This Day in Track & Field, July 26, Bob Mathias wins his second Olympic decathlon (1952), Steve Ovett wins 800m in Moscow(1980), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, July 26, Bob Mathias wins his second Olympic decathlon (1952), Steve Ovett wins 800m in Moscow(1980), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field-July  26   1934–Glenn Hardin ran 50.6 in Stockholm to shave a big 1.2-seconds off his own World Record in the 400-meter hurdles. Hardin set the first of his three World Records in 1932 (51.9) and his reign as record holder lasted until 1953 (World War II had something to do […]