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This Day in Monitor & Discipline–October 19
1964—Future Corridor-of-Famer Edith McGuire, who had earlier completed 2nd to teammate Wyomia Tyus within the 100, gained the Girls’s 200-meters on the Tokyo Olympics, working 23.0 (23.05) to set Olympic and U.S. Data. 2nd was Poland’s Irena Kirszenstein -Szewińska (23.1/23.13), who would win the gold medal 4 years later in Mexico Metropolis. Szewińska is a member of the IAAF Corridor of Fame. Profitable the bronze was Australia’s Marilyn Black (23.1/23.18).
One other HOF’er-to-be, Mike Larrabee (45.1/45.15), working in his first Olympics on the age of 31, got here from 5th with 100-meters to go to win the Males’s 400 over Trinidad & Tobago’s (and Yale’s) Wendell Mottley (45.2/45.24) and Poland’s Andrzej Badeński (45.6/45.64). 5th within the race was Ulis Williams (46.0/46.01), the 2-time NCAA Champion from Arizona State. Mottley had gained his 2nd IC4A title earlier within the 12 months.
East Germany’s Karin Balzer gained the 80-meter hurdles in a photo-finish over Poland’s Teresa Wieczorek and Australia’s Pam Kilborn, with all three being timed in 10.5 (auto times-10.54, 10.55, 10.56).
The Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Tamara Press set an Olympic Report of 187-10 (57.27) whereas successful the gold medal within the Girls’s Discus over East Germany’s Ingrid Lotz (187-8 [57.21]), who had the lead by 4 rounds, and Romania’s Lia Manoliu (186-11 [56.97]). Press, who was in 4th place earlier than getting her successful throw within the 5th spherical, would additionally win the Shot Put the next day.
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Reviews: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/16/sports activities/ATH
HOF Bios: McGuire (1979): (Presently unavailable); Larrabee (2003): (Presently unavailable)
HOF Video(Larrabee/400): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp37qrwvPl4
Szewińska HOF: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/hall-of-fame-profile-irena-szewinska-poland
1967–The Soviet Union’s(and Ukraine’s) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan equaled Ralph Boston’s 2-year outdated World Report 0f
27-4 ¾ (8.35) at a pre-Olympic meet in Mexico CIty.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_jump_wor ld_record_progression
1968–It was day for the U.S. on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics, with Invoice Toomey (Decathlon) and Madeline Manning (Girls’s 800) successful gold medals.
Aided by the altitude of Mexico Metropolis, Toomey had an incredible first day (10-18), working 10.4 within the 100, long-jumping 25-10 (7.87), and ending off with a clocking of 45.6 within the 400 in a heavy rain. His closing rating of 8193 gave him the gold over West Germans Hans Joachim-Walde (8111) and World Report holder Kurt Bendlin (8064). All three medalists had been coached by Germany’s Friedel Schirmer, who was eighth within the decathlon on the 1952 Olympics.
Manning (Mims) set Olympic and American Data together with her successful time of two:00.9 within the 800. Profitable silver and bronze had been Romania’s Ileana Silai (2:02.5) and the Netherlands’ Maria Gommers (2:02.6). 5th was American Doris Brown-Heritage (2:03.9).
Manning-Mims has served as an athletes’ chaplain at many Olympics (and not too long ago with the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock) and has been recognized to supply stirring renditions of the Nationwide Anthem at many occasions.
A Jamaica foursome of Errol Stewart, Michael Fray, Clifton Forbes, and Lennox Miller equaled the World Report of 38.6 (38.65) in its warmth of the Males’s 4×100. The identical quartet improved the Report to 38.3 (38.39) in its semi-final.
The U.S. (Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus) set a World Report of 43.4 within the 1st warmth of the Girls’s 4×100. The Report was tied within the subsequent warmth by Holland (Wilhelmina Van den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Truus Hennipman, Corrie Bakker).
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Reviews: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/17/sports activities/ATH
Anthem Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51QWZijk6Dk
Toomey (2012): https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=72207
Corridor of Fame Bios
Toomey (presently not obtainable); USOPM Bio: https://usopm.org/bill-toomey/
Manning: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/madeline-manning-mims
Attachments space
Preview YouTube video 1964 Olympic, 400 Meters, Tokyo, Japan
1964 Olympic, 400 Meters, Tokyo, Japan