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This Day in Track & Field-October 27
1860—Great Britain’s Siah Albison, a professional runner, set a pre-IAAF World Record of 4:22-1/4 for the Mile at the Copenhagen Grounds in Manchester, England. Close behind in 4:22-2/5 was fellow Brit William Lang, who would take the Record away from Albison in 1863 when he ran 4:21-3/4 at the same venue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siah_Albison
1931—Japan’s Chuhei Nambu set a World Record of 26-2 (7.98) in the Long Jump in Tokyo. The record lasted until Jesse Owens jumped 26-8 (8.13) at the 1935 Big-10 Championships.
A World Record was also set in the Triple Jump by Mikio Oda (51-1 ½ [15.58]), the gold medalist at the 1928 Olympics.
Nambu broke Oda’s World Record when he jumped 51-7 (15.72) while winning the gold medal at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, three days after finishing a disappointing 3rd in the Long Jump. He’s still the only man to hold the WR in both horizontal jumps. (He also ran on the Japanese team that finished 5th in the 4×100 in L.A.).
https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chuhei-nambu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūhei_Nambu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikio_Oda
WR Progressions
LJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_long_jump_world_record_progression
TJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump_world_record_progression
1956—Leamon King ran 10.1 for 100-Meters at a pre-Olympic meet in Santa Ana, California, to equal the World Record he already shared with fellow Americans Ira Murchison and Willie Williams. Finishing behind King were Thane Baker (10.2), Murchison (10.4), and Bobby Morrow (10.4), who would go on to win gold medals in the 100, 200, and 4×100 at the Melbourne Olympics.
Baker won the 200 in 20.6 to equal the World & American Record, but the mark was never ratified by the IAAF or the AAU (for unknown reasons).
WR Progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_100_metres_world_record_progression
1965—Australia’s Ron Clarke set a World Record of…
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