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  2. List of United States high school national records in track ...

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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 ...

  3. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

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    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.

  4. Men's high jump world record progression - Wikipedia

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    A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Valeriy Brumel's high jump world record of 2.25 m set on 31 August 1961. The first world record in the men's high jump was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912. As of June, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 40 world records in the ...

  5. National records in high jump - Wikipedia

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    19 July 1968: Phnom Penh Qatar: 1.52 m (4 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Lial Tamam: 17 May 2022: Kuwait City [33] Solomon Islands 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) Roselyn Mason: 1973: Honiara: Agnetha V: 25 April 1995: Honiara Gibraltar: 1.42 m (4 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Caroline Tante: 20 July 1991: Gibraltar Afghanistan: 1.11 m (3 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Asma Mohammadi: 22 ...

  6. Joni Huntley's name still carved in Oregon track and field ...

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    Joni won six from 1972 to 1974 — three in the high jump and one each in the long jump, 110-yard hurdles and 100-yard dash. ... high jump record. ... the world as a high school student ...

  7. 1968 in the sport of athletics - Wikipedia

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    Decathlon Bill Toomey's World Decathlon best in the 400 metres, 45.6 (45.68 FAT) lasted almost 47 years until it was beaten by Ashton Eaton while setting the world record in 2015. Men's 4x100 Relay record was set three times in Mexico City, including both semi-finals and the final by the United States which lasted until the next Olympics

  8. The forgotten man: The story of Peter Norman, the ... - AOL

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    Australia also hadn’t produced a medalist in the men’s 200 in 68 years. ... Peter Norman won the silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. ... The current and former world ...

  9. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    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 ...