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Track & Field Olympic History:     more books (72)

An Olympian's oral history: Louis S. Zamperini, 1936 Olympic Games, track & field by Louis Zamperini, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Maybelle Reichardt Hopkins, 1928 Olympic Games, track & field by Maybelle Reichardt Hopkins, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Archie F. Williams, 1936 Olympic Games, track & field by Archie F Williams, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Malcolm W. Metcalf, 1932 & 1936 Olympic Games, track & field by Malcolm W Metcalf, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Jean Shiley Newhouse, 1928 & 1932 Olympic Games, track & field by Jean Shiley Newhouse, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Lemuel Clarence Houser, 1924 & 1928 Olympic Games, track & field by Lemuel Clarence Houser, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Simone Schaller Kirin, 1932 & 1936 Olympic Games, track & field by Simone Schaller Kirin, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Dr. James E. Luvalle, 1936 Olympic Games, track & field by James E Luvalle, 1988 Olympic Games: Track & field results by Calvin Brown, 2001 An Olympian's oral history: Herman Brix aka Bruce Bennett, 1928 Olympic Games, track & field by Bruce Bennett, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Anne Vrana O'Brien, 1928 & 1936 Olympic Games, track & field by Anne Vrana O'Brien, 1988 An Olympian's oral history: Jack Davis, 1952 and 1954 Olympic Games, hurdle by Jack Davis, 1999 An Olympian's oral history: Craig Dixon, 1948 Olympic Games, hurdles by Craig Dixon, 1999 Olympic History (Olympics) by Moira Butterfield, 2011-04-28

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41. THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION -- Legion Sports -- History Of The National Track And
    Legion s involvement in track and field goes back to the 1950 s when Ontario LegionHydro Branch 277 first sponsored the former Canadian olympic Training Plan.  
    http://www.legion.ca/asp/docs/sports/TFhist_e.asp
    
    Extractions: The Legion's involvement in track and field goes back to the 1950's when Ontario Legion Hydro Branch 277 first sponsored the former Canadian Olympic Training Plan. This program went Dominion wide after the 1956 Legion Dominion Convention in Vancouver. By 1957 the Legion was conducting national athletes' clinics with each province being invited to send athletes and coaches. By 1961 more than 700 athletes had attended these sessions. In 1962 the Canadian Government awarded a grant to sustain the program and this funding continued until 1969. When this support was withdrawn, the track and field program went back to being a provincial level program. In 1975, however, the Legion decided to run a pilot national track and field meet in Waterloo, Ontario. It's extreme success led to the continuation of the program for a 1976 meet in Edmonton, Alberta, since when it has become an annual event and a major program within the Legion. Funding is provided from the Legion's own resources. The nationally sanctioned event which has developed over the years is now divided into two sections - a two-day meet and a two-day clinic for the athletes. These events are attended by more than 330 athletes, 25 coaches and 35 chaperons.

42. History
    became the first woman to join a Japanese olympic contingent 7 silver, and 4 bronzemedals in track and field, swimming, equestrian events, and field hockey  
    http://web-japan.org/factsheet/olympics/history.html
    
    Extractions: Under the urging of Kano Jigoro, a judo athlete, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) was established in 1911. Two athletes were sent to participate at the Fifth Olympiad in Stockholm the following year. The first 2 Japanese to participate as members of a Japanese team were Mishima Yahiko, a sprinter, and Kanaguri Shiro, a long-distance runner. Though the next games were to be held in 1916, they were canceled due to World War I. By the 1920 Games at Antwerp, Japan had fielded a team of 15, and earned its first awards: a pair of silver medals in singles and doubles tennis. At the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, Japan took its first 2 gold medals, in track and field, and swimming. Athlete Hitomi Kinue became the first woman to join a Japanese Olympic contingent. She received a silver medal in the 800-meter event, and her success encouraged more women to take up competitive sports. A contingent of 131 members represented Japan at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, including 16 women. Japanese athletes earned a total of 7 gold, 7 silver, and 4 bronze medals in track and field, swimming, equestrian events, and field hockey.

