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Record Athlete High School Name High School Location Meet Location Meet Name Date Ref. 100 y: 9.30 (+0.9 m/s) Houston McTear: Baker High School Baker, Florida: Winter Park, Florida: FHSAA State Meet (prelim) May 9, 1975 [2] 100 m: 10.00 (+1.6 m/s) Trentavis Friday: Cherryville High School: Cherryville, North Carolina: Eugene, Oregon: USATF ...
The three men all successfully jumped 2.20 metres, breaking the old record. Fosbury and Caruthers also succeeded at 2.22 metres. Only Fosbury made it over 2.24 metres, setting the new record. He took three attempts at 2.29 metres in an attempt to break the world record, but did not prevail.
Bob Beamon broke Ralph Boston's 1965 and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 1967 World Record in the Men's Long Jump by 55 cm (22 in). This record was not broken until 1991. It remains the second-best legal jump in history. The World Record was broken in the Men's Triple Jump five times by three athletes, including the final jump of the event. The top five ...
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place at Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 13 and 14. Sixty-five athletes from 42 nations took part. Each nation was limited to 3 runners by rules in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
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The 1968 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 19–21 at Hughes Stadium on the campus of Sacramento City College in Sacramento, California. The women's division held their championships separately almost two months later, combined with the Girls Track and Field Championships at Aurora Public School ...
He turned in a 49.61 effort in the 400-meter dash for the new record, along with establishing a new school best in the 200-meter dash with a time 23.06. ... long jump, high jump and Cambridge High ...
Greene won the 100-yard dash for O'Dea High School in Seattle in 1962 and 1963 and also the 220-yard dash in 1963. Greene won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships in the 100-yard dash in 1966 and in the 100-meter dash in 1968. At the 1968 AAU Championships, Greene tied the 100 m world record twice. First in the heats, he equaled the ...