This Day in Observe & Area—August 10
1975–Bruce Jenner bought the primary world document of his profession, scoring 8,524 factors (8429-current tables) in Eugene on the USA-Soviet-Poland triangular meet. Fred Dixon was 2nd (8277/8132) and third was Ukraine’s Nikolay Avilov (8211/8121), who held the earlier document of 8,456 (8466).
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon_world_record_progression
http://espn.go.com/basic/s/add_jenner_bruce.html
1983–It was “Fantastic Wednesday” on the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki.
Carl Lewis gained his third gold medal of the Championships as he anchored the U.S. to a World Document win within the Males’s 4×100 (37.86). Previous Lewis had been Emmit King, Willie Gault, and Calvin Smith, who would later win the gold medal within the 200. Ending 2-3 within the relay had been Italy (38.37) and the Soviet Union (38.41).
It was a busy day for Lewis, who first anchored the U.S. 4×100 crew to victory in its warmth, then, not too lengthy after, bought his successful mark within the Lengthy Soar within the first spherical (28-3/4 [8.55]) earlier than working within the ultimate of the 4×100. It was a sweep within the Lengthy Soar for the U.S. with Jason Grimes taking the silver (27-2 ½ [8.29]) and Mike Conley the bronze (26-7 ¾ [8.12]).
Mary Decker, main from the beginning, fought off a mighty problem from Soviet Tatyana Kazankina down the homestretch to win the Girls’s 3000-meters in 8:34.62. Kazankina (8:35.13), who stumbled to the monitor in her determined bid for victory, was handed by West Germany’s Brigitte Kraus (8:35.11) proper earlier than the end line.
Czech Jarmila Kratochvílová, already the World Document holder within the Girls’s 800-meters, set one other world document within the 400-meters together with her successful time of 47.99. Kratochvílová had gained the 800 the day past lower than 35 minutes after successful her semi-final within the 400. Ending 2nd was her teammate, Tatána Kocembová (48.59), and third was the Soviet Union’s Mariya Pinigina (49.19).
Jamaica’s Bert Cameron (45.05) gained the Males’s 400 over People Michael Franks (45.22) and Sunder Nix (45.24).
The Soviet Union’s Yekaterina Grun (54.14) edged teammate Anna Ambraziené (54.15) to win the gold medal within the Girls’s 400-Meter Hurdles. Profitable the bronze was East Germany’s Ellen Fiedler (54.55).
Germany’s Martina Hellmann (226-2 [68.94]) gained the Girls’s Discus over the Soviet Union’s Galina Murashova (221-3 [67.44]) and Bulgaria’s Maria Vergova-Petkova (217-11 [66.44]).
Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics
IAAF Protection
Movies: M4x100 W3000 W400 M400 W400h
WR Development(4×100): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_4_x_100_metres_relay_world_record_progression
NY Occasions
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/11/sports activities/carl-lewis-wins-2nd-and-3d-gold-medals-at-helsinki.html
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/08/22/putting-it-all-on-the-line
1984–A yr to the day after successful the 3000-meters on the World Championships in Helsinki, this was imagined to be Mary Decker’s second within the solar. Denied an opportunity to compete on the 1980 Olympics due to the U.S. boycott, Decker was favored to win the inaugural 3000-meters on the Los Angeles Olympics earlier than an adoring “hometown” crowd.
18-year outdated Zola Budd didn’t suppose she’d have the ability to compete at this Olympics as a result of her native South Africa was banned attributable to its coverage of apartheid. However then it grew to become identified that she had a British-born grandfather, which made her eligible to compete for Nice Britain.
The 2 grew to become perpetually entwined in Olympic historical past when Decker and the barefoot Budd bought snarled whereas on the entrance of the pack with a bit greater than 3 laps to go. Decker went down onerous, out of the race, with a glance of despair on her face as she watched the opposite runners proceed on as she sat on the infield. Romania’s Maricica Puica went on to win the race in 8:35.96, whereas Budd, nonetheless dazed by what had occurred earlier, pale to seventh (8:48.80). Profitable silver and bronze had been Nice Britain’s Wendy Smith-Sly (8:39.47) and Canada’s Lynn Williams (8:42.14).
Germany’s Rolf Dannenberg (218-6 [66.60]) was the upset winner within the Males’s Discus over People Mac Wilkins (217-6 [66.30]) and John Powell (214-9 [64.36]). The Soviet-led boycott stored away Cuba’s Luis Delís and Czech Imrich Bugar, who would wind up ranked 1-2 for the yr by Observe and Area Information.
The Girls’s 100-meter hurdles was severely affected by the boycott, with the eventual top-8 World Rankers staying house. Profiting from their absence was American Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (12.84), who edged Nice Britain’s Shirley Sturdy (12.88) to win the gold medal. Kim Turner (13.06) gained the bronze in an in depth end over France’s Michelle Chardonnet. At the least that’s what everybody thought on the time.
It was initially introduced that Turner and Chardonnet had tied for third, however, simply earlier than the medal ceremony, officers decided that Turner had completed third outright. The French protested the choice, although, and a few six months later, the IAAF dominated that the pair had, the truth is, tied and Chardonnet lastly ended up receiving her personal bronze medal!
Kenya’s Julius Korir gained the Steeplechase (8:11.60), whereas Brian Diemer (8:14.06) handed the tiring Henry Marsh (8:14.25) simply earlier than the end line to win the bronze medal. Diemer has been accountable for the profitable Div.III X-Nation program at Calvin Faculty since 1986. France’s Joseph Mahmoud (8:13.31) gained the silver medal.
Germany’s Ulrike Meyfarth gained the Girls’s Excessive Soar with an Olympic Document clearance of 6-7 ½ (2.02). 2nd was Italy’s Sara Simeoni(6-6 ¾ [2.00]) and third was American Joni Huntley (6-5 ½ [1.97]).
Medals/Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Experiences: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/21/sports activities/ATH
Movies: W3k MSC W100h (commentary by Renaldo Nehemiah) MDT WHJ
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/08/20/triumph-and-tragedy-in-los-angeles
PHOTO: http://www.hiram.ws/pictures/mary.zola.html
Decker-Slaney Seems to be Again: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/07/sports activities/sp-crowe7
1989—A number of the greats of the game had been on show in Malmo, Sweden, with meet organizers doing job of attracting native sponsors to assist pay for such a group of stars.
The Santa Monica Observe Membership was out in full drive, with Carl Lewis (100), Floyd Heard (200), Johnny Grey (800) and Kevin Younger (400h) successful their respective occasions.
NBC was impressed sufficient by the engaging fields that they despatched announcers Charlie Jones and Frank Shorter and myself to cowl the meet. We traveled to Gothenburg to edit the present for a delayed airing within the U.S.
Males
100(-1.1)-1.Carl Lewis 10.13, 2.Andre Cason 10.22, 3.Leroy Burrell 10.22, 4.Dennis Mitchell 10.25
200(-0.5)-1.Floyd Heard 20.59, 2.Joe DeLoach 20.74
400-1.Butch Reynolds 44.32, 2.Danny Everett 44.52
800-1.Johnny Grey 1:45.99
1500-1.Kip Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3:35.44, 2.Steve Scott 3:35.92, 3.Joe Falcon 3:36.25
3000-1.Stated Aouita (Morocco) 7:43.95
110h(-1.4)-1.Tonie Campbell 13.52
400h,1.Kevin Younger 48.60
Excessive Soar-1.Hollis Conway 7-7 (2.31), 2. Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 7-7
Pole Vault-1.Sergey Bubka (SU/Ukraine) 18-4 ¾( 5.61)
Triple Soar-1.Mike Conley 54-10(16.71)
Hammer-1.Yuriy Syedikh 265-0 (80.77?)
Girls
100(-0.5)-1.Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 11.15
800-1.Julie Jenkins 2:01.99, 2.Joetta Clark 2:02.10, 3.Rose Monday 2:02.87
1995—As an alternative of enjoying it protected after fouling on her first two makes an attempt within the ultimate, Ukraine’s Inessa Kravets threw warning to the wind by setting a World Document of 50-10 ¼ (15.50) within the Triple Soar on the World Championships in Gothenburg,Sweden, 3 days after Jonathan Edwards set a WR within the Males’s TJ! Profitable silver and bronze had been Bulgaria’s Iva Prandzheva (49-9 ¾ [15.18]), who additionally bettered the earlier WR of 49-6 (15.09), and Russia’s Anna Biryukova (49-5 ¾ [15.08]).
Derrick Adkins (47.98) beat 1991 Champion Samuel Matete (48.03) to win the Males’s 400-meter hurdles. France’s Stéphane Diagana (48.14) gained the bronze medal.
