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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase. at the Games of the X Olympiad ... Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Dates: August 1 and August 2, 1932: Competitors: 15 from 8 nations ...
Stubblefield was the first driver ever killed during a qualification attempt at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he and Leo Whitaker (his riding mechanic) struck a wall on a time trial run; both were killed. [3] At the time of the crash, their speed was about 116 miles per hour. [1] He is buried at Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton ...
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested. It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the athletic program at the Games. This was the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and the first time that women competed in the javelin throw and 80m ...
ARCA Racing Series: Toledo Speedway: Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150 Race Clipped by another car and crashed into the tire barrier [52] Rick Baldwin (USA) 1986-06-14 Stock car Ford Thunderbird: NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Michigan International Speedway: Miller American 400: Qualifying Spun out and crashed backwards into a wall, died 11 years later in ...
At the 1932 Olympic Games, he won the silver medal in the 3000 metre steeplechase event. Four years later at the 1936 Olympic Games, he was eliminated in the first round of the 3000 metre steeplechase competition. In 1934 he won the silver medal in the 2-mile steeplechase at the 1934 British Empire Games. [1]
Carey's first national championship race was the 1932 Indianapolis 500. [1] Having taken the lead after Billy Arnold had crashed out, Carey endured a blown right rear tire (causing him to spin three times without hitting the wall or another car), and later a damaged shock absorber; in total he lost over twelve minutes to the leader and later winner, Fred Frame, but managed to erase four ...
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, McCluskey won the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase event.However, his medal could have been a silver. A substitute lap counter failed to hold up the number of the laps remaining the first time the runners went past, and the athletes wound up running an extra lap.
Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo (5 January 1907 – 23 June 1969) [3] [4] [5] was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals.