This Day in Track & Field, September 4, Marty Liquori sets 5000m AR (1977), by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Monitor & Subject–September 4

1942–Gunder Hägg regained sole possession of the World File within the Mile by operating 4:04.6 in Stockholm. He had shared the earlier mark of 4:06.2 with fellow Swede Arne Andersson.

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression

Tribute to Hagg: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/a-tribute-to-the-career-of-gunder-hagg

http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=235

Gunder Hagg, photograph by World Athletics

1949—Hungary’s Imre Németh, the 1948 Olympic gold medalist, improved his World File within the Hammer to 195-5 (59.57) in Katowice, Poland. His earlier mark of 193-8 (59.02) was set the 12 months earlier than and he would set his third WR of 196-5 (59.88) in 1950.

His son Miklós was the 1976 Olympic gold medalist and former World File holder within the Javelin

September 4th turned out to be date for setting data on this occasion (see under).

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression

1965—Hungary’s Gyula Zsivótzky threw 241-11 (73.74) in Debrecen, Hungary, to set a World File within the Hammer. His throw ended Hal Connolly’s 9-year reign because the document holder within the occasion. Connolly set the primary of his six data in 1956 (224-10 [68.54]), and his final (233-9 [71.26]) lower than three months earlier than Zsivótzky’s large throw.

Zsivótzky gained Olympic silver in 1960 and 1964 earlier than successful gold in Mexico Metropolis in 1968. He would set his 2nd World File of 242-0 (73.76) in 1968.

https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/olympic-champion-zsivotzky-passes-away

1971—West Germany’s Walter Schmidt threw the Hammer 250-8 (76.40) in Lahr, Germany, to interrupt the World File of 247-8(75.48), which was set by the Soviet Union’s Anatoliy Bondarchuk in 1969.

WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_hammer_throw_world_record_progression

1972–Valeriy Borzov, winner of the 100, accomplished the dash double on the Munich Olympics by taking the gold medal within the 200-meters (20.00). Larry Black, who drew lane one within the blind choice course of, completed 2nd in 20.19, and Italy’s Pietro Mennea was third in 20.30. Mennea would win the gold medal 8 years later in Moscow. 4th in his first 12 months within the sport was American Larry Burton (20.37), who went on to play within the NFL for 5 years as a large receiver. Jamaica’s Don Quarrie, the co-World File holder and one of many pre-Video games favorites, suffered a hamstring damage in his semi-final race.

16-year previous Ulrike Meyfarth was tied for the lead within the Girls’s Excessive Bounce with Bulgaria’s Yordanka Blagoeva with no misses by means of 6-2 (1.88), with solely Austria’s Ilona Gusenbauer nonetheless alive within the competitors. The younger West German cleared 6-2 ¾ (1.90) on her 2nd try and the gold medal was hers when the opposite two failed at that top(Blagoeva successful silver). The house crowd was already ecstatic together with her win when she then cleared 6-3 ½ (1.92) on her first try to equal Gusenbauer’s World File! She would win a 2nd gold medal 12 years later in Los Angeles. 23 ladies competed within the remaining!

Kenya obtained a 1-2 end within the Steeplechase from Kip Keino (8:23.64-OR) and Ben Jipcho (8:24.62), who handed Finland’s Tapio Kantanen (8:24.66) to seize the silver medal. Keino, the 1968 Olympic champion on the distance, would win the silver medal within the 1500-meters later within the Video games.

Keino would return to Munich 50 years later to reminisce about his steeple win.

https://olympics.com/en/original-series/episode/memory-lane-72-a-gathering-of-champions

The Soviet Union’s Viktor Saneyev (a local of Georgia) gained the 2nd of his 3 consecutive Olympic titles within the Triple Bounce. He obtained his successful bounce of 56-11 ¼w (17.35) within the opening spherical, and was virtually overtaken by East Germany’s Jörg Drehmel, who jumped 56-9 ½ (17.31) on his fifth effort. Brazil’s Nelson Prudêncio, the silver medalist in 1968, gained bronze this time with a leap of 55-11 ¼ (17.05).

Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics

Movies: M200 MSC WHJ Meyfarth Appears to be like Again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrike_Meyfarth

1977—American Data have been set by Marty Liquori (5000-13:15.06/2nd to Ethiopia’s Miruts Yifter-13:13.82) and Jan Merrill (3000-8:46.60/third, winner was Norway’s Grete Waitz-8:43.50) on the ultimate day of competitors on the first World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany (See September 2 for extra particulars).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_IAAF_World_Cup

AR Progressions

5000: http://trackfield.brinkster.internet/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MA7&Gender=M&P=F

3000: http://trackfield.brinkster.internet/RecProg_AllUSA.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=WA6&Gender=W&P=F

1983–Nice Britain’s Steve Ovett reclaimed the World File within the 1500-meters by operating 3:30.77 in Rieti, Italy. Sydney Maree had set the earlier mark of three:31.4 only one week earlier. David Mack was the succesful pacesetter in each document races.

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres_world_record_progression

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_WektvHo4

1983—Making his transfer with a ¼-mile to go, Steve Scott (3:49.77) held off Ross Donoghue (3:50.10) to win the lads’s race on the third version of the fifth Avenue Mile. third was Sydney Maree (3:50.72), the winner of the inaugural race in 1981. Defending champion Tom Byers completed Sixth.

Maree, who had set a World File for 1500-meters in Europe per week earlier, didn’t arrive in New York till 12 hours earlier than the race after flying in from Rome, however didn’t use that as an excuse, saying he obtained loads of relaxation on his flight.

Winner of the ladies’s race was Nice Britain’s Wendy Sly (4:22.66), who would go on to win the silver medal within the 3000-meters the next 12 months on the L.A. Olympics. 2nd and third have been Canada’s Brit McRoberts (4:23.86) and one other Brit, Christine Boxer (4:24.49). Ending seventh in 4:37.40 was one other future Olympic medalist—Joan Benoit, who would win gold within the inaugural ladies’s marathon in L.A.

An estimated 50,000 spectators lined either side of one of the crucial well-known streets on the earth!

From the NY Occasions: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/04/sports activities/fifth-avenue-mile-to-scott-in-3-49.77.html

1985—Excessive jumper Igor Paklin of the Soviet Union set a World File of 7-10 ¾ (2.41m) on the World College Video games in Kobe, Japan.

WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_high_jump_world_record_progression

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEkcIlHYpM

1985— Sydney Maree, ending 2nd behind Morocco’s Mentioned Aouita (4:54.02) within the 2000-meters in Rieti, Italy, set an American File of 4:54.20. Steve Scott set the earlier mark of 4:54.71 in 1982.

1987—Three days after capturing the Heptathlon title on the World Championships in Rome, Jackie Joyner-Kersee gained the Girls’s Lengthy Bounce with an enormous leap of 24-1 ¾ (7.36).

The Soviet Union’s Yelena Belevskaya (23-5 ¼ [7.14]) edged East Germany’s Heike Drechsler (23-4 ¾ [7.13]), the defending champion (and co-World File holder with JJK/24-5 ½ [7.45]), to win the silver medal. An damage to her left knee stored Drechsler from taking her remaining 2 jumps.

JJK virtually got here away with simply the bronze medal, since a pink flag went up on her successful bounce, however the official’s determination was reversed upon a better have a look at the plasticine. She would win a 2nd title within the Lengthy Bounce in 1991, whereas Drechsler would win her 2nd in 1993 (gained her 1st on the inaugural WC in 1983).

East Germany’s Jürgen Schult, the World File holder, gained the Males’s Discus with a throw of 225-6 (68.74), the longest ever at a serious championship (on the time). Successful the silver medal was 40-year previous American John Powell (217-3 [66.22]), and the bronze went to Cuba’s Luis Delís (216-7 [66.02).

Another World Record holder, Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen, won the Women’s 10,000 comfortably in 31:05.85. Winning the silver and bronze were the Soviet Union’s Olena Vyasova (31:09.40) and East Germany’s Kathrin Wessel (31:11.34). This was the debut for the event at the World Championships—an Invitation event had been held in 1980.

Bulgaria’s Ginka Zagorcheva (12.34/CR), yet another WR holder, won the Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles, while teammate Yordanka Donkova, the former record holder, finished 4th (12.49). 2nd and 3rd were East Germans Gloria Siebert (12.44) and Cornelia Oschkenat (12.46).

