Athletic History
This Day in Track & Field, August 18, Paddy Ryan wins hammer throwDoug Brown sets AR in Steeple (1978), by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
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This Day in Track & Field, August 16, Charlie Paddock wins 1920 Antwerp 100 meters, Mary Decker sets 800m AR, 1:56.90 (1985), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
This Day in Track & Field--August 16 1920--Using his patented finish-line leap, American Charley Paddock edged teammate Morris Kirksey to...
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This Day in Track & Field, August 15, Seb Coe breaks Filbert Bayi’s 1,500m WR (1979)! by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
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This Day in Track & Field, August 13, Kip Keino wins double at Commonwealth Games (1966), Tatyana Kazankina (1980), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
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August 12th, 1975 – The 49th Anniversary Of John Walker’s 3:49.4 World Record Mile Race!!
Jeff Benjamin originally wrote this for the 45th anniversary of the first sub 3:50 mile! Sir John Walker was the...
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This Day in Track & Field, July 30, Emil Zatopek takes London 10,000m (1948), Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz wins Moscow pole vault (1980), by Walt Murphy’s News and Results Services
This Day in Track & Field--July 30 1928—Canada’s Percy Williams took the first half of his sprint double at the Amsterdam...
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This Day in Track & Field–July 29, “Tarzan” takes silver in shot put (1928) , Curt Stone sets AR at 10,000m (1949), Wilma Rudolph wins 100m at USA vs. Poland (1961), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
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This Day in Track & Field–July 28, Jim Fuchs sets Shot Put WR (1949), Sandor Iharos sets 1500m WR (1955), Kate Schmidt sets Javelin AR (1972), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services , photo by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
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This Day in Track & Field, July 27, 4x400m battle, USA vs. Jamaica (1952 Helsinki), Zatopek wins 5,000m, 10,000m, and Marathon (1952 Helsinki), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
This Day in Track & Field--July 27 1952--In a great battle on the final day of the Olympics in Helsinki, Jamaica...
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This Day in Track & Field History, July 22, John Flanagan sets Hammer WR (1899), Walter Tewksbury wins 200m in Paris (1900), Mal Whitfield defends Olympic 800m title (1952), by Walt Murphy News and Results
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that...
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