Medalists within the 50k-walk had been Finland’s Valentin Kononen (3:43:42), Italy’s Giovanni Perricelli (3:45:11), and Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski (3:45:57), who went on to turn into one of the crucial adorned race-walkers in historical past. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74758
Syria’s Ghada Shouaa (6651) gained the Heptathlon over Russia’s Svetlana Moskalets (6575) and Hungary’s Rita Ináncsi (6522).
Gwen Torrence (21.77), who had earlier gained the 100-meters, crossed the end line first within the Girls’s 200-meters, far forward of Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey (22.12), and was in the course of her post-race press convention when she came upon she had been disqualified for a lane violation. It was one in all a document 55 disqualifications (together with 22 lane infractions) throughout the Championships. Ending behind Ottey had been Russia’s Irina Privalova (22.12) and Galina Malchugina (22.37).
The video linked under clearly reveals Torrence stepping on the within line of her lane on quite a lot of events.
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics
Outcomes Movies: M400h 200 WTJ
1997—It definitely wasn’t simple, however Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka remained the one man to seize the Males’s Pole Vault on the World Championships, successful his sixth straight title on the ultimate day of competitors in Athens.
Bubka, Russia’s Maksim Tarasov, and American Dean Starkey all cleared 19-4 ¾ (5.91), with Bubka within the lead with fewer misses. Tarasov took the lead after clearing 19-6 ½ (5.96), a top that Bubka handed. Along with his successful streak on the Worlds on the road, the 33-year outdated Bubka, thought by some to be previous his prime, then bought over 19-8 ½ (6.01) on his first try. Tarasov and Starkey by no means cleared one other top, giving Bubka his sixth title.
One other Worlds’ successful streak remained intact as Germany’s Lars Riedel gained the Males’s Discus for the fourth straight time (224-10 [68.54]). The silver medal went to Lithuania’s Virgiljus Alekna (218-10 [66.70]) and the bronze to Germany’s Jürgen Schult (217-0 [66.14]), the World Document within the occasion on the time (243-0 [74.08]/1986).
The Girls’s 4×400 relay offered one of the crucial thrilling finishes of the Championships. On the ultimate change, Russia’s Tatyana Alekseyeva had the lead over Crew USA’s Jearl Miles-Clark, Jamaica’s Sandie Richards, and Germany’s Grit Breuer. These final 3 had completed 2-3-4 within the 400-Meters earlier within the Championships.
Richards shortly moved forward of Miles-Clark into 2nd, and that order was maintained by means of the ultimate flip. Miles-Clark went large as they entered the homestretch and appeared to have timed her transfer completely when she moved into the lead. Nevertheless, Alekseyeva was working on the skin of lane 1, giving Breuer simply sufficient room to sneak by on the within to “steal” the win for Germany(3:20.92), with Miles-Clark holding on for 2nd (3:21.03), with Richards bringing Jamaica house in third (3:21.30).
The Males’s 4×400 was additionally thrilling, with the U.S. (2:56.47) holding on for the “win” over Nice Britain (2:56.65) and Jamaica (2:56.75). Nevertheless, the U.S. was later stripped of its title after 2nd leg Antonio Pettigrew admitted utilizing performance-enhancing medication. Poland moved as much as third place (3:00.26).
Within the absence of the U.S., which went out within the 1st spherical after botching the first change, Canada, with 100m Champion Donovan Bailey on the anchor, had no bother successful the Males’s 4×100 (37.86). 2nd and third had been Nigeria(38.07) and Nice Britain(38.14).
Medalists in different occasions:
Girls’s Excessive Soar: Norway’s Hanne Haugland (6-6 ¼ [1.99]), Russia’s Olga Kaliturna (6-5 [1.96]), Ukraine’s Irina Babakova (6-5 [1.96])
Males’s 5000: Kenya’s Daniel Komen (13:07.38), Morocco’s Khalid Boulami (13:09.34), Kenya’s Tom Nyariki (13:11.09)
Girls’s 100-Meter Hurdles: Sweden’s Ludmila Engquist (12.50), Bulgaria’s Svetla Pishtikova (12.58), Jamaica’s Michelle Freeman (12.61)
Males’s Marathon: Spain’s Abel Antón (2:13:16) and Martin Fiz (2:13:21), Australia’s Steve Moneghetti (2:14:16).
Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics
IAAF Report/Outcomes
NY Occasions: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/11/sports activities/11iht-track.t_7.html
Movies: W4x400 M4x400 M4x100 W100h MMar M5000
2001—The Dominican Republic’s Félix Sánchez gained the Males’s 400-meter hurdles on the World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, in 47.49. Trailing in 2nd and third had been Italy’s Fabrizio Mori (47.54) and Japan’s Dai Tamesue (47.89). For the primary time in world championship historical past (apart from the ’80 boycott Olympics), no American was within the ultimate.
Marion Jones (22.39) pulled away from the Bahamas’ Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (22.52) down the homestretch to “win” the Girls’s 200-meters. third throughout the road was Jones’ teammate, Kelli White (22.56).
After Jones and White had been retroactively disqualified after admitting earlier drug use, the official outcomes now learn:1.Ferguson-McKenzie, 2.LaTasha Jenkins (USA/22.85), 3.Cydonie Mothersill (CAY/22.88).
Richard Limo (13:00.77) gained the Males’s 5000 over Ethiopia’s Million Wolde (13:03.47) and fellow Kenyan John Kibowen (13:05.20).
Medalists within the Girls’s Triple Soar had been Russia’s Tatyana Lebedeva (50-1/2[15.25]), Cameroon’s Françoise Mbango (47-10 ¾ [14.60]), and Bulgaria’s Tereza Marinova (47-10[14.58]).
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics
Outcomes:
https://www.worldathletics.org/outcomes/world-athletics-championships/2001/Eighth-iaaf-world-championships-6947294
Movies
M400h: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1RqgzE1h08
M5000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CXugT36vMM
2005–Tianna Madison (22-7 ¼ [6.89]), the NCAA Champion from Tennessee, pulled off a stunning upset within the wind and rain to win the Girls’s Lengthy Soar on the World Championships in Helsinki. Fairly than forfeit the $40,000 prize cash given to winners on the Worlds, Madison gave up her ultimate two years of collegiate eligibility. Profitable silver and bronze had been France’s Eunice Barber (22-2 ¼ [6.76]) and Cuba’s Yargelis Savigne (21-11 ½ [6.69]).
Bryan Clay (8732) gained the Decathlon by greater than 200 factors over Czech Roman Šebrle (8521), the World Document holder within the occasion. third was Hungary’s Attila Zsivoczky (8385).
“It’s at all times nice to beat the king,” exclaimed Clay on the finish, paying homage to the present Olympic champion and world-record holder Šebrle. “Many occasions might have gone incorrect at present, however all the pieces went my approach. I’ve been second twice, with Roman discovering a method to win [at the 2004 Olympics and 2004 World Indoors]. Now I’ve discovered from him do it myself!”
The Bahamas’ Tonique Williams-Darling, the 2004 Olympic champion, ran down Sanya Richards-Ross within the homestretch to win the Girls’s 400-Meters (49.55-49.74). third was Mexico’s Ana Guevara (49.81).
Medalists in different occasions:
Males’s Javelin: Estonia’s Andrus Varnik (286-0 [87.17]), Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen (282-9 [86.18]), Russia’s Sergey Makarov (274-1 [83.54])
Males’s 1500: Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi (3:37.88), Morocco’s Adil Kaouch (3:38.00), Portugal’s Rui Silva (3:38.02)…9.Alan Webb (3:41.04)
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics
IAAF Report/Outcomes
Movies: DEC W400 M1500
Madison: http://www.iaaf.org/information/function/tianna-bartoletta-long-jump-iaaf-diamond-leag
Wiki Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianna_Bartoletta
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/2005/08/22/while-you-werent-watching
Clay: https://worldathletics.org/information/information/clay-i-credit-fans-support-for-my-personal-1
Madison: https://worldathletics.org/information/information/madison-boxes-her-way-to-gold
2012–This was a day of information, upsets, and heartbreak on the London Olympics.
A U.S. lineup of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, and Carmelita Jeter gained the Girls’s 4×100 in an incredible 40.82 to smash the 27-year outdated World Document of 41.37, which was set by an East German crew in 1985. Jamaica was a well-beaten 2nd, however nonetheless set a Nationwide Document of 41.41 (since damaged). third was Ukraine (42.04).
Operating with out the injured LaShawn Merritt, the U.S. was upset by the Bahamas within the Males’s 4×400 (2:56.72NR-2:57.05). The Bahamas, which ran with a foursome of former U.S. collegiate runners, had the lead by means of the primary two legs, however Tony McQuay, working a terrific 43.4 leg, gave U.S. anchor Angelo Taylor a 2-meter edge on the ultimate handoff.
