This Day in Track & Field, October 16, Peter Snell wins 800m/1500m in Tokyo (1964) after 800m in Rome, by Walt Murphy News and Results Services

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This Day in Monitor & Discipline–October 16

1938—After officers used burning gasoline to dry a rain-soaked runway, Finland’s Yrjö Nikkanen, the silver medalist on the 1936 Olympics, threw the Javelin 258-2 (78.70) at his Nationwide Championships in Kotka to interrupt his personal World Document of 255-5 (77.87). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Nikkanen

1964—New Zealand’s Peter Snell was a relative unknown when he gained the 800-meters 4 years earlier on the Rome Olympics, however he had since turn into the dominant middle-distance runner on this planet. So it was no shock this time when he labored his method out of a field on the ultimate lap, took the lead with 200-meters to go, and pulled away to efficiently defend his title in Tokyo within the Olympic Document time of 1:45.1. 2^nd was Canada’s Invoice Crothers (1:45.6), whereas Kenya’s Wilson Kiprugut edged Jamaica’s George Kerr to win the bronze medal (1:45.9 for each). Individuals Tom Farrell (1:46.6) and Jerry Siebert (1:47.0) completed 5-6.

            Snell, who was the flag-bearer for New Zealand within the Opening Ceremony, would win his 2^nd gold of the Video games 5 days later within the 1500-meters.

Farrell, who was about to enter his senior yr at St.John’s, had earlier gained IC4A and NCAA titles within the spring. He would win a seco^nd NCAA title in 1965 (and Olympic bronze in 1968—see under) and infrequently served as a volunteer coach at his alma mater in recent times. His brother Peter was Princeton’s long-time head girls’s coach earlier than retiring after the 2016 season.

Rex Cawley (49.6), who had set a World Document of 49.1 on the U.S. Trials, gained the gold medal within the Men’s 400-meter hurdles over Nice Britain’s John Cooper and Italy’s Salvatore Morale, each of whom ran 50.1. Former Yale star Jay Luck missed out on a possible medal when he hit the ten^th hurdle and wound up in 5^th place (50.5).

Wyomia Tyus (11.4 [11.49]) gained the primary of her two Olympic titles within the Women’s 100-Meters, with teammate Edith McGuire (11.6 [11.62]) profitable the silver medal. Poland’s Ewa Kłobukowska (11.6 [11.64]) gained the bronze.

Regardless of knee surgical procedure in August, Poland’s Józef Schmidt recovered in time to win his 2^nd straight Olympic title within the Men’s Triple Jump. He took the lead for good together with his 2^nd-round bounce of 54-7  ½ (16.65) and completed off his day by setting an Olympic Document of 55-3  ½ (16.85) on his last bounce. Profitable silver and bronze have been the Soviet (and Russian) pair of Oleg Fedoseyev (54-4  ¾ [16.58]) and Viktor Kravchenko (54-4  ½ [16.57]). American Document holder Ira Davis, thought-about a possible medalist, didn’t make the ultimate.

The Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Yelena Gorchakova set a World Document of 204-9 (62.40) within the morning’s qualifying spherical of the Women’s Javelin however completed 3^rd (187-2 [57.06]) within the last behind 17-year outdated Mihaela Peneș (198-7 [60.54]) of Romania and Hungary’s Márta Rudas (191-2 [58.27]).

The Japanese orchestra contained in the stadium had been enjoying shortened variations of some nationwide anthems in the course of the awards ceremonies. However once they ended their tackle the Star Spangled Banner after an American win, two skilled trumpeters within the stands, Uan Rasey and Manny Klein, each Monitor and Discipline Information Olympic Tour members, completed the U.S. anthem as the group remained at consideration! (From Sports activities Illustrated: “By Friday, somebody had recognized the new horn within the stands that had been making use of the ending kick to the truncated Japanese model of The Star-Spangled Banner performed after every American victory. Gallantly choosing up on the downbeat facet of “so gal-lant-ly streaming” together with his solo trumpet was Uan Rasey, the lead horn for the M-G-M studio orchestra and a globe-trotting observe nut. Rasey stationed himself slightly below the torch at Nationwide Stadium to blow his horn, presumably to get most vary for “And the rockets’ purple glare….” He was later joined by Bob Crosby and the Bobcats, who have been showing at a Tokyo nightclub and have been equally involved that Francis Scott Key was not being absolutely and internationally appreciated.”)

