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1653
Dec 01An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes.Ref: 5
1864
Mar 05For the first time, Oxford met Cambridge in track and field competition in England.Ref: 4
1868
Oct 11First American amateur track & field meet (NYC).Ref: 5
Nov 11First American amateur track & field meet (NYC).Ref: 5
1876
Mar 171st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks).Ref: 5
Jul 20First US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins.Ref: 5
1879
Sep 19Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years & 198 days.Ref: 5
1883
Nov 06The first American cross-country championships were held, sponsored by the NY Athletic Club.Ref: 4
1888
May 12Charles Sherrill of the Yale track team became the first runner to use the crouching start for a fast break in a foot race.Ref: 4
1890
Oct 11First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 secs, Wash DC).Ref: 5
Oct 18John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds.Ref: 5
1896
Mar 22Charilaos Vasilakos wins first marathon (3:18).Ref: 5
1897
Apr 19The first annual Boston Marathon -- the first of its type in the United States -- was run from Ashland, Mass., to Boston. John J. McDermott of New York City wins in 2:55:10.Ref: 4
1898
Apr 192nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Massachusetts in 2:42:00.Ref: 5
1899
Apr 193rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Massachusetts in 2:54:38.Ref: 5
1900
Apr 194th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4.Ref: 5
1901
Apr 195th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6.Ref: 5
Aug 05Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4".Ref: 5
1902
Apr 196th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12.Ref: 5
1903
Apr 207th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Massachusetts in 2:41:29.8.Ref: 5
1904
Apr 198th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4.Ref: 5
1905
Apr 199th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4.Ref: 5
1906
Apr 1910th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Massachusetts in 2:45:45.Ref: 5
1907
Apr 1911th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24.Ref: 5
1908
Apr 2012th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of New York in 2:25:43.2.Ref: 5
Nov 25Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in MSG marathon by 60 yards.Ref: 5
1909
Jan 01Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2 52 45.4).Ref: 5
Feb 12Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6).Ref: 5
Apr 1913th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8.Ref: 5
Apr 24Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds.Ref: 5
May 08Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)Ref: 2
May 26Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31).Ref: 5
1910
Apr 01Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk.Ref: 5
Apr 1914th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4.Ref: 5
1911
Apr 1915th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:21:39.6.Ref: 5
1912
Apr 1916th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2.Ref: 5
1913
Apr 1917th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8.Ref: 5
May 12Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2).Ref: 5
May 31Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6).Ref: 5
1914
Apr 2018th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2.Ref: 5
1915
Apr 1919th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2.Ref: 5
1916
Apr 1920th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Massachusetts in 2:27:16.4.Ref: 5
1917
Apr 1921st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2.Ref: 5
1919
Apr 1923rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Massachusetts in 2:29:13.4.Ref: 5
1920
Apr 1924th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31.Ref: 5
1921
Apr 1925th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6.Ref: 5
Apr 23Charles Paddock set a record time in the 300-meter track event by posting a time of 33.2 seconds.Ref: 4
Apr 23Charles Paddock runs world record 100 meter (10.4 seconds).Ref: 5
Jul 23Edward Gourdin of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4".Ref: 5
1922
Apr 1926th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:18 10.Ref: 5
1923
Apr 1927th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:23:37.4.Ref: 5
1924
Apr 1928th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:29:40.2.Ref: 5
Jul 07Robert LeGendre of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5½".Ref: 5
Sep 06Charles Paddock captures 100 & 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track & field championships.Ref: 5
1925
Jan 06Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4 13.6 mile & 14 44.6 5,000m.Ref: 5
Apr 2029th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6.Ref: 5
Jun 12William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4".Ref: 5
1926
Apr 1930th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4.Ref: 5
May 24Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 meters (8:25.4).Ref: 5
1927
Apr 1931st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:40:22.2.Ref: 5
1928
Mar 04"Bunion Run" race from Los Angeles CA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne.Ref: 5
Apr 1932nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:37:07.8.Ref: 5
May 26Andrew Payne ran 3,422 miles in 84 days in a time of 573 hours, 4 minutes and 34 seconds to win the Bunion Derby that ended at Madison Square Garden in NY City.Ref: 4
Jul 07Edward Hamm of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11".Ref: 5
Sep 09Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ¬".Ref: 5
1929
Mar 09Eric Krenz of Palo Alto, CA became the first athlete to toss the discus over 160 feet. He bettered the the old mark by 8-3/4 inches.Ref: 4
