On October 3 Track and Field Day, Lon Myers runs 1:55.4, equals WR 800m (1885), Gong Li Zhao (China) wins second shot put title (2019), per Walt Murphy News & Results Services.

On this day at the race, October 3rd

1885— Future Hall of Famer Lon Myers ran 1:55.4 in New York to break his own world record in the 800 meters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Myers

1914— George Parker ran 21.2 (21-1/5) at Fresno, Calif., tying the 200-meter world record shared by fellow Americans Bernie Weffers, Ralph Craig, Don Lippincott and Howard Drew.

WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_metres_straight

1936– Archie San Romani, Sr. caused a major upset to win the Mile (4:09.0) at Princeton over Jack Lovelock and Glenn Cunningham, the last two world record holders in the event. The race was held during the Princeton-Williams football game. Earlier in the year, San Romani finished his collegiate career at Emporia State by winning his 2.^th NCAA title in the 1,500/mile (won the mile in 1935) and finished 4^th 1500 meters at the Los Angeles Olympics. Her son, Archie, Jr., was 2 years old^th in the NCAA 1500 in 1964 while at Oregon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_San_Romani

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78993

Sports Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1959/05/11/archie-san-romani-sr-and-jr

2019— Bahrain’s Salwa Aid Nasser, the surprise silver medalist Women’s 400 meters At the 2017 Worlds, produced another stunner in Doha, upsetting favorite Shauna Miller-Whebo of the Bahamas to win in 48.14, 3rd.^th– fastest time in history (fastest in 34 years). Miller-Whibaugh finished 2nd^th with a personal best of 48.37, placing him 6th^th– fastest woman ever in the event (at the time). Sherica Jackson of Jamaica won the bronze medal (49.47/PB). Completion 4^th and 5^th were Americans Wadlin Jonathans (49.60) and defending champion Phyllis Francis (49.61/PB).

(Aid Nasser missed the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Championships after being banned for two years for a “location” violation. He returned to competition in 2023 and won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics.)

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/07/01/salwa-eid-naser-doping-ban-400-meters/

China’s Gong Lijiao beat him by 2^th outright world title Women’s shooting 64-1 ¾ (19.55) but got a scare from Jamaica’s Danielle Thomas-Dodd, who came close to an upset with her final throw of 63-10 ½ (19.47). The bronze medal was won by Christina Schwanitz (62-10 ¾ (19.17)), the 2015 world champion, representing Germany. Americans Maggie Ewen (62-1 ¼ (18.93)), Chase Ealy (61-9 (18.82)) and Michelle Carter (60-4 ¾ (18.41)) finished 4-7-9.

Germany’s Niklas Kaul won Decathlon with a personal best score of 8691 points. Estonia’s Maisel Wibo (8604/PB), a two-time NCAA champion at Georgia, matched his wife Shauna Miller’s silver medal in the 400m, while Canada’s Damian Warner (8529) took bronze.

Kaul was at 11^th place after six events, moved to 9th^th After discussion, 6:00 p.m^th after the pole vault and then made a big jump to 3^th 259-4 (79.05) in the javelin. He finished 1^St 1500m with a time of 4:15.70 that pushed him to 1^St place

At the age of 21, Kaul became the youngest decathlon world champion, and he is only the 2nd.^th a man to win the world youth (under 18), junior (under 20) and senior world titles. The first to achieve the trifecta was France’s Kevin Maier, the world record holder and defending world champion, who retired after failing to clear the Pole Vault runway. “This is a sport,” said the Olympic silver medalist. “Yesterday I had an injury to my right knee, but today I was still able to do hurdles and discus. It was very difficult. But then my left hamstring hurt and I had to stop.”

Great Britain’s Katharina Johnson-Thompson set a British record of 6,981 points (#7 all-time) to win. Heptathlon 300 points more than defending champion Nafi Thiami of Belgium (6677). Austria’s Verena Priner (6560) won the bronze medal, while Americans Erica Boogaard (6470) and Kendall Williams (6415) finished in fourth place.^th and 5^th.

KJT’s victory made up for past disappointments in the World Cup. In 2015, he had 3 fouls in the long jump and finished 5th.^th in London in 2017

Medal Winners/Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships

World athletics

Day 7 Summary: https://worldathletics.org/news/report/naser-kaul-johnson-thompson-day-7-world-champ

Videos:: WSP: Features: W400: DEC (day 2) Underline HEP: Day 1: Day 2:

Ashton Eaton and Brian Theisen analyze the manifolds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmj1CpaQpcQ

Silver medals for Uibos: https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/world-championships-doha-2019-maicel-shaunae

T&F News coverage (for subscribers) WSP: W400: DEC HPP