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  2. Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Wikipedia

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    Didrikson set four world records, winning two gold medals and one silver medal in track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In the 80-meter hurdles, she equaled the world record of 11.8 seconds in her opening heat.

  3. Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested. It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the athletic program at the Games. This was the second time women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program and the first time that women competed in the javelin throw and 80m ...

  4. Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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    Eva Dawes made the next height but was unable to make 1.62m leaving her with the bronze medal. The two American jumpers Jean Shiley and Babe Didrikson jumped evenly through the rest of the competition. Both cleared a new world record of 1.65 m (5 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) on their first attempt and then missed at 1.67 m (5 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).

  5. Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres ...

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    August 3, 1932 (heats) August 4, 1932 (final) Medalists; Babe Didrikson ... Key: WR = World record; DNF = did not finish References

  6. The 36 most iconic female athletes of the past century - AOL

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    Multi-sport American athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias was breaking boundaries in sports in the early 1900s. She was voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the ...

  7. 1932 United States Olympic trials (track and field) - Wikipedia

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    Although some of Didrikson's marks were cited as "world records" in both contemporary and later sources, she did not set any official world records at the 1932 trials; some of her marks were superior to the listed world records, but inferior to still-pending marks by other athletes that were subsequently ratified. [2]: 9, 78 [3]

  8. With 10th Medal, Allyson Felix Is Now The Most Decorated ...

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    This 400-m sprint in Tokyo would be the final individual Olympic event of her storied career: another Olympic medal would give Felix 10, the most ever for a female track-and-field athlete. Right ...

  9. Does it matter if Babe Ruth 'called shot' in 1932 World ... - AOL

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    Babe Ruth's Yankees jersey from his 'called shot' home run in the 1932 World Series sells for $24 million, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia.