This Day in Track & Field-July 16, Another day in Paris (1900), Babe Didrickson impresses (1932), 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials, by Walt Murphy News and Result Service

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This Day in Track & Field-July 16

1894–10,000 spectators braved a wet and chilly day at the Queen’s Grounds at Kensington in London to watch Yale and Oxford face off in the first international collegiate meet.

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1900—Another busy day at the Paris Olympics, with 8 finals being decided, five in events that had short stays on the Olympic schedule.

800—Great Britain’s Alfred Tysoe (2:01.2) outdueled American John Cregan (2:01.8) for the win. Tysoe would win a 2^nd gold medal 6 days later in the 5k team race.

200-meter hurdles—Set back a yard for a false start(!), Al Kraenzlein still won easily in 25.4 to capture his 4^th gold medal of the Games.

                4000m-Steeplechase—In what is still the closest 3-person finish in an Olympic distance event (through 2021), Great

                     Britain’s John Rimmer (12:58.4) held off teammates Charles Bennett (12:58.6) and Sidney Robinson (12:58.8) to

                      win the gold. A day earlier, Bennett had won the gold medal in the 1500, while Robinson won silver in the 2500m

                     Steeplechase. It remains the only British medal sweep in track and field at the Olympics. (In a comparable finish at

                       the 1996 Olympics, only .41s separated the three medalists in the 5000-meters–Venuste  Niyongabo-13:07.96,

                     Paul Bitok-13:08.16, Khalid Boulami-13:08.37).

Standing High Jump/Long Jump/Triple jump—American Ray Ewry was the master of the standing jumps and won all three events here. He set a World Best of 5-5  1/8? (1.655m) in the High Jump, edged Irving Baxter,…