This Day in Track & Field, July 21, Mel Shepard has a busy Olympics (1908), Lindy Remigino wins photo-finish at Helsinki (1952) 100 meters, Jane Frederick sets AR in heptathlon (1984) in Potsdam, Germany, by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
This Day in Track & Field–July 21 1908–At the London Olympics, “Peerless Mel” Sheppard won the 800 meters with a World Record time of 1:52.8. Not sure why, but Sheppard continued on to 880-yards (1:54.0). It was one of three gold medals for Hall of Famer Sheppard, who had earlier won the 1500 (7-14) with […]
