This Day in Observe & Discipline-July 29, “Tarzan” takes silver in shot put (1928) , Curt Stone units AR at 10,000m (1949), Wilma Rudolph wins 100m at USA vs. Poland (1961), by Walt Murphy Information and Outcomes Companies

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This Day in Observe & Discipline–July  29

1928–John Kuck gained the gold medal within the Shot Put on the Amsterdam Olympics with a World Report toss of 52-3/4 (15.87).  Ending 2^nd (51-8 [15.87) was Herman Brix, who later became better known as actor Bruce Bennett (Tarzan).  Winning the bronze medal was Germany’s Emil Hirschfeld (51-7 [15.72]).

        Passing Finnish teammate Ville “Willie” Ritola (30:19.4) within the homestretch, Paavo Nurmi (30:18.8/OR) gained the ten,000 meters to regain the title he first gained in 1920. 3^rd was Sweden’s Edvin Extensive (31:00.8).

        Bob King (6-4  ¼ [1.94]) and Ben Hedges (6-3  ¼ [1.91]) gave the U.S. a 1-2 end in a five-hour marathon Excessive Soar. France’s Claude Ménard (6-3  ¼ [1.91]) completed thi^rd.

Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics

Olympia Studies: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/9/sports activities/ATH

Brix Obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/obituaries/02brix.html

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78150

Kuck: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78669

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_shot_put_world_record_progression

1949—Curt Stone, 6^th within the 5000 on the 1948 Olympics, set an American Report of 30:38.4 for 10,000 meters in Oslo. Stone was a 3-time U.S. Olympian at 5000 meters (’48-‘52’;56). He additionally competed within the 10,000 on the 1952 Olympics.

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

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79099

 

1961—With an ailing Dyrol Burleson on the sidelines, Jim Beatty gained the 1500-meters on the primary day of the USA-Poland twin meet in Warsaw and tied Burly’s American Report of three:40.9.

         Wilma Rudolph, a 3-time Olympic gold medalist the earlier yr in Rome, gained the Girls’s 100 in 11.5 and helped the U.S. win the 4×100 in 45.0.

http://tinyurl.com/1961US-Poland

Corridor of Fame Bios

Beatty(1990): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/jim-beatty

Rudolph(1974-Constitution Member): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/wilma-rudolph

 

1976–Winner of the 800 4 days earlier, Cuba’s Alberto Juantorena accomplished his historic Olympic double in Montreal by profitable the Males’s 400 meters in 44.26. Juantorena, generally known as El Caballo (The Horse), remains to be the one man to win each occasions on the Olympics. (American Paul Pilgrim gained the 400-800 double on the unofficial Video games in 1906). Juantorena has stayed lively within the sport as a World Athletics (IAAF) Council member.

He needed to chase down American Fred Newhouse (44.40) within the homestretch, pulling forward for good with 20 meters to go. One other American, Herman Frazier (44.95), gained the bronze medal. Juantorena and Newhouse first met on the observe monitor in Montreal earlier than the Video games started. “He came visiting, we began speaking, and we’ve been mates ever since,” Newhouse stated.

Poland’s Irina Szewińska, competing in her 4th Olympics, pulled away from the sector down the homestretch to win the girls’s 400-meters and ran 49.29 to smash her personal month-old World Report of 49.75; it was a good battle for the opposite medals, with East Germany’s Christine Brehmer (50.51) edging teammate Ellen Streidt (50.55) for 2nd, with Finland’s Pirjo Häggman (50.56) falling simply quick in 4th. Individuals Rosalyn Bryant (50.65) and Sheila Ingram (50.90) continued to run nicely, ending fifth and sixth. Bryant virtually matched the American Report 50.62 that she set in her semi-final, whereas Ingram equaled the H.S. Report she set in her semi-final.

For Szewińska, the gold she gained right here gave her a complete of seven Olympic medals—she gained a gold (4×100) and a pair of silvers (200, lengthy soar) in 1964, a gold (200) and bronze (100) in 1968, and a bronze (200) in 1972.

Arnie Robinson (27-4  ¾ [8.35]} and defending champion Randy Williams (26-7  ¼ [8.11]) gave the U.S. a 1-2 sweep within the Males’s Lengthy Soar. East Germany’s Frank Wartenberg 26-3  ¾ ([8.02]) gained the bronze medal. A potential U.S. sweep went out the window when Larry Myricks broke a bone in his foot whereas warming up for the ultimate!

