Last Ten 400 meters Dash Olympic Champions

November 17, 2008 by Jimson Lee

I was going to post the last ten 400 meters dash Olympic Champions, but decided to post the last 16 Olympic medalists since the post WWII “modern era”.

To read more about these athletes, click on the link under their name. Some names require no introductions.

This list is a classic, but it leaves me with […]

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Greatest Relay Leg - Herb McKenley 1952 Olympics 4×400m World Record

November 13, 2008 by Jimson Lee

With the passing of Larry James, and his gold medal in the 4×400m relay in Mexico City, I decided to surf around for some great relay moments. In that relay, I am impressed how Ron Freeman opened up an insurmountable lead as their second runner. In fact, Kenya was in first place at the […]

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Obituaries - 400 meter Specialist Larry James 1947-2008

November 10, 2008 by Jimson Lee

In the past 18 months this Blog has been around, we’ve had a few great ones pass away in such a short period of time:

Al Oerter
Herb McKenley
Peter Norman
Robert Taylor

And now Larry James.

Larry James is best known for his silver medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the 400 meters with a time of 43.97 […]

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2008 USATF Masters Champs Videos - Mens 200m

August 14, 2008 by Jimson Lee

The 2008 USATF Masters Championships were held in Spokane, WA from Aug 7-10.

The usual suspects came out (as usual) in the Mens 200m.

Stephen Robbins bettered the listed world M65 200m record in 25.36 (-0.8w) seconds. Earlier this year he posted a pending world record time of 25.20 seconds, with both times bettering the listed W65 […]

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Comparing 400m World Records: Lee Evans 43.86 - Butch Reynolds 43.29 - Michael Johnson 43.18

November 16, 2007 by Jimson Lee

These records were set in 1968, 1988, and 1999 respectively.

Lee Evans 43.86
Butch Reynolds 43.29
Michael Johnson 43.18

Here are the races from YouTube as a single file.

Note how Lee Evans drives to the line and leans for the finish. Larry James also runs sub-44 for the silver medal.

In Butch Reynold’s World Record at Zurich ‘88, […]

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Comparing 4×400m World Records of 2:56.16

November 8, 2007 by Jimson Lee

In both the 1968 and 1988 Olympics, USA ran the exact same time of 2:56.16 in the 4×400m relay 20 years apart. (1968 was set in altitude in Mexico City).
The roll call for 1968 was Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, and Lee Evans.
In 1988, it was Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, and […]

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