The 33-year outdated Taylor, the 2-time Olympic champion within the 400-meter hurdles, had been a member of successful U.S. 4×400 groups on the 2008 Olympics and the final three World Championships, however had no response when he was handed within the homestretch by Ramon Miller, who completed off the Bahamas’ win together with his 44-flat break up. Previous Miller (Dickinson State) had been veteran Chris Brown (Norfolk State-45.2), Demetrius Pinder (Texas A&M-43.3), and Michael Mathieu (Texas Tech-44.3). Trinidad & Tobago (2:59.40) gained the bronze medals.
Oscar Pistorius ran a forty five.7 anchor for Eighth-place South Africa.
Simply as she did the yr earlier than on the World Championships in Daegu, Morgan Uceny, as soon as once more in place to win a medal, fell within the ultimate of the Girls’s 1500-meters.
Pounding the monitor in frustration, with tears rolling down her face, Uceny was nonetheless on the bottom when Turkey’s Asli Çakır Alptekin (4:10.23) and Gamze Bulut (4:10.40) crossed the end line in 1st and 2nd place, however they had been retroactively disqualified for doping violations. The medals initially went to Bahrain’s Maryam Jamal (4:10.74), Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova (4:10.90), and Ethiopia’s Abeba Aregawi (4:11.03), however Tomashova was herself later disqualified. Initially ending sixth (upgraded to third) was Shannon Rowbury (4:11.26), who stated of her U.S. teammate’s fall, “Horrifying. My coronary heart goes out to her. When you lose a race, it’s imagined to be since you didn’t have it, not since you fell.”
Sarcastically, Uceny’s fall happened on the identical date that Mary Decker fell within the 3000 on the 1984 Olympics!
A U.S. lineup of Jeff Demps, Doc Patton, Trell Kimmons, and Justin Gatlin ran 37.38 in its heats of the Males’s 4×100 to interrupt the American Document of 37.40 that had been shared by groups from the 1992 Olympics and 1993 World Championships(semi-final).
Within the ultimate the following day, a lineup of Kimmons, Gatlin, Tyson Homosexual, and Ryan Bailey ran 37.04, ending 2nd to Jamaica’s World Document of 36.84 (Trinidad & Tobago [38.12] and France [38.16] had been subsequent throughout the road). After Tyson Homosexual’s admission of drug use, he returned the silver medal he had gained in London, but it surely wasn’t till 2015 that the IOC formally disqualified the whole crew. The 37.04 was stricken from the document books, however, for some unusual purpose, the IAAF has additionally stricken the 37.38 from the heats, although Homosexual wasn’t a part of that crew!
USATF and Observe and Area Information took the place that the 37.38 was a respectable efficiency and was nonetheless thought of the American Document (tied in 2015 by one other U.S. lineup on the World Relays within the Bahamas) till the U.S. crew ran 37.10 on the 2019 World Championships in Doha!
After Germany’s Björn Otto and Raphael Holzdeppe cleared 19-4 ¾ (5.91) on their first makes an attempt, France’s Renaud Lavillenie was sitting in third place within the Males’s Pole Vault after lacking on his 1st attempt. Passing to the Olympic Document top of 19-7 (5.97), Lavilennie moved from third to 1st when he cleared on his 2nd (and ultimate) effort (Holzdeppe-bronze missed 3-times, Otto-silver twice earlier than taking one futile effort at 19-9 [6.02]).
Medalists in different occasions:
Girls’s 5000: Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar (15:04.25/additionally gained in 2004), Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot (15:04.73), Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba (15:05.15)…4.Kenya’s Sally Kipyego (15:05.79).
Girls’s Hammer: Poland’s Anita Włodarczy (254-7 [77.60]/gained on her final throw), Germany’s Betty Heidler (253-0 [77.12]), China’s Zhang Wenxiu (250-5 [76.34]). (Russia’s Tatyana Beloborodova initially completed 1st (256-6 [78.18]), however was retroactively disqualified for doping violations)
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
Outcomes: https://www.worldathletics.org/outcomes/olympic-games/2012/the-xxx-olympic-games-6999193
Olympedia Experiences: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/54/sports activities/ATH
Uceny: http://sports activities.yahoo.com/information/video games–saddest-sight–morgan-uceny-s-anguish.html
(2013 Article): http://www.iaaf.org/information/function/uceny-in-search-of-career-defining-success
Movies: W4x100 M4x100 M4x400 W1500
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