101. HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Track & Field Records This document lists current men s and women s olympic records in track and field.It is a page in the history section of HickokSports.com, http://www.hickoksports.com/history/oltfrec.shtml

Sports History Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents Men Running Relays Walking Field Events ... Decathlon Women Running Relays Walking Field Events ... Other Resources History My Blog Biography Glossaries Calendar ... Directory Men Running * Indicates world record Event Athlete, Country Record Date Donovan Bailey, CAN July 27, 1996 Michael Johnson, USA Aug. 1, 1996 Michael Johnson, USA July 29, 1996 Vebjorn Rodal, NOR July 31, 1996 Noah Ngeny, KEN Sept. 29, 2000 Said Aouita, MAR Aug. 11, 1984 Haile Gebrselassie, ETH July 29, 1996 Marathon Carlos Lopes, POR Aug. 12, 1984 Top of Page Event Athlete, Country Record Date 110m hurdles Liu Xiang, CHN Aug. 27, 2004 400m hurdles Kevin Young, USA Aug. 6, 1992 3000m steeplechase Julius Kariuki, KEN Sept. 30, 1988 Top of Page Relays Event Team Record Date 4x100m relay United States Aug. 8, 1992 (Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis) 4x400m relay United States (Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis) Top of Page Walking Event Athlete, Country Record Date 20km walk Robert Korzeniowski, POL Sept. 22, 2000 50km walk Vyacheslav Ivanenko, URS Sept. 30, 1988

102. Boston Athletic Association Boston Marathon BAA Half Marathon running Club Mayor s Cup About The BAA Administration BAA history BAA News YearRound Programming http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/History.asp

Please choose Welcome to Boston Boston Marathon Race Facts Patriots' Day Future Race Dates Kid's Running B.A.A. Course Maps Marathon Training Volunteering The First Boston Marathon After experiencing the spirit and majesty of the Olympic Marathon, B.A.A. member and inaugural US Olympic Team Manager John Graham was inspired to organize and conduct a marathon in the Boston area. With the assistance of Boston businessman Herbert H. Holton, various routes were considered, before a measured distance of 24.5 miles from the Irvington Oval in Boston to Metcalf's Mill in Ashland was eventually selected. On April 19, 1897, John J. McDermott of New York, emerged from a 15-member starting field and captured the first B.A.A. Marathon in 2:55:10, and, in the process, forever secured his name in sports history. In 1924, the B.A.A. moved the starting line from Ashland to Hopkinton. In 1927, the Boston Marathon course was lengthened to the full distance of 26 miles, 385 yards to conform to Olympic standards. The Marathon Distance The 1896 Olympic marathon distance of 24.8 miles was based on the distance run, according to famous Greek legend, in which the Greek foot-soldier Pheidippides was sent from the plains of Marathon to Athens with the news of the astounding victory over a superior Persian army. Exhausted as he approached the leaders of the City of Athens, he staggered and gasped, "Rejoice! We Conquer!" and then collapsed.

103. SLAM! Sports: 2000 Summer Games: History Of The Games history OF THE GAMES. The Ancient olympic Games The olympic Games were first heldin 776 BC at Olympia in Ancient Greece as part of a religious festival. http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesHistory/home.html

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104. CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History 2004 Athens A history of the 2000 Sydney olympics. Phelps started his olympic haul byrunning away with the 400metre individual medley in a world record time of http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/

105. CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History 1912 Stockholm A history of the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. team event and setting the stagefor Finland s preeminence in distance running, which lasted until the 1940s. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/1912.html

106. History Of The Peachtree Road Race As anticipated, the 1996 running of the Peachtree was memorable. The postOlympicera has little dampened Peachtree’s popularity. http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/at02008.htm

Peachtree Road Race 1970-2004: A History At 7:30 A.M. on what is likely to be a hazy warm morning this coming 4th of July, 55,000 runners in the 36th running of the Peachtree Road Race will line up from Lenox Square north to the horizon. Over 500 volunteers will help coordinate the start, and it will be a full hour before the final runner gets a chance to begin his 6.2 mile run down Peachtree Road to the finish on 10th Street. By then, the winner will have been savoring his victory for over half an hour. The race was but one of a series of small, local races put on by the Atlanta Track Club. The club had begun in 1964 when a group of post-collegiate runners joined together with some metro area coaches to support track and field and road running at the local level. The 1960s were the pre-dawn of the running boom; those who ran for exercise were viewed as amusing eccentrics. Road races were small and infrequent, with runners driving long distances to take part in these low-key competitions. To help fill this void, the ATC began a modest series of races in the late 1960s, administered informally and attended by a few stalwarts. Peachtree would become one of this series. The first Peachtree differed somewhat from its companion races, even in the beginning, for it attracted a sponsor, Carling Brewery. That modest support allowed the race to afford trophies, a luxury not easily funded through the $2 entry fee. Nor did the budget include T-shirts though it compassed the 15-cent bus fare given to each finisher to return him back to Peachtree to his car at Sears.