East Germany’s Torsten Voss won the Decathlon with a score of 8,680 points, followed by West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz (8461) and the Soviet Union’s Pavel Tamovetskiy (8375. Great Britain’s Daley Thompson, dealing with pre-meet injuries, finished 9th (8124). Thompson, the World Record holder, had been the dominant figure in the event, winning the first World title in 1983 and Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984.

Medalists/Results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics

IAAF Coverage

Athletics Weekly: https://www.athleticsweekly.com/london-2017/iaaf-world-championships-history-rome-1987-62714/

Videos

W10k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_fnpE3-H-M&pp=QAA%3D

NBC’s Coverage-Day 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1sXrjQKeSw

2004— Kenya’s Pamela Jelimo became an instant millionaire by winning the 800-meters (1:55.16) at the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels and clinching the overall Golden League title.

Jelimo, the 2008 Olympic Champion in the 800, had to delay her celebration until the completion of the Women’s High Jump. Croatia’s Blanka Vlašić was still in contention to share the $1,000,000 jackpot, but lost to Germany’s Arianne Friedrich on misses (both clearing 6-6 ¾ [2.00]), leaving Jelimo as the only real winner!

https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/jelimo-becomes-a-millionaire-in-brussels-bolt

2011–Former Florida teammates Christian Taylor and Will Claye, who completed 1-2 within the Triple Bounce on the NCAA Championships in June, virtually duplicated that end result on the ultimate day of competitors on the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Taylor gained the gold medal with a private finest leap of 58-11 ¼ (17.96), whereas Claye additionally PB’d, leaping 57-5 (17.50) to win the bronze medal. Nice Britain’s Phillips Idowu, the defending champion, cut up the 2 with a bounce of 58-3 ¾ (17.77).

When he left the pit after his large bounce, Taylor did the “Gator Chomp” for the world-feed digicam, a gesture well-known to American school soccer followers, however completely bewildering to everybody else!

Nice Britain’s Mo Farah (13:23.36), who had earlier completed 2nd within the 10,000, held off Bernard Lagat (13:23.64) to win the Males’s 5000. Galen Rupp, a detailed 4th with a lap to go, completed ninth (13:28.64). Lagat may nonetheless have completed 2nd to Farah, however he needed to work his method round Ethiopians Dejen Gebremeskel and Imane Merga as he got here off the ultimate flip. Farah would go on to win the subsequent 9 world distance titles on the monitor (5000&10,000-2012, 2013, 2015, 2016/10,000-2017).

South Africa’s Caster Semenya (1:56.35) gained the 2nd of her 3 World titles within the Girls’s 800-Meters. Successful silver and bronze have been Kenya’s Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (1:57.42) and American Alysia Montaño (1:57.48).

This was one other occasion the place the order of end was reshuffled as the results of subsequent disqualifications. The three Russian finalists, together with “winner” Mariya Savinova (1:55.87) have been all discovered responsible of doping violations.

Russia’s Tatyana Lysenko (253-0 [77.13]) gained the Girls’s Hammer Throw over Germany’s Betty Heidler

(249-6 [76.06]) and China’s Zhang Wenxiu (246-1 [75.02]). Lysenko, who had already served a 2-year ban from 2007-2009 for a doping offense, would go on to win gold on the 2012 Olympics and the 2013 Worlds, however was stripped of each titles after being discovered responsible of one other doping violation.

Medalists within the Males’s Marathon have been Kenya’s Abel Kirui (2:07:38) and Vincent Kipruto (2:10:06), and Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa (2:10:32).

When the schedule for Daegu was first revealed, exhibiting the meet ending with the 4x100s, there was fairly a detrimental response from followers who have been accustomed to having “their” Olympics and World Championships finish with the 4x400s.

However whichever IAAF official first urged that radical departure from custom deserves a gold medal. Impressed, in fact, by the success of Usain Bolt on the 2008 Olympics and 2009 Worlds, the hope was that he would assist present an thrilling climax to the Championships.

Up first was the Girls’s race, with a U.S. lineup of Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Hooker, and Carmelita Jeter beating a Jamaica foursome of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson, and Veronica Campbell-Brown(41.56-41.70). Ending third was Ukraine (42.51).

