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[17] Five University of Michigan track and field athletes won nine medals: six gold, two silver, and one bronze. [17] The Michigan medal winners at the 1904 Olympics were: Michigan's first track and field star Archie Hahn won four Olympic gold medals. Archie Hahn – gold medals in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters;
In June 1970 the first Senior Olympics took place at the Los Angeles Coliseum (1970 known as Senior Sports International Meet). [3] The games continued in the 1970s and 1980s in the Los Angeles and Orange County, California. [4] Today the meet is known as the Senior Games (or Senior Olympics). The Senior Games are now held in every state in the ...
Senior Olympics: 85-89 1.18 m (3 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) William Wambach 1925-Aug-22 86 Madison, Wisconsin 2011-Sep-17 Wisconsin Senior Olympics [48] 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) William Wambach 1925-Aug-22 85 Waukesha, Wisconsin 2011-Jul-10 USATF Midwest Region [49] 90-94 1.15 m (3 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Donald Pellmann: 1915-Aug-15 90 Fort Collins, Colorado
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Last week it appeared that the 1940 Olympic hero would be another midwestern U. S. Negro, 190-lb. William Delouis Watson, University of Michigan senior." [5] With his talent in numerous track and field events, many believed Watson could have set a new world decathlon record in the Olympics. [2]
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
Games Medal Name Hometown Sport Event 1908 London: John Garrels: Bay City: Athletics: Men's 110 meters hurdles: Men's shot put: 1912 Stockholm: Ralph Craig