43. History And Geography Of The Olympic Games In Ancient Greece
    fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis, shooting, swimming, track and field, weight lifting Websitehistory Pages; Boston Marathon history; olympic Marathon, by  
    http://www.experienceplus.com/essay_olympics.html
    
    Extractions: History and Geography of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece by Rick Price, PhD. co-owner and co-founder of ExperiencePlus! Specialty Tours, Inc. The Olympics came to us as one of the oldest institutions of Classical Greece. Although the first written record of the games dates to 776 B.C., their origins go back at least five hundred years earlier and are linked to religious events well before that. The games honored Zeus, supreme god of all the Greeks and ruler of the sky (Zeus's brothers Poseidon and Hades ruled the sea and the Underworld, respectively). The Olympic games were officially abolished by the Roman emperor in 394 AD after a run of 1170 years! As god of all kings and of all humans, Zeus ruled from lofty Mt. Olympus north of Athens. His primary role was to keep the peace among those same gods and "men" on earth. In his honor a universal truce applied during the Olympic Games every four years and even though the truce was broken on several occasions, the games were never interrupted as a result of war. The reasons for the location of the games in "Olympia," near the west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula are lost in history. The site was never a major city or permanent settlement except during the games themselves when tens of thousands of spectators and participants camped on the grounds. Evidence suggests that the site of Olympia was once the location of a religious festival honoring Gaia, the Earth Mother. Indeed, the site must have had strong historic and religious roots as it is located on the western edge of Classical Greece far from the Greek heartland as this

44. The Running Network -- National News -- Article List
    217-04 Greifeld Named Chairman of USA track field Foundation. Louis Celebrates100 Years of olympic history with 2004 US olympic Women s Marathon Team  
    http://www.runningnetwork.com/news/february2004list.html
    
    Extractions: Go to a Publication Near You! americanTRI Athletics Athletes HI Chicago Athlete Colorado Runner Footnotes Inside Texas Running Michigan Runner Midwest Running New England Runner New York Runner Northwest Runner Oklahoma Runner RaceCenter Northwest RunMinnesota Runner Triathlete News Runner's Gazette Running Journal RUNOHIO Silent Sports Tail Winds Washington Running Report

45. TSU NEWS: STORIES: Chandra Cheeseborough Contributes To Grand Opening Of Hall Of
    TSU has a distinguished athletic history throughout the world,” said athleticdirector Teresa Phillips. “olympic history in track and field is a  
    http://www.tnstate.edu/opr/docs/RELEASES/chandrahof.htm
    
    Extractions: to Grand Opening of Hall of Fame “Athletes young and old should have an opportunity to visit this mansion of memories about the history of track and field," said three-time Olympian Chandra Cheeseborough. “It gives vivid information from the beginning of track and field to where it is now.” Cheeseborough, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., broke into the international track scene at the age of 16 when she won two gold medals at the 1975 Pan American Games, taking the 200 and setting an American record time at 22.77 seconds. After high school, Cheeseborough attended Tennessee State under the tutelage of three-time Olympic coach Ed Temple. She was a member of 1976, 1980, and 1984 Olympic teams. In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics, Cheeseborough became the first woman to win Olympic relay gold in both the 4x100 meters and 4x400 meter. “Walking through the Hall of Fame I can still remember hearing the gun pop and coming out of the blocks, looking straight ahead for the finish line,” said Cheeseborough. “I felt it was a privilege and honor to represent not only the Tigerbelles but the university as a whole."

46. Washingtonpost.com:Berlin, 1936: At The Olympics, Achievements Of The Brave In A
    The feats of Owens became enduring olympic history. Metcalfe, Cornelius Johnson andJohn Woodruff — helped the US dominate the track and field events.  
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/general/povich/launch/olymp
    
    Extractions: Saturday, July 6 1996; Page D01 This is about the Olympic Games of 60 years ago, the XIth Olympiad that was famous for its infamy. It is about the 1936 Olympics in Berlin that Adolf Hitler turned into a sickening pageant of Nazi propaganda, supported by submissive U.S. Olympic officials and craven American track and field coaches who, like Nazi cousins, kicked their only two Jewish athletes off the 4x100-meter relay team. And it is about Hitler's snub of America's victorious black Olympians in their triumphs. If Jesse Owens brought new glory to American Olympic history when he raced to his until-then unmatched four gold medals, the highest U.S. Olympic officials violated every concept of decency and humanitarian concerns by kowtowing to the Nazis, who already had the killing of 6 million Jews in mind, as well as an invasion of Poland and a world war. This is also about the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, which has seized this moment to lay it all out by offering "The Nazi Olympics, Berlin, 1936," starting July 19. The date coincides with the start of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and the exhibit will finish with a cross-country tour to reacquaint Americans with the Nazis' treachery and Hitler's snub of the blacks who won all those medals for the United States.

