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Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres.
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [2] She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries. Women's marathon, women's 3000 meters, and women's 400 meters hurdles debuted at these Games.
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1984 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4. [1] Eighty-two athletes from 59 countries participated. [ 2 ] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
In 2019 McNuff set out to run 2,620 miles (100 marathons) through Britain in her bare feet. Starting in the Shetland Islands and ending five months later in London, she gave talks to the young women of Britain in the towns and cities she visited. She also encouraged the general public to run with her (in trainers) and was joined by over 2,500 ...
Earl Jones (born July 17, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former middle distance runner who won an 800 meters bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He finished third behind Joaquim Cruz and Sebastian Coe with a time of 1:43.83 minutes.
EUGENE, Ore. — Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old from Bullis School outside Washington D.C., finished sixth with a time of 44.94 in Monday’s 400-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
July 7 — Inna Poluškina, Latvian long-distance runner; July 8 — Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, Moroccan middle/long-distance runner; July 9 — Olusoji Fasuba, Nigerian sprinter; July 22 — He Dan, Chinese race walker; July 25 — Javier Culson, Puerto Rican hurdler; July 26 — Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper