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J I. \ \A \., \, .. { Vol. 7, No. 1 , , Aug. 10, 1960.; Semi-Mon:thly d $6 per year by fitrst class maH , Edited by Hal B~teman . r/ I I, . . ;!. - ' \ I I ·, J \ /' \..; - . 1 \' 1 • · ' , 1. • •• • 1 i , r PRE-OLYMPIC MEET, ·Eugene, Oregon, July · 30: 100111, :tiortoh 10:J:;Jetorpe (Canada) ,-' ', 10. 4: S.· Johnson 1p. 4;r~ime 10. 5; Winder 10. 6; Woodhouse 10. 6, 200t,· S. Jehnson ~0!._9; Nor- , ton ·~l. 0; Jerome, 21. 1; Carney 21. 4; Morrow i1. ,4; Woodhouse 21;6. 400, Q,,. Davis 45. 9; ~- _G. Davis 46~'~; Ve:rm~n/1~. 5~. 800, Sie~ert 1'.48• .~_; 9,hlernruin (Canada) 1:49, 5; Cunliffe 1: 49, ~; , . , Dupree ;l:49, s; M4rphyi 1:t>2. o. 1500, Burleson 3:45. 7; Moran ·3:48. 3; J. _Larson 3:49, 3; Close -, 1 3:56.1. , 3,00 C0c; Coleman 8:24.9;.Young8:25,0; Jones 8:48,0; Steinke 8:49,1; Oakley dnf, 5,000, Dellinger 14:,14. 9; Whiteley 14: 17. 7; Soth 14: 27. 2; Zwolak 14: 42, 3: Robertson 14: 59, 5; Breckeri .. ridge 15: 10, 2; Beatty dnf •. ll0HH, May 13. 6; .CalhoQn 13, 6; C o))b 14. l; Kl~in j •4, ~;. Ml,llkey 14, 8.• 400H, G. Davis 51. l; Howard 51, 4;-Cushman 51, 5; Squthef'Il 52, 0.,1!1,_ B,oston :~
-_;5~/1J";,~1i~~,q~ ~S)5~ ~:· ;,,;L~roos I (f) +177'2"; E,~l~ (~) l 76'; .~iepo}F),_:7~•10~~~;·,1~s~l~d1: '7 , Page 2 ' Aug, 10, 1960 (S) 206'4"; Finland 3: 11. 8; Sweden 3: 13. 9. . DUTCH CHAMPIONSHIPS, Amsterdam; , July 23:--24: Heida 1:50. 2; Blankenstein 3:52.1; 1 7 Kamerbeek 14 • 4·' Koch 51 88 " , 173'8'' • · ·, , _ MISC. JAPANESE RESULTS: Ogushi 52. 2; Sugioka 6'9½"; Vasuma 25'$!"; Okazaki 25'i"; Ebina 24 17¾"; Okazaki 51 '5f(; Yasuda 14'5¼". · . : HUNGARIAN CHAlvlPIO:NSHIPS, Budapest, ~July 29: 5,000, Iharos 14: 00. 8; M. Szabo 14: 11. 4~ ll0HH, Retezar 14. 7. PV, Miskei 14'1¼". SP, Varju 6113" (European record); Nagy 59'2i". JT, Kulcsar 254'10". July 30: ]00m, Kiss 10. 8. 400, Korda 47. 5. 1500, Rozsavolgyi 3:38.8(55.2, 1:54.4, 2:55.4); L. Kovacs 3:41.5; Parsch 3:43,2.]k_Kalocsay 24'4½". DT, Szecsenii 191'1½". July 31: 20(), Csutoras 21. 4. 800, Parsch 1:49. 7; Szentgali 1:50, 0; Roz savolgyi 1: 50. 2. 10, 000, Iharos 29: 14. 6; J. Kovacs 29: 34. o. 3000SC, Hecker 8:44. 2; Simon 11 8:46.4. HT, Zsivotzky 215'1½"; Csermak 208',1 • • • . · GREAT BRITAIN 116½, FRANCE 05½, London, July 30: JT, Macquet 257'3!1; Syrovatski · (F) 245'~½"; Smith 23t:116"; Lane 232'8½''. ll0HH, Roudnitska (F) 14. 4; Deprez , (F) 14 •.6; Parker ' 14. 6; Sirrel 14. 7. 10,000, Bogey (F) 29:01. 6; Merriman 29:01. 8; Eldon 29:20. O; Ameur 30: 11. 6. 200, D. Jones 21. 2; Segal (GB) 21. 11; Geneyay (F) 21. 5; Delecour 21. 7. HJ, Idriss (F) 6'7½"; Miller 6'7½"; tie, Fournier and Fairbrother G'5f'. HT, Ellis ' 202'5½"; Husson (F) · , 200'8½"; Payne 192'10~'.; Jaz 174'2½". 1500, Jazy 3:42. 8; \Viggs (GB) 3:42. 9; Ber .nard (F) 3:43. 2; Taylor 3:44, 2. 3000SC, Chapman 8:51. 8; Shirley 8:56. 6; Texereau 8:57 ..6; Ferrari 9:14. 8. fil.i Alsop (GB) 2•.l:'7¼";Collordot (F) 2•1'(½"; Brakchi 2·1'¼"; /Nooley 23'3½". 1600R, GB 3: 10. 3; France 3: 11. 9 • .(iug. 1: 400H, Boyes 52, 3; Metcalf 52. 3; Legoube 53. 7; Mysson 57. 5. l00tn, · I Radford 10. 6; Whitehcad-10. 7; Lissenko (F) 11. O; Lagorce 1.1. 2. SP, Lindsay 56'1oi"; Lucking (GB) 54'1~"; Colnard (F) 51'2¼"; Allard (F) 48'5i-". 800, Farrell 1:48.5; Wenk (GB) 1:49, O; .· Jazy 1:49. O; Lenoi;r 1:49. 2. 5,000, Pirie (GB) 13: 51. 