47. Olympic Hall Of Fame - Class Of 1983 Detail
    Heiden was the first person in olympic history to win five individual gold medalsat one Games. Rafer Johnson track and field, 1956, 60 (1 gold, 1 silver).  
    http://www.olympic-usa.org/about_us/programs/halloffame/1983detail.html
    
    Extractions: Track and Field, 1968 (1 gold) Beamon set the Track and Field world on its ear at the 1968 Olympic long jump in Mexico City, when he jumped 29 feet, two-and-one-half inches to win the gold medal. Beamon's jump was a world record that eclipsed the previous record by 21 3/4 inches. The jump still stands as an Olympic record, and stood as a world record until Mike Powell leapt 29' 4 1/2" at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. Figure Skating, 1948, '52 (2 golds) In 1948, Button became the first U.S. figure skater to win an Olympic gold medal, enthralling spectators in St. Moritz with never-before-attempted maneuvers such as the flying sitspin, flying camel, double axel, double lutz and double flip. He followed that performance up with a second gold in 1952 in Oslo. In both performances combined, only one of the 18 judges did not award Button a first-place vote.

48. September 28, 2000-Vol32n6: Furnas' Olympic History Revealed
    winning a total of 41 gold medals, including nine for track and field. enjoyed a kindof European athletic tour, participating in several postolympic meets  
    http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol32/vol32n6/n3.html
    
    Extractions: Reporter Contributor Eighty years ago this week, a young collegian from Indiana was settling back into campus life after spending the summer as an Olympic athlete and competitor in post-Olympic events overseas. The 19-year-old Purdue undergraduate was Clifford C. Furnas (1900-69), who went on to a distinguished career as scientist, author and chancellor of the University of Buffalo from 1954-62, and from 1962-66, as the first president of the State University of New York at Buffalo, following UB's merger with SUNY. Furnas was among the finalists to run the 5,000-meters in the 1920 Olympics-or the Seventh Olympiad-which took place in Antwerp, Belgium. His Olympic run followed successes at intercollegiate competitions throughout the Midwest, and impressive showings in the Olympic tryouts in Chicago and a final meet at Harvard University. Olympic memorabilia, including a photograph album, scrapbook, track uniform, insignia and ribbons, are on display as part of the Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Collection, established by Furnas's wife, the late Sparkle M. Furnas. The Furnas Collection is housed in the University Archives, 420 Capen Hall. The photo album and scrapbook, in particular, bring to life the spirit and drive of a young runner preparing to take on the world.

49. Haverford College Men's Track & Field: History
    Division championship and barely missed qualifying for the 1964 US olympic team. TomDonnelly, who put Haverford back on the national track field map the  
    http://www.haverford.edu/athletics/xctfm/history.htm
    
    Extractions: One of Haverford's oldest sports, early Ford track teams won or placed high in turn-of-the-century Penn Relays, and Phillip Baker, later known as Lord Noel-Baker, a one-year visitor from England set the college mile record. Baker went on to become Haverford's first track Olympian, competing for Great Britain in the 1920 games. By the end of that decade, the Ford thinclads, under legendary coach A.W. "Pop" Haddleton and led by weight thrower J. Howard Morris '30, were the dominant team in the large Middle Atlantic Conference. His name synonymous with Haverford track, Haddleton found unlikely athletes who he thought had potential and developed hundreds of them into top track men into the 1950's. Haddleton's finest protege may have been Jim Grosholz '49, whose career climaxed at the 1949 NCAA outdoors in an 800 showdown with U.S. Olympian Mal Whitfield of Ohio State at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Haddleton was the prime mover in the construction of Alumni Field House in the late '50's, and the indoor track there, now a state-of-the-art 200-meter oval with textured surface, is named for him. The team remained strong through the 1950s while the '60s were more a time for individual achievement, such as the javelin exploits of Stu Levitt '63, who won the NCAA College Division championship and barely missed qualifying for the 1964 U.S. Olympic team. A renaissance was begun during the Haverford coaching days of Villanova alumnus Francis "Dixie" Dunbar in the late 1960's and early '70s, but it was another Jumbo Elliott protégé, Wildcat All-American Tom Donnelly, who put Haverford back on the national track & field map the last three decades.

