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This Day in Track & Field, November 5, Alf Shrubb sets 7 WRs in one race (1904), Carrie Dawson-Boyd battles Kara Wheeler (1994), Hellen Obiri wins NYC (2023), photo by Walt Murphy News & Results
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, November 4, the NYC Marathon , by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, November 3, Liz McColgan wins NYC Marathon (1992), Ryan Shay (2007), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, October 31, First Women’s Track & Field Association founded (1921), Frank Shorter, two time Olympic marathon medalist, born (1947), by Walt Murphy News and Results
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, October 28, Gaston Roelants sets WR at 20k and Hour run (1966), breaking Ron Clarke’s WRs, by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, October 23-Sándor Iharos runs 13:40.6 for 5,000mWR (1955), Bill Rodgers/Miki Gorman win NYC Marathon (1977), The Real story behind Rod Dixon’s 1983 NYC Marathon, by Walt Murphy
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, October 22, Emil Zatopek regains WR at 10,000m (1949), Grete Waitz wins her debut marathon at NYC (1978), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field , October 21, Abebe Bikila wins his second Olympic gold at Marathon (1964), Steve Jones breaks WR at Chicago Marathon (1984), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, October 16, Peter Snell wins 800m/1500m in Tokyo (1964) after 800m in Rome, by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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Read moreDetailsThis Day in Track & Field, October 3, Lon Myers runs 1:55.4, equals WR for 800m (1885), Gong Li Jao (China) wins second shot put title (2019), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
This Day in Track & Field—October 3 1885—Future Hall-of-Famer Lon Myers ran 1:55.4 in New York to match his...
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