107. History Of The Original Marathon Today, marathons have become a running tradition throughout the world. Click here for an in depth history of the Athens Marathon. http://www.athensmarathon.com/marathon/history.html

Athens Marathon, Athens Greece - Apostolos Greek Tours, Inc. Apostolos Greek Tours, Inc. is the Official Authorized North American Representative for the Athens Marathon in Greece. Quick Find.... 11 Day Tour 6 Day Tour Minimal Support Package Booking forms for tours Entry form for marathon Photo Album FAQ Comments from participants Site Map Links Page About the marathon Map of Course About the tour History of the marathon Request information packet 2004 race results Online Booking Click here for Travel Tips Our tour package prices have not increased from last year. CHOOSE FROM THESE TOUR PACKAGES: If you want to truly experience the magic and antiquity of Greece and the Marathon, this is the choice for you. You'll be headquartered in the Aegean resort community of Vouliagmeni. Daily runs and clinics with Jeff Galloway. Lots of sightseeing, guided tours and Apostolos' superb runner support at the Marathon. Price: $2,495.00 USD (Per person, double occupancy. Single supplement: $325.00) A shorter version of the above, for those who have limited time. Price: $1,597.00 USD (Per person, double occupancy. Single supplement: $175.00)

108. London Olympics 2012 - London Olympic History history olympic origins London 1908 1948 Past bids. olympic Origins Even therunning events often contained a large slice of brutality, http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/guide/about/olympics2012_history.html

Virtually, the best guide to London Sign up for your copy of LondonNet's newsletter AHOY! LONDON: GUIDE accommodation airports attractions ... Adonis 1996-2004. LondonNet is published by Adonis , London, UK. Adonis London 2012 History Olympic origins Past bids Olympic Origins Many cultures the world over and back through the centuries, have staged events celebrating sporting achievement, but the source of inspiration for the modern Olympics are the games, first held nearly three thousand years ago near Mount Olympus in ancient Greece. raditional gathering of local people who took part in country sports. Suitably impressed, de Coubertin floated the idea of a revival, this time on an international basis, of the ancient Olympics and within a few years the first modern games were held in Athens. The 1896 games involved 14 nations, 241 athletes and 43 events, numbers that have increased at every games since. The next two games, at Paris (1900) and St Louis (1904) were held alongside World Fairs and, it was felt, were swallowed by them. By 1908 in London, however, the Olympics had become its own justification. In 1908 teams were, for the first time, organised completely on national lines, a development that led to much criticism during the politically highly-charged inter-war years. Many thought de Coubertin and his crowd were pandering to base nationalism, an insight that perhaps bore bitter fruit at Berlin in 1936 when Adolf Hitler used the games to glorify the Nazi regime.

109. IMG Speakers -Speakers Bureau Johnson had the greatest consecutive seasons of any sprinter in history in 1990 and 1996 was the year for Michael Johnson’s unprecedented olympic double http://www.imgspeakers.com/speaker_detail.asp?SpeakerID=119

110. ESPN.com: King Carl Had Long, Golden Reign That unexpected and stunning victory gave Lewis his ninth olympic gold medal in a thenolympic record 19.80 seconds and completed his quest by running a http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016079.html

Carl Lewis named SportsCentury athlete No. 12 King Carl had long, golden reign By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com Carl Lewis has always amazed us. By distinguishing himself in two seemingly simple actions jumping and running for the longest time, he became unlike any competitor. With his unsurpassed talent in the long jump and his speed in the sprints, he has gone places where no other track and field athlete has ever visited. Carl Lewis capped his remarkable Olympics career by winning gold in the long jump at Atlanta in 1996. He didn't lose in the long jump for a decade, winning 65 consecutive competitions. He won four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics, equaling the 1936 accomplishment of his hero, Jesse Owens. He sped to a world record in the 100 meters. And then, when it appeared to be time for him to leave the jumping to younger athletes, he fooled us. "You try to give a man a gold watch, and he steals your gold medal instead. You ask him to pass the torch, and he sets your Olympics on fire," Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly wrote about Lewis, at the age of 35, winning his fourth consecutive Olympic long jump in 1996. That unexpected and stunning victory gave Lewis his ninth Olympic gold medal, tying him for the largest gold collection with U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz, Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi and Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina.