50. Track And Field / Athletics All Topics Clubs And Teams On SPORTQuest
    Crusaders Irish Athletics Website (Eng) Top Irish Athletic club. News,olympic history, track and field, cross country. Faulconbridge  
    http://www.sportquest.com/sports/quest3.cfm?sport=Track and Field / Athletics&CA

51. Indiana University Athletics - Men's Track & Field - History - Approaching A Cen
    Men s track field. history Approaching A Century of Olympians. Indiana has beenrich with olympic track and field talent, dating back to the olympic  
    http://iuhoosiers.com/menstrackandfield/history/mtrolympians.html
    
    Extractions: Two-time Olympian and 1956 gold medalist Milt Campbell. Indiana has been rich with Olympic track and field talent, dating back to the Olympic Games of 1904 held in St. Louis. Leroy Samse (pole vault - silver medal) and Thad Shideler (110-meter hurdles - silver medal) were the first in a long line of Hoosier athletes to compete for their country. The 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, will mark the fifth consecutive Olympics that Indiana will have a representative present. IU has sent 23 different athletes to the Olympic Games a total of 28 times. Fred Wilt ran the 10,000-meters in 1948 and again in 1952. Milt Campbell was a decathlete in 1952 (silver medal) and again in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia. That year he brought home the gold for the United States. Bob Kennedy has run the 5,00-meters in the last two Summer Games. Jim Spivey is the only three-time performer, appearing in 1984 in Los Angeles in the 1,500-meters, and then again in 1992 in the 1,500-meters and in 1996 competing in the 5,000-meters.

52. 2004 AAU Junior Olympic Games History
    Junior olympic Games in Washington DC in 1967. National champions were determinedin swimming and track field. This marked the first time in the history of  
    http://www.aaujrogames.org/history.html
    
    Extractions: Baseball Baton Twirling Boys Basketball Cheerleading Dance/Drill Field Hockey Flag Football Girls Basketball Golf Gymnastics Jump Rope Karate Powerlifting Pick A Sport Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Trampoline/Tumbling Weightlifting Wrestling HOME JOIN AAU AAU SPORTS EVENT SCHEDULE TELL US ABOUT YOU PHOTO ALBUM FUTURE DATES JOEL FERRELL AWARDS OFFICERS / STAFF HISTORY MEDIA Since its beginning in Washington, DC, the AAU Junior Olympic Games have been conducted in 15 states and 24 cities across the United States. The state of Tennessee is in the lead with five (5) AAU Junior Olympic Games to its credit. Florida is a strong second with four (4), all in different cities: Cocoa Beach, Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, and Tallahassee.

53. PittsburghPanthers.com - Women's Track And Field Archives Pitt Track And Field O
    Pitt s track and field teams have in Berlin, and Roger Kingdom, a twotime gold medalistin the 110 High Hurdles at the 1984 and 1988 olympic Games in Los  
    http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/wtrack/review/history-records/olympics.
    
    Extractions: Coaches The University of Pittsburgh has a rich and successful track and field history. From its men's and women's teams have come no fewer than eight Olympians, more than any other Panthers sports program has produced. Pitt's track and field teams have produced a pair of gold medalists - John Woodruff in the 800 meters at the 1936 Games in Berlin, and Roger Kingdom, a two-time gold medalist in the 110 High Hurdles at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and Seoul. Another Pitt product, Herb Douglas, earned a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Games in London. Pitt's Olympians have come from far and near. Woodruff, who now lives in New Jersey, was from nearby Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Kingdom, who originally came to Pitt as a prized running back football recruit, was brought to Pittsburgh from his hometown of Unadilla, Georgia. Pitt's current Olympian, Najuma Fletcher, was one of three representatives of her native Guyana at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain. One of Pitt's most familiar Olympians, Arnie Sowell, went to high school just blocks from Pitt's Cathedral of Learning at Schenley High School, which has spawned numerous notable athletes in a variety of sports. Sowell finished fourth in the 800 meters at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia.

