1950 Extract

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100 yards 9.7 Eric Liddell 1 AAA London SB 7 Jul 23 9.7 Cyril Holmes 1hcp Sydney, AUS 22 Jan 38 9 4/5 Jack Morton 1 Club London KO 17 Sep 04 9.4/5 Vic d'Arcy 1 International Wien, AUT 10 Sep 11 9 4/5 Henry MacIntosh 1h2 International Wien, AUT 25 Jul 13 9 4/5 Willie Applegarth 2hcp Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 2 Aug 13 9.8 Harold Hodge 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 11 Jun 27 9.8 Lewis Way Camberley 28 9.8 Ernest Page 1 AAA v OU Oxford 28 May 31 9.8 William Summers 1h Army Aldershot 3 Jun 32 9.8 John Heap 1 South London WC 18 Jun 32 9.8 Cyril Cupid 1 Welsh Newport 30 Jun 34 9.8 Arthur Sweeney 1sf AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 9.8 K S 'Sandy' Duncan 1 Glasgow 4 Jul 36 9.8 Des Moloney 1 Balmoral 29 Jun 46 9.8 Ken Jones 1sf South Uxbridge 12 Jun 48 9.8 Robin Pinnington 1 O/C v H/Y London WC 1 Jul 50 9.8 Jack Gregory 1hcp London Che 29 Jul 50 Wind assisted 9.6 Fred Reid 1 Scot Glasgow HP 24 Jun 33 9.7 Ernest Page 1h BEG Hamilton, CAN 21 Aug 30 9.7 William Summers 1 Club Aldershot 21 May 32 9.7 Les Parkes 1 Kent London Wo 11 Jun 32 9.7 Arthur Sweeney 1 Inter-Services Aldershot 21 Jul 37 Downhill 9.7 Godfrey Brown 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 4 Jun 36 Downhill and wind assisted 9.6 Harold Abrahams 1 Hospital Sports London Wo 7 Jun 24 9.6 John Hanlon 1 Hants Eastleigh 7 Jun 30 9.7 Robin Pinnington 1 North St Helens 24 Jun 50 Professional 9 3/5 Thomas Malone 1 Melbourne, AUS Feb 1885 9 3/4 John Howard 1 Manchester before 1850 9 3/4 Frank Hewitt 1 Melbourne, AUS 7 Mar 1870 9 3/4 Harry Hutchens 1= Melbourne, AUS 29 Jan 1887 9 3/4 Willie Applegarth 1hcp Dundee/Hibs Sp Dundee 17 Jun 22

100 metres 10.4 Arthur Sweeney 1 Wuppertal, GER 2 Jul 37 10.4 Alistair McCorquodale 4 OG London Wm 31 Jul 48 10.5 Cyril Holmes 2 Zurich, SUI 13 Aug 39 10.5 John Wilkinson 1 WUG Paris C, FRA 30 Aug 47 10.6 Harold Abrahams 1sf2 OG Paris C, FRA 6 Jul 24 10.6 Jack London 1sf2 OG Amsterdam, NED 30 Jul 28 10.6 Walter Rangeley 1 Haugesund, NOR 12 Sep 35 10.6 Jack Hart 1 Lahore, IND 14/15Feb36 10.6 Alan Pennington 2h10 OG Berlin, GER 2 Aug 36 10.6 Ernest Page Paris, FRA 9 Sep 38 10.6 Jack Archer 1h4 EC Oslo, NOR 23 Aug 46 10.6 Reg Toone 2 Düsseldorf, GER 28 Sep 46 10.6 Ken Jones 2h4 OG London Wm 30 Jul 48 10.6 Alan Coote 1 Hannover, GER 14 Jul 49 Wind assisted 10.4 Cyril Holmes 2 Stockholm, SWE 7 Sep 37 10.4 Alan Pennington 2 International Paris C, FRA 22 Aug 37 10.5 Walter Rangeley 1 Oslo, NOR 15 Sep 35 10.6 Maurice Scarr 1sf1 WUG Budapest, HUN 15 Aug 35 Mark Athlete Pos. Event Venue Date

200 metres/220 yards 21 1/5y Willie Applegarth 1 AAA London SB 4 Jul 14 21.2y Cyril Holmes 1 BEG Sydney, AUS 10 Feb 38 21.4y Stanley Englehart 1 Belfast BS 6 Jun 34 21.4y Walter Rangeley 2 Belfast BS 6 Jun 34 21.3m John Wilkinson 1 OU tour Köln, GER 16 Aug 47 21.5y Bill Roberts 2 BEG Sydney, AUS 7 Feb 38 21.6y Eric Liddell 1 Scot Univs Glasgow 16 Jun 23 21.6y Alan Pennington 1 Oxford 25 May 37 21.5m Brian Shenton 1h2 EC Bruxelles, BEL 25 Aug 50 21.7y K T Jenkins Oxford 25 May 38 21.6m John Fairgrieve 1sf1 WUG Paris JB, FRA 9 Aug 47 21.6m Paul Vallé 2 Inter-Allies Bruxelles, BEL 4 Sep 48 Estimated time 21.2y Arthur Sweeney 2 O/C v RSA Johannesburg, RSA 14 Sep 35 Wind assisted 21.6y John Rinkel 1 South Oxford 23 Jun 28 21.6y John Hanlon 1 Oxford 21 Jun 31 21.6y Robin Murdoch 1 Scot Glasgow HP 24 Jun 33 Straight course 21.2y Cyril Holmes 1 Leeds 25 May 35 21.3y Alan Pennington 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 10 Jul 37 21 3/5y Charles Wood 1 hcp Local Sports London SB 22 Jul 87 21.6y Harold Abrahams 1 O/C v H/Y London Wm 21 Jul 23 21.6y Everard Davis 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 8 Jul 33 Straight course and wind assisted 21.3y Nick Stacey 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 21.4y John Wilkinson 2 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 Straight course and downhill 21.6y Peter Hale 1 Stamford May 47

400 metres/440 yards 46.7m Godfrey Brown 2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 46.8m Bill Roberts 4 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 47.3m Alan Pennington 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 47.3m Derek Pugh 1 EC Bruxelles, BEL 25 Aug 50 47.5m Godfrey Rampling 4sf2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 47.6m Eric Liddell 1 OG Paris C, FRA 11 Jul 24 48.0y Les Lewis 2 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 47.9m Guy Butler 2sf1 OG Paris C, FRA 11 Jul 24 48 2/5y Wyndham Halswell 1hcp Guild Sports Glasgow IP 1 Jul 08 48 1/2y Henry Lennox-Tindall 1 AAA London SB 29 Jun 89 48 1/2y Edgar Bredin 1 AAA London SB 22 Jun 95 48.5y Roger Leigh-Wood 2 Johannesburg, RSA 7 Sep 29 48.2m Ronald Wylde 3 WUG Paris C, FRA 24 Aug 37 Note: fully automatic timing 46.68m Godfrey Brown 2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 UK/IRL 47 4/5 Beauchamp Day 1 Perth, AUS 1 Apr 07

800 metres/880 yards 1:48.4m/1:49.2y Sydney Wooderson 2hcp Club Motspur Park 20 Aug 38 1:49.7m Tommy Hampson 1 OG Los Angeles, USA 2 Aug 32 1:50.5m John Parlett 1 EC Bruxelles, BEL 26 Aug 50 1:50.7m Roger Bannister 2 EC Bruxelles, BEL 26 Aug 50 1:50.8m John Powell 2 Stockholm, SWE 20 Aug 36 1:51.2m Douglas Lowe 1 Berlin, GER 19 Aug 28 1:51.4m Austin Littler 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 1:52.2y Godfrey Brown 1 O/C v P/C Princeton, USA 17 Jul 37 1:51.5m Tom White 5 EC Oslo, NOR 24 Aug 46 1:52.4y Guy Wethered 1 O/C v H/Y London WC 15 Jul 39

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1500 metres 3:48.0 Bill Nankeville 3 EC Bruxelles, BEL 27 Aug 50 3:48.4** Sydney Wooderson 1 International Göteborg, SWE 9 Sep 45 3:50.2 Dennis Pell 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 3:50.6 Len Eyre 3 v FRA Paris C, FRA 10 Sep 50 3:51.4 Jerry Cornes 6 OG Berlin, GER 6 Aug 36 3:51.6 Doug Wilson 2 Norrköping, SWE 4 Sep 50 3:53.3 Jack Emery 3 Oslo, NOR 15 Sep 38 3:53.5 Reg Thomas 2 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 5 Sep 37 3:54.2 Tommy Riddell 2 v GER München, GER 11 Aug 35 3:54.4 Robert Graham 3 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 5 Sep 37 ** during One mile race.

