This Day in Track & Field, August 27: Fanny Blankers-Koen wins 200 meters at European Champs (1950), written, edited and curated by Walt Murphy
This is Track & Field History for August 27, is written, compiled and curated by Walt Murphy.
This Day in Track & Field, August 11, Tamara Press sets her sixth WR in the discus (1965), compiled, edited and written by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–August 11
1965—The Soviet Union’s (and Ukraine’s) Tamara Press…
This Day in Track & Field, August 10, Bruce Jenner sets his first world record (1975) in the decathlon, by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field—August 10
1975–Bruce Jenner got the first world record of his…
This Day in Track & Field, July 28, Sandor Iharos of Hungary sets WR for 1,500m (third of six that season), 1955, by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, June 8, Abel Kiviat runs first IAAF WR (1912), Helen Stephens sets WR for 100m (1936), by Walt Murphy
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This Day in Track & Field, May 20, Albert Michelsen sets WB at Marathon (1920), George Davies sets first pole vault WR with fiberglass pole (1961)
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This Day in Track & Field, February 24, Jeff Hartwig is first American to clear Six Meters (2002), Born This Day: Aleia Hobbs (
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