This Day in Track & Field, July 18, IImari Salminen breaks Nurmi’s WR at 10,000m (1937), Arne Andersson runs 4:01.6 WR mile (1944), Wohlhuter defeats Fiasconaro’s (1973), photo by Walt Murphy News and Results Services

This Day in Track & Field, July 18, IImari Salminen breaks Nurmi’s WR at 10,000m (1937), Arne Andersson runs 4:01.6 WR mile (1944), Wohlhuter defeats Fiasconaro’s (1973), photo by Walt Murphy News and Results Services

This Day in Track & Field–July 18 (Chi Cheng, ’73 US-Italy, ’88-O.T./Lewis-Myricks, Godina, Edwards, ’04 O.T./Born On This Day-Noah Lyles, Dan O’Brien, Janis Klecker, Hemery/R.I.P.-Shirley Strickland, Mack Robinson) 1937—Ilmari Salminen ran 30:05.6 for 10,000 meters in Kouvola to break the 13-year World Record of 30:06.2, which was set by fellow Finn Paavo Nurmi in 1924. […]