One mile 4:04.2 Sydney Wooderson 2 International Göteborg, SWE 9 Sep 45 4:08.8 Bill Nankeville 1 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 4:09.9 Roger Bannister 1 Centennial Games Christchurch, NZL 30 Dec 50 4:11.4 Doug Wilson 1 Oxford 11 Aug 45 4:11.6 Jim Alford 1 BEG Sydney, AUS 12 Feb 38 4:11.8 Richard Morris 2 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 4:11.8 Len Eyre 2 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 4:12.0 Robert Graham 1hcp Transport Sports Glasgow HP 20 Aug 35 4:12.0 Dennis Pell 2 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 4:13.4 Reg Thomas 1 BG London SB 25 May 31

2 Miles 9:03.4 Jack Emery 1 Manchester 25 Jul 39 9:04.0 Peter Ward 2 Manchester 25 Jul 39 9:05.0 Sydney Wooderson 1hcp Club Dublin CP, Eire 10 Jul 46 9:05.2 Jack Corfield 1 Club Birmingham PB 1 Jul 50 9:07.5 Len Eyre 1 Belfast 16 Jun 50 9:08.0 Stan Cox 3 Manchester 25 Jul 39 9:09.3u Fred Green 2 Club Birmingham PB 1 Jul 50 9:09 3/5 Alf Shrubb 1 Club Glasgow IP 11 Jun 04 9:09.6 Doug Wilson 1 Birmingham 9 Sep 44 9:12.2 Len Herbert 3 BG London WC 12 Aug 50

3 miles 13:53.2 Sydney Wooderson 1 AAA London WC 20 Jul 46 14:05.6 Peter Ward 2 BEG Sydney, AUS 5 Feb 38 14:08.0 Jack Emery 1 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 14:11.2 Alec Olney 2 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 14:11.6 Aubrey Reeve 3 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 14:11.6 Andrew Ferguson 3 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 14:11.6 Bill Lucas 4 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 14:12.6 Anthony Chivers 2 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 14:13.6 Stan Cox 4 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 14:14.6 Fred Green 5 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50

5000 metres 14:08.6 Sydney Wooderson 1 EC Oslo, NOR 23 Aug 46 14:31.6 Peter Ward 1 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 4 Sep 37 14:40.4 Jack Emery 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 14:46.3 Anthony Chivers 1 v FRA Paris C, FRA 7 Sep 47 14:46.3 Alec Olney 2 v FRA Paris C, FRA 7 Sep 47 14:51.3 Morrison Carstairs 6 EC Paris, FRA 4 Sep 38 14:52.8 Andrew Forbes 2 E v S v I Manchester 17 Jul 48 14:54.8 Tom Evenson 1 v GER Köln, GER 30 Aug 31 14:55.0 Jack Winfield 2 v GER Köln, GER 30 Aug 31 14:56.0 Alec Burns 3 v GER Köln, GER 30 Aug 31 Estimated time 14:41.0 Alec Olney Club tour Stockholm, SWE 14 Aug 50

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6 miles 29:33.6 Frank Aaron 1 AAA London WC 14 Jul 50 29:45.0 Alec Burns 1 AAA London WC 10 Jul 36 29:47.0 John Potts 3 AAA London WC 10 Jul 36 29:51.4 Bill Eaton 1 Club Sports Birmingham PB 13 Apr 36 29:59 2/5 Alf Shrubb 1 Glasgow IP 5 Nov 04 30:07.0 Jim Peters 1 Essex Woodford Bridge 23 Jun 48 30:08.4 Stan Cox 1 AAA London WC 2 Jul 48 30:19.2 Walter Hesketh 3 AAA London WC 15 Jul 49 30:19.4 Desmond Birch 4 AAA London WC 15 Jul 49 30:24.6 Steve McCooke 3 AAA London WC 2 Jul 48 Estimated time 30:15.2++ George Bailey 1 AAA Sheffield 22 Apr 33 ++ during 10 mile race.

10000 metres 30:31.6 Frank Aaron 4 EC Bruxelles, BEL 23 Aug 50 30:58.2 Alec Burns 5 OG Berlin, GER 2 Aug 36 31:02 2/5 Alf Shrubb 1 Club Glasgow IP 5 Nov 04 31:08.0 Stan Cox 7 OG London Wm 30 Jul 48 31:16.0 Jim Peters 8 OG London Wm 30 Jul 48 32:17.0 Ernie Harrison 1 OG Trial Bolton 22 May 48 32:44.0 Walter Hesketh 1 Club Manchester 9 Oct 48 32:45.0 Vincent Callard 3 ENG v FRA London SB 29 Jul 22 32:48.0 Derek Warburton 2 Club Manchester 9 Oct 48 32:57.0 Geoff Saunders 2 OG Trial Bolton 22 May 48

Marathon 2:30:57.8 Harry Payne 1 AAA London SB 6 Jul 29 2:31:03.4 Jack Holden 1 AAA Reading 17 Jun 50 2:31:23.2 Ernie Harper 2 OG Berlin, GER 9 Aug 36 2:31:55.0 Sam Ferris 2 OG Los Angeles, USA 7 Aug 32 2:32:41.0 Duncan McL. Wright 4 OG Los Angeles, USA 7 Aug 32 2:35:07.6 Tom Richards 2 OG London Wm 7 Aug 48 2:35:37 Donald McNab Robertson 1 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 2:35:45 George Birchall 1 Warrington 7 Aug 39 2:36:39.6 Jack Beman 1 AAA London WC 16 Jul 38 2:36:52.4 Cecil Ballard 1 Poly London Ch 14 Jun 47

3000 metres Steeplechase 9:18.4 John Disley 1 AAA v Middx London Sg 28 Jun 50 9:18.8 Tom Evenson 1h1 OG Los Angeles, USA 1 Aug 32 9:29.2 Stan Scarsbrook 2 v FRA Paris C, FRA 29 Jul 34 9:33.8 Rene Howell 1 Club Motspur Park 30 Aug 47 9:34.0 George Bailey 2 v FRA Paris C, FRA 2 Aug 31 9:37.0 Dennis Eyers 1 LAC ChC Motspur Park 10 Jul 48 9:40.2 Herbert Townsend 3 v FRA Paris C, FRA 28 Jul 29 9:42.2++ William Wylie 3 v FRA Paris, FRA 29 Jul 34 9:43.0 George Betts 1 Civil Service London Ch 5 Jul 47 9:44.2 Mike Barrett 3 AAA v Middx London Sg 28 Jun 50 Estimated time 9:16.0 George Bailey 4h2 OG Los Angeles, USA 1 Aug 32 9:42.2 Peter Curry 8h1 OG London Wm 3 Aug 48 ++ 31 hurdles

2 miles Steeplechase 10:05.4 John Disley 2 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 10:13.8 Tom Evenson 1 AAA London WC 2 Jul 32 10:14.8 George Bailey 2 AAA London WC 2 Jul 32 10:21.0 Geoff Saunders 1 North Manchester F 6 Aug 49 10:23.4 Stan Scarsbrook 1 BEG London WC 7 Aug 34 10:24.0 Trevor Holt 2 North Manchester F 6 Aug 49

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10:25.2 James Ginty 2 AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 10:26.2 Rene Howell 2 South London WC 10 Jun 50 10:27.0 William Wylie 1 AAA London WC 17 Jul 37 10:27.0 Colin 'Bill' Gray 1 Club Birmingham 3 Jun 50

110 metres/120 yards Hurdles 14.3m Don Finlay 1 EC Paris C, FRA 4 Sep 38 14.5y (Lord) David Burghley 1 BG London SB 9 Jun 30 14.5m John Thornton 1 Bruxelles, BEL 8 Aug 37 14.6y Tom Langton-Lockton 4 BG London WC 7 Aug 39 14.8m Peter Hildreth 1 Göteborg, SWE 24 Sep 50 14.9y Fred Gaby 1 AAA London SB 2 Jul 27 14.9m Roland St. G T Harper 5sf2 OG Los Angeles, USA 2 Aug 32 14.9y Ray Barkway 1 Southampton Sep 48 15.0y Geoffrey White 1 Army Tidworth 29 Jun 33 15.0y Ashley Pilbrow 3 AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 15.0y Ian McC. Tubbs 1h2 Army Aldershot 9 Jul 37 15.0y P W Allsebrook Mansfield 29 Jul 39 15.0y John Hart 4 v FRA London WC 1 Aug 49 15.0y Jack Parker 3 CAU London WC 29 May 50 Estimated time 14.8y Geoff Dyson 2 Lincoln 17 Aug 38 Wind assisted 14.1m+ Don Finlay 1 Stockholm, SWE 8 Sep 37 14.6y Fred Gaby 1 London Ch 13 Jun 29 14.8y Ray Barkway 1 Club Woodford Bridge 16 Sep 50 + conflicting evidence as to whether wind assisted. Estimated time and wind assisted 14.7y Ashley Pilbrow 2 Johannesburg, RSA 14 Sep 35 14.8y Vernon Scopes 2 OU Sports Oxford 28 Feb 38 14.9y Rupert Powell 3 OU Sports Oxford 28 Feb 38

220 yards Hurdles 24.2 Simon Brooks 3 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 24.5 Don Finlay 1 AAA v OU Oxford 25 May 37 24.5 John Thornton 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 9 Jun 33 24.6 Harry Whittle 2 AAA v O/C Cambridge 6 Jun 50 24.7 (Lord) David Burghley 1 O/C v H/Y London 9 Jul 27 24.8 Tom Langton-Lockton London WC 15 Jul 39 25.0 Rupert Powell 1h3 OU Sports Oxford 26 Feb 38 25.0 Richard Burrill 1h1 CU Sports Cambridge 27 Feb 50 25.0 Jack Parker 1 Surrey Motspur Park 3 Jun 50 25.1 Ralph Brown 2h1 CU Sports Cambridge 23 Feb 34 25.1 Alan Hunter Cambridge 5 Jun 34 25.1 Geoff Dyson 25.1 Ray Barkway 1 Time trial Oxford Mar 48 Estimated time 24.3 (Lord) David Burghley 2 AAA v CU Cambridge 13 Jun 30 24.9 Jack Williams 4 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 25.0 Alec Palmer 3 O v C London WC 18 Mar 39

400 metres/440 yards hurdles 52.0m (Lord) David Burghley 4 OG Los Angeles, USA 1 Aug 32 52.7m Harry Whittle 3 EC Bruxelles, BEL 27 Aug 50 53.0m Angus Scott 2 v FRA Paris C, FRA 9 Sep 50 54.0y Douglas Neame 3 AAA London SB 5 Jul 30 54.0m Tom Livingstone-Learmouth 1sf2 OG Amsterdam, NED 29 Jul 28 54.2m Joseph Simpson 1 Darmstadt, GER 10 Aug 30 54.6m John Barnes 2 Antwerpen, BEL 27 Jun 37 54.8m Ralph Brown 2 WUG Torino, ITA 10 Sep 33 54.9m Ronald Ede 4 v FRA Paris C, FRA 7 Sep 47 55.2y Alan Hunter 1 BEG London WC 4 Aug 34

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Straight course 53.9m Joseph Simpson 1 Representative Bedford 31 Jul 30

High Jump 2.019/6'7 1/2" Alan Paterson 2hcp Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 2 Aug 47 1.991/ 6'6 3/8" Peter Wells 1 Inter-Area Bristol 20 Aug 49 1.981/6'6" Ron Pavitt 1 Lon v Got London WC 6 Aug 49 1.956/6'5" Howard Baker 1 Huddersfield 25 Jun 21 1.930/6'4" John Newman 1 Newquay 19 Jun 43 1.930/6'4" Don Atherton 1 North Harrogate 25 Jun 49 1.924/6'3 3/4" John Dodd 1 North Rotherham 25 Jun 38 1.911/6'3 1/4" Colin Gordon 1 AAA London SB 12 Jul 30 1.911/6'3 1/4" Rob Kennedy 1 O/C v P/C Princeton, USA 17 Jul 37 1.905/6'3" John Michie 3 BEG London WC 3 Aug 34 1.905/6'3" Stanley West 1 AAA London WC 13 Jul 35 1.905/6'3" Hubert Stubbs 1 EvSvI Dublin, IRL 23 Jul 38 UK/IRL 1.956/6'5" Tim Carroll 1 Kinsale, IRL 4 Aug 13 1.951/6'4 3/4" Patrick Leahy 1 Milstreet, IRL 6 Sep 98 1.941/6'4 1/2" James Ryan 1 Town Sports Tipperary, IRL 19 Aug 95 1.941/6'4 1/2" Con Leahy Limerick, IRL 18 Sep 04

Pole Vault 4.00/13'1 1/2" Richard Webster 6= OG Berlin, GER 5 Aug 36 3.97/13'0 1/8" Tim Anderson 1 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 3.88/12'9" Geoff Elliott 2hcp Highland Games Edinburgh, Mf 2 Sep 50 3.87/12'8 1/2" Norman Gregor 1 Police Tonbridge 11 Jun 49 3.85/12'7 1/2" Laurence Bond 2 v FRA London SB 2 Aug 30 3.81/12'6" Alfred Kinally 1 Army Aldershot 17 Jul 36 3.81/12'6" John Dodd Wigan 1 Aug 38 3.81/12'6" Harry Yielder 6 International London WC 7 Aug 39 3.73/12'3" Howard Ford 1 RAF Uxbridge 9 Jul 31 3.73/12'3" Frank Phillipson 1 AAA London WC 14 Jul 34

Long Jump 7.38/24'2 1/2" Harold Abrahams 1 Club London Wo 7 Jun 24 7.35/24'1 1/2" Edward Boyce 1 Belfast 5 Aug 32 7.31/24'0" John Morrish 1 OU Sports Oxford 28 Feb 40 7.31/23'11 3/4" William Breach 1 Kinnaird London WC 29 May 37 7.29/23'11" Harry Askew 2 Kinnaird London Ch 18 Jun 49 7.28/23'10 1/2" Denis Watts 1 Herts St Albans 22 Jun 46 7.25 /23'9 1/2" Wilfred Sartain 1 Achilles v Army Aldershot 19 Jun 29 7.25/23'9 1/2" Rupert Powell 1 AAA v OU Oxford 26 May 38 7.25 /23'9 1/2" Harry Whittle 1 AAA London WC 19 Jul 47 7.24 /23'9" Harry Lister 1 North Bolton 24 Jun 39 7.24/23'9" George Traynor 1 Club Sports Lee 3 Jul 37 UK/IRL 7.61/24'11 3/4" Peter O'Connor 1 RIC Sports Dublin, IRL 5 Aug 01 7.57 /24'10" Tim Ahearn Kanturk, IRL 6 Aug 08 7.33/24'0 1/2" Walter Newburn 1 IRL v SCO Dublin, IRL 16 Jul 98 7.30 /23'11 1/2"** John Purcell 1 Local Sports Dublin, IRL Jul 86 7.29 /23'11" Pat Leahy Listowel, IRL 31 Jul 02 ** downhill.

Triple Jump 14.77/48'5 1/2" Edward Boyce 1 Belfast 4 Jul 34 14.72/48'3 3/4" Sidney Cross 1 Warks Rugby 3 Jun 50 14.52/47'7 3/4" Gordon Wells 1 Welsh Abertillery 25 Jun 49 14.45/47'5" Bertie Shillington Belfast 4 Jul 34 14.43/47'4" Jack Higginson, Jnr 1 CAU London WC 6 Jun 38 14.41/47'3 1/2" Robert Hawkey 2 AAA v Wales Abertillery 10 Jul 48

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Shot 15.84/51'11 1/2" John Savidge 1 CalGms London WC 13 May 50 15.44/50'8" John Giles 2 AAA v UL Motspur Park 3 May 50 14.55/48'9" Robert 'Bonzo'Howland 1 Queenstown, RSA 25 Sep 35 14.35/47'1" Anthony Watson 1 Army Aldershot 17 Jul 36 14.32/ 46'11 3/4" Harold Moody 1 Nelson, NZL 27 Feb 50 14.12/46'4" Peter Hincks 1 CU Sports Cambridge 11 Mar 37 14.10/46'3" Alexander Johnston 1 AAA v Clubs Bromley 8 Jun 40 13.75/45' 1 1/4" Tom Barratt 1 Leics Coalville 4 Jun 49 13.94/45'9" Kenneth Pridie 1 Abertillery 9 Aug 33 13.94/45'8 3/4" H Reeves London WC 19 Aug 33 UK/IRL 14.88/48'10" Denis Horgan 1 Mallow, IRL 18 Sep 04

Discus 47.11 /154'6 1/2" John Savidge 1 AAA v UL Motspur Park 3 May 50 46.84/153'8" David Young 1 Scot Glasgow HP 25 Jun 38 45.72 /150'0" Jack Brewer 1 AAA v UL Motspur Park 2 Jun 48 45.64/149'9" James Nesbitt Belfast Aug 48 45.17/148'2 1/2" Harry Duguid 1 E/W v IRL v SCO London WC 7 Aug 50 44.46/145'10" Andrew Jansons* Q AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 44.42/145'9" William Land 1 Middlesex Southall 4 Jun 49 44.00/144'4" Lawrence Reavell-Carter 1 RUC Sports Belfast Ra 16 Jun 48 43.54/142'10 1/2" Douglas Bell 1 CAU London WC 1 Jun 36 43.38/142'4" Andrej Janovskis* 3 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 43.29/142'0 1/2" David Grigg 1 Representative Imber Court 15 Aug 42 43.28/142'0" Jock Drummond 1 Edinburgh 18 Jul 50 Unconfirmed 43.54/142'10" David Grigg 39 * Both Jansons and Janovskis were Latvian immigrants to the UK. It is not known if or when they took UK citizenship.

Hammer 56.00/183'9 1/2" Duncan McD Clark ex Wellington, NZL 4 Mar 50 54.38/178'5" Ewan Douglas 1 v FRA Paris C, FRA 10 Sep 50 52.76/173'1" Malcolm Nokes 1 ENG v FRA Paris, FRA 29 Jul 23 52.02/170'8" Peter Allday 1 Portsmouth 1 Jul 50 51.74/169'9" Tom McAnallen 2 Dublin CP, Eire 7 Aug 43 50.82/166'9 1/2" Tom Nicholson 2 International Edinburgh 19 Aug 08 50.12/164'5 1/4" Alexander 'Sandy' Smith 1 Police Champs Brighton 9 Jul 32 49.94 /163'10" Norman Drake Manchester 29 Jun 46 49.76/163'3" Charles Reidy 1 Watford 5 Aug 50 47.56/156'0" Alex Valentine 4 v TUR London WC 12 Aug 50 UK/IRL 50.22/164'9" Denis Carey 1 Police Sports Dublin, IRL 26 Jul 13 Specification of circle in doubt 51.14/167'9" Norman Drake Ardmore, NZL Feb 50

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Javelin 64.24/210'9 1/2" Malcolm Dalrymple 2 Club Chesterfield 6 Jun 48 62.38/204'8 1/2" Denis Jacobs Düsseldorf, GER Sep 45 61.96/203'3" Morville Chote 1 Sward London Ch 22 May 48 61.64/202'3 3/4" Hamish McKillop 1 Representative Portsmouth 1 Jul 39 60.67/199'0 1/2" Francis Hignell 1 AAA v O/C Cambridge 6 Jun 50 60.11/197'21/2" Michael Denley 1 Kinnaird London Ch 17 Jun 50 59.92/196'7" John Swaisland 1 Twickenham 10 May 50 59.35/194'8 1/2" William Wall 2 Middlesex Uxbridge 30 Jun 50 59.18/194'2" Stanley Wilson 1 AAA London WC 10 Jul 37 58.40/191'7 1/4" William Land 3 v FIN Glasgow HP 29 Jun 35

Women

60 metres 7.4 Betty Lock/Brickwood (-)h1 Mitcham v NED Amsterdam, NED 31 Jul 38 7.6 Dorothy Saunders/Jackson 2hcp Invitation Mitcham 27 Aug 38 7.7 Rose Thompson/Gilles 2 International Stockholm, SWE 31 Aug 26 7.7 Ethel Johnson 3 WWG London SB 10 Aug 34 7.7 Doris Batter/Hatton 1 WAAA London WC 9 Jul 49 7.7 Isobella 'Quita' Shivas 1sf WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 7.8 Mary Lines/Smith 1h1 WWG Paris P, Fra 20 Aug 22 7.8 Florence Haynes 2 WWG Göteborg, SWE 29 Aug 26 7.8 Eileen Edwards/Frazer 3 International Stockholm, SWE 31 Aug 26 7.8 Olive Moores/Moores 2 International Paris, FRA 8 Aug 37 7.8 Winifred Jeffrey/Jordan 1 Tividale 21 Aug 37 7.8 Juance Perry/Varco 1 Midland Coventry 11 Jun 49 7.8 June Foulds/Paul 2 WAAA London WC 8 Jun 50 Estimated time 7.7 Mary Lines/Smith 2 WWG Paris P, FRA 20 Aug 22 7.8 Norah Callebout/Coates 3 WWG Paris P, FRA 20 Aug 22 7.8 Eileen Hiscock/Wilson 1 Mitcham 30 Aug 30 7.8 Doreen Marshall/Heaton 2 WAAA London WC 22 Jul 39 Unconfirmed 7.7 Mary Shakespeare 1 Torquay 50

100 yards 10 4/5 Edith Clulow 1 RUC Sports Belfast BP 12 Jun 37 10 89/100 Olive Moores/Moores 1hcp Police Sports Rochdale Jun 36 11.0 Nellie Halstead 1 Evening sports Bury 30 Jun 31 11.0 Eileen Hiscock/Wilson 1hcp Club meet London BP 4 Jul 31 11.0 Ethel Johnson 1h2 WAAA London SB 9 Jul 32 11.0 Jean McRoberts 1 Local Sports Lisburn 15 Sep 35 11.0 Elsie Cavanagh 1 Local Sports 3 Aug 36 11.0 Evelyn Hall 1 RUC Sports White Abbey 28 May 39 11.0 June Foulds/Paul 1 South London Ch 10 Jun 50 11.1 Audrey Bennett 1 Jubilee meet Liverpool 1 Aug 36 11.1 Maureen Gardner/Dyson 1 Oxon Oxford 7 Jun 47 11.1 Dorothy Manley/Hall/Parlett 1 Club London EM 1 May 48 11.1 Doris Batter/Hatton 1 JC v Mayor Epsom 24 Sep 49 Estimated time 10.9 Eileen Edwards/Frazer 3hcp Local Sports Crouch End 6 Jun 27 10.9 Nellie Halstead 2hcp North Colwyn Bay 19 Jul 30 11.1 Dorothy Patterson 2 RUC Sports Belfast BP 12 Jun 37 Downhill 10.8 Violet Keeling 1 Midland Cheltenham 13 Jul 35 11.0 Ivy Walker/Thorpe 1 Tolpuddle Dorchester 1 Sep 34 Wind assisted 10.8 Muriel Calladine 1h1 Club Nottingham 12 Jul 30 10. Lucy Everett 1h2 Club Nottingham 12 Jul 30 11.

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11.1 Margaret McDowell 1 Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 7 Aug 37 Unconfirmed 11.0 Ethel Scott 1 Arras, FRA 30 11.0 Isobella 'Quita' Shivas 50

100 metres 11.9 Eileen Hiscock/Wilson 1h1 WAAA London WC 10 Aug 35 12.0 Edyth Cooke 1h International Bruxelles, BEL 1 Aug 37 12.0 Winifred Jeffrey/Jordan 2h3 International Berlin, GER 1 Aug 37 12.0 Dorothy Manley/Hall/Parlett 1 Women's meet Lee 19 Jun 48 12.1 Lillian Chalmers 1h2 WAAA London WC 7 Aug 37 12.1 Betty Lock/Brickwood 1 Mitcham AC v NEDAmsterdam, NED 30 Jul 38 12.1 Dorothy Saunders/Jackson 4 EC Wien, AUT 18 Sep 38 12.1 Sylvia Cheeseman/Disley 1 WAAA London WC 9 Jul 49 12.2 Mary Menzies 1 Inter-Regional St Albans 5 Jun 33 12.2 June Foulds/Paul 2h1 EC Bruxelles, BEL 24 Aug 50 Estimated time 12.2 Maureen Gardner/Dyson 2 London Ch 2 Aug 47 Wind assisted 12.2 Jean Desforges/Pickering 1 Floodlit Birmingham A 4 Oct 50 Estimated time and wind assisted 11.9 Nellie Halstead 2 Exhibition meet Toronto, CAN 3 Sep 32

200 metres/220 yards 24.5y Sylvia Cheeseman/Disley 1 WAAA v CC Southampton 10 Sep 49 24.8y Dorothy Manley/Hall/Parlett 1 Inter Cities Bristol 1 Jul 50 25.0y Eileen Hiscock/Wilson 1 BEG London WC 7 Aug 34 24.8m Dorothy Saunders-Jackson 1 WUG Paris C,FRA 28 Aug 37 24.9m Lillian Chalmers 1 WAAA London WC 7 Aug 37 24.8y Pat Kennedy/Gray 1hcp Club Belfast 19 Aug 50 25.2y Nellie Halstead 1 WAAA London SB 16 Aug 30 25.0m Kathleen Stokes/Earwaker 2 WAAA London WC 7 Aug 37 25.2y Mary Holloway/Hamilton 1 Mitcham 30 Aug 37 25.3y Maureen Gardner/Dyson 1 Oxon Oxford 7 Jun 47 25.1m Audrey Williamson/Mitchell2sf2 OG London Wm 6 Aug 48 25.3y Margaret Walker/Prince 2 WAAA v CC Southampton 10 Sep 49 Estimated time 25.1m Winifred Jeffrey/Jordan 2 London A 12 Jul 47 Wind assisted 24.8y Eileen Hiscock/Wilson 1 Club London BP 20 Sep 30 24.9m Audrey Williamson/Mitchell 1sf1 OG London Wm 5 Aug 48 25.2y Sheila Burns 1 St Andrews 5 Jun 48 Unconfirmed 25.5y Jean Desforges/Pickering 50

