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This Day in Observe & Discipline-October 27
1860—Nice Britain’s Siah Albison, an expert runner, set a pre-IAAF World Document of 4:22-1/4 for the Mile on the Copenhagen Grounds in Manchester, England. Shut behind in 4:22-2/5 was fellow Brit William Lang, who would take the Document away from Albison in 1863 when he ran 4:21-3/4 on the identical venue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siah_Albison
1931—Japan’s Chuhei Nambu set a World Document of 26-2 (7.98) within the Lengthy Bounce in Tokyo. The report lasted till Jesse Owens jumped 26-8 (8.13) on the 1935 Massive-10 Championships.
A World Document was additionally set within the Triple Bounce by Mikio Oda (51-1 ½ [15.58]), the gold medalist on the 1928 Olympics.
Nambu broke Oda’s World Document when he jumped 51-7 (15.72) whereas profitable the gold medal on the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, three days after ending a disappointing 3rd within the Lengthy Bounce. He’s nonetheless the one man to carry the WR in each horizontal jumps. (He additionally ran on the Japanese crew that completed 5th within the 4×100 in L.A.).
https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chuhei-nambu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūhei_Nambu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikio_Oda
WR Progressions
LJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_long_jump_world_record_progression
TJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump_world_record_progression
1956—Leamon King ran 10.1 for 100-Meters at a pre-Olympic meet in Santa Ana, California, to equal the World Document he already shared with fellow People Ira Murchison and Willie Williams. Ending behind King have been Thane Baker (10.2), Murchison (10.4), and Bobby Morrow (10.4), who would go on to win gold medals within the 100, 200, and 4×100 on the Melbourne Olympics.
Baker received the 200 in 20.6 to equal the World & American Document, however the mark was by no means ratified by the IAAF or the AAU (for unknown causes).
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_100_metres_world_record_progression
1965—Australia’s Ron Clarke set a World Document of 59:22.8 for 20,000-Meters in Geelong, Australia, persevering with on to get a second report of 20,332-meters for the complete hour run.
A Have a look at the Previous Document Holders (by way of 2020):
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/characteristic/one-hour-run-world-record-history
1974–France’s Chantal Langlacé set a World Document of two:46:24 within the Marathon in Neuf-Brisach, France. The report would solely final 5 weeks till American Jaqi Hansen ran 2:43:54.5 in Culver Metropolis,CA on December 1. After the report was damaged one other 3 occasions, Langlacé regained it by operating 2:35:15.4 in Spain on Might 1, 1977.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Langlacé
1985–Italy’s Orlando Pizzolato (2:11:34) was a repeat winner on the NY Metropolis Marathon and Norway’s Grete Waitz (2:28:34) received the Ladies’s title for the 7th time!
For the twond yr in a row, New Yorker Pat Petersen, who competed collegiately for Manhattan Faculty, was the highest American finisher, putting 3rd in 2:12:59 (he was 4th in 1984). 4-time winner Invoice Rodgers (1976-1979) completed 7th (2:15:33).
1983 winner Rod Dixon wore a “helmet-cam” throughout the race as a part of ABC’s TV protection.
Different Notable Finishers:
Males: 2.Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 2:12:29…7.Invoice Rodgers 2:15:33…9.Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 2:15:55(would win in 1987)…23.Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 2:20:41
Ladies: 2.Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 2:29:48, 3.Laura Fogli (Italy) 2:31:36, 4.Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) 2:34:55, 5.Priscilla Welch (England) 2:35:30 …8.Julie Brown 2:37:53
ABC(2+ Hours/good course description by Marty Liquori): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFX8ZGyJ1k
https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/851027/overview
https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/851027/finishers
Prime 25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_New_York_City_Marathon
Previous Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/28/sports activities/pizzolato-wins-again-in-marathon.html