Apr 1933rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6.Ref: 5
Jul 24NY to SF footrace ends (2½ months) winner was 60 year old MonteverdeRef: 5
1930
Mar 12Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0 :6.1).Ref: 5
Apr 1934th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts (his 7th) in 2:34:48.2.Ref: 5
1931
Apr 2035th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Massachusetts in 2:46:45.8.Ref: 5
Oct 27Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2".Ref: 5
1932
Apr 1936th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4.Ref: 5
1933
Apr 1937th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:31:01.6.Ref: 5
1934
Apr 1938th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8.Ref: 5
1935
Mar 31Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2 :7 :9)Ref: 5
Apr 03Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44).Ref: 5
Apr 1939th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:32:07.4.Ref: 5
May 05Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼".Ref: 5
May 23Young track athlete Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth.Ref: 10
May 25This was “the greatest day in the history of track,” according to The NY Times. Jesse Owens of Ohio State University broke two world sprint records, tied a third, and broke a long-jump world record in a meet at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.Ref: 4
Jul 09American track star Norman Bright ran the two mile event in the record time of 9 minutes, 13.2 seconds at a meet in NY City.Ref: 4
1936
Apr 2040th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:33:40.8.Ref: 5
Jun 20Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2.Ref: 5
1937
Apr 1941st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20.Ref: 5
1938
Mar 03A world record for the indoor mile run was set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Glenn Cunningham made the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.Ref: 4
Apr 1942nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:35:34.8.Ref: 5
1939
Feb 04World mile record-holder Glenn Cunningham said in the newspaper that “running a four-minute mile is beyond human effort,” and that the best mile run will always be 4:01.66 (his own record).Ref: 4
Apr 1943rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:28:51.8.Ref: 5
Nov 19Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship.Ref: 5
1940
Apr 13A record pole vault of 15 feet was made in Berkeley, CA by Cornelius Warmerdam. Sergei Bubka from the Ukraine doesn’t think much of this record. In 1994, he vaulted himself up and over at a height of 20 feet, 1¾ inches.Ref: 4
Apr 1944th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:28.6.Ref: 5
Apr 19Paavo Nurmi, a runner from Finland, predicted that a four-minute mile would be run within the next decade. He was off by only 4 years! Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile at Oxford, England in a time of 3:59.4 on May 6, 1954. Don Bowden was the first American runner to break the mark with a 3:58.7 mile at Stockton, California on June 1, 1957. Jim Beatty became the first sub-four-minute indoor mile runner with a 3:58.9 mark in Los Angeles on February 10, 1962.Ref: 4
1941
Apr 1945th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:30:38.Ref: 5
May 23Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5).Ref: 5
1942
Feb 07First indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8").Ref: 5
Apr 1946th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2.Ref: 5
Aug 28Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2).Ref: 5
Sep 20Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all running records from 1500m to 5000m.Ref: 5
1943
Mar 13Frank Dixon became the first great black miler in track as he won the Columbian Mile in New York City. Dixon ran the mile in a record time of 4 minutes, 9.6 seconds.Ref: 4
Apr 1947th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:25.8.Ref: 5
Jun 20Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track & field championship in NY.Ref: 5
1944
Apr 1848th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:50.4.Ref: 5
Apr 19Gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon.Ref: 5
1945
Apr 1949th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:30:40.2.Ref: 5
1946
Apr 2050th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27.Ref: 5
1947
Apr 1951st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39.Ref: 5
Jul 25Fortune Gordien of Oslo, Norway set a world record discus throw of 178.47 feet.Ref: 4
1948
Apr 1952nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada (4th) in 2:31:02.Ref: 5
Jun 02Jamaican-born track star Herb McKenley sets a new world record for the 400 yard dash.Ref: 2
1949
Apr 1953rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8.Ref: 5
1950
Apr 1954th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea (aged 19) in 2:32:39.Ref: 5
1951
Apr 1955th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan, survivor of the atomic blast at Hiroshima, in 2:27:45.Ref: 5
Sep 21Emil Zatopek runs 15,000 m. in record 44 min, 54.6 sec.Ref: 5
1952
Apr 1956th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53.Ref: 5
1953
Apr 12Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston.Ref: 5
Apr 2057th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51.Ref: 5
1954
Jan 27Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. He was timed at 3:59.4 seconds. Bannister told reporters that a mile run of 3:30 would be run before 1999.Ref: 4
Mar 08Herb McKinley sets ¼ mile record in 46.8 seconds in Melbourne, Australia.Ref: 5
Apr 197-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th.Ref: 5
Apr 1958th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39.Ref: 5