400 metres/440 yards 56.8y Nellie Halstead 1 WAAA London SB 9 Jul 32 57.5m Valerie Ball/Winn 1 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 58.8y Norah Smalley/Gray 1 Hants Southampton 29 Jul 50 59.0y Dorothy Bruty/Newman 1h1 WAAA London SB 9 Jul 32 59.0y Violet Branch 1h2 WAAA London SB 9 Jul 32 58.6m Olive Hall/Holt 1 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 36 59.2y Marion King 1 WAAA London SB 13 Jul 29 59.0m Margaret Taylor/Hynes 2 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 59.2m Poppy Germaine 3 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 59.8y Elsie Wright 1 WAAA London SB 16 Aug 30 59.3m Margaret Walker/Prince 1 WAAA London WC 13 Jul 46 59.3m Christine Slemon/McKenzie 4 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 Estimated time 59.2y Annie Stone/Bale 2 WAAA London SB 13 Jul 29 Unconfirmed 59.1y Poppy Germaine 50

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800 metres/880 yards 2:17.4y Olive Hall/Holt 1hcp Club meet Birmingham 25 Jul 36 2:18.2y Gladys 'Sally' Lunn 1 WAAA London SB 16 Aug 30 2:15.6m Nellie Halstead 1 WAAA London WC 10 Aug 35 2:19.0y Valerie Ball/Winn 2hcp Floodlit Birmingham A 4 Oct 50 2:17.7m Margaret Hume/Jones 2 v FRA Paris C, FRA 9 Sep 50 2:18.3m Hazel Spears 2 ENGvFRAvNED London WC 20 Aug 49 2:19.4m Phyllis Richards/Davies 1 Fort Dunlop 15 Jun 46 2:22.6y Enid Harding/Vivian 1 South London Ch 10 Jun 50 2:22.2y Nellie Batson/Loines 1 Alexander Cup Birmingham A 23 Jul 48 2:22.9y Margaret Taylor/Hynes 1 Midland Coventry 27 May 50 Estimated time 2:16.6m Gladys 'Sally' Lunn 2 Bruxelles, BEL 14 Aug 34 2:19.8y Constance Furneaux/Clarke 3 WAAA London WC 10 Aug 35 2:18.4m Dorothy Bruty/Newman 2 WAAA London WC 10 Aug 35 2:21.8y Ruth Christmas/Pacent 2 WAAA London SB 16 Aug 30 2:22.0m Audrey Stanley 2 WAAA London WC 9 Jul 49

One Mile 5:15.3 Evelyne Forster/White 1 WAAA London WC 22 Jul 39 5:17.0 Gladys 'Sally' Lunn 1 WAAA London WC 7 Aug 37 5:20.0 Eileen Garritt/Blackaby 1 WAAA London WC 9 Jul 49 5:20.4 Nellie Batson/Loines 1 Midland Birmingham 22 May 48 5:25.0 Joyce Holmes/Heath 1 Midland Birmingham B 17 May 47 5:26.0 Hazel Needham/Rider 2 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 5:27.0 Joan Dryden/O'Grady 3 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 5:27.0 Enid Harding/Vivian 1 Club Champs London TB 19 Jun 50 5:27 1/2 Ruth Christmas/Pacent hcp Club Champs London BP 20 Aug 32 5:29.4 Doris Roden/Harris 1 WAAA London WC 3 Jul 38 5:29.4 Phyllis Richards/Davies 1 Midland Birmingham B 1 Jun 46 Estimated time 5:24.0 Nellie Halstead 2 WAAA London WC 18 Jul 36

80 metres hurdles 11.2 Maureen Gardner/Dyson 2 OG London Wm 4 Aug 48 11.4 Jean Desforges/Pickering 1 ENG v FRA v NEDLondon WC 20 Aug 49 11.5 Dorothy Harper 1 ESAA Carshalton 23 Jul 49 11.5 Sheila Pratt/Sewell 2 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 11.6 Iris Morgan/Pond 2 Open Coventry 27 May 50 11.7 Violet Webb/Simpson 1h3 Post OG meet Wuppertal, GER 19 Aug36 11.8 Kathleen Tiffen/Dale 3h Post OG meet Wuppertal, GER 19 Aug 36 11.8 Kate Robertson 1 London VP 30 Jul 38 11.8 Joan Upton/Humphrey 2h1 OG London Wm 3 Aug 48 11.8 Dorothy Odam/Tyler 3 Open Coventry 27 May 50 Estimated time 11.7 Joan Upton/Humphrey 3 BE v USA London WC 12 Aug 48 Wind assisted 11.1 Maureen Gardner/Dyson 1 Ipswich 22 Jul 50

High Jump 1.692/5'65/8" Sheila Alexander/Lerwill 1 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 1.68/5'6 1/4" Dorothy Odam/Tyler 2 OG London Wm 7 Aug 48 1.651/5'5" Dora Greenwood 1 Club meet Southend-on-Sea 8 Jun 33 1.625/5'4" Margaret Ring 1 WRAF Uxbridge 15 Aug 47 1.625/5'4" Dora Gardner 1 Club Sports Worthing 15 May 48 1.606/5'31/4" Mary Milne/Dumbrill 1 Mitcham 27 Aug 35 1.600/5'3" Bertha Piggott/Crowther 2 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 1.600/5'3" Jean Cowan/Croft 1 Surrey London Ch 11 Jun 49 1.587/5'21/2" Elisabeth Duke/Palmer 1 Motspur Park 23 Jun 39

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

Long Jump 5.855/19'21/2" Muriel Gunn/Cornell 1 ENG v GER Birmingham PB 26 Jul 30 5.80/19'01/2" Ethel Raby/Davies 1 WAAA London WC 7 Aug 37 5.74/18'101/4" Vedder Schenck 1 London VP 3 Sep 38 5.70/18'81/2" Joan Shepherd 1 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 5.69/18'81/4" Phyllis Bartholomew/Braz 1 WAAA London SB 9 Jul 34 5.68/18'73/4" Jean Knight 1 Inter-Regional St Albans 18 Jul 31 5.68/18'73/4" Mary Seary/Hartley 2 Inter-Regional St Albans 18 Jul 31 5.68/18'71/2" Valerie Webste/-McGee 1 ESAA Carshalton 23 Jul 49 5.55/18'23/4" Mona Lee 1 ESAA Hull 19 Jul 47 5.55/18'23/4" Margaret Erskine/Lucas 2 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 Unconfirmed 5.60/18'41/2" Shirley Cawley/Berry 50 5.56/18'3" Shirley Hampton/Pirie Jun 50

Shot (4 kgs) 13.25/43'5" Bevis Reid/Shergold 1 Club meet Napoli, ITA 24 Apr 49 11.56/37'11" Muriel Smith 1 Women's meet Lee 19 Jun 48 11.07/36'33/4" Joan Linsell 1 WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 10.99/36'1" Kathleen Tilley/Dyer 1 Mitcham 1 Jul 39 10.90/ 35'91/4" Gwen Buddle/Charman 1 Club Motspur Park 28 May 49 10.49/34'5" Mary Weston 1 Club London SB 15 Jun 29 10.46/34'33/4" Elspeth Whyte/Stephenson 1 South London Ch 5 Jun 48 10.41/34'2" Suzanne Farmer/Allday 1hcp Sussex Worthing 15 Jul 50 10.40/34'11/2" Patricia Higgins 1 UAU London WC 19 May 50 10.34/33'11" Margaret Lucas/Birtwistle 4 v FRA Paris C, FRA 7 Sep 47 Discus 39.45/129'5" Bevis Reid/Shergold 2 Surrey tour Roma, ITA 22 May 49 38.80/127'31/2" Margaret Lucas/Birtwhistle 1 EpsomvHilversum Epsom 23 Aug 47 35.14/115'3" Sylvia Needham/Du Plessis 1 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 34.34/ 112'81/2" Suzanne Farmer/Allday 1 Club Brighton 14 Jul 50 34.15/112'03/4" Irene Phillips 1 North Manchester 9 Jun 34 34.00/111'61/2" Mary Weston 3 v GER Düsseldorf, GER 17 Aug 29 33.64/110'43/4" Elspeth Whyte/Stephenson 3 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 33.64/110'41/2" Mary Kernohan/Young 1 NIWAAA Belfast 19 Sep 50 33.34/109''41/2" Kathleen Tilley/Dyer 2 WAAA London WC 22 Jul 39 33.18/108'103/4" Ada Holland/Davis 1 WAAA London WC 15 Jul 33

