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This Day in Observe & Area–September 3
1904—One other All-American (save for 1 medal within the Discus) day on the not-so-well attended (by different international locations) St.Louis Olympics.
Jim Lightbody led a U.S. 1-4 sweep within the 1500-meters on the St.Louis Olympics and set a World File of 4:05.4. Lightbody had beforehand led one other U.S. 1-4 sweep within the 800 (1:56.0) and likewise gained the 2500m Steeplechase.
Archie Hahn, already the winner of the 60 and the 200, gained his third gold medal by taking the 100-meters in 11-flat. 2nd and threerd had been Nate Cartmell (11.2-estimated) and William Hogenson (11.3e).
Martin Sheridan and Ralph Rose had been tied within the Discus with their greatest throws of 128-10(39.28), with Sheridan successful the gold medal in the one “throw-off” in Olympic historical past: 127-10 (38.96) to 120-7 (36.75). The one medal not gained by an American on today was the bronze captured by Greece’s Nikolaos Yeorgantas (123-7 [37.68]).
Ray Ewry, already the winner of the Standing Excessive Bounce and Lengthy Bounce, gained a 3rd gold medal within the Standing Triple Jump (34-7 ½ [10.55]). 2nd and threerd had been Charles King(33-4 [10.16]) and Joseph Stadler (31-6 [9.60])
Medalists in different occasions:
Men’s 110-Hurdles: 1.Fred Schule(16.0), 2.Thaddeus Shideler(16.2-estimated), 3.Lesley Ashburner(16.4e)
Men’s Pole Vault: 1.Charles Dvorak (11-6 [3.505]), 2.Leroy Samse (10-11 ¾ [3.35]), 3.Louis Wilkins (10-11 ¾
[3.35),
Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Reports: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/3/sports/ATH
1922—Norway’s Charles Hoff set the first of his four World Records in the Pole Vault with a clearance of 13-6 ¼ (4.12m) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
WR Progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
Hoff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoff
1927—Lots of American Records set at the U.S. Women’s Championships in Eureka, CA.
100y—Elta Cartwright (11.4/equal)
220y—Ellen Brough (26.8)
60yh—Helen Filkey (8.2)
HJ–Catherine McGuire (5-1/2 [1.53])
DT—Lillian Copeland (103-8 1/16 [31.60])…gold medalist on the 1928 Olympics
JT—Margaret Jenkins (127-3 ½ [38.80])
Jenkins’ mark was additionally a World File! From Louise Mead Tricard’s American Girls’s Observe & Area (1895-1980): “…Jenkins was given a custom-made spear made by Myyrä. The javelin didn’t have an official stamp burned into it, and Lillian Copeland’s coach protested using this javelin. Jenkins then “angrily” picked up Lillian’s javelin and threw it to a brand new World File!”
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_javelin_throw_world_record_progression
Cartwright: http://www.humboldt.k12.ca.us/hdnleagu/notable/Cartwright.html
Copeland:
Halll of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/lillian-copeland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Copeland; http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LillianCopeland.htm
Jenkins: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10989865
American Girls’s T&F Vol.1 & 2
http://www.amazon.com/Louise-Mead-Tricard/e/B001JRWMU4
Mead Tricard Obituary: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03EED6123AF931A25753C1A96E9C8B63
1956—Parry O’Brien bettered his personal World File within the Shot Put twice at an Olympic Improvement meet in Eugene, Oregon, first reaching out to 62-3 (18.97) after which to 62-6 ½ (19.06). (Solely the 2nd mark was ratified as a WR)
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_shot_put_world_record_progression
1958–Nice Britain’s Derek Ibbotson, who had set a World File of three:57.2 the 12 months earlier than, gained the excellence of changing into the world’s first true 4-minute miler when he ran 4:00.0 in London in a race gained by Australia’s Herb Elliott in 3:55.4! (Elliott had smashed Ibbotson’s WR the earlier month when he ran 3:54.5 in Dublin).
Ending proper behind “Ibbo” was fellow Brit Mike Blagrove, who additionally ran 4:00.0!
https://www.athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/derek-ibbotson-dies-aged-84-57936/
1960—Italian followers received a thrill as their very own Livio Berruti nipped American Les Carney (20.6) within the Men’s 200 on the Rome Olympics and equaled the World File of 20.5 for the 2nd time (additionally ran 20.5 in his semi-final race). Ray Norton, who had set the WR on the U.S. Trials, had one other disappointing Sixth-place end (identical because the 100). Stone Johnson, who additionally ran 20.5 on the Trials, was fifth. Berruti’s auto-times had been 20.65 and 20.62.
Sadly, Johnson, an NFL rookie with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, died 3 years later after struggling a damaged neck throughout an exhibition recreation (see hyperlink).
Poland’s Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, who set a World File of 8:30.4 in June, set an Olympic report of 8:34.2 to win the Steeplechase. 2nd and threerdhad been Soviets Nikolay Sokolov (8:36.4) and Semyon Rzhishchin (8:42.2). American Charles “Deacon” Jones completed seventh (9:18.2).
The Hammer Throw was gained by Soviet Vasily Rudenkov, who set an Olympic report of 220-2 (67.10). Silver and Bronze went to Hungary’s Gyula Zsivótzky (215-10 [65.79]) and Poland’s Tadeusz Rut (215-4 [65.64]). American Hal Connolly, the defending champion, completed eighth with a throw of 208-7 (63.59).
