This Day in Monitor & Discipline Historical past, September 10, Sandor Iharos runs 13:50.8 for WR at 5,000m (1955), written by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Monitor & Discipline–September 10

1911—Eric Lemming, the 1908 Olympic Champion within the Javelin, celebrated the primary anniversary of his twelfth (Pre-IAAF) World File of 185-8 (56.60) by enhancing it to 191-2 (58.27) in Lidköping, Sweden. Lemming would win his 2nd Olympic gold medal in 1912. (He additionally gained the gold medal within the “freestyle” javelin in 1908).

1912 Video (free signup required): http://www.olympic.org/eric-lemming

1955—Hungary’s Sándor Iharos ran 13:50.8 for 5000-meters in Budapest to interrupt Vladimir Kuts’s year-old World File of 13:51.2.

Kuts would regain the file 8 days later, operating 13:46.8 in Belgrade, solely to have Iharos enhance the file the next month by a whopping 6.2 seconds along with his clocking of 13:40.6 again in Budapest.

Nice Britain’s Gordon Pirie would break Iharos’s mark when he ran 13:36.8 in 1956, whereas Kuts would get the file again a remaining time by operating 13:35.0 in 1957. He would maintain on to the file for greater than 7 years till Australia’s Ron Clarke ran 13:34.8 early in 1965.

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression

1960–Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila, operating barefoot, closed out the T&F portion of the Rome Olympics by successful the Marathon within the World File time of two:15:16.2. Ending in dramatic style at evening, underneath the Arch of Constantine, Bikila turned the primary East African to win an Olympic gold medal. He would win his 2nd Olympic marathon 4 years later in Tokyo. Successful silver and bronze in Rome have been Morocco’s Rhadi ben Abdesselem (2:15:41.6), and New Zealand’s Barry Magee (2:17:18.2). Johnny (“The Youthful”) Kelley (2:24:58) was the highest American finisher in nineteenth place.

Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_–_Menpercent27s_marathon

Olympedia Reviews: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/15/sports activities/ATH

Movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_zRr9KOFWE

Rome/Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Nygi01VqI

IAAF Corridor of Fame: https://worldathletics.org/information/information/hall-of-fame-profile-abebe-bikila-ethiopia

Images: http://tinyurl.com/jmte7

SI Vault–Nationwide Hero(1965):

https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/04/12/the-number-two-lion-in-the-land-of-sheba

1966—Averaging higher than 60-seconds per lap, Germany’s Harald Norpoth turned the primary man to interrupt 5-minutes for 2000-meters, operating 4:57.8 in Hagen, Germany. Norpoth gained the silver medal within the 5000-meters on the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

WIki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Norpoth

http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=202

1968—The U.S. Olympic Trials (males) continued at Echo Summit with finals within the 100-meters and the Shot Put.

Jim Hines (10.11) beat arch-rival Charlie Greene (10.15) to win the dash, with Mel Pender (10.20) edging Ronnie Ray Smith (10.22) and Clyde Glosson (10.23) to make his 2nd U.S. Olympic crew. Hines and Greene would win gold and bronze on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics.

It was a transparent high three within the shot, with George Woods (68-1/4 [20.73]), Dave Maggard (67-4 ¼ [20.53]), each setting PBs, and Randy Matson (67-1 ¼ [20.45]) securing Olympic births. Matson and Woods would win gold and silver in Mexico Metropolis.

Bob Burns captured the spirit of the Trials on this article:

http://www.pausatf.org/knowledge/2013/tfechosummit.html

And in his e-book:

The Monitor within the Forest:

https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/track-in-the-forest–the-products-9780897339377.php

Historical past of the Trials

US Olympic Trials History

Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1968/09/23/triumph-and-tragedy-at-tahoe

1972—American Frank Shorter (2:12:19.8) battled scorching and humid situations to win the Olympic Marathon on the ultimate day of competitors in Munich, town wherein he was born. He turned the first American winner of the occasion since Johnny Hayes gained in 1908. Ending 2nd and Third have been Belgium’s Karel Lismont(2:14:31.8) and 38-year outdated Ethiopian Mamo Wolde(2:15:08.4), the defending champion. The Yale grad’s win is credited with creating the operating growth within the U.S.