Javelin 42.42/139'2" Diane Coates 1 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 38.71/127'0" Edith Halstead 1 Club Eccles 7 Jul 34 36.81/120'91/4" Kathleen Connal/Stukeley 1 UnivsvMitcham Motspur Park 10 Jul 37 36.40/119'51/2" Gladys 'Sally' Lunn 3 BEG Sydney, AUS 12 Feb 38 35.96/118'0" Vera Wheeler 1 Women's meet Lee 19 Jun 48 35.89/117'9" Bevis Reid/Shergold 2 Mitcham v NED Mitcham 3 Jun 39 35.60/116'91/2" Gladys Clarke/Pentland 1 Sward London Ch 14 May 49 34.52/113'3 1/2" Nellie Halstead 1 North Bradford 5 Sep 32 33.69/110'6" " Constance Lee/White 3 WUG Paris C, FRA 26 Aug 37 33.40/109'71/2" Ellen Roth/Allen* 1 WAAA v CC Southampton 10 Sep 49 * possibly of German nationality Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date Men

100 yards 9.7 Eric Liddell 1 AAA London SB 7 Jul 23 9.7 Cyril Holmes 1hcp Sydney, AUS 22 Jan 38 9 4/5 Jack Morton 1 Club London KO 17 Sep 04 9. 4/5 Vic d'Arcy 1 International Wien, AUT 10 Sep 11 9 4/5 Henry MacIntosh 1h2 International Wien, AUT 25 Jul 13 9 4/5 Willie Applegarth 2hcp Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 2 Aug 13 9.8 Harold Hodge 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 11 Jun 27 9.8 Lewis Way Camberley 28 9.8 Ernest Page 1 AAA v OU Oxford 28 May 31 9.8 William Summers 1h Army Aldershot 3 Jun 32 9.8 John Heap 1 South London WC 18 Jun 32 9.8 Cyril Cupid 1 Welsh Newport 30 Jun 34 9.8 Arthur Sweeney 1sf AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 9.8 K S 'Sandy' Duncan 1 Glasgow 4 Jul 36 9.8 Des Moloney 1 Balmoral 29 Jun 46 9.8 Ken Jones 1sf South Uxbridge 12 Jun 48 9.8 Robin Pinnington 1 O/C v H/Y London WC 1 Jul 50 9.8 Jack Gregory 1hcp London Che 29 Jul 50 Wind assisted 9.6 Fred Reid 1 Scot Glasgow HP 24 Jun 33 9.7 Ernest Page 1h BEG Hamilton, CAN 21 Aug 30 9.7 William Summers 1 Club Aldershot 21 May 32 9.7 Les Parkes 1 Kent London Wo 11 Jun 32 9.7 Arthur Sweeney 1 Inter-Services Aldershot 21 Jul 37 Downhill 9.7 Godfrey Brown 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 4 Jun 36 Downhill and wind assisted 9.6 Harold Abrahams 1 Hospital Sports London Wo 7 Jun 24 9.6 John Hanlon 1 Hants Eastleigh 7 Jun 30 9.7 Robin Pinnington 1 North St Helens 24 Jun 50 Professional 9 3/5 Thomas Malone 1 Melbourne, AUS Feb 1885 9 3/4 John Howard 1 Manchester before 1850 9 3/4 Frank Hewitt 1 Melbourne, AUS 7 Mar 1870 9 3/4 Harry Hutchens 1= Melbourne, AUS 29 Jan 1887 9 3/4 Willie Applegarth 1hcp Dundee/Hibs Sp Dundee 17 Jun 22

200 metres/220 yards 21 1/5 y Willie Applegarth 1 AAA London SB 4 Jul 14 21.2y Cyril Holmes 1 BEG Sydney, AUS 10 Feb 38 21.4y Stanley Englehart 1 Belfast BS 6 Jun 34 21.4y Walter Rangeley 2 Belfast BS 6 Jun 34 21.3m John Wilkinson 1 OU tour Köln, GER 16 Aug 47 21.5y Bill Roberts 2 BEG Sydney, AUS 7 Feb 38 21.6y Eric Liddell 1 Scot Univs Glasgow 16 Jun 23 21.6y Alan Pennington 1 Oxford 25 May 37 21.5m Brian Shenton 1h2 EC Bruxelles, BEL 25 Aug 50 21.7y K T Jenkins Oxford 25 May 38 21.6m John Fairgrieve 1sf1 WUG Paris JB, FRA 9 Aug 47 21.6m Paul Vallé 2 Inter-Allies Bruxelles, BEL 4 Sep 48 Estimated time 21.2y Arthur Sweeney 2 O/C v RSA Johannesburg, RSA 14 Sep 35 Wind assisted 21.6y John Rinkel 1 South Oxford 23 Jun 28 21.6y John Hanlon 1 Oxford 21 Jun 31 21.6y Robin Murdoch 1 Scot Glasgow HP 24 Jun 33 Straight course 21.2y Cyril Holmes 1 Leeds 25 May 35 21.3y Alan Pennington 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 10 Jul 37 21 3/5 y Charles Wood 1 hcp Local Sports London SB 22 Jul 87 21.6y Harold Abrahams 1 O/C v H/Y London Wm 21 Jul 23 21.6y Everard Davis 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 8 Jul 33 Straight course and wind assisted 21.3y Nick Stacey 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 21.4y John Wilkinson 2 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 Straight course and downhill 21.6y Peter Hale 1 Stamford May 47

400 metres/440 yards 46.7m Godfrey Brown 2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 46.8m Bill Roberts 4 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 47.3m Alan Pennington 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 47.3m Derek Pugh 1 EC Bruxelles, BEL 25 Aug 50 47.5m Godfrey Rampling 4sf2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 47.6m Eric Liddell 1 OG Paris C, FRA 11 Jul 24 48.0y Les Lewis 2 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 47.9m Guy Butler 2sf1 OG Paris C, FRA 11 Jul 24 48 2/5 y Wyndham Halswell 1hcp Guild Sports Glasgow IP 1 Jul 08 48 1/2 y Henry Lennox-Tindall 1 AAA London SB 29 Jun 89 48 1/2 y Edgar Bredin 1 AAA London SB 22 Jun 95 48.5y Roger Leigh-Wood 2 Johannesburg, RSA 7 Sep 29 48.2m Ronald Wylde 3 WUG Paris C, FRA 24 Aug 37 Note: fully automatic timing 46.68m Godfrey Brown 2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 UK/IRL 47 4/5 Beauchamp Day 1 Perth, AUS 1 Apr 07

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date 1500 metres 3:48.0 Bill Nankeville 3 EC Bruxelles, BEL 27 Aug 50 3:48.4** Sydney Wooderson 1 International Göteborg, SWE 9 Sep 45 3:50.2 Dennis Pell 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 3:50.6 Len Eyre 3 v FRA Paris C, FRA 10 Sep 50 3:51.4 Jerry Cornes 6 OG Berlin, GER 6 Aug 36 3:51.6 Doug Wilson 2 Norrköping, SWE 4 Sep 50 3:53.3 Jack Emery 3 Oslo, NOR 15 Sep 38 3:53.5 Reg Thomas 2 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 5 Sep 37 3:54.2 Tommy Riddell 2 v GER München, GER 11 Aug 35 3:54.4 Robert Graham 3 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 5 Sep 37 ** during One mile race.

