This Day in Track & Field, September 5, Wilma Rudolph wins her second gold medal (1960), Mark Nenow sets AR at 10,000m (1985)by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–September 5 1960–Running from lane one, Wilma Rudolph, who overcame polio as a child, won her 2nd gold medal at the Rome Olympics by winning the Women’s 200-Meters in 24.0 (24.13). 2nd and 3rd were Germany’s Jutta Heine (24.4/24.58) and Great Britain’s Dorothy Hyman (24.7 [24.82]). […]