Jamaica, with a lineup of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, and Bolt made that IAAF official seem like a genius, successful the lads’s race in 37.04 to interrupt their 3-year previous World File of 37.10, which was set on the Beijing Olympics. (At the very least that’s the best way it occurred on the time. Jamaica was finally stripped of their 2008 title and the File after a later retest of Nesta Carter’s urine pattern examined constructive for a banned substance. The File development now exhibits the 37.04 breaking Jamaica’s 37.31 mark from the 2009 World Championships).

Passing issues had stored the U.S. males out of the ultimate of this occasion on the 2008 Olympics and the 2009 Worlds, however had made it out of the qualifying spherical this time. However their heartbreak continued as third runner Darvis “Doc” Patton collided with Nice Britain’s anchor, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, simply earlier than he was about to hand-off to Walter Dix. With a clear remaining go, the Individuals nonetheless wouldn’t have overwhelmed Jamaica, however they most probably would have completed 2nd and most actually would have damaged the Nationwide File of 37.40. Silver and bronze went to France(38.20) and St.Kitts&Nevis(38.49), with 35-year previous Kim Collins operating the 2nd leg.

The veteran Patton, who suffered a separated shoulder as he tumbled to the monitor, was additionally concerned within the passing mishaps in 2008 and 2009!

Medalists/Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics

IAAF Protection Extra Reviews/Quotes

Movies: Triple Bounce Taylor M5000 Girls’s 4×100 Males’s 4×100 W800

Toni Reavis and Josh Cox Recap the Males’s Marathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5JSybjsGM0

Aspect Report: Now that the Championships have been over, it was time to unwind with a few fellow NBC staff. We discovered a neighborhood karaoke bar the place we sang and laughed (and imbibed a couple of cocktails) to our hearts’ content material in a personal room till 4:00am! Appeared like a terrific concept on the time, however the different two needed to instantly get again to our resort the place a automotive was ready to take them on a 4-hour journey again to the airport in Seoul! (I had a later journey scheduled). The one drawback was that one among them fell asleep of their room once they went to get their baggage! No quantity of banging on their door may waken them, so a reluctant safety guard needed to be persuaded to open the door so the exhausted celebrant could possibly be satisfied it was time to go! Fortunately, they didn’t miss their flight house!

2018—42-year previous Kim Collins ran the final two races of his superb profession in Cheb, the Czech Republic, successful the

60 and ending 2nd within the 150. He initially introduced that he would lastly retire on the finish of the 2017

season, however wound up competing all year long in 2018. “I felt the necessity to nonetheless do yet another outside

season and be capable to say farewell to my followers and all the buddies that I made through the years everywhere in the world.”

Among the highlights of his profession

2003 World Champion—100m (out of lane 1);

2001 NCAA Indoor Champion-60m(TCU)

2-time silver medalist within the 60 on the World Indoor Championships (2003, 2008)

4-time bronze medalist on the World Out of doors Championships

(’01-200, ’05-100, ’11-100,4×100)

Competed in 5 Olympics and eight World Out of doors Championships.

The grand previous man of sprinting ran a private better of 9.93 in 2016 on the age of 40 (Oldest ever to interrupt 10-

seconds)

2020—World Data have been set within the Males’s and Girls’s 1-Hour Run on the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels.

Nice Britain’s Mo Farah coated 21,330-Meters (13 miles, 446y) within the Males’s race to narrowly break the earlier File of 21,285m (13 miles, 397y) that was set by Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie in 2007. Belgium’s Bashir Abdi was solely 8-meters behind Farah, however obtained credit score for his personal WR of 56:20.2 for 20,000-Meters.

The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan, battling Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei, the WR holder within the Marathon, the entire method, coated 18,930-Meters (11-miles, 1341y), greater than 400-meters previous the previous mark of 18,517m (11-miles, 888y), set by Ethiopia’s Dire Tune in 2008. Kosgei was disqualified for stepping contained in the curb late within the race.

Kenya’s Religion Kipyegon fell in need of breaking the World File of two:28.98 for 1000-Meters, successful in 2:29.92.

https://www.worldathletics.org/information/report/brussels-diamond-league-farah-hassan-one-hour