May 06British runner and medical student, Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. He was timed at 3:59.4 seconds. Bannister told reporters that a mile run of 3:30 would be run before 1999. His prediction did not come true although runners are definitely getting closer. The record time of 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco stands as the world men’s outdoor mile record since July 7, 1999.Ref: 4
May 08First shot-put over 60' (18.29 meter)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles CARef: 2
May 30Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2).Ref: 5
Sep 20Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy.Ref: 5
1955
Apr 1959th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22.Ref: 5
1956
Apr 1960th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14.Ref: 5
May 05The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he did it on this day. He was clocked at a speedy 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, CA.Ref: 4
Jun 29Charles Dumas cleared the high jump, which was set at 7’ 1/2", at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Dumas became the first athlete to break the seven-foot barrier.Ref: 4
Aug 03Willie Williams of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.1.Ref: 5
1957
Apr 2061st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05.Ref: 5
Jun 01Don Bowden is the first American runner to break the 4-minute mile barrier with a 3:58.7 mile at Stockton, CaliforniaRef: 4
Jul 19Don Bowden becomes first American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7).Ref: 5
1958
Apr 1962nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54.Ref: 5
Aug 06Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles.Ref: 5
1959
Apr 02Carmen Ayala-Troncoso New York NY, 5K runner, is born.Ref: 5
Apr 2063rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42.Ref: 5
1960
Apr 1964th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54.Ref: 5
Aug 12Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 11".Ref: 5
1961
Jan 221960’s Olympic gold medalist and track star Wilma Rudolph set a world indoor mark in the women’s 60-yard dash. She ran the race in a speedy 6.9 seconds in a meet held in Los Angeles on this day.Ref: 4
Apr 1965th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39.Ref: 5
May 27Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½".Ref: 5
Jul 16Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2".Ref: 5
1962
Feb 02First pole vault over 16' (4.88 meter) (John Uelses-16¼', Milrose Games).Ref: 5
Feb 03John Uelses sets a pole vaulting record at 16' 3/4". (XDG, p 4A, 2/2/2001)Ref: 83
Feb 10Jim Beatty becomes the first sub-four-minute indoor mile runner with a 3:58.9 mark in Los Angeles.Ref: 4
Feb 25Mike O'Hara completes a record 97th marathon.Ref: 5
Apr 1966th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland (his 3rd) in 2:23:48.Ref: 5
Apr 28The fourth American runner to break the four-minute mile was Jim Grelle. He broke the mark at 3 minutes, 59.9 seconds in Walnut Creek, CA.Ref: 4
Jun 10Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬".Ref: 5
Dec 20A world indoor pole-vault record was set by Don Meyers in Chicago, IL as he cleared 16 feet, 1-1/4 inches.Ref: 4
1963
Feb 17Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2 15 15.8.Ref: 5
Mar 23An indoor, pole vault record is set by John Pennel in Memphis, TN. He cleared 16 feet, 3 inches.Ref: 4
Apr 1967th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58.Ref: 5
Aug 24John Pennel became the first pole-vaulter to vault higher than 17 feet. Pennel, using a fiberglass pole, vaulted 17 feet, 3/4 inches during a meet in Miami, FL.Ref: 4
Dec 18Australia's Ron Clarke set a world record. He ran 10,000 meters in 28 minutes, 15.6 seconds.Ref: 4
1964
Mar 06Tom O’Hara ran the mile in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds, setting a world indoor record in Chicago, IL.Ref: 4
Apr 2068th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59.Ref: 5
May 23Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45).Ref: 5
Aug 15Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½".Ref: 5
Sep 12Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4".Ref: 5
1965
Apr 1969th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33.Ref: 5
May 08College sophomore Randy Matson broke his own pending world record in the shot put by breaking the 70-foot barrier. Matson put that shot 70 feet, 7 inches at a meet in College Station, TX.Ref: 4
May 29Ralph Boston set a world record in the broad jump at 27-feet, 4-3/4 inches, at a meet held in Modesto CA.Ref: 4
Jun 09Frenchman Michel Jazy ran the mile in 3 minutes, 53.6 seconds to break the 1964 record set by Peter Snell.Ref: 4
Sep 29Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4".Ref: 5
1966
Mar 05Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19 meter indoor world record.Ref: 5
Apr 19Roberta Bignay becomes the 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon.Ref: 5
Apr 1970th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11.Ref: 5
Jul 17Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.3).Ref: 5
Oct 28Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour.Ref: 5
1967
Feb 18Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3".Ref: 5
Feb 23Jim Ryun sets a record in the half-mile run at Lawrence, KS. Ryun runs the distance in 1:48.3.Ref: 4
Apr 1971st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45.Ref: 5
Apr 22Randy Matson set a world outdoor record in the shot put with a toss of 71 feet, 5-1/2 inches in College Station, Texas.Ref: 4
May 06Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22).Ref: 5
Jun 23Jim Ryun sets mile record of 3 min, 51.1 sec (Bakersfield, CA).Ref: 5
Oct 19Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4".Ref: 5