Rasey was well-known in Hollywood as a featured performer on the soundtrack of such motion pictures as Chinatown and American in Paris. 

Being the avid observe fan that he was, he informed MGM once they have been making an attempt to signal him to a contract, “I wish to have it listed [in my contract] that I wish to go to the Olympics in ’52, and I don’t wish to work on Saturdays[so he could go to meets!]… Should you write that down, I’ll come out…” They capitulated, and he joined the celebrated orchestra in 1949, simply in time to take part in MGM’s golden age of musicals. (From Leonard Maltin’s interview—see hyperlink).

Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics

Olympia Stories: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/16/sports/ATH

Snell Characteristic(800/1500): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0woLEtQQA

Tyus Characteristic(1964/1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYOlBq0dMEc

Farrell Interview(2013): http://tinyurl.com/TomFarrell2013

Uan Rasey(Leonard Maltin Interview)

Cawley: http://michtrack.org/michtrack/history-cawley-tokyo.html

1965—In a rematch of kinds between the principle figures within the 1964 Olympic 10,000-meters, Morocco’s Mohammed Gammoudi, the bronze medalist in Tokyo the earlier yr, was a winner (14:40.6) in a tactical 5000 meters on the Worldwide Video games in Mexico Metropolis over a subject that included Australia’s Ron Clarke (2^nd/14:41.8) and American Billy Mills(5^th), the respective Olympic silver and gold medalists. (From T&F News)

1968–The Men’s 200-Meters on the Mexico Metropolis Olympics was a memorable race, with Tommie Smith, one of many best all-around sprinters in historical past, overtaking teammate John Carlos to win the gold medal and setting a World Document of 19.8 (19.83). Carlos (20.0 [20.10]), trying to his left as Smith handed him, failed to note Australian Peter Norman (20.0 [20.06]) slipping by on his proper to seize the silver medal.

However the race grew to become a mere footnote after the 2 sprinters engaged of their well-known raised-fist protest on the victory stand. Please take a look at the hyperlinks under to study extra in regards to the occasions main as much as the incident and its aftermath. Many extra hyperlinks could be discovered by Googling “Tommie Smith,” “John Carlos,” or “Olympic Venture for Human Rights”.

            Smith and Carlos, who competed for San Jose State, have been honored by the varsity when a statue commemorating their protest was unveiled in 2005. Additionally they served as pallbearers at Peter Norman’s funeral in 2006. Norman had supported their protest by carrying an OPHR button on the victory stand.

            Greater than 50 years after being ostracized by U.S. officers, Smith and Carlos have been inducted into the U.S. Olympic Corridor of Fame in 2019.

            “It sends the message that perhaps we had to return in time and make aware choices about whether or not we have been proper or mistaken,” Carlos stated, in line with USA Immediately. “They’ve come to the conclusion that, ‘Hey man, we have been mistaken. We have been off-base when it comes to humanity relative to the human rights period.’”

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/09/23/tommie-smith-john-carlos-us-olympic-hall-of-fame/

Statue: http://www.sjsu.edu/news/news_detail.jsp?id=1426

            https://www.sanjose.org/attraction/olympic-black-power-statue

NY Instances: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/10.16a.html

Carlos Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/john-carlos

Silent Gesture(Smith’s Autobiography):

https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Gesture-Autobiography-Tommie-Sporting/dp/1592136400

The John Carlos Story: https://www.roamagency.com/9781608462247/

 E book Evaluation by Neil Amdur: http://tinyurl.com/AmdurReview

https://www.usatf.org/news/2021/activist-and-1968-olympic-champion-tommie-smith-th

Belated Reward(Norman)

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/08/21/apology-offered-to-athlete-on-black-power-podium/?test=olymp

Civil Disobedience: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mm-mexicocity.html

A Look Again(Feedback by Carlos/Norman): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ7Sk6b_2go

            The 200 wasn’t the one last on this present day.

American Bob  Seagren, the favourite, gained the Pole Vault on fewer misses over West Germany’s Claus Schiprowski and East Germany’s Wolfgang Nordwig, as all three cleared 17-8  ½ (5.40). American John Pennell cleared 17-8  ½ on his 2^nd try however missed out on profitable the bronze medal when his pole handed below the bar, negating the bounce below the rule in impact on the time (the rule was modified the next yr).