6 (last 400 54. 6); Snlvat (GB) 13:54. 8; Bernard (F) 13:58. 2; Bogey 13:58. 8. 400R, GB 40.1; France •10.6, ' PV, Sillon (F) lt.l,'3¼"; 1 Balastre 14'1¼"; Ward 13'9!"; Porter 13'7i '. DT, . Lindsay 177'3½"; Alard (F,) 169'7"; Husson (F) 164'7½"; Cleaver 156'5". HSJ, Battista 50 1 3~";.Alsqp49'10"; Romarin (F) :18'~!"; Wilms hurst 43'10½". 400, Seye 45. 9; Brightwell 46. 5; Wrighton 1¾6. 5; Haarhoff 47. 8. LONDON, July 31: s,~ooo, Tabori (DP Hungary) 13:52. 6; Tulloh 13: 5L::C.4; Craig 14: 04. 6; Hill lJ:09.2; Clark lLl:11.2 .• /~ug. 1: 400, Milkha Sirigh (India) •16.3; Yardley '16.9; Jackson \ 47. 0;' Sampson •17. 8. 1500, Reed 3:~17.3; Keeling 3:•1:1.17; Kent-Sroith 3:-18. 0; Haith 3:,18. 3; Ibbotson 3:49, 2. ll0HH, Razik (Pakistan) 14. 5j Parker 1•:t 0; Hildreth 1'1. 6, . POTSDAM, GERfy1ANY, July 31: 800, Valentin 1:•16, 8; Mcinelt 1~.:17.7; Kuhl 1~49, 2; Kohler 1: 50, 3, ·aoo~ Gr,odotzki 7: 5L1. 2; Doring s·:21. 6. 200, Grogorenz 21. 1; plamm 21. 3. !:!1._Pfeil 6'9½"; Ullrich 6'7½". ffi_ Stolle 2~1<.'ll". ·100H, Fischer 52. 3~ Frahn1 52, 5. :. .· IRISH RESULTS, Dublin, July 18: Tabori (DP Hungary) •1:03. 0; Everett (GB) ,4: 03. 5; Lawlor 201•0 :•. July H>: L~wlor 205'11". 1 FRANCE B 118> HOLLAND 9·1, Forbach, July 31: Kamcrbeek (H) 14.4; Koch (H) 52 1!" 1 173'9½''. _ · - . _, BRUSSELS, July 31: Moens ' l: ►17. 0;1Roelants 8:49. 8. ROME,July 31: C. Lievore 2'14'3", , OSLO, July 27: Mocns (Belgium) 1:46. 9; Tabori (DP;. Hungary) 3:43. 8; Vamos (Rumania) 3:44. 4n; Hamarsland -3:4,~. 811; Allewaert (Belgium) 3:•16. 2n; Schmidt (Poland) 54'4{"; Einarsson (Iceland) 52'9f'; \Bunaes .21. 3; Allonsius (Belgium) 14: 05. 8; Rasmussen 2•16'11"; Danielsen
1 244'10"; Cieply (Poland) 207'½,". - • .. GOTEBORG, SWEDEN, Aug. 1: V/aem 2:'21. 10; K~:rr (BWI) 2:22. 5n; Tabori (DP Hungary) 1 4: 06, *;Gardner (BWI) 14. 2; 1\/IalSpence (BWI) 46, 8; Rut (Poland) 216 ; Asplund 204'7½"; Robin son (Bahamas)_ 21. o.; Bunacs (Norway) 21. 2n; Bertrund (BWl) 21. 4n; Kropidlowski (Poland) 24'4"; Ander.sen (Denmark) 13'11 -i-". ,, . , MENDEN, ,GERMANY, July :n: Jefferys (South Afrfca) 10, 5, 21. 2; Mal Spence (South Africa) 46. 8; Day (South Africa) ' ,17.. 411. 1J _ C MANFIELD, ENGLAND,. July 31:·'Rowu 62'l" (European record). __ BULGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS,Sofia: Khristov 15'1l"; Patarinskl 50}6¾'', VARSOVIE, POLAND~ Foik 20. 6; Kowalski 46.1; Chromik .4:02, 8 (1500SC) • . 11 VARKhUS, FINLAND: Y. Mikhailov (UUSR) 53'5! ; Bukhantsev (USSR) 181'2". ITALY 112, NOR\VAY 99, osio, Aug. 4: 100m, Berruti (l) 10, 3; Bunaes (N) 10. 5; \ J Gianonne ·l0.5. 1500, Hamarsland 3:4,8.7; Rizzo 3:50.4~ 5,900, Conti 14:14.4. •.100H,Gul brandsen 51, 6; Morale 51. 7; Martini 5_3. 9 . .!!L_Bra vi 24'5¾", DT, Haugen (N) 179'4½''; Con- ,, solini 177'4½"; R~do 176'1". HT,-Stral}dli(N) . 296'f'. Aµg. 5: 200, ,Bcrruti 20, 9; Bu,naes ,,.21.4;. ' ' Page3 BULLETIN BOARD Aug. 24, 1960 Next Newsletters Sept. 14, 28. Trac~ & Field Nev-is mailed Si;~pt. 29. It's off to the Olympics for the entire cdit _orial staff of Track & Field News. The book sales and circulation departments wiU .remain open fo:c business. However, matters handled by the publisher and editor cannot be taken care of'unt.i:l about Sept. 15, A small supply of 1952 A TFS Annuals, 10 to be exact, have become available. They arc avail able on a first come, first served basis at $5 each. Please make thfs a separate order with separate remittance as it may be necessary to return your check. Free copies of a Metric-Yardage Linear Equivalent Table are available from Peter Murphy, 207 East Michigan St., Milwo.ukee 2, Wisconsin. David'Batchelor, 1400 Grandin Ave., Pittsburgh 16, Pa., would like to contact any one having NCAA Track and Field Guides for 1944 anJ earlier in a complete series. He would like to borrow them and is willing to pay postage both ways plus place a deposit to insure their return.
WIND SPRINTS Olympic track coach Larry Snyder denies that the U.S. team might go stale from too many pre-Olympic meets. "They're in excellent shape, all of them, except for a few minor aches end bruises," Snyder says ... former Czech distance star E.mil Zatopek says the ~, Russians will have a hard time winning the unolfic1al team chq.mpionship. "Soviet sport has r had some serious relapses," Zatopek says. "Soviet athletes came up very fast, almost too fast. Maybe now. is the morning after.", .. doctors in Heidelberg, Germany, think Gert Potgieter of South Africa may lose the sight of his left eye. Potgieter recently was injured in an automobile accident •.. in Rome, Russian hammer thrower Vasiliy Rudenkov tossed the hammer right out of the practice stadium. The ball, which cleared a 10-foot fence and a 25- foot embankment, landed in the middle of the road outside the stadiu .m. Unofficial observers, wbr uaced off the distance, said the hammer travelled ahout 242 feet ••. veteran Italian discus tlu. _ Ner Adolfo Consolini will take the Olympic : oath for all the .athletes at the opening cere monies.,. the weatherman in Rome predicts the Olympics will be hdd i~ hot and humid weather with brief, occasional showers ... Russian decathlon ace Vasiliy Kuznyctsov says he is not conceding victory to Rufer Johnson in the decathlon. "I hope the fight for the decathlon record is not finished and that Johnson's rec .ord does not constitute the limit in that event," Kuznyetsov said .• ,. Herb EHiott was keen to run the marathon the Olympics besides the 1500 but he was told by the. A ust:ralian l1A U he couldn't because Australia already bad three mara thoners, Ian Sin.field, Dave Pow~r and Al Lawrence. Percy Ccrutty said, "They have sacri ficed a gold medal by not allowing Herb to run," Ce:rutty also said that Power and Albie Thomas are in wonderful shape ... shot· putter Dave Davis, an alternate on the U.S. team now that Bill Nieder was na.rned to the squad, whiles away time in Rome by eating and working out with the weightlifting team, During his first day at the Olympic Village, Davis had five meals and added that he had seconds along 'the way ••• Russian coach G, V, Korobkov says the Ameri can track team is the best this country has ever assembled, He is especially high on John ;;-, Thomas, Ray Norton, Glenn Davis and Lee Calhoun. 1-:lowever, he adds that the Russians will ,, be stronger than they were at Melbourne ... Ca11adfan sprinter Harry Jerome thinks experi ence rather than speed will win the Olympic 100. He thinks Ray Norton will win because he has more experience. "I'm more afraid of Norton than Sime," Jerome says, "Sime is not so quick off the blocks and he gets to worrying about his legs. " ..