This Day in Track & Field, September 5, Wilma Rudolph wins her second gold medal (1960), Mark Nenow sets AR at 10,000m (1985)by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Track & Field–September 5

1960–Running from lane one, Wilma Rudolph, who overcame polio as a child, won her 2nd gold medal at the Rome Olympics by winning the Women’s 200-Meters in 24.0 (24.13). 2^nd and 3^rd were Germany’s Jutta Heine (24.4/24.58) and Great Britain’s Dorothy Hyman (24.7 [24.82]). Rudolph would win a 3^rd gold medal in the 4×100.

American Lee Calhoun needed a fantastic lean to hold off teammate Willie May and win his 2nd straight Olympic title in the 110-hurdles. Both were timed in 13.8 (auto: 13.98-13.99). Hayes Jones edged Germany’s Martin Lauer, the co-World Record holder (with Calhoun) for 3^rd to complete the U.S. sweep (both hand-timed in 14.0/auto-14.17-14.20). A strong crosswind led to slower-than-expected times.

The medalists in the Women’s Discus were Soviets Nina Ponomaryova (180-9 [55.10]/OR), the 1952 gold medalist, and Tamara Press (172-6 [52.59]), the winner of the Shot Put earlier in the Games, and Romania’s Lia Manoliu (171-9 [52.36]).

Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics

Olympedia Reports: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/15/sports/ATH

Videos: 110h  Rudolph(100,200,4×100)  Remembering Calhoun

1972—Striking before sunrise, members of Black September, a Palestinian terrorist group, stormed the athletes’ village, setting in motion the Munich Massacre that resulted in the deaths of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation.

ABC Coverage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTqZPKZ4_wk

http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/09.05.html

Google Links

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=1972+munich+massacre&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Sports Illustrated Vault—A Sanctuary Violated:

https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/09/18/a-sanctuary-violated

50 Years Ago:

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany

1986–With Alberto Salazar’s 4-year old American Record of 27:25.61 as a target, Mark Nenow won the 10,000-meters in Brussels in 27:20.56 to set a new standard.  Nenow’s mark, which was the 3rd-fastest in history at the time, stood for 15-years until Meb Keflezighi ran 27:13.98 in 2001.

2nd in the race was Ireland’s John Treacy (28:04.39) and a distant 14th was 34-year old Henry Rono (29:58.95), the…