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This day in the field of athletics – October 19
1964–Future Hall of Famer Edith McGuire, who had earlier finished 2ndth In the 100, teammate Wyomia Tyusi won Women’s 200 meters At the Tokyo Olympics, running 23.0 (23.05) to set Olympic and US records. 2:th It was Poland’s Irena Kirzenstein-Sewinska (23.1/23.13), who won gold four years later in Mexico City. Szewińska is a member of the IAAF Hall of Fame. Australia’s Marilyn Black (23.1/23.18) won bronze.
Another future HOF’er, Mike Larrabee (45.1/45.15), who competed in his first Olympics at age 31, came as a 5-year-old.th To win by 100 meters Men’s 400 over Trinidad and Tobago’s (and Yale’s) Wendell Motley (45.2/45.24) and Poland’s Andrzej Badenski (45.6/45.64). 5:00th in the race was Ulysses Williams (46.0/46.01), a two-time NCAA champion from Arizona State. Motley had won his 2th IC4A title earlier in the year.
East Germany’s Karin Balzer won 80 meter hurdles In a photo-finish over Poland’s Tereza Wieczorek and Australia’s Pam Kilbourne, all three were timed in 10.5 (auto times: 10.54, 10.55, 10.56).
Tamara Press of the Soviet Union (and Russia) threw an Olympic record 187-10 (57.27) to win the gold medal. Women’s discus Over East Germany’s Ingrid Lotz (187-8 (57.21)), who led 4 rounds, and Romania’s Lia Manoliu (186-11 (56.97)). The press who was in 4th before making his winning throw in the 5th spotth round, will also win the shootout the next day.
Medal Winners/Results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics
Olympia Reports:: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/16/sports/ATH
HOF Bios::
McGuire (1979): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/edith-mcguire
Larabee (2003): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/mike-larrabee
HOF Video (Larrabee/400). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp37qrwvPl4
Shewinska HOF: https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/hall-of-fame-profile-irena-szewinska-poland
1967– Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union (and Ukraine) tied Ralph Boston’s 2-year world record of 0f.
27-4 ¾ (8.35) in a pre-Olympic meeting in Mexico City.
WR progress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_jump_wor ld_record_progression:
1968– It was a good day for the USA at the Mexico Olympics with Bill Toomey (Decathlon) and Madeline Manning (Women’s 800) winning gold medals.
Aided by the altitude in Mexico City, Toomey had a great first day (10-18), running 10.4 in the 100, clearing the long jump 25-10 (7.87) and finishing in a heavy rain with a 45.6 in the 400. His final score of 8193 gave him gold over West German Hans Joachim-Walde (8111) and world record holder Kurt Bendlin (8064). All three medal winners were trained by Germans Friedel Schirmerwho was 8th in the decathlon at the 1952 Olympics.
Toomey nearly took himself out of contention after twice missing his opening height of 11-9 (3.58) in the pole vault, his least favorite event. The decathletes were told to leave their poles at the warm-up track, where they would then be transported to the Olympic Stadium. Toomey’s rod somehow got left behind, forcing him to return to his warm-up run to retrieve it himself. By the time he returned to the stadium, the warm-up period was over, leading to those early misses. “I said to myself. “You have a master’s degree from Stanford, a bachelor’s degree from Colorado. It’s smart enough to realize that whatever you did the first couple of times didn’t work, so I redid everything.” It worked as he cleared 11-9 on his final attempt.
Manning (Mims) set Olympic and American records with a winning time of 2:00.9 in the 800. Romanian Ileana Cilai (2:02.5) and Dutch Maria Gomers (2:02.6) won silver and bronze. 5:00th was American Doris Brown-Heritage (2:03.9).
Manning-Mims has served as an athlete chaplain at many Olympics (and most recently with the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock) and has been known to offer rousing renditions of the National Anthem at numerous events.
The Jamaican quartet of Errol Stewart, Michael Frey, Clifton Forbes and Lennox Miller broke the world record of 38.6 (38.65). Men’s 4×100. The same four improved the record to 38.3 (38.39) in the semifinals.
USA (Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bales, Mildreth Netter, Wyomia Tuce) set a world record in 43.4 1.St the warmth of Women’s 4×100. Holland (Wilhelmina Van den Berg, Miek Sterk, Truss Henipman, Corey Bakker) tied the record in the next round.