• Bill Nieder thinks Parry O'Brien will throw between 62'4" and 62'8" in Rome •.. Nieder, who threw 65'10" in the final wa1·mup meet before the track team left the U.S., was babying his right wrist all week before the r.1eet ..• distance runner Max Truex will think twice before he gets the urge to swim again. Truex and other members of the U.S. team were sweating in a crowd bus on a trip through Switzerland when the vehicle passed Lake Thun. Truex persuaded the driver to stop and Max plunged into the wnter. He splashed around for awhile._ and .g.ot out;t, his Olympic dress wet ,.,,~ and his watch ruined, .• San Francisco sportswriter Art Rosenbaum says Ray Norton re injured his back when plo.yful teammates at the Eugene, Oregon, training camp tossed Norton a snake. Norton lurched away and rcinjured his back ... Parry O'Brien is a tough man to beat when there is a championship at stake. He was unbeaten in three Pucific Coast Conference meets, undefeated in eight indoor AAU meets, unbeaten in eight California Relays and has won two titles apiece in the Pan American Garn cs and the Olympic Games. In major meets in the last 10 years he has been beaten four times -- 1951 NCAA, 1952 Olympic Trials, 1956 AAU and 1960 Olympic Trials, He has won 22 outdoor and indoor titles in this ti.rte and neglected the shot in 1957 in favor of the discus.
• 0 L Y ivIPI C NA Ti ON AL TE A MS
With the opening of the Olympic Games on Aug. 25 practically all of the various sports teams that will represer~t the many nations have been selected, Listed below are the entries for many of the worid's top track powers with the event or cve11ts in which the athlete · has been entered. · · ' ..
USSR -- OzoHn (100); Konovalov (100, 200); Kozanov (100); Arkhipdrnk (200); Barten yev (200); Grachev (400); Krivo shc yev (800); Bulishev (800); Savinkov (HOO); Momotkov (1500);
Artin.yuk (5,000); Ydimov (li 1 000); Zukharov (G, 000); Bolotnikov (10,000); Desyatchikov (10,000); Zhukov (10,000); Vorobiev (marathon); Rumiantsev (m,:1rathon); Popov (marathon); _ A. Mikhailov (llOHH); Chistyakov (110HH); Be1:ezutskiy (llOHH); Kryunov (4.00H); Chevichalov (400H); Matsulevich ("100H); Sokolov (:3000SC); R;:.hishchin (3000SC);. Konov (3000SC); Bolshav (HJ); Brumel (HJ); Shavladadz<;.i (HJ); T,i:r··Ov~nC:;syan (BJ); Kvachakhidzc (BJ); Bondarenko (BJ); Krasovskis (PV); Bulatov (PV); Pt.:trenko (PV}; Goryayev (HSJ); Krecr (HSJ); Y, Mikhailov (HSJ); Lip1mis (SP); Trusenyev (lTr); Bukhnntsev (DT); Kompaney~ts (QT); Paama (JT); Tsibulcnko OT); Sivoplyusov (ff); Rudcnkov_ (HT); S.imotsv8tov (HT); Nikulin (HT); Kuty-cnko (decathlon); Kuznyetsov (decathlon); Dyachkov (decathlon); '-'.~00 rday team; 1600 :relay team, GERMANY_ -- Bary (100, i~00, ·'100R); Mahiendorf (100, ,.,OOR); Gerrnar (100, 200, 400R); Cullrnann (•.~OOR); Lauer (400R: UOHH); Steinbach (.:100R, !JJ); Wendelin (200); Kauf m~um (,.~OO; 1600R); Kin-1,~r (400, 16COR); Rcske (•100, 1600R); K[liser (lGOOR); Kl.irnbt (1600R); Storm (1600R)i Schmidt (UCO); lv'1at1i.schews.ki(BOO); Balke (8C't)); Valentin (1500); Harn1emann (1500); Schwarte (1500); C1:odi,tzlj (5, 000, , l C, 000); Flossbach (5,000); Janke ((', OC:O);Honickc (10, COO); Hoger (10,000); Bartholomc (ma:catho~1); Havenstein (marathon); BeckL·.rt (maruthon); Schottcs (110H); Gf-:rbig (lhll!); Janz (•1C'0H); Mathias (400H); Fisch<:r (-1:JvH); Buhl (SOOOSC); N'i.Jler (SOOOSC);Huneke (3COOSC); Pull (HJ); Pfeil (HJ); IUeh.ensahm (HJ); Prcussger (PV); Laufer (PV); Malcher (PV); Molzt.crgel' (BJ); Kvppeu (BJ); Thierfeld~r (HSJ); Hinze (HSJ); Vdschmeycr (HSJ); Lingnau (SP); Urbach (SP), Kuhl (SP, DT); Wul Kent-Smith (15CJ); Recd (HiCO); Pirie (5, GOC\ 101 000); Salvat (5, OJO); Tulloh (fl, 000); Hyman (10,000); Merriman (lC, ao:'J); O'Gonrnm (marathon); Kilby (marathon); Kelley (marathon); Hildreth (110H); Matthews {llOH}; Birrell (llOH); Goudge (-J.OOH);Metcalf (10.0H); Boyes (4001-I); Chapmc.n (30 0SC); Palm tr (3000SC); Shirley (30GOSC); Fairbrother. ·(HJ); Mlllcr (HJ); Howell (BJ); Alsop (BJ); Rowe (SP); Lbds~y (SP. DT); Lucking (SP); Ellis (HT); POLAND -- Foik (1:)0, 200 1 ,:OOR) ; Kowa.lski (~~oo,1600R); Swatowski (400, 16CCR); Makomaski (800); Lewandowski (800, 1500) _: Orywal (800, 1500); Krzyszkowiak (5,000, 10 1 000 3000SC); Zimny (5, Oi;O, 10, OO(J};Jochmnn (5, C100); Ozog (10, 000); Muzyk (1101-:I); Krol (·tOCH); Kumiezczc (4,00H); Chromik (:JCUOSC); Sohat.'! (HJ); Crahcws}cj. (BJ); Kropidlowski (BJ); Kr(:i;; zinski (PV); Gronowski. (PV); Schmidt (HSJ); M4lchcrczyk (HSJ);J}.rnkols)9 (HSJ); SosGornik (SP); Piatkowski (DT); Bcgier (DT); Sidlo (JT); .Radziwon~:rwicz (JT); Rut (HT); Cieply (HT) .. 1 FRANCE -- Seye (1-JO, 200, .400, •1GOR); Dc.ll;!cour (100 1 200, 1:00R); Piquemal (100, 100R); Gcncvay (20G, 400R); Lissenko (t,:j(.)R); Lu_Gor:gc ("10JR); Lenoir (SOC); Jazy (15SO); . · Bernard (1500 1 5, UCO); Bogey (1C, GOO);Lrncu :r. (5,000, 1.0, 000); Ackleche (lC-1 000); Roudnitska (llOH); Duricz (llOH); Deprez (llOH); Tcxcreau (3000SC); Idriss (Hj); Fournier (HJ); Collar dot (BJ); Brakchi (BJ); Sillon (PV); Battista (HSJ); \Villiam (HSJ); .Alard (DT); Macquet QT); Syrovotski (ff); Husson (HT); Mimoun (marathon); Gcneve {marathon), • HUNGARY - - Rozsavoigyi (800, 1300); L, Kovacs (80Q. 1500); Parsch (800, 1500); Iharos (5, 000 1 H\ 000); Szabo (5> 'ODO);SzGkcrcs (5, 000); J. Kov:::.cs {10, COO); Simon (3000SC); Hecker (30GDSC); Nagy (SP); Varju (SP); Szccscnyi {DT); Klics (DT); Kuksnr OT); Zsivotsky (HT); Cscrmak (HT). BRITISH WEST INDIES - - D. Johnson (100, 200); Garc!ut:r (100, llGI--U; Bertrand (200, •100); Kerr (400, 800); Mal Spence (-100); \Veddcrhurn· (l6COR). SWEDEN -- L. Jonsson (20('); A. Pi:ttcrrsson (11:00); Knuts (800); Waern (1500); Troll J sas (400H); Tjornebo (300(lSC); Tedenby (3;)00SC); S. Pettersson (HJ); K,A. Nilsson (HD; Wahlander (BJ); Erickson (HSJ); Udd8bom (SP, D'T); Edlund (DT); Fredriksson (JT); Asplund IP (HT); 1600 meter relay team. \ ( fage G 10 YEARS OF TRACK AND FIELD Aug. 24, 1960 Part XIV - The Discus Throw By Humphrey J. Long - World Record: 1950 1960 is6 1 1l" 196'6½" / The discus throw, thanks mainly to the efforts ·of Bob Fitch of the USA and Adolfo Con solini of Italy, soon picked up· after the war years. After these two had takeri turns in im prov.i,ng the world record it was left to amateur magician Fortune Gordien, the bronze medal 1 ist in the 1948 Olymp_i<::s1 t~dominate the event in 1949 .and set a new standard of186 1.'l" dur :ing a feast of fabulous throwing~- Understandably perhaps, Gordien relaxed somewhat during 1950, allowing the attention to shift back :to European circles where Italians Consolini and Giuseppe Tosi ruled supreme. On JW1e·23 in Rome Collsolini broke his own European record with 181' 11!'' in a duel With