Watching the end of the race on the infield was the good Abebe Bikila, the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Champion. Confined to a wheelchair, Bikila was paralyzed from the waist down in an auto accident shortly after the 1964 Olympics.

In a current e mail, Shorter associated the next concerning the terrorist assault that had disrupted the Video games: “Whereas strolling again to the athletes’ village from the memorial service on the stadium, I stated to Kenny (Moore), ‘ , the one place the terrorists may do something extra could be out on the Marathon course, however I’m not going to consider it as a result of if I do they win. I ran the whole race and by no means considered it’”.

Moore, who completed 4th within the race, recalled the evening of the assault on the Israeli crew in this text he wrote for Sports activities Illustrated.

“There have been shootings within the evening”:

“I bear in mind weeping for my very own occasion, the marathon, for years of preparation that appeared wasted, and for the violated sanctuary of the Video games. It really didn’t hit me till then, in my twenty ninth 12 months, that the Olympics weren’t by some means immune to each risk to which the bigger world was topic.”

“I used to be not alone. Steve Prefontaine, the 5,000-meter runner, raged on the terrorists’ blindness, at what, to him, was their sheer, malignant nerve. These are our Video games,’ he cried. ‘Anybody who would homicide us for some demented trigger simply proves himself incapable of understanding what we do’.” Moore would turn into probably the greatest writers to ever cowl observe and area for Sports activities Illustrated.

Finland’s Lasse Virén accomplished his distance double by successful the 5000-meters in 13:26.42 (Olympic File), per week after taking the title within the 10,000. Tunisia’s Mohammed Gammoudi, the defending champion, completed 2nd in 13:27.33. Steve Prefontaine (13:28.25), going for the win, fought Virén and Gammoudi gallantly on the ultimate lap earlier than fading to 4th down the homestretch. Pre missed out on the bronze medal when he was handed within the remaining strides by Nice Britain’s Ian Stewart (13:27.61).

One other Finn, Pekka Vasala (3:36.3), upset defending champion Kip Keino (3:36.8) to win the Males’s 1500-meters. New Zealand’s Rod Dixon (3:37.46) completed Third, and Kenya’s Mike Boit (3:38.41) was 4th.

Estonia’s Jüri Tarmak gained the Males’s Excessive Leap at 7-3 ¾ (2.23), with East Germany’s Stefan Junge (7-3[2.21]) successful the silver medal. 18-year outdated Dwight Stones, competing within the first of his three Olympics, gained the bronze medal along with his Third-jump clearance of 7-3 (2.21). He would win a 2nd bronze medal in 1976.

Tarmak and Stones present half of the reply to a preferred trivia query—“Are you able to title the high-jumpers who may bounce off their final title?”—are you able to title the opposite two (or extra)?” (Reply beneath)

Eddie Hart, denied a chance to win a medal within the 100-meters after lacking his 2nd-round race, took full benefit of a 2nd probability by anchoring the U.S. to victory within the Males’s 4×100 in 38.2 (out of lane 1!) to equal the World File that was set by one other U.S. crew within the altitude of Mexico Metropolis in 1968. (The crew’s auto-time of 38.19 was the primary of its type acknowledged by the IAAF in 1977). Previous Hart have been Larry Black and Robert Taylor, the silver medalists within the 200 and 100, respectively, and Gerald Tinker (Black’s cousin). Hart had sufficient of a result in simply maintain off the late cost by double dash champion Valeriy Borzov, who introduced the Soviet crew dwelling in 2nd place (38.50), forward of West Germany (38.79).

With Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett banned due to their actions on the victory stand after their 1-2 end within the 400, and John Smith nonetheless sidelined by a hamstring harm, the U.S. was unable to area a crew in the day before today’s heats of the Males’s 4×400.

Winner of the ultimate was Kenya (sure, Kenya!) with a time of two:59.83, adopted by Nice Britain (3:00.46) and France (3:00.65). Kenya’s lineup was Charles Asati (45.3), Munyoro Nyamau (45.3), Robert Ouko (45.5), and Julius Sang, whose come-from-behind 43.6 anchor introduced his crew dwelling in 1st place. Ouko and Sang (and American Larry Black), ran on the North Carolina Central crew that set a Collegiate File of three:03.1 on the Penn Relays in April!)

East Germany gained the primary Olympic 4×400 for girls and set a World File of three:22.95 (Dagmar Käsling 52.2, Rita Kühne 50.0, Helga Seidler 50.5, Monika Zehrt 50.3). The U.S., with a lineup of Mable Ferguson (51.8), Madeline Manning (51.9), Cheryl Toussaint (51.3), and Kathy Hammond, who had the quickest anchor leg (50.2), gained the silver medals and set an American File of three:25.15. Third in 3:26.51 was West Germany.

West Germany gained the Ladies’s 4×100 and tied the hand-timed World File of 42.8 (auto-42.81). The U.S. (43.39) completed 4th behind East Germany (42.95) and Cuba (43.36).

Medalists within the Ladies’s Discus have been the Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Faina Melnik (218-7 [66.62]), Romania’s Argentina Menis (213-5 [65.06]), and Bulgaria’s Vasilka Stoeva (211-1 [64.34]).

Reply to the above HJ trivia query: Along with Stones and Tarmak, others who may bounce off their final title have been Tom Woods and Benn Fields!

Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics

Olympedia Reviews: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/18/sports activities/ATH

Again to Munich(Shorter/2012)

Movies: 5000(final 3-1/2 laps) Marathon(no audio) Marathon #2 1500(non-English) M4x100(anchor) W4x100(anchor)

1978—Cal-State Northridge’s Julie Brown, taking a break from her coaching for the upcoming cross-country season, set an American File of two:36.24 on the Nike Oregon Marathon in Eugene

https://www.letsrun.com/discussion board/flat_read.php?thread=5511751

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

1986—Morocco’s Stated Aouita (5000) and Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova (100-Meter Hurdles) have been the General winners on the 2nd Mobil Grand Prix in Rome. Every gained $35,000, $25,000 for the general title, $10,000 for successful their respective occasions in Rome.

Successful $25,000 (15/10) as total runnersup have been American Andre Phillips (400h) and Romania’s Maricica Puică (1500), and Third-placers Steve Scott (Mile) and Bulgaria’s Tsevtanka Khristova (Discus) gained $20,000 (10/10).

Scott ran 3:50.28 to win the mile over Spain’s José Abascal (3:50.54), New Zealand’s John Walker (3:50.93), Eire’s Frank O’Mara (3:51.06), Spain’s José Luis González (3:51.20), American Jim Spivey (3:52.72), and Nice Britain’s Mark Rowland (3:52.99).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_IAAF_Grand_Prix_Final

2000—France’s Marie Collonvillé gained the seldom-contested Ladies’s Decathlon in Lage, Germany with a rating of 7731 factors. 2nd was Tiffany Lott-Hogan, who set an American File of 7577 factors (since damaged).

2017—Fifth Avenue Mile—Jenny Simpson gained the ladies’s race for the Fifth straight 12 months (and sixth time total), operating 4:16.6 to tie PattiSue Plumer’s occasion file, and Nick Willis (3:51.3) gained his 4th Males’s title.

https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2017/09/2017-fifth-avenue-mile

Outcomes: https://www.flotrack.org/outcomes/5986610-2017-new-balance-Fifth-avenue-mile/1104

https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=324&do=information&news_id=489400

Put up-Race Movies: https://www.flotrack.org/occasions/5966756-2017-new-balance-Fifth-avenue-mile

2023—It was a sweep for Scotland in moist and slick situations on the New Steadiness Fifth Avenue Mile.

