000 fans at New York’s Manhattan Field in a doubleheader between NY Athletic Club and London AC, then considered the leading T&F club in the world.
Dartmouth’s Stephen Chase, the 1895 IC4A Champion, finished his own WR in the 120y-Hurdles with a time of 15-2/5. The mark was not accepted as an American record because he crashed into the barrier during the race.
Michael Sweeney broke his mark in the high jump with a 3th-6-5 5/8 (1.97) cleanup attempts. Sweeney said:The next thing I remember was Teddy Roosevelt pulling me out of the hole. He was the (New York) police commissioner and game official in those days.”
NYAC won all 11 events of the day, prompting the New York Sun to write: “We not only defeated the British. we conquered the world.”
Considered by many to be the “fastest man in the world” in the 1890s, Weffers won the 100-220 double at the US Championships 3 years in a row (1895-1897) and was a 3-time IC4A champion while at Georgetown (1896). : -100y, 220y); 1897-220). After leaving the competition, he became a coach of NYAK for 45 years. During his tenure at the NYAC, he took the train from New York to New Brunswick, New Jersey to coach the Rutgers team.
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1901— Harry Gill set an IAAF world record of 122-4 (37.29) in the discus in Toronto.
Gill became the head coach of Illinois, which in 1921 won the first NCAA team title he coached. (That was it
first NCAA championship in any sport)
He founded Gill Athletics, which became the leading supplier of T&F equipment in the United States
Inducted into the National Hall of Fame in 2015
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1907— Two Irish-American whales set two IAAF world records at the Canadian Championships in Montreal.
Ralph Rose improved his own shot put to 49:7 ¼ (15.12) and Matt McGrath won the hammer throw with 173:7 (52.90).
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1955— Great Britain’s Diane Leather won the mile at London’s White City Stadium in 4:45.0, nearly six seconds off her previous world record of 4:50.8. She became the first woman to break the 5-minute mile (4:59.6) in 1954, shortly after Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute barrier in the men’s mile.
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1959– Romania’s Iolanda Balash won the sixth of her 14 world records in the women’s high jump, clearing 6-1/2 (1.84m) at the Balkan Games in Bucharest.
In addition to setting numerous world records, Balash was the first woman to clear 6 feet, had a remarkable 154-match unbeaten streak (sometimes listed as 140 or 150), and was a two-time Olympic gold medalist (1960, 1964). !
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1986–West Germany’s Klaus Tafelmeier threw the javelin 281-3 (85.74) in Como, Italy. This will become 1St a certified world record set by a “new” accomplishment.
From the progress of the IAAF world records.
The innovation of the new tool was that the center of gravity was moved about 4 cm forward, and the area of ​​​​the tail of the spear was reduced. The effect of this was that the soaring phase no longer took place, resulting in shorter distances, but the spear always remained on the ground, making measurement easier. The new equipment was introduced by the IAAF on 1 April 1986. At the beginning of 1987, the IAAF accepted as the new world record the performance, which, despite meeting all the requirements, was the best before 31 December 1986. It is presented below. list showing the development of registrations with the new spear.
257-11 (78.62) Klaus Tafelmayer (GDR) London 14.09.1985.
262-00 (79.86) Brian Kruser (USA) Papeete 03/27/1986
268-02 (81.74) Roald Bradstock (GBR) Tucson 05/03/1986
269-10 (82.24) Klaus Tafelmayer (GDR) Hannover 06/07/1986
274-06 (83.68) Viktor Evsyukov (HRH) Leningrad 06.08.1986
280-01 (85.38) Tom Petranoff (USA) Helsinki 07.07.1986
281-03 (85.74) Klaus Tafelmayer (GDR) As on 21.09.1986.
WR progress: https://en.
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2003— Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain ran 1:05:40 for the half marathon at the BUPA Great North Run in South Shields, England, but the mark was never submitted for validation as a world record because it was run over a point-to-point course: With an excess drop of 30.5 meters. (From IAAF World Records Progression).
2008–Two exciting races at New York’s 5th Avenue Mile, with Britain’s Lisa Dobrisky (4:18.6) beating Shannon Rowbury (4:19.2) in the women’s race and New Zealand’s Nick Willis (3:50.5) chasing Bernard Lagat (3:50.5). 3:50.6) to win the men’s title.
Other notable graduates:
Men5. Chris Solinski 3:54.1…8. Will Lear 3:56.4, 9. James T (GBR) 3:57.0, 10. David Torrance 3:57.5, 11. Kevin Sullivan (CAN) 3:58.9, 12. Simmonds 4:00.5
Women4.Erin Donohue 4:24.9…7.Amy Mortimer 4:30.9, 8.Sarah Hall 4:32.6
Videos:
(Men): https://www.youtube.com
(women). https://www.
Report/Findings by David Monti: https://www.