111. Cleave Books - Olympics History but mainly were to do with running, wrestling, boxing and chariot racing. The early games of the modern Olympics were of varied quality and success, http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/trol/databank/olympics/olymhist.htm

Cleave Books The Olympic Games Story The Ancient Games The original games were held at Olympia, in Greece, and took place every 4 years. Exactly when they started is not known, but the first written records date from 776BC, and the games continued until they were banned by a decree of the Roman Emperor Theodore I, "the Great", in 393AD So the last games held were in 389AD, which meant the games had been held 293 times (at least). The actual events in the games varied from time to time, but mainly were to do with running, wrestling, boxing and chariot racing. In those games there was interest only in who won, and the winner was awarded an olive wreath. Women were not admitted to the games, either as competitors or spectators. Revival Ernst Curtius, a German archaeologist, did a lot of excavation work at Olympia and, presumably inspired by that, in 1852 suggested that the Olympic Games should be revived. This idea was well-received by many and was finally taken up by Baron Pierre de Courbertin and, at his instigation, in Paris on 23 June 1894, a committee agreed to re-establish the Olympic Games, with a first meeting to be held at Athens in 1896 and every 4 years thereafter. Apart from the war years when no games were held, this has been kept up. In the ancient games, wars were suspended in order to allow the games to continue. The early games of the modern Olympics were of varied quality and success, with many highlights and low points. There were several calls for the games to be discontinued at various times but they always managed to keep going and, once they were re-established in 1948 (after a 12-year break), their future seemed assured. However, since that time they have become much bigger, very much more costly to stage, the subject of many scandals, and often the target of political action (in the form of boycotts and terrorism) so that it is not inconceivable that the future might see them discontinued, or at least modified in some way.

112. 1904 St. Louis Olympics (They couldn t check the videotape at this time in history.) When Carvajalarrived at the games, he lacked any type of running gear. http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/st_louis_olympics/

The excellent book Oops! by Paul Kirchner (1996, Rhino Records, pages 106-107) offers a fairly detailed summary of the St. Louis Marathon. Two articles from the New York Times were valuable in the preparation of this story: The first, titled "Olympic Games of 1904" appears in the Wednesday, July 20, 1904 issue and summarizes the preparations made for the Olympic Games. Since readers probably were not familiar with the Olympics at the time, the article details a history of the games. The second article, titled "American Runner Wins" was featured in the August 31, 1904 issue on page 5. This story details the marathon and Lorz's eventual disqualification. The May 15, 1996 issue of Newsday features an article titled "Olympics in the Political Arena: Clinton to be no stranger to Atlanta" profiles the role that United States Presidents have played in the Olympic Games. A brief summary of the 1904 games is given. If you are looking for details, details, and even more details on all of the Olympics, be sure to check out The Complete Book of the Olympics by David Wallechinsky. There are many updated editions of this book which is published by Penguin books.

113. Virtual School  -  History  -  Projects  -  Olympic Games  -  Oral Histo The olympic Games Oral history project. The history department plans to startthreads where people can post their recollections of previous olympic Games. http://vs.eun.org/ww/en/pub/virtual_school/depts/history/projects/olympic_games/

About Resources Activities Projects Team Search this site: Go Home History Projects Olympic Games Oral history The Olympic Games Oral History project The History department plans to start threads where people can post their recollections of previous Olympic Games. Tommie Smith: 1968 (John Simkin) The most significant event for me took place during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Tommie Smith won gold in the 200m by setting a new world record. His team mate, John Carlos, took bronze. Both men were black Americans and after a lifetime of racial discrimination, they decided to hit back. At the medal ceremony, as The Star-Spangled Banner played, Smith raised his right, black-gloved fist to represent black power, while Carlos's raised left fist represented black unity. Peter Norman, the Australian athlete who won the silver medal, wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge in sympathy. Smith and Carlos were banned from the Olympic village and received countless death threats. Sebastian Coe: 1984 (Kelly Holmes) From the age of 14, I had two ambitions: one was to go into the army and the other to compete in the Olympics.

114. Greek Olympics But sports and competitions are part of the history and culture of many ancient Ancient Egyptians also participated in various running activities. http://www.crystalinks.com/greekolympics.html

Greek Olympics Ancient Times The Greeks invented Olympic athletic contests and held them in honor of their gods. But sports and competitions are part of the history and culture of many ancient civilization - including those of Meso- America. In Egypt there had been many findings and glyphs depicting sports events have been found. In ancient Egypt, acrobats, who displayed physical agility and strength, were mainly viewed as performers. Most Egyptian acrobats were women, and they performed alone or in groups. Young Egyptian boys also participated in acrobatics, and played games with hoops. There are 200 wrestling groups depicted on one wall of the tomb at Beni-Hassan. The wrestlers wear a loin-cloth similar to the cod-piece or loin-cloth of Minoan athletes. Although the scenes portray the various positions and "holds" involved in wrestling, the sport was practiced as part of Egyptian military training, and there is no evidence of organized competition. Ancient Egyptians also participated in various running activities. One of the kingdom's most important festivals was the "jubilee celebration," a festival first celebrated on the 30th anniversary of the reign of Amenophis III, and celebrated continuously in three-year intervals. In the "ritual run", an integral part of the celebration, the current king would run between two sets of three semicircles, the semicircles being cosmic references to the order of the universe. Unlike later Greek footraces, however, the Egyptian king ran alone, without a competitor. Physical evidence of the "ritual run" exists at the pyramid complex of King Djoser, where one can find the ruins of the world's first sports facility, complete with the running track for the "ritual run."