Tosi and then retained his EurQpean championship with a record 176'4". Tosi also repeated in the silv~r medal spot. Gordien didn't compete at all in 1951; taking a full rest from the event. , . Consolini, powever, pre~sed onto his 15th year of competition and though he failed to beat 180 feet he had a very good 'year except for losing his Italian championship to friend and , rival Tosi. As Olympic year opened a new star appeared -- Sim Iness, a former teammate of Bob Mathias at Tulare High School in California and now at Southern California. In his first · me~ of the 1952 season, h.c..,a~ta national collegiate record of 182'5" and improved this two months later to 18315¼". He won the NCAA title, then lost the AAU to Jim Dillion. However, he pull~d out a 180'6-½" to win the big one at ,Helsinki from Consolini and Dillion. Gordien, al though having a good year, could finish only fourth in the-Games. ~ This was a great disappoint ment fo:;:-the world record holder but it rriade him only more determined to push the world record past 186'11'.'. Once again, however, it was Jhe 6'6", 240-pound Iness who made the ,heaqlines in the early part of the season with a 185'5¼" in April at Palo Alto, Calif. Gordien hit back quickly with a 186'2¼" throw in Jun~, thus setting the stage for a great AAU duel. How- ever, a week before this meet, lncssunleashed a world record throw of 190'}" at the NCAA ~, meet_ in ,!.,incoln. As an anti~clima~, bi~ Iness went on to defeat Goi~dicn in the AAY.! meet. The 1', winning throw was a meet record 183'!>:/' but three weeks later at a Pasadena, Cahf., all coiners .1neet Gordie11 regained his record with .1 mighty 190 1 7½". Now weighing a muscle- hard 224 pounds, the former Minnesota athlete showed he was not finished with his record , breakilig when he revisited Pasadena onAug. 22 and put a seal on the world '-record for quite, some time with a 194'6" effort. In 1954, 30-year-ol .. I I / • I , ' . ' f / J - I ' ·, --., Page16 • , , ' • · ··. · ' ·· ,. " · r~ , Aug. 24, ·1960 · ) wlien Drummond dropped off the t~am. At Melbourne the best throwers of Europe and Ameri,ca assembled for what was expected to be a grcarOlympic struggle. But it wns all over in the ,µrst round. Oerter. the 20-year-old collegian, stcpp~ into the ring for his first thro~ .and ,came up with .a new Olympic rccqrd of 1841 10½". No one matched this effort so oe·rter . _c'ollectedJhe gold medal~ Gordicn, in his third Olympic Games, was seconq with 179'9½", Koch third and Mark Pharoah fourth with a British best .of 178'½". Consolini, who was com- peting in his . tbirij Olympic final, was sixth with 171 '-3}.!".. · , ., Great things were expected of Ocrter in 1957 but the season on a whole \was disappoint- r 1 ing. Oerter did win the NC,AA.title with 18,5'4 ' and the AAlJ.crown with 181'6'' bu~ these per- • 1 forma.'lccs were overshadowed by shot putteI" Parry O'Brien's unbeaten season and the first 190' -plus effort since 1953 by New Yo1·ker Jack ·Ellis '. Other prom;i.sing newcomers to the ranks of top-flight throwers ~ .ere Calif9rnia 1s Rink Babka and Poland's Edmund Piatkowski • . . It was the-se two plus Ocrter who dominated the 1958 campaign. Both Ocrter and Babka opened · the season \\o'ith throws oyer 200 feet which were nullified by sloping grounds. The highlight of the -se~son was probably the tie