1956 Summer Olympics Women's 4x100 Relay

Although this race held true to real life form, there were a number of twists along the way.

The heavily favored Australians were steady but unspectacular in the first 150 meters while the Americans managed to match them them stride for stride at the end of the second leg. However, a disastrous beginning of the third leg dropped the Americans to third while the Brits and Aussies were running stride for stride.

With the world's best sprinter Elizabeth Cuthbert anchoring the last 100 meters, the Aussies had to like their chances. Enigmatically though, Cuthbert started her leg off terribly slow allowing Britain to take the lead. Just as it was looking as if the Brits may steal the gold from the Aussies, in Melbourne no less, Cuthbert showed her true talent with a blazing finish to claim the gold.

1. Australia       45.17
2. Great Britain   45.25
3. USA             45.34

4. Germany         45.52
5. Italy           45.61
6. USSR            45.66 

1956 Summer Olympics Men's 4 x 100 metre relay

1. USA            39.54
2. USSR           39.67
3. Germany        40.34

4. Italy          40.42
5. Poland         41.23
6. Great Britain  41.39


USSR actually led the second and third legs of the relay, but Bobby Morrow's outstanding anchor leg brought home the gold for the US. The US team was Ira Murchison, Bobby Morrow, Leamon King, and Thane Baker.

1956 Olympics - Women's 200m and Men's 400m

Womens 200 meters

1. Christina Stubnick  GER    23.26
2. Elizabeth Cuthbert  AUS    23.44
3. Norma Coker         AUS    23.71

4. Marlene Mathews     AUS    23.81
5. June Paul           GBR    23.85
6. Maria Itkina        SOV    23.99




Mens 400 meters

1. Karl Friedrich Hass  GER  45.12
2. Voitto Hellsten      FIN  45.60
3. Charles Jenkins      USA  45.66

4. Kevan Gospar         AUS  46.72
5. Adralion Ignatyev    SOV  47.29
6. Malcolm Spence       RSA  47.49  

1956 Olympics - 110m Men's Hurdles and 80 Women's Hurdles

Men's 110 meter hurdles

1. Lee Calhoun         USA   13.85
2. Jack Davis          USA   14.07
3. Joel Shankle        USA   14.33

4. Evaristo Iglesias   CUB   14.47
5. Martin Lauer        GER   14.52
6. Berthold Steines    GER   14.64



Women's 80m hurdles
1. Sally Strickland   AUS  10.74
2. Gisela Kohler      GER  10.89
3. Norma Thrower      AUS  10.96

4. Marthe Lambert     FRA  10.97
5. Centa Gastl        GER  10.98
6. Galina Bystrova    SOV  11.02


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1956 Olympics - Men's 400m Hurdles and Men's 200m

MEN'S 400 METER HURDLES

1. Glenn Davis         USA  50.10
2. Edward Southern     USA  50.60
3. Joshua Culbreath    USA  51.90

4. Gerhardus Potgieter RSA  52.40
5. David Lean          AUS  52.45
6. Yuri Lituyev        SOV  53.41



Men's 200 meters
1. Bobby Morrow       USA  20.65
2. Andy Stanfield     USA  20.86
3. Boris Tokarev      SOV  20.97

4. Mike Agostini      TRI  21.00
5. Thane Baker        USA  21.31
6. Abdul Khaliq       PAK  21.43

1956 Olympics with Central Lanes Athletics

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1972 Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 Meter Relay

1. East Germany    42.91  Gold
2. West Germany    43.09  Silver
3. USA             43.47  Bronze
4. Australia       43.56
5. Great Britian   43.57
6. Cuba            43.62
7. USSR            43.67
8. Poland          44.20

1972 Olympics - Women's 100 Meter Hurdles

1. Anneliese Ehrhardt  GDR  12.93  Gold
2. Teresa Nowak        POL  12.95  Silver
3. Karin Balzer        GDR  13.02  Bronze
4t. Valeria Bufanu     ROM  13.05
4t. Esther Shahamorov  ISR  13.05
6. Danuta Staszynska   POL  13.06
7. Pamela Ryan         AUS  13.09
8. Annerose Krumpholz  GDR  13.12

1972 Olympics Women's 400 Meter

1. Monika Zehrt        GDR   51.07  Gold
2. Rita Wilder         FRG   51.90  Silver
3. Gyorgyi Szomov      HUN   52.19  Bronze
4. Kathy Hammond       USA   52.28
5, Mable Fergerson     USA   52.45
6. Helga Seidler       GDR   52.61
7. Charlene Rendina    AUS   52.86
8. Dagmar Kosling      GDR   52.92

1972 Olympics Women's 200 Meters

1. Renate Stecher      GDR   22.47  Gold
2. Raylene Boyle       AUS   22.50  Silver
3. Irena Szewinksi     POL   22.70  Bronze
4. Ellen Strophal      GDR   22.73
5. Alice Annum         GHA   22.78
6. Annegret Kroniger   FRG   22.88
7. Rosie Allwood       JAM   23.02
8. Christina Heinich   GDR   23.18

Stecher bounces back from a disappointing performance in the 100 meters to win the 200.