It was an Jap Bloc sweep within the 100-meter hurdles, with East Germany’s Johanna Schaller (12.77) rising because the winner in a blanket end over the Soviet duo of Tatyana Anisimova (12.78) and Natalya Lebedyeva (12.80). East Germany’s Gudrun Berend (12.82) was a detailed 4^th.

Winner of the Girls’s Discus was East Germany’s Evelyn Schlaak (226-4 [69.00-OR]), adopted by Bulgaria’s Mariya Vergova (220-9 [67.30]) and East Germany’s Gabriele Hinzmann (219-3 [66.84]).

The Soviet Union’s defending champion, Faina Melnik, was the prohibitive favourite within the Girls’s Discus after setting the 11^th World Report of her profession (231-3 [70.50]) in April, however she wound up solely 5^th. She would possibly salvage a silver medal after throwing 225-1 (68.60) within the 5^th spherical. Nonetheless, officers later disallowed the mark, ruling that she both stepped in entrance of the ring earlier than she threw or interrupted her throw twice (conflicting stories).

Jan Merrill completed 5^th in her semi-final of the Girls’s 1500 meters however ran 4:02.61 to advance to the ultimate as a “time-qualifier.” Her time smashed the American Report of 4:07.21, which had been set by Francie Larrieu in the day prior to this’s heats!

Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics

Olympia Studies: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/19/sports activities/ATH

Video(Junatorena-both races): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY0JOwJO5Ek

W400: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spmHgqMvW-w

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls’s_400_metres_world_record_progression

 

1978—Whereas going by means of a few of my previous applications, I got here throughout one for the 4^th Annual Boston Relay Carnival held at Boston College’s Nickerson Discipline. I discovered some attention-grabbing outcomes that I had recorded.

Sydney Maree (13:50.2), about to begin his sophomore yr at Villanova, gained the 5000-meters over native hero Alberto Salazar (14:00.4), who was per week shy of his 20^th birthday. He was again house in Massachusetts earlier than beginning his junior yr at Oregon.

Charlotte Lettis (4:46.9) gained the Girls’s Mile over Liberty A.C. teammate Joan Benoit (4:50.7), who had not but grow to be a family identify, and Patty Lyons (4:51.0).

Thomas McLean, the 1976 NCAA Champion from Bucknell, gained the 800-meters in 1:49.3, and Byron Dyce, the two-time NCAA 2-lap Champ from NYU (1968, 1969), gained the mile in a modest 4:11.7.

The Philadelphia Pioneers, with a lineup of Charlie Wells, Herman Frazier, Invoice Collins, and Steve Riddick, gained a sizzling 4×200 over D.C. Worldwide, 1:21.6-1:21.7. The identical lineup gained the 4×100 in 39.82. Anchoring the New Jersey Flyers (41.15) in a “” B” part was 19-year-old Maryland soph-to-be Renaldo Nehemiah, who had completed 2^nd within the NCAA 110-hurdles in June.

BU grad John Thomas, the previous World Report holder within the Excessive Soar, was the Meet Director, and the announcer was Larry Newman, whose voice remains to be going sturdy at meets greater than 40 years later.

 

1982—Finland is well-known for its love of the javelin, so the followers in attendance in Helsinki had been thrilled when homegrown hero Tiina Lillak threw 237-6 (72.40) to grow to be the first feminine World Report holder within the occasion.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2pV-VTWcP0

WR Development: http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html#Javelin_throw

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

1987–East Germany’s Petra Felke threw 258-10 (78.90) to regain the World Report within the Javelin from England’s Fatima Whitbread, who threw 254-1 (77.44m) the earlier yr. Felke improved the document to 262-5 (80.00) the next yr, and that may stand till a brand new implement was launched in 1999.

WR Development: http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/wrprogr_Women.html#Javelin_throw

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

1989–33 years after Charlie Dumas grew to become historical past’s first 7-footer in 1956, Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor grew to become the primary man to clear 8 toes within the Excessive Soar, getting over that precise top (2.44) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_high_jump_world_record_progression

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F4m9MJnnlM

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/31/sports activities/sotomayor-has-8-foot-high-jump.html

1994—After setting a 1^st-day better of 4,736 factors, Dan O’Brien completed the Decathlon on the ultimate day of competitors on the Goodwill Video games in St.Petersburg, Russia, profitable 8,715. Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor cleared 7-10  ½ (2.40) to win the Males’s Excessive Soar.

Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1994_Goodwill_Games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1994_Goodwill_Games_–_Results

Corridor of Fame Bio(2006): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/dan-o-brien

 

1995––Cuba’s Ivan Pedroso apparently broke Mike Powell’s World Report within the Lengthy Soar (29-4  1/2 [8.95]) when he reached 29-4  ¾ (8.96) within the jumper-friendly altitude (6,726’) of Sestriere, Italy. Nonetheless, Italian officers by no means submitted the mark to the IAAF for official ratification. The wind studying for Pedroso’s massive soar was a authorized 1.2mps. Nonetheless, after videotapes taken through the competitors, they decided that an Italian coach,  Luciano Gemello, stood in entrance of the wind gauge throughout each one of many Cuban’s six jumps.

        “Every time Pedroso acquired as much as soar, the person would go and get up proper in entrance of the anemometer,” the Italian federation’s spokesman, Enrico Jacomini, stated. “He stood half a foot in entrance of the anemometer. He stood there for all six of Pedroso’s jumps and nobody else’s. We spoke to the person. He stated he was very keen on the lengthy soar, and since Pedroso was the perfect lengthy soar within the subject, he was solely in Pedroso. “We’ve got a sense he interfered with the wind,” Jacomini stated.

        It was reported that Pedroso was allowed to maintain the $130,000 Ferrari historically given as a bonus to anybody breaking a World Report on the meet!

        Powell had jumped 29-6 (8.99) right here in 1992, however his mark was aided by a powerful tailwind (4.4mps). When advised that Pedroso’s mark wouldn’t be submitted, Powell stated, “It feels good to say I’m nonetheless the world document holder. I didn’t notice how a lot it meant to me”.

        Pedroso went on to grow to be one of many best lengthy jumpers in historical past, profitable 9 World Championship titles (4 out of doors and 5 indoor). He additionally gained the gold medal on the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

NY Occasions Tales:

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/30/sports activities/track-and-field-cuban-breaks-long-jump-record.html;

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/04/sports activities/04iht-track.t_1.html

1996—It was an thrilling day on the Atlanta Olympics. On the boys’s facet, sporting gold sneakers, Michael Johnson acquired the entrance finish of his tried 400-200 double by profitable the lengthy dash with an Olympic Report of 43.49. Ending virtually a full second behind in second place was Nice Britain’s Roger Black (44.41), and the third was Uganda’s Davis Kamoga (44.53). Johnson would get his double by profitable the 200 three days later.

Carl Lewis gained his fourth gold medal within the Males’s Lengthy Soar (27-10  ¾ [8.50]) to match Al Oerter’s feat within the Discus. Jamaica’s James Beckford (27-2  ½ [8.29]) gained the silver medal, whereas Joe Greene (27-1/2 [8.24]) gained his seco^nd straight Olympic bronze medal. Accidents stored the World Report holder  Mike Powell (5^th) and Cuba’s 1995 World Champion Ivan Pedroso (11^th) from their finest.

Lewis was at risk of not advancing to the ultimate three rounds earlier than he made it by means of along with his thi^rd soar of 27-2  ½ (8.29).

Allen Johnson gained the 110-meter hurdles, setting an Olympic Report of 12.95. He was adopted throughout the road by U.S. teammate Mark Crear (13.09) and Germany’s Florian Schwarthoff (13.17), who edged Nice Britain’s Colin Jackson (13.19) to win the bronze medal.

Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie beat Kenya’s Paul Tergat within the Males’s 10,000 (27:07.34/OR-27:08.17), with Morocco’s Salah Hissou (27:24.67) profitable the bronze.

France’s Marie-José Pérec was after the feminine 400-200 double and held off Cathy Freeman (48.63) to set the still-standing Olympic Report of 48.25 within the longer race. Ending 2^nd & 3^rd had been Australia’s Cathy Freeman (48.63) and Nigeria’s Falilat Ogunkoya (49.10). Like Michael Johnson, Perec would additionally full the double by profitable the 200 three days later, and Freeman would win Olympic gold 4 years later in Sydney.

Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics

Olympia Studies: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/24/sports activities/ATH

Movies:  W400  M400  M10k  110h  MLJ

Corridor of Fame Bios:

A.Johnson(2015): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/allen-johnson

M.Johnson(2004): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/michael-johnson

Lewis(2001): https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/carl-lewis