It was a fierce battle for the medals within the Steeplechase. Amos Biwott (8:51.0 [8:51.02]), whose sneakers by no means obtained moist as he soared over the water bounce on every lap, sprinted from 4^th to 1^st off the ultimate hurdle to seize the gold medal. Fellow Kenyan Benjamin Kogo (8:51.6 [8:51.56]) gained silver, and American George Younger (8:51.8 [8:51.86]), one of many pre-Video games favorites, edged Australia’s Kerry O’Brien (8:52.0 [8:52.08]) for the bronze. It stays one of many closest finishes within the occasion in Olympic historical past.

The race marked the start of Kenya’s dominance within the occasion. Kenyans would win eleven Olympic gold medals from 1968 by way of 2016. The one occasions they didn’t win have been in 1976 and 1980 when Kenya boycotted the Video games! They swept all three medals in 1992 and 2004 and completed 1-2 in 5 different Video games (by way of 2016). They gained gold and bronze in Beijing (2008) and London (2012).

Kenyan-born athletes additionally gained the gold medal at 15 consecutive World Championships (by way of 2019; the streak resulted in 2022). (Kenyan Stephen Cherono, working as Saif Saeed Shaheen, represented his adopted nation of Qatar when he gained on the 2003 and 2005 Worlds.

France’s Colette Besson, nearly unknown earlier than the beginning of the season, got here from 5^th to 1^st within the homestretch, profitable the Women’s 400-Meters over favored Lillian Board (52.1/52.12) of Nice Britain. Besson’s profitable time of  52.0 (52.03) equaled the Olympic Document set by Australia’s Betty Cuthbert in 1964, the primary occasion held for ladies on the Olympics. Ending 3^rd was the Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Natalya Pechonkina (52.2/52.25). American Jarvis Scott (52.7/52.79), the chief coming off the ultimate flip, slipped again to six^th.

The Soviet Union’s (and Latvia’s) Jānis Lūsis gained the Men’s Javelin together with his last throw of 295-7 (90.10/OR). Profitable the silver medal was Finland’s Jorma Kinnunen, who additionally saved his greatest for the final (290-7 [88.58]), and the bronze went to Hungary’s Gergely Kulcsár, who had the lead heading into the ultimate spherical (285-7[87.06}.

The medalists in the Pentathlon were West Germany’s Ingrid Becker (5098), Austria’s Liese Prokop (4966), and Hungary’s Annamária Tóth (4959).

            Giving a glimpse of what would happen in the next day’s final, Italy’s Giuseppe Gentile set a World Record of

56-1  ¼ (17.10) in the Triple Jump qualifying round. (The WR would be altered 4 times in the final!)

Medalists/Results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics

Olympia Reports: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/17/sports/ATH

Videos

M200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWI9raEM1-4

MPV&SC(coverage begins at the 6:00 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6LPQSvw1m4

W400: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A3ryJX4aFc

1975—16-year-old Chandra Cheeseborough won the Women’s 200-meter at the Pan-American Games in Mexico City, running 22.77 to set a U.S. High School Record (Ribault H.S.-Jacksonville, FL) and an American Record.

Cheeseborough would win 3 medals at the 1984 Olympics (silver in the 400, gold in both relays) and has been the coach at Tennessee State, her alma mater, since 1994.

National Hall of Fame: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/chandra-cheeseborough

National H.S. Hall of Fame: http://nationalhighschooltrackandfieldhof.org/showcase/chandra-cheeseborough/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/sports/track-and-field.html

https://tsutigers.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/coaches/chandra-cheeseborough-guice/665

2022—Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana, the 2016 Olympic Champion (and former World Record holder) at 10,000 meters, won the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:17:20, the fastest debut performance in history. Finishing 2^nd in 2:18:05 was another debutant from Ethiopia, Genzeba Dibaba, the World Record holder at 1500 meters (at the time).

“I have no words for this. This is very special, and I am thrilled,” said Ayana. “It was very tough after my Olympic title 2016 with injuries and pain. I am grateful to my husband, son, and management for all the support.”

https://worldathletics.org/news/report/amsterdam-marathon-2022-ayana-getachew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mqoprkEcjM