115. Olympic Games Web Sites, Sydney, Atlanta, Athens ... A list of links to summer Olympics sites. http://www.runnersweb.com/running/olympics.html

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116. XpeditionGold Dedicated to the Dutch women 470 Sailing team running for the Olympics Athens 2004. http://www.xpeditiongold.com

Home Nieuws Archief Foto's Events Xpeditiongold is het Nederlands Olympisch dames 470 team. Sinds 2000 varen Marcelien de Koning (27) en Lobke Berkhout (25) samen in deze spectaculaire tweemans zwaardboot. Allbei zijn zij lid van de Watersportvereniging Hoorn YOU ARE HERE : Home Als je wint, heb je vrienden! Je weet nooit wat je gaat mee maken nadat je een WK hebt gewonnen maar dit is echt bijzonder. Afgelopen weekend hebben we in Medemblik het Open Nederlands Kampioenschap gevaren en zijn we de Nederlandse Olympische zeilers tegen gekomen. We wisten al dat we veel vrienden hadden maar we hebben in die drie dagen geen moment stil kunnen zitten. Alle felicitaties en enthousaiaste woorden van iedereen zijn zo leuk. We konden nu helemaal niet meer stoppen met lachen. De kaken doen nog pijn. We zijn echt heel blij dat we andere mensen hebben kunnen inspireren tot mooie plannen, wedstrijden of gedachte. De wedstrijden op eigen bodem waren even wennen. Niet geheel georganiseerd stonden we vrijdag ochtend de boot op te tuigen maar het had uiteindelijk dan ook niet veel haast. Een dagje wachten op de kant vanwege teveel wind, doet uiteindelijk pijn aan de kaken... :-) Zaterdag hebben we weer heerlijk kunnen blazen over het IJsselmeer. Ook al zijn we niet meer zo in top vorm als tijdens het WK, wat verwacht je anders, we hebben het de andere mannen nog wel even moeilijk kunnen maken. Na vier wedstrijden (drie keer één en een OCS) stonden we twee. Zondag hoefden we alleen nog een finale wedstrijd te varen. Dat we met aflandige wind vlak voor de kust een mooie roulette koers. Blijkbaar hadden we ons geluk vorige maand al opgemaakt. Dus we sloten achteraan in het rijtje en werden derde. Het enige wat Lobke er over kwijt wil, is: Ik laat me door zo'n raar wedstrijdje het euforie gevoel van het WK zeker niet afnemen. Hetgeen wat ik erover kwijt wil, is: Het is goed om zeilen aantrekkelijker te willen maken, maar deze finale is verre van ideaal. Stel dat je tijdens Beijijng door zo'n wedstrijdje van nauwelijks tien minuten je medaille kleur verspeeld.

117. Indelible Images - Fallen Star When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this All told, she set 36 US running records and about 17 official and http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/aug04/indelible.html

document.write(''); Fallen Star When Mary Decker crashed to the ground at the Los Angeles Olympics 20 years ago this month, a young photographer was there to catch the anguish The curse of the sports photographer has always been redundancy. Year after year, city after city, he travels in a pack, following the competitive grind in pursuit of images that rise above decorating the box scores and go on to shape our collective sports consciousness. David Burnett's first shot at capturing that kind of history came in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Mary Decker, a world-class runner and an American sweetheart in the tradition of Peggy Fleming and Chris Evert, was competing in the 3,000-meter race on the last day of the track-and-field events. No longer "Little Mary Decker," the pigtailed girl-wonder from New Jersey who'd set her first American record at age 14, she was now 26 and fresh from victories in 1,500- and 3,000-meter races at the World Championships in Helsinki the year before. Her spitfire appeal promised to make the race a highlight of the Games 20 years ago this month. That she would win was a given. But the beauty of sports, of course, is that no conclusion is ever really foregone.

118. Washington Running Report -- Regional News Article 5000 meters and one of five Americans to have won a Gold Medal in Olympichistory. For more information on the National Distance running Hall of Fame, http://www.runwashington.com/news/jul05fame.html

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