Dec 03Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4).Ref: 5
1968
Mar 15Bob Beamon, sets long jump record of 27' 2 3/4".Ref: 5
Apr 1972nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot (1st American to win since 1957) of Connecticut in 2:22:17.Ref: 5
Jun 20Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds.Ref: 5
Oct 10Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86.Ref: 5
Oct 11Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England.Ref: 5
Oct 14J.R. Hines of US runs 100 m in world record 9.95 sec.Ref: 5
Nov 11Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England.Ref: 5
1969
Apr 2173rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 in a record field of 1,152.Ref: 5
May 30Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp.Ref: 5
Jun 30Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34.Ref: 5
Dec 12Bill Toomey (track and field) achieves world record-score (8417 points).Ref: 5
1970
Feb 28Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53).Ref: 5
Apr 2074th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 (new US marathon record).Ref: 5
1971
Apr 1975th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45.Ref: 5
May 09Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42).Ref: 5
1972
Apr 17First Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26.Ref: 5
Apr 1776th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39.Ref: 5
Sep 08Jim Ryun (US) & Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide & fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold.Ref: 5
1973
Feb 04Manfred Kokot runs world record 50 meter indoor (5.61 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 18Belgian Emile Puttemans runs 3000 meter indoor record 7 39.2.Ref: 5
Feb 20Bob Seagren won The Superstars competition held in Rotonda, FL. The track and field star got $39,700 in prize money for winning four of seven scheduled events.Ref: 4
Mar 22Professional track debuted with Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile run at the International Track Association meet held in Los Angeles, CA.Ref: 4
Mar 24Professional track debuted with Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile run at the International Track Association meet held in Los Angeles, CA.Ref: 4
Apr 13First professional runner to break the four minute mile (Jim Ryun).Ref: 51
Apr 172nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59.Ref: 5
Apr 1777th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oregon in 2:16:03.Ref: 5
May 20Ken Moore beat 4,030 competitors to win the 63rd Bay-to-Breakers footrace in San Francisco, CA. Moore stepped his way to the finish line in 37 minutes, 15 seconds over a course measured at 7.8 miles.Ref: 4
May 26Kathy Schmidt set an American women’s javelin record with a toss of 207 feet, 10 inches in Modesto, CA.Ref: 4
May 27Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6.Ref: 5
Jun 25Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m.Ref: 5
Jul 07Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women's mile (4:34.9).Ref: 5
Jul 13David Bedford set a new world record in the 10,000-meter race in London. The track star from Great Britain ran the distance in 27 minutes, 31 seconds.Ref: 4
Aug 02Rick DeMont captured the 400-meter freestyle event in 4 minutes, 2.9 seconds at the Los Angeles Invitational Swim Meet. His coach, looking for that ultimate sound bite said, “Rick turned in the fastest time ever by an unshaven swimmer.”Ref: 4
Aug 2610-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, CA, beating a field of 1,500 runnersRef: 5
1974
Feb 10Judy Ikenberry wins first US women's marathon (2:55:17).Ref: 5
Apr 153rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11.Ref: 5
Apr 1578th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39.Ref: 5
Jul 02Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81).Ref: 5
Dec 01Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5).Ref: 5
1975
Apr 214th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of West Germany in 2:42:24.Ref: 5
Apr 2179th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:09:55.Ref: 5
May 03Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8).Ref: 5
May 09Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 meters (world record).Ref: 5
May 10Brian Oldfield of the US put the shotput 75', an unofficial recordRef: 2
1976
Apr 195th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wisconsin in 2:47:10.Ref: 5
Apr 1980th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Washington DC in 2:20:19.Ref: 5
May 01Jos Hermens, Netherlands sets record for 20,000 meter, 57:24.2.Ref: 5
Jun 30John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4.Ref: 5
Oct 10Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33.Ref: 5
1977
Apr 186th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33.Ref: 5
Apr 1881st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46.Ref: 5
May 01Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4).Ref: 5
1978
Feb 19Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 meter indoor (2:34.8).Ref: 5
Apr 1782nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers (his 2nd) of Massachusetts in 2:10:13.Ref: 5
Apr 177th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52.Ref: 5
May 13Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 meter steeplechase (8:05.4).Ref: 5
May 20Mavis Hutchinson, 53, made it to NY City to become the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day. Now that's what we call a daily workout.Ref: 4
Jun 27Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1.Ref: 5
Sep 02Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man.Ref: 5
Oct 28Donald Ritchie ran the fastest 100 Km ever, doing it in 7.2722.Ref: 5
1979
Apr 1683rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:09:27.Ref: 5
