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Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field.
Mary Rand: 6.40 Irena Kirszenstein: 6.39 Helga Hoffmann: 6.14 Shot put: Gertrud Schäfer: 14.81 Mary Peters: 14.06 Kathryn Duckett: 13.07 Discus throw: Elivia Ballotta: 50.56 Kriemhild Limberg: 50.10 Rosemary Payne: 48.0 Javelin: Ameli Koloska: 53.16 Averil Williams: 43.09 Mary Brown: 42.51 Pentathlon + Mary Peters: 4413 Pat Jones: 4083 Gwenda ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 yards: Dorothy Hyman: 10.9 Daphne Arden: 11.1 Madeleine Cobb: 11.2 220 yards: Dorothy Hyman: 24.3 Donata Govoni: 24.4 Mary Rand
In the women's event, British long jumper Mary Rand set a world record of 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) despite jumping into a 1.69 m/s (3.8 mph) headwind. [ 36 ] Despite the use of electronic timing at the velodrome in the 4000 m team pursuit track cycling event, the judges involved in the final between the German United Team and Italians still took ten ...
Mary Rand: 5.95 Christina Persighetti: 5.83 Lorraine Winfield: 5.81 Shot put: Suzanne Allday: 13.73 Iris Mouzer: 12.51 Mary Peters: 12.24 Discus throw: Suzanne Allday: 45.30 Wendy Thomas: 39.98 Brenda Bedford: 39.42 Javelin: Sue Platt: 47.88 Rosemary Morgan: 43.25 Monica Podmore: 41.90 Pentathlon + Carole Hamby: 3986 Brenda Gill: 3972 Janet ...
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