This Day in Track & Field, September 27, Sven Lundgren sets WR for 1000m (1922), written by Walt Murphy

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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 2^nd 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 4^th 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.

https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/european-1500m-champion-brian-hewson-passes-away-at-89-1039960957/

1980—The new Jumbo Elliott Track at Villanova was dedicated during the Wildcats’ football game with Boston College. Among the many Olympians on hand who competed for the legendary coach were gold medalists Ron Delany, Charlie Jenkins, Paul Drayton, and Don Bragg.