This Day in Track & Field, August 20, Paavo Nurmi wins his first Olympic gold (1920), by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–August 20 1920–The U.S. was shut out of the medals in the Men’s 400-meters at the Antwerp Olympics. Other than the 1980 boycott year, this would be the last time the Americans would suffer such an embarrassment until the 2012 Olympics in London, when the […]