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By Walt Murphy News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission
This day in athletics – September 27
1922— Sweden’s Sven Lundgren set a 1,000-meter world record of 2:28.6 on the 385-meter track in Stockholm.
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_metres_world_record_progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Lundgren
1925— Finland’s Jonni Myyrä, who won his 2th Back-to-back Olympic gold medal in Javelin in 1924, threw a personal best 224-11 (68.55) in Richmond, California. Because the match was not sanctioned by the AAU, the mark was not recognized as a world record.
His Olympic success made Myyrä a hero in his native Finland, but he later emigrated to the US and it was revealed that he had been involved in some questionable decisions as a bank manager, which had a detrimental effect on local businesses and individuals.
A recognized world record was set today in Turku, Finland, as Norway’s Charles Hoff broke his own 6-week pole vault mark of 13-10 ½ (4.23) 13-11 ¼ (4.25) 13-11 ¼ (4.25). It was 4 o’clockth His career world record. An all-around athlete, Hoff competed in the 400 and 800 at the 1924 Olympics.
WR progress (PV): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
Vole: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67712
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonni_Myyrä
Hoff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoff
1955— The Soviet Union’s Albert Ivanov ran 1:17:34.0 for 25,000 meters in Moscow, beating the previous world record of 1:19:11.8 set by Czech Emil Zatopek in 1952. A month later, Zatopek regained the record by running. 1:16:36.4.
1958— The English team of Mike Blagrove (4:05.4), Peter Clarke (4:06.6), Derek Ibbotson (4:08.6) and Brian Hewson (4:10.0) set a world record 16:30.6 for the 4 miles. Transfer at White City Stadium in London.
Hewson, one of the first men to run a 3:59.8 mile in 4 minutes in 1955, died in 2022 at the age of 89.
1980— The new Jumbo Elliott Track at Villanova is dedicated during the Wildcats’ football game with Boston College. Gold medalists Ron Delaney, Charlie Jenkins, Paul Drayton and Don Bragg were among the many Olympians competing for the legendary coach.
1988– This was supposed to be a rest day at the Seoul Olympics. It’s a chance for fans to reflect on the first five days of competition, which saw Jackie Joyner-Kersey’s fourth (and final) world record in the heptathlon (7,291), repeat Olympic victories for Carl Lewis and Roger Kingdom in the long jump and 110 hurdles. respectively, Flo-Jo’s victory in the women’s 100 and the excellent men’s 100, which saw Canada’s Ben Johnson beat Lewis in a new world record of 9.79.
And a day off would give those of us working on the NBC production crew a chance to catch an extra hour or two of sleep and maybe take care of some laundry.
But that all changed early in the morning when news broke that Johnson had failed his drug test and would be disqualified. I got a call around 6 o’clock from Pete Kavanagh, who was working with NBC as an Olympic researcher. Anchors Charlie Jones, Frank Shorter and Dwight Stones were going to discuss breaking news with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley, who were serving as NBC anchors, and producer John Gonzalez told me to go with them to provide any background information if needed. arose. With a press conference scheduled to take place at the Seoul Hilton where we were staying, I asked fellow researcher Ed Gordon to follow up on any further developments.
When we got to the NBC set, Gumbel, realizing the seriousness of the situation, calmed everyone down by saying, “Okay boys and girls, let’s have some fun with this.” The segment went about as expected, but there was no entertainment for those of us deeply involved in the sport.
This would become our “Day of Infamy”, a day when the public’s perception of our sport was changed forever. Up until this point, most people viewed T&F as a purely amateur sport where athletes did all the right things while chasing their Olympic dreams. Johnson’s subsequent trial and guilty plea meant things would never be the same again.
Sports Illustrated Vault:
Coach comes clean: https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/03/13/a-dirty-coach-comes-clean
2000— Coming off a terrible streak, Angelo Taylor still managed to win Men’s 400 meter hurdles At the Sydney Olympics, setting a personal best of 47.50. He needed an Olympic arm to beat Saudi Arabia’s Hadi Suaan Somaili, who ran 47.53. South Africa’s Llewelyn Herbert (47.81) beat American James Carter (48.04) for the bronze medal.
Taylor, who would win his 2th gold medal eight years later in Beijing, following in the footsteps of Ugandan John Aki-Bua, who also won the first zone 400 hurdles at the 1972 Munich Games.
While Taylor was already a household name in the event, Irina Privalova of Russia, one of the world’s top sprinters during the 1990s, was not. Among novice women 400-hurdlePrivalova won the gold medal in a personal best time of 53.02 to beat defending champion Deon Hemmings of Jamaica (53.45). 3:th It was Morocco’s Neja Bidouane (53.57) who would beat her by 2th The title of world champion next year.
After a surprisingly slow first 400 (53.43), all 8 finals Men’s 800 meters were in contention at the end of the last leg. Italy’s Andrea Longo took the lead at the turn but collected Switzerland’s Andre Bucher, forcing him to make several moves up the field. Longo was still ahead halfway home but faded to sixth and was later disqualified for his earlier offense against Bucher. Meanwhile, Germany’s Nils Schumann (1:45.08) took the lead and was able to hold off a late rush by world record holder Wilson Kipketer (1:45.14) of Denmark. Algerian Jabir Said-Gerni (1:45.18) won the bronze medal.
Winning gold and bronze medals Women’s discus Ellina Zvereva (224-5 (68.40)) and Irina Yatchenko representing Belarus
(213-11 (65.20)), and Greece’s Anastasia Kelesidou (215-7 (65.71)) won the silver medal.
Kazakhstan’s Olga Shishigina (12.65) beat Nigeria’s Glory Alozie (12.68) to win the event. Women’s 100 meter hurdleswith bronze medalist Melissa Morrison of the United States (12.76).
Gayle Devers, a two-time gold medalist in the 100 meters (1992, 1996), continued to have tough luck in the Olympic hurdles as she pulled up with a hamstring in the semi-final race. In the final of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​Devers cleared the last hurdle.
Sergey Bubka’s Olympic problems also continued, as the 6-time world champion did not make it through the qualifying round without a height. Men’s pole vault. After winning gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he missed the final in Barcelona in 1992, and an injury kept him out of the 1996 Atlanta Games.
http://tinyurl.com/NYT-AngeloTaylor2000
Results:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics
Videos:: M400h: W400h M800: W100h
2019– The World Championship has started in Doha, the capital of Qatar Women’s marathon from midnight to avoid the sweltering heat (ends 28th), but it was still 90 degrees (32c) with 72% humidity when the race started. Survival of the fittest saw Ruth Chepngetic of Kenya emerge victorious in 2:32:43, the slowest win in World Championship (and Olympic) history. 2:th Bahrain’s (and Kenya’s) reigning champion was Rose Chelimo (2:33:46), while Helalia Yohannes (2:34:15) took bronze, the first for a Namibian woman at the world championships.
41 years old Roberta Groner (2:38:44), mother of 3 boys and full-time nursing supervisor, coached by Steve Magnes, was the top American, collecting $6,000 in prize money for placing 6th.th!
Of the original 68 starters, only 40 were able to finish the race.
Medal Winners/Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships
Video (Full Race): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZRE8_VEODk
T&F News Coverage (for subscribers)
Marathon: https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/world-champs-womens-marathon-hot-from-the-get-go/
