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This day is athletics – October 27
1860— Sayah Albison of Great Britain, a professional runner, set a pre-IAAF world record of 4:22-1/4 mile at the Copenhagen Grounds in Manchester, England, followed by fellow Briton William in 4:22-2/5 Lang, who took the record from Albison in 1863 when he ran 4:21-3/4 at the same venue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siah_Albison
1931— Chuhei Nambu of Japan set a world record in the long jump of 26-2 (7.98) in Tokyo, a record that stood until Jesse Owens jumped 26-8 (8.13) at the 1935 Big-10 Championships.
A world record was also set in the triple jump by 1928 Olympic gold medalist Mikio Oda (51-1 ½ (15.58)).
Nambu broke Oda’s world record when he jumped 51-7 (15.72), while winning the gold medal at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, three days after finishing a disappointing 3.th long jump He is still the only person to hold the WR in both horizontal jumpsth in the 4×100 in Los Angeles).
https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chuhei-nambu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūhei_Nambu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikio_Oda
WR advances
LJ:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_long_jump_world_record_progression
TJ:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump_world_record_progression
1956— Lemon King ran 10.1 at the pre-Olympic meet in Santa Ana, Calif., tying the world record she already shared with fellow Americans Ira Murchison and Willie Williams. King was followed by Tane Baker (10.2). , Murchison (10.4) and Bobby Morrow (10.4), who won gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4×100 events at the Melbourne Olympics.
Baker won the 200 in 20.6, equaling the World and American records, but the mark was never validated by the IAAF or the AAU (for reasons unknown).
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_100_metres_world_record_progression
1965— Ron Clarke of Australia set a world record of 59:22.8 for the 20,000 meters in Geelong, Australia, followed by a second record of 20,332 meters for the full hour.
A look at past record holders (up to 2020):
https://www.worldathletics.org/news/feature/one-hour-run-world-record-history
1974– France’s Chantal Langlacé set a marathon world record of 2:46:24 in Neuf-Brisach, France.The record would only last 5 weeks until American Jackie Hansen ran 2:43:54.5 in Culver City on December 1st after surpassing the times, Langlase regained it by running in Spain on 1 May 2:35:15.4 in 1977.
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Langlacé
1985– Italy’s Orlando Pizzolatto (2:11:34) became a double winner in the New York City Marathon, while Norway’s Grete Weitz (2:28:34) won the women’s title for the 7th time.th time!
for 2th For the consecutive year, New York native Pat Petersen, who wrestled collegiately for Manhattan College, was named the top American, placing 3rd.th At 2:12:59 (he was 4 years oldth 1984) 4-time winner Bill Rogers (1976-1979) finished 7thth (2:15:33).
1983 winner Rod Dixon wore a “helmet camera” as part of ABC’s coverage of the race.
Other notable graduates:
Men2. Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 2:12:29… 7. Bill Rogers 2:15:33… 9. Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 2:15:55 (would win in 1987)… 23. Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 2:20:41
Women2.Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 2:29:48, 3.Laura Fogli (Italy) 2:31:36, 4.Lauren Moller (New Zealand) 2:34:55, 5.Priscilla Welch (England) 2:35 :30 …8. Julie Brown 2:37:53
ABC (2+ hours / nice course description by Marty Liquori): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFX8ZGyJ1k
https://results.nyrr.org/event/851027/overview
https://results.nyrr.org/event/851027/finishers
Top 25:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_New_York_City_Marathon
Past winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/28/sports/pizzolato-wins-again-in-marathon.html
