This Day in Track & Field, August 12, Rudolf Harbig breaks 400m WR (1939), Ralph Boston breaks Jesse Owens WR at Mt.SAC in Long Jump, (1960), Billy Mills sets new AR at 10,000m (1965), John Walker breaks 3:50 for the mile (1975)Carlos Lopes upsets field in LA Olympic marathon win (1984), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
Walt Murphy is one of the finest track statisticians that I know. Walt does #ThisDayinTrack&FieldHistory, an excellent daily service that provides true geek stories about our sport. You can check out the service for FREE with a free one-month trial subscription! (email: WaltMurphy44@gmail.com ) for the entire daily service. We will post a few historic moments each […]