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

10:25.2 James Ginty 2 AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 10:26.2 Rene Howell 2 South London WC 10 Jun 50 10:27.0 William Wylie 1 AAA London WC 17 Jul 37 10:27.0 Colin 'Bill' Gray 1 Club Birmingham 3 Jun 50 110 metres/120 yards Hurdles 14.3m Don Finlay 1 EC Paris C, FRA 4 Sep 38 14.5y (Lord) David Burghley 1 BG London SB 9 Jun 30 14.5m John Thornton 1 Bruxelles, BEL 8 Aug 37 14.6y Tom Langton-Lockton 4 BG London WC 7 Aug 39 14.8m Peter Hildreth 1 Göteborg, SWE 24 Sep 50 14.9y Fred Gaby 1 AAA London SB 2 Jul 27 14.9m Roland St. G T Harper 5sf2 OG Los Angeles, USA 2 Aug 32 14.9y Ray Barkway 1 Southampton Sep 48 15.0y Geoffrey White 1 Army Tidworth 29 Jun 33 15.0y Ashley Pilbrow 3 AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 15.0y Ian McC. Tubbs 1h2 Army Aldershot 9 Jul 37 15.0y P W Allsebrook Mansfield 29 Jul 39 15.0y John Hart 4 v FRA London WC 1 Aug 49 15.0y Jack Parker 3 CAU London WC 29 May 50 Estimated time 14.8y Geoff Dyson 2 Lincoln 17 Aug 38 Wind assisted 14.1m+ Don Finlay 1 Stockholm, SWE 8 Sep 37 14.6y Fred Gaby 1 London Ch 13 Jun 29 14.8y Ray Barkway 1 Club Woodford Bridge 16 Sep 50 + conflicting evidence as to whether wind assisted. Estimated time and wind assisted 14.7y Ashley Pilbrow 2 Johannesburg, RSA 14 Sep 35 14.8y Vernon Scopes 2 OU Sports Oxford 28 Feb 38 14.9y Rupert Powell 3 OU Sports Oxford 28 Feb 38

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

Straight course 53.9m Joseph Simpson 1 Representative Bedford 31 Jul 30

High Jump 2.019/ 6'7 1/2 " Alan Paterson 2hcp Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 2 Aug 47 1.991/ 6'6 3/8 " Peter Wells 1 Inter-Area Bristol 20 Aug 49 1.981 /6'6" Ron Pavitt 1 Lon v Got London WC 6 Aug 49 1.956/ 6'5" Howard Baker 1 Huddersfield 25 Jun 21 1.930/ 6'4" John Newman 1 Newquay 19 Jun 43 1.930 /6'4" Don Atherton 1 North Harrogate 25 Jun 49 1.924/ 6'3 3/4 " John Dodd 1 North Rotherham 25 Jun 38 1.911/ 6'3 1/4 " Colin Gordon 1 AAA London SB 12 Jul 30 1.911/ 6'3 1/4 " Rob Kennedy 1 O/C v P/C Princeton, USA 17 Jul 37 1.905/ 6'3" John Michie 3 BEG London WC 3 Aug 34 1.905/ 6'3 " Stanley West 1 AAA London WC 13 Jul 35 1.905/ 6'3" Hubert Stubbs 1 EvSvI Dublin, IRL 23 Jul 38 UK/IRL 1.956 /6'5" Tim Carroll 1 Kinsale, IRL 4 Aug 13 1.951/ 6'4 3/4 " Patrick Leahy 1 Milstreet, IRL 6 Sep 98 1.941/ 6'4 1/2 " James Ryan 1 Town Sports Tipperary, IRL 19 Aug 95 1.941/ 6'4 1/2 " Con Leahy Limerick, IRL 18 Sep 04

Pole Vault 4.00/ 13'1 1/2 " Richard Webster 6= OG Berlin, GER 5 Aug 36 3.97/ 13'0 1/8 " Tim Anderson 1 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 3.88/ 12'9" Geoff Elliott 2hcp Highland Games Edinburgh, Mf 2 Sep 50 3.87/ 12'8 1/2 " Norman Gregor 1 Police Tonbridge 11 Jun 49 3.85 /12'7 1/2 " Laurence Bond 2 v FRA London SB 2 Aug 30 3.81/ 12'6" Alfred Kinally 1 Army Aldershot 17 Jul 36 3.81/ 12'6" John Dodd Wigan 1 Aug 38 3.81/ 12'6" Harry Yielder 6 International London WC 7 Aug 39 3.73 /12'3" Howard Ford 1 RAF Uxbridge 9 Jul 31 3.73 /12'3" Frank Phillipson 1 AAA London WC 14 Jul 34

Long Jump 7.38/ 24'2 1/2 " Harold Abrahams 1 Club London Wo 7 Jun 24 7.35/ 24'1 1/2 " Edward Boyce 1 Belfast 5 Aug 32 7.31/ 24'0" John Morrish 1 OU Sports Oxford 28 Feb 40 7.31/ 23'11 3/4 " William Breach 1 Kinnaird London WC 29 May 37 7.29/ 23'11" Harry Askew 2 Kinnaird London Ch 18 Jun 49 7.28/ 23'10 1/2 " Denis Watts 1 Herts St Albans 22 Jun 46 7.25 / 23'9 1/2 " Wilfred Sartain 1 Achilles v Army Aldershot 19 Jun 29 7.25/ 23'9 1/2 " Rupert Powell 1 AAA v OU Oxford 26 May 38 7.25 / 23'9 1/2 " Harry Whittle 1 AAA London WC 19 Jul 47 7.24 / 23'9" Harry Lister 1 North Bolton 24 Jun 39 7.24/ 23'9" George Traynor 1 Club Sports Lee 3 Jul 37 UK/IRL 7.61/ 24'11 3/4 " Peter O'Connor 1 RIC Sports Dublin, IRL 5 Aug 01 7.57 /24'10" Tim Ahearn Kanturk, IRL 6 Aug 08 7.33/ 24'0 1/2 " Walter Newburn 1 IRL v SCO Dublin, IRL 16 Jul 98 7.30 / 23'11 1/2 "** John Purcell 1 Local Sports Dublin, IRL Jul 86 7.29 / 23'11" Pat Leahy Listowel, IRL 31 Jul 02 ** downhill.

Triple Jump 14.77/ 48'5 1/2 " Edward Boyce 1 Belfast 4 Jul 34 14.72/ 48'3 3/4 " Sidney Cross 1 Warks Rugby 3 Jun 50 14.52/ 47'7 3/4 " Gordon Wells 1 Welsh Abertillery 25 Jun 49 14.45/ 47'5" Bertie Shillington Belfast 4 Jul 34 14.43/ 47'4" Jack Higginson, Jnr 1 CAU London WC 6 Jun 38 14.41/ 47'3 1/2 " Robert Hawkey 2 AAA v Wales Abertillery 10 Jul 48

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

14.37 /47'2" Denis Watts 1 CAU London WC 17 May 48 14.37/ 47'2" Allan Lindsay 1 Edinburgh 3 Sep 49 14.29/ 46'10 3/4 " Reginald Reavans 2 BEG Hamilton, CAN 16 Aug 30 14.25/ 46'9" Jack Higginson, Snr 1 North Wath-on-Dearne 19 Jun 29 Wind assisted 14.40/ 47'3" Denis Watts 1 South Motspur Park 28 Jun 47 UK/IRL 14.92 /48'11 1/4 " Tim Ahearn 1 OG London WC 25 Jul 08 14.73/ 48'4" John Purcell 1 Local Sports Dublin B, IRL Jul 86 14.50/ 47'7" Dan Shanahan 1 Local Sports Limerick. IRL 16 Jun 86 Shot 15.84/ 51'11 1/2 " John Savidge 1 CalGms London WC 13 May 50 15.44/ 50'8" John Giles 2 AAA v UL Motspur Park 3 May 50 14.55/ 48'9" Robert 'Bonzo'Howland 1 Queenstown, RSA 25 Sep 35 14.35/ 47'1" Anthony Watson 1 Army Aldershot 17 Jul 36 14.32/ 46'11 3/4 " Harold Moody 1 Nelson, NZL 27 Feb 50 14.12/ 46'4" Peter Hincks 1 CU Sports Cambridge 11 Mar 37 14.10/ 46'3" Alexander Johnston 1 AAA v Clubs Bromley 8 Jun 40 13.75/ 45' 1 1/4 " Tom Barratt 1 Leics Coalville 4 Jun 49 13.94/ 45'9" Kenneth Pridie 1 Abertillery 9 Aug 33 13.94/ 45'8 3/4 " H Reeves London WC 19 Aug 33 UK/IRL 14.88/ 48'10 " Denis Horgan 1 Mallow, IRL 18 Sep 04

Discus 47.11 / 154'6 1/2 " John Savidge 1 AAA v UL Motspur Park 3 May 50 46.84 /153'8" David Young 1 Scot Glasgow HP 25 Jun 38 45.72 / 150'0" Jack Brewer 1 AAA v UL Motspur Park 2 Jun 48 45.64/ 149'9" James Nesbitt Belfast Aug 48 45.17/ 148'2 1/2 " Harry Duguid 1 E/W v IRL v SCO London WC 7 Aug 50 44.46 /145'10" Andrew Jansons* Q AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 44.42 /145'9" William Land 1 Middlesex Southall 4 Jun 49 44.00/ 144'4" Lawrence Reavell-Carter 1 RUC Sports Belfast Ra 16 Jun 48 43.54/ 142'10 1/2 " Douglas Bell 1 CAU London WC 1 Jun 36 43.38 /142'4" Andrej Janovskis* 3 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 43.29/ 142'0 1/2 " David Grigg 1 Representative Imber Court 15 Aug 42 43.28/ 142'0" Jock Drummond 1 Edinburgh 18 Jul 50 Unconfirmed 43.54/142'10" David Grigg 39 * Both Jansons and Janovskis were Latvian immigrants to the UK. It is not known if or when they took UK citizenship.