Apr 168th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15.Ref: 5
May 25Raul Gonzáles of México completes 50,000 meter walk in record 3:41:38.4.Ref: 5
Jul 17Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo.Ref: 5
Sep 12Pietro Mennea of Italy sets the 200m record (19.72) in Mexico City.Ref: 5
Oct 17D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8.Ref: 5
Oct 21Greta Waitz wins woman participation in NYC marathon (02:27:33).Ref: 5
1980
Jan 26Mary Decker became first woman to run a mile in under 4½ minutes.Ref: 5
Apr 219th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28. Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon, but she was disqualified when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.Ref: 5
Apr 2184th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts (his 3rd) in 2:12:11.Ref: 5
Apr 26Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01).Ref: 5
May 25Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8").Ref: 5
May 26Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8".Ref: 5
May 28Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5".Ref: 5
Jul 01Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo.Ref: 5
Aug 01Gerd Wessig of East Germany set the high jump record.Ref: 5
Aug 13Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR.Ref: 5
Sep 06Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s).Ref: 5
1981
Feb 06Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4).Ref: 5
Feb 20James Sanford equals 50 meter indoor world record (5.61 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 22Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8).Ref: 5
Apr 03Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg.Ref: 5
Apr 2010th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46.Ref: 5
Apr 2085th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26.Ref: 5
May 04Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0).Ref: 5
Jun 10Sebastian Coe of Englands sets the 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence.Ref: 5
Jul 07Ben Plucknett of US throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified.Ref: 5
Jul 11Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2:12.18.Ref: 5
Aug 26Steve Ovett recaptured the mile-run record which had been taken from him just a week earlier by Sebastian Coe. Ovett’s new world record time was 3:48.40.Ref: 4
Aug 28For the third time in 10 days, a world record in the mile run was set. Sebastian Coe, who broke Steve Ovett’s record on August 19 and lost it to Ovett on August 26, broke it again -- by a full second -- in Brussels, Belgium. Coe’s new record time was 3:47.33.Ref: 5
Dec 06Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08 18.Ref: 5
1982
Mar 07Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 meter indoor (49.59 seconds).Ref: 5
Apr 19Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery.Ref: 5
Apr 1911th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33.Ref: 5
Apr 1986th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oregon in 2:08:51.Ref: 5
Jun 11Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14.Ref: 5
Jul 07David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41.Ref: 5
Jul 07Steve Scott of US runs the mile in a record 3:47.69.Ref: 5
Aug 19Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec.Ref: 5
Oct 03Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm.Ref: 5
Oct 03Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours.Ref: 5
1983
Feb 21Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds.Ref: 5
Feb 27Eamonn Coghlan sets indoor mile record of 3 49.78.Ref: 5
Mar 12Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4 :1 :9).Ref: 5
Apr 17Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29).Ref: 5
Apr 1812th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43, a record.Ref: 5
Apr 1887th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Massachusetts in 2:09:00.Ref: 5
May 10Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in SeoulRef: 2
May 14Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5).Ref: 5
May 29Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 meters.Ref: 5
Jun 25Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 mRef: 5
Jul 03Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 s for 100 m).Ref: 5
Jul 26Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28).Ref: 5
Aug 07First World Track & Field Championships.Ref: 5
Aug 07Grete Waitz of Norway, wins first all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin).Ref: 5
Aug 31Edwin Moses of USA sets the 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz.Ref: 5
Sep 18George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere.Ref: 5
Sep 22Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4".Ref: 5
1984
Jan 27Carl Lewis bettered his own two-year-old record by 9-1/4 inches when he sets a new, world indoor record with a long-jump mark of 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches. The track event was held in New York City.Ref: 4
Feb 03A sellout crowd of 18,210 at Madison Square Garden in New York City saw Carl Lewis best his own world record in the long jump by 9-1/4 inches.Ref: 4
Feb 27Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 meters).Ref: 5
Apr 1613th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28.Ref: 5
Apr 1688th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34.Ref: 5
Jun 10Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m).Ref: 5
Jun 16Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race.Ref: 5
Jul 04Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m.Ref: 5
Jul 13Sergei Bubka of US pole vaults a record 5.89 m.Ref: 5
Jul 20Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m.Ref: 5
Jul 21Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s.Ref: 5
