This Day in Observe & Area–September 20
1879—Regardless of dropping a shoe that break up open throughout the race, Lon Myers, a constitution member of the Nationwide Corridor-of-Fame, set a pre-IAAF World Document of 49.2 for 400-meters on the NYAC Fall Video games, which had been held on the 352y Mott Haven monitor. He additionally set an American Document of 22-3/4 within the 220y.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Myers
1925—Sweden’s Gunnar Lindstrom threw the javelin 220-10 (67.31) in Oslo, greater than two ft previous his personal World Document, of 218-7 (66.62), however the mark was not ratified by the IAAF as a result of there was a following wind! WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_javelin_throw_world_record_progression
1942—Sweden’s Gunder Hägg turned the primary man to interrupt 14-minutes within the 5000-meters, working 13:58.2 in Gothenburg to take greater than 10 seconds off the earlier World Document of 14:08.8. He additionally received credit score for a brand new WR at 3-miles (13:32.4). This gave Hägg a clear sweep of the present WRs for each occasion from 1500-meters to 5000-meters. 1500-3:45.8 Mile-4:04.8 2000-5:16.4 3000-8:01.2 2-miles-8:47.8 3-miles-13:32.4 5000-13:58.2
WR Development(5000): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression
https://www.iaaf.org/information/information/a-tribute-to-the-career-of-gunder-hagg
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=235
1953—Russia’s Yuriy Lituyev, the silver medalist on the 1952 Olympics, gained the 400-Meter Hurdles in Budapest in 50.4, breaking the 19-year previous World Document of fifty.6, set by American Glenn “Slats” Hardin in 1934.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_400_metres_hurdles_world_record_progression
1969—Ukraine’s Anatoliy Bondarchuk set a World Document of 245-0 (74.68) within the Hammer Throw on the European Championships in Piraeus, Greece. He would enhance the file to 247-7 (75.48) the next month.
Czech Jaroslava Jehlicková gained the Ladies’s 1500-Meters in 4:10.7, breaking the earlier World Document of 4:12.4 that was set by Italy’s Paola Pigni earlier within the season.
Nice Britain gained the Ladies’s 4×400 in a photo-finish over France, with each groups getting credit score for a World Document of three:30.8.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_European_Athletics_Championships
1972—Belgium’s Emiel Puttemans ran 13:13.0 for 5000-meters in Brussels to interrupt the six-day previous World Document of 13:16.4, set by Finland’s Lasse Virén in Helsinki. He additionally set a WR en-route for 3-miles—12:47.8 WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres_world_record_progression http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=227
1972—Belgium’s Gaston Roelants set two World Data in a single race in Brussels: 57:44.4 for 20,000-Meters and 20,784-Meters for the 1-hour run. He held the earlier information of 58:06.2 and 20,664m, each set in 1966. One other WR was set inside the race, with Willy Polleunis, additionally from Belgium, working 46:04.2 for 10-Miles.
https://worldathletics.org/information/information/progression-of-world-athletics-records-on-sal
1981—American Herb Lindsay set a World Document of 61:47 for the ½-Marathon in Manchester, Vermont.
WR Development: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Half_marathon_world_record_progression
Profession Stats: https://extra.arrs.run/runner/8982
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Lindsay
1992—The World Junior Championships got here to an in depth in Seoul, South Korea, with two future stars every successful two occasions.
Shortly after competing within the first spherical of each sprints on the Olympics in Barcelona, 18-year previous Ato Boldon of Trinidad & Tobago was the winner of the Males’s 100 (10.30) and 200 (20.63).
Only a day after successful the 5000 (13:36.06), Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie completed first within the 10,000 (28:03.99). He set Meet Data in each occasions. 3rd within the 5000 was Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj (13:46.79). As he was being handed within the remaining 20-meters of the ten,000, Kenya’s Joseph Machuka punched Gebrselassie within the again (!) and was disqualified (See video).
Nice Britain’s Steve Smith tied the present World Junior Document together with his successful top within the Males’s Excessive Soar (7-9 ¾ [2.37]).
For Boldon, his double win was the turning level in his profession, explaining, “I’d had an terrible Olympics in Barcelona. Went in overconfident (at 18) however not but prepared for the large stage. After going out within the first spherical in each the 100 and 200 in Barcelona, I went house and skilled like my life trusted it. Changing into the primary to do the 100/200 double at World Juniors was the outcome, and confirmed for me that this was the game I belonged in”.
Boldon went on to win 7 particular person international medals, together with gold within the 200 on the 1997 World Championships.
Silver-2000 Olympics (100)
Bronze-1996 Olympics (100,200), 2000 Olympics (200), 1995 & 2001 World Championships (100)
Gebrselassie went on to turn into one of many best distance runners in historical past, successful 11 gold medals on the world
stage:
Olympics—10,000 (1996, 2000)
World Championships—10,000 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999); ½-Marathon (2001)
World Indoor Championships—3000(1997, 1999, 2003), 1500(1999)
Full outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics
Boldon: https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/ato-boldon-9066
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ato_Boldon
Gebrselassie: https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/haile-gebrselassie-8774
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie
Video(10k): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5C5z32ABww&pp=QAApercent3D
1998—Brazil’s Ronaldo da Costa set a World Document of two:06:05 on the Berlin Marathon. It was the primary of 9 WRs, together with the final 8, set on the quick course. The latest WR of two:01.09 was set in 2022 by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqraW1LcrXE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo_da_Costa
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/
2009—Tyson Homosexual gained the 100-meters in Shanghai in 9.69 to interrupt his personal month-old American Document of 9.71. Solely Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has ever run quicker (9.58, 9.63). Homosexual needed to overtake the fast-starting Asafa Powell, who wound up in 2nd place (9.85).
Carmelita Jeter gained the Ladies’s 100-meters in 10.64 to maneuver to #2 on the All-Time record, trailing solely Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.49, 10.61, 10.62). Jeter is now #4 on the All-Time record after Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran 10.54 and 10.60, respectively, in 2021.
Movies
Homosexual(no audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhsqVfOB9ig
Jeter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n4MV5II6Es
https://worldathletics.org/information/function/tyson-gay-dumps-fast-food-for-faster-times-