Fifty Years of Progress 1880-1930

STATISTICS WORLD'S RECORDS RUNNING Event. 100 yds ... Time. 9fs. 220 ,, . .. 2o¾s. 300 ,, ... 3o¾s. 300 ,, .. . 3ois. 44o 47t 600 rm. rn!s. 880 ,, ... rm. 51fs. 1,000 ,, ... 2m. 11¼s. 1,320 ,, ... 3m. 2fs.... 1 mile . .. 4m. rnis. 2 miles ... 9m. 1is. 3 ,, .. • I4ffi. I I-gS. 4 ,, ... 19m. 15-is. 5 ,, ... 24m. 6fs. 6 ... 29m. 59tS• 7 " ·· · 35m. 4fs. 8 ... 40m. 16s. 9 " · ·· 45m. 27¾s. Holde ... D. J. Kelly H.P. Drew C. W. Paddock C.H. Coaffee C. Bowman ... R. A. Locke ... B. J. Wefers ... G. M. Butler ... J.E. Meredith ... D. G. A. Lowe ... 0. Peltzer ... C. Ellis ... T. P. Conneff ... P. Nurmi ... E. Wide ... P. Nurmi " ... A. Shrubb 10 ... 50m. 4ofs. ,, 15 ,, ... 1hr. 20m. 4Js. ... F. Appleby 20 ... I hr. 51m. 54s.... G. Crossland 25 ,, ... 2hr. 29m. 29-gs.... H. Green I hour ... IIms. 1,442yds.... J. Bouin 2 hours ... 20 ,, 952 ,, ... H. Green RUNNING, METRIC 100 m.... 1ofs. ... C. W. Paddock 200,, ... 20fS. ... R. A. Locke 300" ... 3Jg-S. ... C. W. Paddock 400" ··· 47fs. ... J. E. Meredith 500" ••. IID. 3fS. ... 0. Peltzer 800" ... Im. 50fS. ... S. Martin 1,000,, ... 2m. 25ts. ... 0. Peltzer 1,500,, ... 3m. 51s. " 2,000,, ... 5m. 23-gs. ... E. Borg (Purje) 3,000" ... 8m. 2ois. P. Nurmi 5,000" ... 14m. 28¼s. 10,000,, ... 30m. 6fs. " 15,000" ... 47m. 18¾s. ... J. Bouin 20,000,, ... 1h. 6m. 29s. ... V. Sipila Nationality U.S.A. Date. June 23, 1906 Mar. 28, 1914 Mar. 26, 1921 Aug. 12, 1922 July 2, 1927 May 1, 1926 Sept. 26, I 896 June 26, 1926 Oct. 27, 1916 June 26, 1926 July 3, 1926 Sept. 7, 1929 Aug, 21, 1895 Aug. 23, 1923 Sept. 12, 1926 Aug. 24, 1923 Oct. r, 1924 Oct. r, 1924 Nov. 5, 1904 Nov. 5, 1904 Nov. 5, 1904 Nov. 5, 1904 Nov. 5, 1904 July 21, 1902 Sept. 22, l 894 May 12, 1913 July6,1913 May 12, 1913 " Canada U.S.A. " Gt. Britain " Germany Gt. Britain U.S.A. Finland Sweden Finland " Gt. Britain " France Gt. Britain DISTANCES U.S.A. April 24, 1921 May 1, 1926 April 23, 1921 " Oct. 27, 1916 Germany June 6, 1926 France July 14, 1928 Germany Sept. 18, 1927 " Sept. II, 1926 Finland Aug.9, 1927 July 13, 1926 June 19, 1924 " Aug. 31, 1924 France July 6, 1913 Finland June 19, 1925 Place. U.S.A. " Canada U.S.A. " England U.S.A. England " U.S.A. Sweden Germany Sweden Finland " England " Sweden England U.S.A. " Hungary France " Germany Finland Sweden Finland " Sweden 25,000" ... 1h. 23m. 45!s.•. E. Harper 30,000" ... 1h. 46m. IIfS. A. Stenroos I hour ... 19,021m. 90cm. J. Bouin Gt. Britain " France Aug. 25, 1929 Aug 31, 1924 July 6, 1913 Germany Finland Sweden 120 yds. ... 14f-s. 220 yds. ... 23s. 440 yds. ... 52fs. HURDLES E. J. Thomson . . . C. R. Brookins . .. J. A. Gibson 1 55 Canada May 29, l 920 U.S.A. U.S.A. May 17, 1924 July 2, 1927