Aug 06Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics.Ref: 5
Aug 22Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec.Ref: 5
Aug 29Edwin Moses won the 400-meter hurdles in track competition in Europe. It was the track star’s 108th consecutive victory.Ref: 4
Oct 21Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05.Ref: 5
Oct 29Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon.Ref: 5
1985
Jan 18Running in competition for the first time since her famed collision with Zola Budd during the 1984 Olympics, Mary Decker broke a world indoor record. She ran the women’s 2,000-meter race in just 5 minutes, 34.2 seconds. The indoor track meet was held in Los Angeles.Ref: 4
Jan 27Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25).Ref: 5
Apr 13Katrin Dörre wins first female World Cup marathon (2:33:30).Ref: 5
Apr 14Ahmed Salah wins first World Cup marathon (2:08:09).Ref: 5
Apr 1514th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06.Ref: 5
Apr 1589th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith (2nd consecutive) of Great Britain in 2:14:05.Ref: 5
Apr 20Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12).Ref: 5
Apr 21Ingrid Kristiansen wins the London Marathon in a record 2:21:6.Ref: 5
May 05The first husband and wife team to win a major marathon, Ken and Lisa Maratin, won over $50,000 for their first-place finishes in the Pittsburgh Marathon. Interesting also, because they had never run in the same race before.Ref: 4
Jun 16Willie Banks broke the world record for the triple jump with a leap of 58 feet, 11-1/2 inches in the USA. championships in Indpls, IN. Banks broke the record that had been set by Brazil’s Joao Oliveria in 1975.Ref: 4
Aug 11Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12).Ref: 5
Aug 21Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71.Ref: 5
Aug 23Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin.Ref: 5
Sep 04Igor Paklin of the US set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12.Ref: 5
Oct 06Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m women's record (47.6) in Australia.Ref: 5
1986
Feb 08Billy Olson, who actually claimed that he was afraid of heights, broke an indoor pole vault record for the seventh time in four months. He vaulted 19 feet, 5-1/2 inches.Ref: 4
Feb 23Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 meter indoor (7.00 seconds).Ref: 5
Apr 2115th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55.Ref: 5
Apr 2190th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51.Ref: 5
Apr 23Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60 meter indoor (7 seconds).Ref: 5
Jun 06Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself.Ref: 5
Jun 21Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record).Ref: 5
Jul 05Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74).Ref: 5
Jul 07The USA enjoyed great success at the Goodwill Games (in Moscow) as Jackie Joyner-Kersee broke the heptathlon world record with 7,148 points. She was the first woman to crack the 7,000-point barrier. Jackie extended the record that same year to 7,158 points in the US Olympic Sports Festival where she won all seven events of the heptathlon.Ref: 4
Jul 11Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74.Ref: 5
Jul 11Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women).Ref: 5
Aug 02Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts).Ref: 5
Aug 05Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets the 5k woman's record (14:37.33).Ref: 5
Aug 29Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s).Ref: 5
Sep 10Sprinter Evelyn Ashford was defeated for the first time in eight years. Ashford lost to Valerie Brisco-Hooks in the 200-meter run held in Rome, Italy.Ref: 4
Sep 17Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94).Ref: 5
Sep 28Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City).Ref: 5
1987
Feb 22Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.36 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 27Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76 meters).Ref: 5
Mar 08Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60 meter indoor.Ref: 5
Apr 11Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39).Ref: 5
Apr 12Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55).Ref: 5
Apr 2016th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21.Ref: 5
Apr 2091st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50.Ref: 5
Jun 04Edwin Moses, who had won a total of 122 consecutive victories in the 400-meter hurdles, was defeated by Danny Harris in Madrid, Spain. It had been ten years since Moses had lost the event.Ref: 4
Jun 30Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump.Ref: 5
Jul 22Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome.Ref: 5
Jul 23Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record).Ref: 5
Jul 23Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39).Ref: 5
Aug 30Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec.Ref: 5
Aug 30Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump women's record (6'10").Ref: 5
Aug 30Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57).Ref: 5
Nov 0122,000 run in NYC Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2h11m1s).Ref: 5
1988
Jan 29Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15.Ref: 5
Feb 13Christine Wachtel runs world record 800 meter indoor (1 minute 56.40 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 13Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37 meters).Ref: 5
Feb 13Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18 minutes 11.41 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 19Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200 meter (1:32.55).Ref: 5