54. ST.JOHNS TRACK & FIELD ALUMNI
    are events where each athlete competes in a number of track field events and is Recordsof olympic history show that the ancient olympic Games were held in  
    http://www.eteamz.com/stjohnsspartans/
    
    Extractions: Home St.Johns Alumni News Calendar Track Schedule ... Message Boards eslu(new Date("February 28, 2003 09:12 AM"), 'updated', 7); Chat IT award winners eslu(new Date("May 10, 2003 03:15 AM"), 'hot', 30); 2001 Track Schedule 2001 XC SEASON eslu(new Date("February 27, 2002 10:21 AM"), 'none', 0); 2001 Track Districts 2001 Track R/State 2000 XC SEASON Where are they Now? eslu(new Date("February 29, 2004 05:59 PM"), 'updated', 7);

55. City Of New York/Parks And Recreation: News Items
    New York City’s track field history also includes the 1936 olympic trials, heldon Randall’s Island, in which Jesse Owens began his journey into olympic  
    http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_newsroom/press_releases/press_releases.php?id=188

56. Capital University News - California State University, Sacramento
    concludes with Alexander Kitroeff, associate professor of history at the the UniversityLibrary before and during the US olympic track and field Trials, on  
    http://www.csus.edu/news/030904olympicSpeak.stm
    
    Extractions: Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith California State University, Sacramento kicks off a series of special events tied to the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at CSUS and the Summer Olympics in Athens with a lecture on Friday, March 26 by Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, the former British ambassador to France and Greece. Upcoming CSUS Showcase events will include numerous events centered at the University Library before and during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, on campus July 9-18. The events will range from sports-related speakers to an exhibit of Olympic art to the return of a popular multimedia display of unusual sporting events that was featured during the Trials at CSUS in 2000.

57. FLORIDA STATE TRACK & FIELD - SCHEDULE
    This will be the first olympic Games for Iain. Coast Conference team and his timeof 49.68 is the fourth fastest in FSU track and field history, that time  
    http://www.fsu.edu/~track/olympians.html
    
    Extractions: World-record holder in the 400m hurdles will be looking to medal for the second consecutive Olympics TALLAHASSEE, FL. Maintaining her status as one of the mostexceptional track athletes in school history, former FSU track star and current FSU assistant track coach, Kim Batten, qualified for the United States Olympics team on July 16th in Sacramento, California. Batten, a nine-time All-American at FSU, will be competing in her second Olympics. At the 1996 Olympics, Batten won the Silver Medal in the 400m hurdles. A year earlier, Batten set the world record in the 400m hurdles at the 1995 World Championships in Goteburg, Sweden. The whirlwind year culminated at the ESPY Awards in February when Batten was honored as the Women's Track and Field Performer of the Year.

58. The Salt Lake Tribune -- Track And Field: Run-in With History
    track and field Runin with history. student ran four laps around a cinder trackat Oxford But his preparations were thrown off when olympic officials added an  
    http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05022004/sports/162652.asp

59. Zeal.com - United States - New - Sports - All Sports - Sports Reference - Events
    5. HickokSports.com olympic track and field http//www.hickoksports.com/history/oltfrec.shtmlCheck out what the best-ever results recorded at the olympics  
    http://zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=575697

60. USA Track & Field - New England Home Page
    USATFNE includes the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. News, contact information, membership information, Grand Prix information, track and field, road racing, cross country, race walking, mountain/trail running, board of governors, officials, Junior olympic program, and links.  
    http://www.usatfne.org/index.shtml
    
    Extractions: Northfield Mountain, June 5 Josh Ferenc moved to the head of the pack and edged 2003 Mountain Runner of the Year Paul Low (CMS) to take Saturday's La Sportiva USATF-NE Mountain Running Championship at Northfield Mountain Recreation Area. Utilizing strong downhill technique over the double loop 13.2 km up-and-down circuit, the recent Keene State grad stopped Low's bid for an undefeated circuit after two circuit wins. Sixth placer Zach Emerson (Moose Milers) was again the first junior, adding another quality race to his resume toward possible selection to the USA World Cup team later this year. Dan Verrington (CMS) and Mark Pitts in 9-10 led the over 40 crowd, with Rob Higley one place back in his third straight 50+ win and Peter Orni (CMS) first in the 60+ division.

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