Hammer 56.00/ 183'9 1/2 " Duncan McD Clark ex Wellington, NZL 4 Mar 50 54.38 /178'5" Ewan Douglas 1 v FRA Paris C, FRA 10 Sep 50 52.76 /173'1" Malcolm Nokes 1 ENG v FRA Paris, FRA 29 Jul 23 52.02 /170'8" Peter Allday 1 Portsmouth 1 Jul 50 51.74/ 169'9" Tom McAnallen 2 Dublin CP, Eire 7 Aug 43 50.82/ 166'9 1/2 " Tom Nicholson 2 International Edinburgh 19 Aug 08 50.12/ 164'5 1/4 " Alexander 'Sandy' Smith 1 Police Champs Brighton 9 Jul 32 49.94 /163'10" Norman Drake Manchester 29 Jun 46 49.76 /163'3" Charles Reidy 1 Watford 5 Aug 50 47.56 /156'0" Alex Valentine 4 v TUR London WC 12 Aug 50 UK/IRL 50.22/ 164'9" Denis Carey 1 Police Sports Dublin, IRL 26 Jul 13 Specification of circle in doubt 51.14 /167'9" Norman Drake Ardmore, NZL Feb 50

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

Javelin 64.24/ 210'9 1/2 " Malcolm Dalrymple 2 Club Chesterfield 6 Jun 48 62.38 /204'8 1/2 " Denis Jacobs Düsseldorf, GER Sep 45 61.96/ 203'3" Morville Chote 1 Sward London Ch 22 May 48 61.64/ 202'3 3/4 " Hamish McKillop 1 Representative Portsmouth 1 Jul 39 60.67 /199'0 1/2 " Francis Hignell 1 AAA v O/C Cambridge 6 Jun 50 60.11/ 197'2 1/2 " Michael Denley 1 Kinnaird London Ch 17 Jun 50 59.92/ 196'7" John Swaisland 1 Twickenham 10 May 50 59.35/ 194'8 1/2 " William Wall 2 Middlesex Uxbridge 30 Jun 50 59.18/ 194'2" Stanley Wilson 1 AAA London WC 10 Jul 37 58.40/ 191'7 1/4 " William Land 3 v FIN Glasgow HP 29 Jun 35

Women 60 metres 7.4 Betty Lock/Brickwood (-)h1 Mitcham v NED Amsterdam, NED 31 Jul 38 7.6 Dorothy Saunders/Jackson 2hcp Invitation Mitcham 27 Aug 38 7.7 Rose Thompson/Gilles 2 International Stockholm, SWE 31 Aug 26 7.7 Ethel Johnson 3 WWG London SB 10 Aug 34 7.7 Doris Batter/Hatton 1 WAAA London WC 9 Jul 49 7.7 Isobella 'Quita' Shivas 1sf WAAA London WC 8 Jul 50 7.8 Mary Lines/Smith 1h1 WWG Paris P, Fra 20 Aug 22 7.8 Florence Haynes 2 WWG Göteborg, SWE 29 Aug 26 7.8 Eileen Edwards/Frazer 3 International Stockholm, SWE 31 Aug 26 7.8 Olive Moores/Moores 2 International Paris, FRA 8 Aug 37 7.8 Winifred Jeffrey/Jordan 1 Tividale 21 Aug 37 7.8 Juance Perry/Varco 1 Midland Coventry 11 Jun 49 7.8 June Foulds/Paul 2 WAAA London WC 8 Jun 50 Estimated time 7.7 Mary Lines/Smith 2 WWG Paris P, FRA 20 Aug 22 7.8 Norah Callebout/Coates 3 WWG Paris P, FRA 20 Aug 22 7.8 Eileen Hiscock/Wilson 1 Mitcham 30 Aug 30 7.8 Doreen Marshall/Heaton 2 WAAA London WC 22 Jul 39 Unconfirmed 7.7 Mary Shakespeare 1 Torquay 50

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

11.1 Margaret McDowell 1 Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 7 Aug 37 Unconfirmed 11.0 Ethel Scott 1 Arras, FRA 30 11.0 Isobella 'Quita' Shivas 50

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

High Jump 1.692/ 5'6 5/8 " Sheila Alexander/Lerwill 1 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 1.68/ 5'6 1/4 " Dorothy Odam/Tyler 2 OG London Wm 7 Aug 48 1.651/ 5'5" Dora Greenwood 1 Club meet Southend-on-Sea 8 Jun 33 1.625/ 5'4 " Margaret Ring 1 WRAF Uxbridge 15 Aug 47 1.625/ 5'4 " Dora Gardner 1 Club Sports Worthing 15 May 48 1.606/ 5'3 1/4 " Mary Milne/Dumbrill 1 Mitcham 27 Aug 35 1.600/ 5'3" Bertha Piggott/Crowther 2 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 1.600/ 5'3" Jean Cowan/Croft 1 Surrey London Ch 11 Jun 49 1.587/ 5'2 1/2 " Elisabeth Duke/Palmer 1 Motspur Park 23 Jun 39

Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date

Long Jump 5.855 /19'2 1/2 " Muriel Gunn/Cornell 1 ENG v GER Birmingham PB 26 Jul 30 5.80/ 19'0 1/2 " Ethel Raby/Davies 1 WAAA London WC 7 Aug 37 5.74/ 18'10 1/4 " Vedder Schenck 1 London VP 3 Sep 38 5.70/ 18'8 1/2 " Joan Shepherd 1 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 5.69 /18'8 1/4 " Phyllis Bartholomew/Braz 1 WAAA London SB 9 Jul 34 5.68/ 18'7 3/4 " Jean Knight 1 Inter-Regional St Albans 18 Jul 31 5.68/ 18'7 3/4 " Mary Seary/Hartley 2 Inter-Regional St Albans 18 Jul 31 5.68/ 18'7 1/2 " Valerie Webste/-McGee 1 ESAA Carshalton 23 Jul 49 5.55/ 18'2 3/4 " Mona Lee 1 ESAA Hull 19 Jul 47 5.55/ 18'2 3/4 " Margaret Erskine/Lucas 2 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 Unconfirmed 5.60/18'4 1/2 " Shirley Cawley/Berry 50 5.56/18'3" Shirley Hampton/Pirie Jun 50

Discus 39.45 /129'5" Bevis Reid/Shergold 2 Surrey tour Roma, ITA 22 May 49 38.80/ 127'3 1/2 " Margaret Lucas/Birtwhistle 1 EpsomvHilversum Epsom 23 Aug 47 35.14/ 115'3" Sylvia Needham/Du Plessis 1 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 34.34/ 112'8 1/2 " Suzanne Farmer/Allday 1 Club Brighton 14 Jul 50 34.15/ 112'0 3/4 " Irene Phillips 1 North Manchester 9 Jun 34 34.00/ 111'6 1/2 " Mary Weston 3 v GER Düsseldorf, GER 17 Aug 29 33.64/ 110'4 3/4 " Elspeth Whyte/Stephenson 3 WAAA London Ch 26 Jun 48 33.64/ 110'4 1/2 " Mary Kernohan/Young 1 NIWAAA Belfast 19 Sep 50 33.34/ 109''4 1/2 " Kathleen Tilley/Dyer 2 WAAA London WC 22 Jul 39 33.18/ 108'10 3/4 " Ada Holland/Davis 1 WAAA London WC 15 Jul 33

Javelin 42.42/ 139'2" Diane Coates 1 South Inter-CountiesAylesford 5 Aug 50 38.71/ 127'0" Edith Halstead 1 Club Eccles 7 Jul 34 36.81 /120'9 1/4 " Kathleen Connal/Stukeley 1 UnivsvMitcham Motspur Park 10 Jul 37 36.40/ 119'5 1/2 " Gladys 'Sally' Lunn 3 BEG Sydney, AUS 12 Feb 38 35.96 /118'0" Vera Wheeler 1 Women's meet Lee 19 Jun 48 35.89/ 117'9" Bevis Reid/Shergold 2 Mitcham v NED Mitcham 3 Jun 39 35.60/ 116'9 1/2 " Gladys Clarke/Pentland 1 Sward London Ch 14 May 49 34.52/ 113'3 1/2 " Nellie Halstead 1 North Bradford 5 Sep 32 33.69 /110'6" " Constance Lee/White 3 WUG Paris C, FRA 26 Aug 37 33.40/ 109'7 1/2 " Ellen Roth/Allen* 1 WAAA v CC Southampton 10 Sep 49 * possibly of German nationality