Feb 20Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50 meter (6.58 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 20Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000 meter (2:16.2).Ref: 5
Feb 20Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 meters).Ref: 5
Apr 17Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50).Ref: 5
Apr 1817th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30.Ref: 5
Apr 1892nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43.Ref: 5
Apr 23Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47:06).Ref: 5
Jun 11Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8½").Ref: 5
Jul 16Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 pts.Ref: 5
Jul 16Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec.Ref: 5
Jul 16Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds.Ref: 5
Jul 17Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 100m woman's record (10.49).Ref: 5
Aug 17Butch Reynolds of USA sets the 400m record (43.29) in Zurich.Ref: 5
Aug 20Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21).Ref: 5
Sep 08Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11")Ref: 5
Sep 26Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug testRef: 5
Sep 29Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 200m woman's record (21.34).Ref: 5
Oct 29Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi.Ref: 5
Oct 30Jim Elliott (US) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi.Ref: 5
Nov 06Steve Jones wins NY men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title.Ref: 5
1989
Mar 01Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981.Ref: 5
Mar 04Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43 meter).Ref: 5
Mar 05Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 meter indoor (8 :3.82).Ref: 5
Mar 08Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60 meter hurdles (7.37 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 09Roger Kingdom runs world record 60 meter hurdles indoor (7.36 seconds).Ref: 5
Apr 15Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48).Ref: 5
Apr 16Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28).Ref: 5
Apr 1718th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33.Ref: 5
Apr 1793rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06.Ref: 5
Jul 03Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in StockholmRef: 5
Jul 29Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan.Ref: 5
Aug 16Roger Kingdom of USA sets the 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich.Ref: 5
Aug 18Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets the 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin.Ref: 5
Sep 06Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track recordsRef: 5
Nov 0520th NYC Marathon (J Kanganaa 2h08m01s & Ingrid Kristiansen 2h25m28s).Ref: 5
1990
Feb 04Danny Everett runs world record 400 meter indoor (45:04).Ref: 5
Feb 04Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 meter hurdles indoor (7.69).Ref: 5
Feb 09Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13).Ref: 5
Apr 1619th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23.Ref: 5
Apr 1694th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19.Ref: 5
Apr 27Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10.Ref: 5
Jul 25Nadezhda Ryashkina of US sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23).Ref: 5
Aug 25Li Hui Rong of China sets the triple jump women's record (47'8«").Ref: 5
1991
Jan 11Ben Johnson first race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd.Ref: 5
Feb 27Noureddine Morcelli set 1500 meter mark at 3 34 16.Ref: 5
Feb 28Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500 meter indoor (3:34:16).Ref: 5
Mar 03Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 meter indoor (22.24 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 10Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 meter indoor (22.24 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 10Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schönlebe walk 4x400 meter indoor world record (3 :3.05).Ref: 5
Mar 15Soviet pole vaulter Sergei Bubka cleared a record 20¼ feet during an international meet in San Sebastian, Spain.Ref: 5
Mar 23Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12 meter).Ref: 5
Apr 1520th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18.Ref: 5
Apr 1595th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06.Ref: 5
Apr 21Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17).Ref: 5
Apr 21Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14).Ref: 5
May 06Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9".Ref: 5
May 30Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km).Ref: 5
Jun 14Leroy Burrell of USA sets the 100m record (9.90) in NYC.Ref: 5
Aug 05Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record (20¬") in Malm” SwedenRef: 5
Aug 07US sets 400m relay record at 37.67 secondsRef: 5
Aug 25Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds.Ref: 5
Aug 30Mike Powell of the US, sets then long jump record at 29' 4"Ref: 5
Aug 30Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points.Ref: 5
Nov 03NYC Marathon winners are Salvador Garcia (Mex) & Liz McColgan (Scot).Ref: 5
1992
Feb 02Danny Everett runs world record 400 meter indoor (45.02 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 09Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07 meters).Ref: 5
Feb 11Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400 meter (44.97 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 14Andre Cason runs world record 60 meter indoor (6.41 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 14Merlene Ottey runs world record 60 meter indoor (6.96 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 10Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400 meter (3 :7.22).Ref: 5