between them in the AAU ineet where they both hit 186'2". j In the European Cham~ionsnips, Piatkowski won with a meet record 175'11'' as t;he first ..eight I m~n bettered 170 feet. Consolini could manage only sixth but this ,~as-not b_ad for a 41-year~ . /' old man who placed {ifth in the 1938 championships. , If 1958 was a good year for Europe's discus throwers, 1959 was even better. On June , 7 at Gyor Szecsenyi, no\Y 26 and 233 pounds, turned up at th~ met't ·with a sore ho.ck. But , . this handicap , didn't seem to bother him as he unleashed a great series of throws one of which was a new European record of 191'4½". Szccsenyi was having a great season but so was the 23-year-old Piatkowski. The Poie, a small man by discus stilndards, 5'11½" and 181 pounds~ , showed tremendous speeu in the ring at Warsaw oil June 14 and broke t_he 'world record wj,th ' a 196'6½". Szecseriyi also improved his best to 193 1 811 before the season ended but seemed only to show his best form .in the less important meets. Back in America, Babka .topped 190 / feet for the first time officially while Detter ,yon the AAU and Pan American Games titles, the latter with 190'8'', a personal best. Seventeen men bettered 180 feet during 1959, a sign of the ·rising standards in this event and a pointer towards t~e sort of competition that can be expected in ,Rome. Before long 200 feet will be passed but then .ext landmark should be the first 190-foot toss in an Olympic final, · probubly this year .in the greatest Europe , versus ~ America strugg~e ever seen . in the history of thc ,c.vent • . STATS , ..,.._ I ( Evolution of the world record in the hop-step-jump: , 50'11" Daniel Ahearn, USA 1909 52'6¼" A. F'.- da Silva, Brazil , 1951 50'11¼" A. W~ Winter. Australia 1924 · 52'i0½" ·A. }7, da Silva, Brazil 1952 " 0 51 'li" Mikio Oda, Japan 1031 - 53'2½ A. F. da Silva, Brazil · 1 . 1952 . 51 '7" Cbuhei Nainbu, Japan , 1932 . 53'2-£" L. Shchc+ba.kov, USSR 1953 ,: 51'9!" J.P. Metcalfe, Australia 1935 ··.54~3i" · A, F. da Silva, B.razil 1955 52'5f' . Naoto Tajima, Japan 1936 54'5" O. Ryakhovs19y,, USSR 1958 52'5!" A,F. daSilva, Brazil 1950 5•1'9l" (). Fyedoseyev, USSR . 1950 , , 55'10}" Jozef Sc_hmidtJ Poland ..1960 . ' ' I Evolution 10£ the world hammer throw ·record: , "S 189 1 6.!." Patrick Ryan, USA 1913 210'1½" S. Nycnashev, USSR 1954 193'6'" · Erwin Blask, Germany 1938 211'½" . M. Krivonosov, USSR. 1955 , 193'7½" Imre Nemeth, Hungary 1948 211,iS" M. Krivonosov, USSR 1955 195'5" lmre Nemeth, Hungary 1949 2H31l" M. K:dvonosov, USSR ,' 1056 'r I 196'5½" Imre Nemeth, HWlgary > rn5o 217'9'' M. Krivonos'ov, ._USSR 1956 {, 197'11½1' J. Csermak, Hungary 1952 . 220"10" M, Krivonosov, 'USSR 1956 r::' 200'11" Sverre Strandli, _Norway · l!J52 224'1o½"Jial Co1inolly, USA ·· 1956 , .- .-, 204 1 711 Sverre .Straridli, Norway · 1053 ,225'4'' Hal Qoni:lolly, USA 1958 207'9½." M. Krivonosov; OSSR 195'-1 230'9" . Hal Connolly, ._USA 1960 J XI 1' . \ )· . , 1• --- I • ., ' f - I . , ; 'i { , I fc I i i' r ' \' jf 1 • " ' ' )' THE .GREATEST MILE RUNNERS --- 18 Page . ~, Aug. 24~ 1960 SIEGFRIED HER MANN _, , (Germany) ~9 points The first really efficient distance rwmer to come fror_n East Germany in the post-war periOd, Hermann first attracted attention during 19.55 when he ran 3:42. 6. He cannot, how;. ever, be said to have fulfilled his early promise fqr in , 1959 he ran a personal pest of 3: 40. 