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This Day in Track & Field–September 27
1922—Sweden’s Sven Lundgren set a World Record of 2:28.6 for 1000-meters on the 385-meter track in Stockholm.
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_metres_world_record_progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Lundgren
1925—Finland’s Jonni Myyrä, who won his 2nd consecutive Olympic gold medal in the Javelin in 1924, threw a personal best of 224-11 (68.55) in Richmond,CA. Since the meet was not sanctioned by the AAU, the mark was not recognized as a World Record.
His Olympic success made Myyrä a hero in his native Finland, but it was later discovered after he emigrated to the U.S. that he had been involved in some questionable decisions in his role as a bank manager that had a detrimental effect on local businesses and individuals.
There was a recognized World Record set in Turku, Finland, on this date, as Norway’s Charles Hoff raised his own 6-week old standard in the Pole Vault from 13-10 ½ (4.23) to 13-11 ¼ (4.25). It was the 4th World Record of his career. An all-around athlete, Hoff competed in the 400 and 800 at the 1924 Olympics.
WR Progression(PV): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
Myyrä: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67712
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonni_Myyrä
Hoff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoff
1955—The Soviet Union’s Albert Ivanov ran 1:17:34.0 for 25,000-Meters in Moscow to break the previous World Record of 1:19:11.8 that was set by Czech Emil Zátopek in 1952. Zátopek would regain the record a month later by running 1:16:36.4.
1958—An English team of Mike Blagrove (4:05.4), Peter Clark (4:06.6), Derek Ibbotson (4:08.6), and Brian Hewson (4:10.0) set a World Record of 16:30.6 in the 4-Mile Relay at White City Stadium in London.
Hewson, one of the first men to break 4-minutes for the mile when he ran 3:59.8 in 1955, passed away in 2022 at the age of 89.
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