Jemma Reekie (4:19.4) fought off Eire’s Sarah Healy (4:20.0) to win the Ladies’s race for the 2nd 12 months in a row, whereas Josh Kerr, the newly-crowned World Champion at 1500-meters, gained the Males’s race in 3:47.9, the 4th-fastest time within the historical past of the occasion, which started in 1981.

https://www.runnersworld.com/information/a45087293/2023-Fifth-avenue-mile-results/

Movies: Males Ladies

Media Information (2023): https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/occasions/2023/2023-new-balance-Fifth-avenue-mile

Previous Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue_Mile

Full Outcomes:

Males: 1. Josh Kerr (GB) 3:47.9; 2. George Mills (GB) 3:49.9; 3. Geordie Beamish (NZ) 3:50.0; 4. Vincent Ciattei (US) 3:50.3; 5. Azeddine Habz (Fra) 3:50.5; 6. Sam Prakel (US) 3:50.5; 7. Johnny Gregorek (US) 3:51.2; 8. Kasey Knevelbaard (US) 3:52.0; 9. Cooper Teare (US) 3:52.2; 10. Henry Wynne (US) 3:52.5; 11. Amon Kemboi (Ken) 3:53.4; 12. Thomas Ratcliffe (US) 3:54.0; 13. Morgan Beadlescomb (US) 3:54.5; 14. Woody Kincaid (US) 3:55.2; 15. Eric Holt (US) 3:55.3; 16. James West (GB) 3:58.0; 17. Olin Hacker (US) 3:58.6; 18. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot (Can) 3:59.6; 19. Erik Sowinski (US) 4:01.9.

Ladies: 1. Jemma Reekie (GB) 4:19.4; 2. Sarah Healy (Ire) 4:20.0; 3. Melissa Courtney-Bryant (GB) 4:20.6; 4. Nikki Hiltz (US) 4:20.7; 5. Adelle Tracey (Jam) 4:21.3; 6. Jessica Hull (Aus) 4:21.6; 7. Elle St. Pierre (US) 4:23.3; 8. Nozomi Tanaka (Jpn) 4:23.4; 9. Katie Snowden (GB) 4:23.8; 10. Laura Galván (Mex) 4:23.9; 11. Dani Jones (US) 4:24.7; 12. Carina Viljoen (SA) 4:27.7; 13. Kaela Edwards (US) 4:29.7; 14. Helen Schlachtenhaufen (US) 4:30.4; 15. Susan Ejore (Ken) 4:30.6;

Emily MacKay (US) 4:31.8; 17. Gaia Sabbatini (Ita) 4:32.3; 18. Vera Hoffmann (Lux) 4:34.0; 19. Regan Yee (Can) 4:35.5; 20. Courtney Frerichs (US) 4:38.2h.

Born On This Day*

Queen Harrison-Claye 37 (1988)—Received three NCAA hurdles titles in 2010: Indoors-60m, Outdoor-100m, 400m (Virginia

Tech)…coached by Charles Foster in faculty

2008 U.S. Olympian-400m Hurdles

2015 Pan-American Video games Champion—100m-hurdles

Fifth within the 100m-hurdles on the 2013 World Championship

Semi-finalist within the 400-hurdles on the 2008 Olympics and 2011 World Championships

Fifth within the 100-hurdles on the 2019 U.S. Championships

Winner of the Bowerman award in 2010, offered to the excellent U.S. collegian

Married to Lengthy/Triple Jumper Will Claye. After successful his 2nd Olympic silver medal within the Triple Leap on the 2016

Olympics, he proposed to her within the stands in Rio,

Father gave his kids particular names and informed them ‘you deserve this title, no matter what path you select