9, showing an improvement of 1. 7 seconds. Spiked in a heat of the Melbourne Olympics, he was forced .to drop out and he lost the whole 1957 season through injury. , In , 1998;, he wa-s back running consist~ntly fast races but never impressively in th~ big ones. 1f:ie showed further im provement in 1959 buJ: again, nothing shattering, althoug!i by now he_had climbed as high as fifth place in the Track & Field News rankings. It must be remembered, however, that 1959 ! ' was a season when many big names were inactive -- resting from the excrtiQns of 1958 before returning to the {ray in 1960. · Achievement Points: 95 I ; '\ 2 3:44. 4 on 15 July 55 at Oslo 3 · 3:42. 6 on 20 Sept. 58 at Erfurt - 3 3:42. 6 on .6 Aug. 55 at Warsaw 2 3:45. O on 11 Oct. 58 at Di:esden 2 4: 03. 4 on 21 Sept. 55 at London 2 Ninth 1958 T &FN Ranking 3 Eighth 1955 World List 2 3: 44. 5 on 10 May 59 at Essen ✓ 3 Eighth 1955 T&FN Ranking 5 3:40. 9 on 6 June 59 at Berlin 3 3:41. 8 on 20 July 56 at Erfurt 2 4: 02. 7 on 7 July 59 at Zurich < ~ 2 3:44. 6 on 19 Aug. 56 at Budapest 3 , 3: 41. 2 on l'l July 59 at Oslo 2 Ninth 1956 World List 2 4: 02. 8 on 23 July 59 at Halle; . 2 Ninth 1956 T&FN Ranking 2 3: 45. ,oon 15 Aug. ~9 at Leipzig _ 2 3:43. 9 on 10 May 58 at Berlin 3 3:42. 5 on 30 Aug. 5 9 at Leipzig 2 4: 03. 4 on 26 May 58 at Erf urt 2 3:43. 8 on 5 Sept. 59 at Berlin a'', 2 3: 43. 4 on 31 May 58 at Ludwigshafen 2 3:,43. 6 on 19 Sept. 59 at Jena 1 2 3: 44. 7 on l July 58 at Helsinki 3 4: 00. 2 on 30 Sept. 59 at Lpndon 3 3: 42. 7 20 58 2 4:03. 6 59 on July at Jena - on 2- Oct.\··.1/ at Manchester- - ', 3 3:42. 5 on 22 Aug. 58 at Stockholm 6 Fifth 1959 World List ,< 2 3:43. 4 on 24 Aug. 58 at Stockholm 6 Fifth 1950 'I'&FN R<;1nking ' 2 3~43. 8 on 7 ~ept~ 58 at Leipzig 8 13th Best Ten Times Averages ·C,, Victory Point$: 34 \ 4 Stefan Lewandowski 1 Olavi Salsoli 4 Stanislav Jungwirth 1 Hans G rodotzki )-r -\ 1 Josef Barthel 2 Rainer Dorner I> ,\ 1 Ken Wood 1 Dieter Konig \ 1 Gunnar Nielsen 1 Libertus Stamer 1 Klaus Richtzenhain 1 Arne Harnarsland .~ 1 Don Bowden 1 Derek lbb ,otson 2 Siegfried Val'entin 1 Gordon Pirie 1 Tomas Barris J. Olavi Salonen I 1 Bertil Lundh 1 Michel Bernard . 1 Mike Blagrove 1 Olavi Vuorisalo 1 t Zbigniew Orywal 1 Lajos Kovacs 2 Michel Jazy ... :c-~ ·""'·-" p ,_ ' Defeat Penalties: 30 2 Gunnar Nielsen 4 Dan Waern 'V 1 Laszlo Tabori 2 Olavi Vuorisalo 95 AP 3 Istvan Rozsavolgyi 1 Ron.Delany 34 VP 3 Klaus Richtzenhain 1 Helfried Reinnagel 129 1 Vladimir Okorokov ;-',,, 3 Siegfried Valentin 30 DP 99 - 1 Velisa Mugosa 1 Zbigniew Orywal . ~\.-- l Neville Scott l Stefan LcwandQwski 2 Brian Hewson 1 Zoltan Varnos 1 John Landy 1 Michel Jazy .. Best Performances: 800, 1:48. 5; 1500, 3: 40. 9; Mile, 4: 00.2; , 2,000, 5: 05. O; 3, 000, ,, 7: 58,. 7i; 5, 000, 14: 08. o. , I ' 1 ~I .t: I r / . • \. ,\ .,. lJ,, I<~.-~ ,' ! ' (" , 'I,.,_ t .,.. t . ·' )' - . . . L I :'(I . \ \ ·.l,- ,h ' _,,, l> I THE GREATEST MILE .RUNNERS 7'°' 17 Page 8, Aug • . 24, 1960' \ WES SA NT EE · (United States) · 104-points ' C I , W~s Srintee is , a ;Wlner who :n1ighli: be \ 1 ' Gunnar Nielsen I 99 A~ 6 VP ' J \, 105 ,, J -1 DP , I 104 Best Performances: 800 1:47. 8 Mile 4:00,5 I • f f , 880 1:48. 5 2 Mile 8: 58. 0 1500 3:42, s' 5,000 14: 32, 0 ', ., ;, ; '.' i l '· , j' I I .. ' ' ,..