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This Day in Athletics/–November 12
1964— After a double gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics (800/1500), New Zealand’s Peter Snell ran a 2:16.6 1,000 meters in Auckland to break a 4-year-old world record of 2:16.7. filmed by Siegfried Valentine from East Germany in 1960.
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_metres_world_record_progression
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74357
1964
800m/1500m Olympic champion, photo by World Athletics
1977– Carleton’s Dale Kramer, a native of Minnesota, had no trouble handling Cleveland’s 4″ of snow and frigid temperatures as he won his 2nd straight NCAA Div.III X-Country title. The snowmobiler led the runners on the run to make sure they got the right they went in the same direction.
In 2002, Kramer was named the recipient of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, which honors former outstanding student-athletes who have distinguished themselves within 25 years of graduation.
https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/dale-kramer-named-ncaa-silver-award-recipient/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Silver_Anniversary_Awards_recipients
III History: https://sagehens.com/sports/2023/8/28/d3-cross-country-historians-report.aspx
1995– for 2th Mexico’s German Silva (2:10:00) and Kenya’s Tegla Lorupe (2:28:06) won the NY City Marathon for the consecutive year.
Silva, who famously won in 1994 despite taking a wrong turn near the end of the race, made no such mistake this time, pulling away from Great Britain’s Paul Evans (2:11:05) in the final 3 miles. He was inducted into the NYRR Hall of Fame in 2014.
After Lorupe crossed the finish line, the two winners congratulated each other in an emotional embrace as they both ran in memory of loved ones who had died. Silva’s father, Agapito, lost his battle with cancer in the summer, and Lorupe’s sister, Albina, died just 13 days ago of severe stomach bleeding. (From a NY Times article by Frank Litsch)
Runners had to contend with some of the coldest conditions in the race’s history, with the wind chill factor sometimes dropping below 20 degrees.
Other notable/American finishers
Men5. John Kagwe (Kenya/would win 1997 and 1998) 2:11:42…33. Maximo Olivares (American best!) 2:22:20
Women2.Manuela Machado (Portugal) 2:30:37…4.Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya/would win 2002) 2:33:51…8.Lidia Shimon (Romania) 2:37:39…14.Collen De Rijk (South Africa) 2:46:18…19. Regina Ronan (American best) 2:48:34
Results:: https://results.nyrr.org/event/951112/finishers/1654996
Top 25:: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Marathon_1995
New York Times: www.nytimes.com/1995/11/13/sports/new-york-city-marathon-same-time-next-year-silva-and-lorupe-triumph-again.html
Past winners of the New York City Marathon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Media Guide (2024)
Through the years.
2014 FAR: http://www.marathonguide.com/pressreleases/index.cfm?file=NewYorkRoadRunners_141020
2000— Kenya’s Paul Tergat (1:03:47), the defending men’s champion, and Britain’s Paula Radcliffe (1:09:07) won the World Half Marathon Championships in Veracruz, Mexico, in hot and humid conditions.
While Radcliffe had little trouble winning over Kenya’s Suzanne Chepkemei (1:09:40), Tergat waited until late in the race before taking control and pulling away from Tanzania’s Faustin Baha Sulle (1:03:48), Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar (1:03:03). 50), and Joseph Kimani from Kenya (1:03:52).
Tergat, who won silver in the 10,000 meters at the Sydney Olympics two months ago, became the first man to win two world half marathon titles.
Winning in Mexico was also very important for Tergat. “Kenyan athletics really started in Mexico in 1968 at the Olympics, so that makes this win especially important to me.”
Teams (3 points)Men-Kenya (3:11:38), Ethiopia (; Women-Romania (3:34:22), Japan (3:36:25)
Features:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhYSNub35Dc
Past champions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics_Road_Running_Championships