1972 Men's 4 x 100 M Relay

1. USA                 38.24  Gold
2. USSR                38.54  Silver
3. W Germany           38.70  Bronze
4. Poland              38.74
5. Czechoslovakia      38.78
6. East Germany        38.83
7. France              39.03
8. Cuba                39.26

1972 Olympics Men's 400 Meter Hurdles

1. John Akii-Bua      UGA     47.79  Gold
2. David Hemery       UK      48.57  Silver
3. James Seymour      USA     48.98  Bronze
4. Ralph Mann         USA     49.08
5. Rainer Schubert    FRG     49.10
6. Yuri Zorin         USSR    49.14
7. Evgeny Gavrilenko  USSR    49.42
8. Stavros Tziortzis  GRE     49.48

Akii-Bua won fairly easily. Mann finished a disappointing fourth.

1972 Women's 100 Meters

1. Raelene Boyle    AUS  11:25 Gold

2. Silvia Chivas    CUB  11:32 Silver

3. Iris Davis       USA  11:32 Bronze

4. Renate Stecher   GDR  11:36

5. Eva Gleskova     CZH  11:40

6t.Annegret Richter FRG  11:47

6t.Alice Annum      GHA  11:47

8. Barbara Ferrell  USA  11:49

Renate Stecher's slow start doomed the favorite.

1972 Men's 110 Meter Hurdles

1. Rod Milburn       USA   13.47  Gold

2. Thomas Hill       USA   13.49  Silver

3. Willie Davenport  USA   13:51  Bronze

4. Frank Siebeck     GDR   13:55

5. Leszek Wodzynski  POL   13:59

6. Petr Cech         CZH   13:60

7. Guy Drut          FRA   13:64

8. Lubomir Nadenicek CZH   13:69

The Americans sweep the medals while France's Guy Drut disappoints with a seventh place finish.

1972 Munich - Men's 400 Meters Finals

Vince Matthews           USA  43.89   GOLD

Wayne Collett            USA  44.20   SILVER

Julius Sang              KEN  44.24   BRONZE

Charles Asati            KEN  44.61

John Smith               USA  44.78

Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske   FRG  45.05

Markku Kukkoaho          FIN  45.20

Karl Honz                FRG  46.19

This was a very fast race. Matthews' real life time was 44.66, but here the top four finishers all bettered that.

Matthews' time of 43.89 was just a hair behind the Olympic and World Record of 43.86 set by Lee Evans at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Before the race I rolled to see if John Smith would finish and what his rating would be. Here were the possibilities: 1-4 he does not finish, 5 he finishes using his original C rating, 6 he finishes using a B rating. He rolled a 6 - the best possible outcome for him. Unfortunately, he got off to a slow start from which he could not recover.

1972 Munich - Men's 200 Meters Finals

Valeriy Borzov      USSR    20.09  Gold
Larry Black         USA     20.23  Silver
Chuck Smith         USA     20.29  Bronze
Mannfred Ommer      FRG     20.37 
Siegfried Schenke   GDR     20.55
Lawrence Burton     USA     20.57
Hans-Joachim Zenk   GDR     20.59
Martin Jellinghaus  FRG     20.61

Borzov's real life winning time was 20.00

1972 Munich - Men's 200 Meters Semifinals

I have completed the semifinal heats and here are the qualifiers for the finals:

Valeriy Borzov

Mannfred Ommer

Chuck Smith

Siegfried Schenke 

Larry Black

Hans Joachim Zenk

Martin Jellinghaus

Lawrence Burton

1972 Munich - Men's 100 Meters Finals

1. Eddie Hart                10:14   USA   Gold

2. Rey Robinson              10:16   USA   Silver

3. Valeriy Borzov            10:22   USSR  Bronze

4. Robert Taylor             10:32   USA

5. Hasely Crawford           10:34   TRI

6. Vasilios Papageorgopoulus 10:36   GRE

7. Aleksandr Kornelyuk       10:41   USSR

8. Lennox Miller             10:42   JAM

1972 Munich - Men's 100 Meter's Semis

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advance to finals.

Heat 1

Rey Robinson                 USA        10:14

Robert Taylor                USA        10:30

Lennox Miller                JAM        10:30

Aleksandr Kornelyuk         USSR        10:30

Jaroslav Matoušek            TCH        10:31

Brian Green                  GBR        10:31

Jean-Luois Ravelomanantsoa   MAD        10:40

Zenon Nowosz                 POL        10:43

Heat 2

Eddie Hart                        USA        10:01  

Hasely Crawford                   TRI        10:19

Valeriy Borzov                   USSR        10:26 

Vasilios Papageorgopoulus         GRE        10:33

Mike Fray                         JAM        10:38

Alain Sarteur                     FRA        10:44

Antti Rajamäki                    FIN        10:45

Bernd Borth                       GDR        10:47