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_200_metres_world_record_progression
Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Stories: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/15/sports/ATH
1970--East Germany’s Wolfgang Nordwig added a centimeter to his personal World File within the Pole Vault with a clearance of 17-11 (5.46) on the World College Video games in Turin, Italy.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
Nordwig: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Nordwig
1972–Within the Men’s 10,000 on the Munich Olympics, Finland’s Lasse Virén received caught up in a chain-reaction collision involving Belgium’s Emiel Puttemans and American Frank Shorter, dropping about three seconds after falling to the monitor. He received again into the combo rapidly and wound up successful the race within the World File time of 27:38.35! 2nd was Puttemans (27:39.58) and third was Ethiopia’s Miruts Yifter (27:40.96). Shorter, who was born in Munich(!), completed fifth in 27:51.32, breaking his earlier American File of 27:58.2 that he set in his warmth. He would etch his title in historical past by successful the marathon a weel later!
Tunisia’s Mohamed Gammoudi, a medalist within the 10k on the two earlier Olympics (1964-silver, 1968-bronze) fell arduous to the monitor after attempting to hurdle the fallen Virén and failed to complete the race.
Nice Britain’s Mary Peters gained the 2-day Pentathlon and set a World File of 4801 factors. Germany’s Heide Rosendahl completed first within the ultimate occasion, the 200-meters, and really “held” the World File of 4791 factors till Rosendahl crossed the road 1.12 seconds later (22.96-24.08). Watch the video linked beneath to see Peters’ response when she came upon she had gained!
Peters had a giant lead after the primary day of competitors, however she knew that Rosendahl, who was 5th after the primary 3 occasions, was very sturdy on the twond day. Rosendahl, winner of the Lengthy Bounce 3 days earlier, had narrowed the hole with a giant mark of 22-5 (6.83) in her specialty, only one centimeter wanting her personal World File of 22-5 ¼ (6.84)!
To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of her win in 2012, a jet bearing the title “Dame Mary Peters” was unveiled at Belfast Metropolis Airport. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Aircraft-named-in-Dame-Mary-Peterss-honour/
West Germany’s Klaus Wolfermann gave the gang a thrill by scoring an upset win within the Men’s Javelin and setting an Olympic File of 296-10 (90.48/outdated implement). 2nd was Jānis Lūsis, the World File holder from the Soviet Union (and Latvia). Defending champion Lūsis had gained the gold medal 4 years earlier in Mexico Metropolis within the ultimate spherical, and virtually did the identical right here, falling simply two centimeters wanting one other Olympic title together with his ultimate throw of 296-9 (90.46). Successful the bronze medal was Invoice Schmidt (277-0 [84.42]), nonetheless the one American since 1952 to win an Olympic medal on this occasion.
Schmidt, who grew to become a pioneer in sports activities advertising and marketing, is credited with making Gatorade a family title. He was a former board member of the Nationwide Scholastic Athletics Basis (NSAF) and helped the group launch the Chicagoland Throwers collection in 2013.
The Women’s 800-Meters supplied one other thrill for the German followers when their very own Hildegard Falck (1:58.55/OR), the World File holder within the occasion, held off the late rush of the Soviet Union’s (and Lithuania’s) Nijolė Sabaitė (1:58.65) to win the Girls’s 800-Meters. 3rd was East Germany’s Gunhild Hoffmeister (1:59.19).
Medalists within the Men’s 50k-Walk had been West Germany’s Bernd Kannenberg (3:56:11.6), the Soviet Union’s (and Kazakhstan’s) Veniamin Soldatenko (3:58:24.0), and American Larry Younger (4:00:46.0), who gained his 2nd bronze medal within the occasion.
Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Stories: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/18/sports/ATH
Movies
M10k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf5DauPzJWw
PENT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmrLisn-fkw
WR Development(10,000): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_10,000_metres_world_record_progression
Elliott Denman on Schmidt (2013): http://www.nationalscholastic.org/cts/article/1383
Facet Be aware—To mark the fiftieth Anniversary of the Munich Video games in 2022, an exquisite 4-part documentary—”72 A Gathering of Champions” was launched. A variety of 1972 gold medalists, together with gymnast Olga Korbut and swimmer Mark Spitz, together with a number of T&F stars, had been introduced again to Munich, to the venues the place they etched their names in Olympic historical past.
One episode featured Heide Rosendahl recalling her win within the Lengthy Bounce, and Mary Peters doing the identical for the Pentathlon. The 33-year outdated Peters, competing in her 3rd Olympics, was decided to win the gold medal as a result of she wished to “convey one thing good” again to her native Belfast, the place she witnessed first-hand the violence that occurred in the course of the “Troubles” in Northern Eire.
On a lighter observe, as Peters was ending up her interview inside Olympic Stadium, Rosendahl shocked her by quietly arising behind her and tapping her on the shoulder, a lot to the delight of Peters as the 2 former rivals joyously hugged one another.
Reminiscence Lane (Kip Keino additionally featured): https://olympics.com/en/original-series/episode/memory-lane-72-a-gathering-of-champions
Different Episodes (Free sign-up required, or you may view on Peacock)
Triumph and Tragedy (Lasse Viren talks about his fall within the 10k)
Gold Medals Relived (Dave Wottle, Valeriy Borzov)
Becoming an Olympic Legend (Mark Spitz)
