This Day in Track & Field, September 22, Bud Held sets AR in Javelin (1956), Earlene Brown sets AR in Shot Put (1960), Heike Dreschler sets LJ WR (1985), PattiSue Plumer surprises with win in Mercedes Fifth Avenue Mile (1990), by Walt Murphy News and Results

This Day in Track & Field–September 22 

1888—George Gray set the 1^st of his 8 pre-IAAF World Records in the Shot Put with his winning toss of 43-10  ¾(13.38) at the NYAC Fall Games on NY’s Travers Island.

Wilson Coudon set his 4^th (and final) American Record of 117-9  1/2 (35.90) in the Hammer Throw in NY City.  “The Strongest Man in Maryland” was a 2-time U.S. Champion in the Hammer (1883,1886) and the 56-pound Weight Throw.

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1956—Bud Held set the last of his 6 American Records in the Javelin with a throw of 270-0 (82.30) in Pasadena, California.

AR Progression: http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MF8&Gender=M&P=F

Hall of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/franklin-bud-held

1960—Earlene Brown set her 7^th (and final) American Record in the Shot Put with a toss of 54-9 (16.69) in Frankfurt, Germany. Brown had won the bronze medal at the Rome Olympics earlier.

AR Progression: http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=WF5&Gender=W&P=F

HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/earlene-brown

1968—East Germany’s Margitta Gummel set a World Record of 61-11 (18.87) in the Women’s Shot Put at a pre-Olympic meet in Frankfurt. She would take the Record to another level the following month with throws of 62-6  ¾ (19.07) and  64-4 (19.61) while winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margitta_Gummel

WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_shot_put_world_record_progression

1983—China’s Jianhua Zhu improved his World Record in the High Jump from 7-9  ¼ (2.37) to 7-9  ¾ (2.38) in Shanghai.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfNPSqYljK4

WR Progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_high_jump_world_record_progression

1985—East German athletes set 3 World Records in East Berlin today.

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