Medalists/Results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics
Olympia Reports:: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/17/sports/ATH
Anthem video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51QWZijk6Dk
Tumi (2012): https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=72207
Hall of Fame Bios
Tummy https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/bill-toomey
Manning: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/madeline-manning-mims
Born on this day
Kimberly Garcia – Peru 32 (1993) 2022 World Champion — 20k & 35k Walk
2023 World Championships 35k walk silver medalist
2023 Pan American Games Champion-20k Walk
Other Global Placements:
AND (20k): 2016 (14:th), 2021 (DNF), 2024 (16:th)
WC (20k): 2013 (31St), 2015 (DNF), 2017 (7:th), 2023 (4:th), 2025 (5:th)/35k (10:th)
PBs1:26:22 (2025), 2:37:44 (2023)
From WikipediaHis family has always been involved with racewalking, so he started training when he was
5 years old(!) following in his cousin’s footsteps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Garc%C3%ADa
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/peru/kimberly-garcia-leon-14293276
Emma Coburn 35 (1990) 2017 World Champion – Show Jumping (Courtney Frichs leads the USA to a stunning 1-2 finish).
2011 WC-9th, 2015 WC-5thth; 2016 Olympic Games bronze medalist — (2012-8th)
1:St The American will win an Olympic medal in the Splchase
At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, she completed her world medal collection with a silver medal.
8 o’clockth at the 2022 World Cup; He sat out the 1st due to a hamstring injurySt round hour
2023 World Cup; 2024 season ended after breaking ankle in Shanghai in April
Winner of the 2021 US Olympic Games, but disqualified for going on the track in the Tokyo finals.
falling on the last lap (was out of contention at that point). After the race, it was difficult for him. “… for me
to come here, be really physically fit and suffer the way I did, not my 20 closest friends and family
has been supporting me for the past five years. That’s not what I’m capable of. I know I have to do better.”
2-time NCAA champion – long jump (Colorado/2011, 2013)
2013 NCAA Indoor Championships Champion-Mile
10-time US champion (2011, 2012, 2014-2019, 2021, 2022)
Broke his own American record in the 2017 WC final 9:02.58 (#18 All Time World). AR was hacked in 2018
by Courtney Frichs (9:00.85);
London WC Video: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/08/11/emma-coburn-steeplechase-world-championship-video/
Rio video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzxg7J_qcsw
Meeting with Al Michaels: https://twitter.com/emmajcoburn/status/765652606458920960?lang=en
Rio press conference: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uiBQVHXesSw
USATF Biography: http://www.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Emma-Coburn.aspx
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126782
Ankle: https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/emma-coburn-injury-olympics-steeplechase
T&F News Interview (2014)
https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/coburniv.pdf
Wiki Biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Coburn
All time list: http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w3000hok.htm
Twitter:: https://mobile.twitter.com/emmajcoburn
The Wedding (2017):
Breaux Greer 49 (1976) Bronze Medalist – 2007 World Championships (Javelin/2001-4th)
3-time USA Olympian-12th In 2000 and 2004, did not reach the final in 2008
After leading all qualifiers for the 2004 Athens Olympics with a throw of 286-3 (87.25), it is a sign that
would have won the gold medal, he was hampered by knee pain in the final and could only
managed a best of 243-11 (74.36).
Set current American record 299-6 (91.29) in 2007 at Indianapolis
Won a record 8 consecutive US titles from 2000-2007
All-American at Louisiana Monroe-NCAA. (1997-2nd, 1998-5th, 1999-4th)
Married to actress Kathy Mixon
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89130
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaux_Greer
T&F News Interview (2004).
https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Breaux_Greer.pdf
Quotable:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-06-21-1471151748_x.htm
AR: Videos::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZMhYsQijKk; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTER9ep-s_Q
New dad: https://people.com/parents/katy-mixon-breaux-greer-welcome-daughter-elektra-saint/
Charlie Simpkins 62 (1963) 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist – Triple Jump (1988-5th)
Set a world indoor record of 57-5 (17.50/#5 US All-Time) in Los Angeles in 1986
Set a post-NCAA collegiate record of 58-7 ¼ (17.86 at the 1985 World University Games
1986 US Champion; PB::58-7 ¼ (17.86/1985) #6-All-Time USA
All-American at Baptist College (NCAA: 1983-5th, 1984-3th)
All-time US list: https://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn-lists/
Converter: https://www.usatf.org/statistics/calculators/markConversions/index.html
Dead
Silvio Cator-Haiti 51 (1900-July 21, 1952) 1928 Olympic silver medalist in the long jump
Became the first long jumper to break the 26-foot barrier, leaping 26-1/4 (7.93) in 1928 in Colombes, France.
He remains the only athlete from Haiti to win an Olympic medal in T&F and still holds the national record for a long time.
Jump. He was also the captain of the Haitian national football team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Cator
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70976