Mar 28Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3 :5 :1).Ref: 5
Apr 2021st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43.Ref: 5
Apr 2096th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14.Ref: 5
1993
Feb 02Irina Privalova runs world record 50 meter indoor (6.05 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 11Irina Privalova runs world record 60 meter indoor (6.92 seconds)Ref: 5
Feb 13Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000 meter indoor (2 minutes 34.84 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 13Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 meter indoor (21.87 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 13Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 meters).Ref: 5
Feb 21Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters).Ref: 5
Feb 28Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46 meters).Ref: 5
Apr 1922nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27.Ref: 5
Apr 1997th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33.Ref: 5
Jul 10Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes.Ref: 2
1994
Jan 14Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61 meters).Ref: 5
Jan 28Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m).Ref: 5
Feb 01Irina Privalova runs world record 50 meter indoor (6.03 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 04Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 meter indoor (6.00 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 04Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 meter indoor (8:18.71).Ref: 5
Feb 06Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77 meters.Ref: 5
Feb 12Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.90m.Ref: 5
Feb 13Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m.Ref: 5
Mar 06Colin Jackson runs world record 60 meter hurdles indoor (7.30 seconds).Ref: 5
Apr 1823rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45.Ref: 5
Apr 1898th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15.Ref: 5
1995
Feb 09Irina Privalova runs female world record 50 meter (5.96 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 10Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12 meters).Ref: 5
Feb 12Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7 minutes 37.51 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 12Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7 minutes 35.15 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 12Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13 meters).Ref: 5
Feb 19Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200 meter (22.10 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 19Linford Christie runs European record 60 meter indoor (6.47 seconds).Ref: 5
Feb 19Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 04Michael Johnson runs world record 400 meter indoor (44.63 seconds).Ref: 5
Mar 12Letitia Vriesde runs South America indoor record 800 meter (2 :0.35).Ref: 5
Apr 1724th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11.Ref: 5
Apr 1799th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22.Ref: 5
1996
Apr 15100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9.Ref: 5
Apr 1525th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6.Ref: 5
1997
Apr 21101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34.Ref: 5
Apr 2126th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23.Ref: 5
May 31Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150 meter raceRef: 5
Jul 19Daniel Komen of Kenya broke the 8-minute barrier for the 2-mile run while setting a new world record of 7:58.61 at the Hechtel Night of Athletics in Hechtel, Belgium. Komen actually ran two sub-4-minute-miles in this race, running his first mile in 3:59.2, then turned in a second mile of 3:59.4.Ref: 4
1999
Jun 1624-year-old Maurice Greene takes the worlds record in the 100-meter sprint in 9.79 seconds at an invitational track meet in Athens, Greece.Ref: 4
Jul 07Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj sets a record for the mile at 3:43:13 at the Golden Gala Meet, Rome, Italy.Ref: 4
Aug 27Michael Johnson sets the 400m record at 43.18 seconds in Zurich. 
Nov 07Joseph Chebet and Adriana Fernandez put the frustration of second place behind them, as they won the NY City Marathon. Chebet of Kenya, the runner-up the previous two years, used a powerful last-second kick to finish with a time of 2:09:20. Fernandez of Mexico, who also finished second the previous year, easily won the women’s division with a time of 2:25:06, the second-fastest in the race's history. “I was feeling very strong and decided to take off,” Fernandez said.Ref: 4
2000
Apr 17Kenya's Elijah Lagat won the Boston Marathon; Catherine Ndereba became the first female Kenyan winner.Ref: 6
2001
Sep 16Eight cross-country runners from the University of Wyoming were killed when their SUV collided head-on with a pickup truck that swerved into their lane. (XDG, p 4A, 9/16/2002)Ref: 83
2002
Feb 23Penn State pole vaulter Kevin Dare died after landing on his head during the Big 10 indoor championships in Minneapolis.Ref: 70
2003
Apr 21Svetlana Zakharov of Russia wins the women's division of the Boston Marathon in 2:25:20. (XDG, p 13, 4/22/2003)Ref: 83
Apr 21Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya wins the men's division of the Boston Marathon in 2:10:11. (XDG, p 13, 4/22/2003)Ref: 83
Oct 12Rachael Townsend of Plains OH dies shortly after completing the Chicago Marathon. (XDG, p 6B, 10/14/2003)Ref: 83
Nov 01(or 2nd?) Martin Lel of Kenya wins the New York Marathon in 2:10:30. Margaret Okayo, also of Kenya, wins the women's marathon in 2:22:31, a course record. (WSJ, p A1, 11/03/2003)Ref: 33
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