This Day in Track & Field, October 3, Lon Myers runs 1:55.4, equals WR for 800m (1885), Gong Li Jao (China) wins second shot put title (2019), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services

This Day in Track & Field, October 3, Lon Myers runs 1:55.4, equals WR for 800m (1885), Gong Li Jao (China) wins second shot put title (2019), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services

This Day in Track & Field—October 3   1885—Future Hall-of-Famer Lon Myers ran 1:55.4 in New York to match his World Record for 800-meters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Myers 1914—George Parker ran 21.2 (21-1/5) in Fresno,CA, to equal the World Record for 200-Meters on the straight that was shared by fellow Americans Bernie Wefers, Ralph Craig, Don Lippincott, and […]