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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 at 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): (Currently unavailable); Larabee (2003): (Currently unavailable)
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.
With help from Mexico City High, Toomey had a great first day (10-18), running 10.4 in the 100, clearing the long jump 25-10 (7.87) and finishing with a 45.6 clocking in the 400 in a grueling race. rain 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.
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 (currently not available); USOPM biography: https://usopm.org/bill-toomey/
Manning: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/madeline-manning-mims
Attachments area
Preview the YouTube video from 1964. Olympic, 400 meters, Tokyo, Japan
1964 Olympics, 400 meters, Tokyo, Japan
