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This Day in Monitor & Discipline–September 4
1942–Gunder Hägg regained sole possession of the World Document within the Mile by operating 4:04.6 in Stockholm. He had shared the earlier mark of 4:06.2 with fellow Swede Arne Andersson.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression
Tribute to Hagg: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/a-tribute-to-the-career-of-gunder-hagg
http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=235
1949—Hungary’s Imre Németh, the 1948 Olympic gold medalist, improved his World Document within the Hammer to 195-5 (59.57) in Katowice, Poland. His earlier mark of 193-8 (59.02) was set the 12 months earlier than and he would set his 3rd WR of 196-5 (59.88) in 1950.
His son Miklós was the 1976 Olympic gold medalist and former World Document holder within the Javelin
September 4th turned out to be a superb date for setting data on this occasion (see beneath).
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression
1965—Hungary’s Gyula Zsivótzky threw 241-11 (73.74) in Debrecen, Hungary, to set a World Document within the Hammer. His throw ended Hal Connolly’s 9-year reign because the report holder within the occasion. Connolly set the primary of his six data in 1956 (224-10 [68.54]), and his final (233-9 [71.26]) lower than three months earlier than Zsivótzky’s huge throw.
Zsivótzky received Olympic silver in 1960 and 1964 earlier than successful gold in Mexico Metropolis in 1968. He would set his 2nd World Document of 242-0 (73.76) in 1968.
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/olympic-champion-zsivotzky-passes-away
1971—West Germany’s Walter Schmidt threw the Hammer 250-8 (76.40) in Lahr, Germany, to interrupt the World Document of 247-8(75.48), which was set by the Soviet Union’s Anatoliy Bondarchuk in 1969.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression
1972–Valeriy Borzov, winner of the 100, accomplished the dash double on the Munich Olympics by taking the gold medal within the 200-meters (20.00). Larry Black, who drew lane one within the blind choice course of, completed 2nd in 20.19, and Italy’s Pietro Mennea was 3rdin 20.30. Mennea would win the gold medal 8 years later in Moscow. 4th in his first 12 months within the sport was American Larry Burton (20.37), who went on to play within the NFL for 5 years as a large receiver. Jamaica’s Don Quarrie, the co-World Document holder and one of many pre-Video games favorites, suffered a hamstring harm in his semi-final race.
16-year previous Ulrike Meyfarth was tied for the lead within the Ladies’s Excessive Leap with Bulgaria’s Yordanka Blagoeva with no misses by 6-2 (1.88), with solely Austria’s Ilona Gusenbauer nonetheless alive within the competitors. The younger West German cleared 6-2 ¾ (1.90) on her 2nd try and the gold medal was hers when the opposite two failed at that peak(Blagoeva successful silver). The house crowd was already ecstatic along with her win when she then cleared 6-3 ½ (1.92) on her first try to equal Gusenbauer’s World Document! She would win a 2nd gold medal 12 years later in Los Angeles. 23 girls competed within the closing!
Kenya acquired a 1-2 end within the Steeplechase from Kip Keino (8:23.64-OR) and Ben Jipcho (8:24.62), who handed Finland’s Tapio Kantanen (8:24.66) to seize the silver medal. Keino, the 1968 Olympic champion on the distance, would win the silver medal within the 1500-meters later within the Video games.
Keino would return to Munich 50 years later to reminisce about his steeple win.
https://olympics.com/en/original-series/episode/memory-lane-72-a-gathering-of-champions
The Soviet Union’s Viktor Saneyev (a local of Georgia) received the twond of his 3 consecutive Olympic titles within the Triple Leap. He acquired his successful bounce of 56-11 ¼w (17.35) within the opening spherical, and was nearly overtaken by East Germany’s Jörg Drehmel, who jumped 56-9 ½ (17.31) on his 5th effort. Brazil’s Nelson Prudêncio, the silver medalist in 1968, received bronze this time with a leap of 55-11 ¼ (17.05).
Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics
Movies: M200 MSC WHJ Meyfarth Seems to be Again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrike_Meyfarth
1977—American Information have been set by Marty Liquori (5000-13:15.06/2nd to Ethiopia’s Miruts Yifter-13:13.82) and Jan Merrill (3000-8:46.60/3rd, winner was Norway’s Grete Waitz-8:43.50) on the ultimate day of competitors on the first World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany (See September 2 for extra particulars).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_IAAF_World_Cup
AR Progressions
5000: http://trackfield.brinkster.web/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MA7&Gender=M&P=F
3000: http://trackfield.brinkster.web/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=WA6&Gender=W&P=F
1983–Nice Britain’s Steve Ovett reclaimed the World Document within the 1500-meters by operating 3:30.77 in Rieti, Italy. Sydney Maree had set the earlier mark of three:31.4 only one week earlier. David Mack was the succesful pacesetter in each report races.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres_world_record_progression