The men’s 100m at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Bobby Morrow in 10.5 seconds. This video is part of a documentary about Bobby Morrow, though the 100m race is shown at the start. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
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100m Men's Sprint 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
Tags: 100m·1956·1956 Olympics·Athletics·Australia·events·Melbourne·olympic games·track and field
100m Men's Sprint 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Lindy Remigino in 10.4 seconds. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1952·1952 Olympics·Athletics·events·Finland·Helsinki·olympic games·track and field
100m Men’s Sprint at the 1948 London Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1948 London Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Harrison Dillard in 10.3 seconds. Here is some old footage of the event. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1948·1948 Olympics·Athletics·England·events·London·olympic games·track and field·United Kingdom
Olympic Games 100m Men's Sprint 1924 Paris
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games was won by British sprinter Harold Abrahams. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1924·1924 Olympics·events·France·olympic games·Paris·United Kingdom
1982 Commonwealth Games Clean and Jerk
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Weight Lifting
Australian Dean Lukin in the 110kg+ weight lifting class winning the clean and jerk competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. This footage shows him lifting 221 kg (487.2 lbs), a new Commonwealth Games record.
Tags: 1982·Australia·Brisbane·Com Games 1982·Commonwealth Games·events·weight lifting
1974 Commonwealth Games 1500m Final
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
All about the men’s 1500m at the 1974 Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch New Zealand. This has to be one of the greatest 1500m races of all time. Filbert Bayi of Tanzania raced to the front and took it to the rest of the field.
He held on to win in a time of 3:32.2 – a new world record by almost a full second. Local boy John Walker was happy with his second place, also beating the previous world record.
Tags: 1500m·1974·Christchurch·Com Games 1974·Commonwealth Games·events·new zealand·Tanzania·world record
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Steve Cram
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
A dominating performance by English runner Steve Cram at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 800m men held in Edinburgh, Scotland. His winning time was 1:42.22, a new Commonwealth Games record and and as the commentator said, it was the fastest time of the year to that point.
Tags: 1986·800m·Athletics·Com Games 1986·Commonwealth Games·Edinburgh·England·events·Scotland·Steve Cram
Netball Highlights 2006 Commonwealth Games
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Netball
Interesting view of some highlights from the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games netball tournament. No commentary, just the sports of sport – makes you feel like you are there. In the final, the world champion’s New Zealand defeated the reigning Commonwealth Games champion Australia 60 to 55.
Tags: 2006·Com games 2006·Commonwealth Games·events·Melbourne
Johnson wins Seoul 1988 Olympics Men’s 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Ben Johnson wins by ‘a mile’ in the men’s 100m sprint event. His time was 9.79 seconds. He was very quickly stripped of his win as he tested positive to performance enhancing drugs. Second in the race (eventual gold medalist) was Carl Lewis and 3rd was UK runner Linford Christie. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1988·1988 Olympics·Ben Johnson·Canada·drugs·events·olympic games·Seoul·South Korea
Jones wins Sydney 2000 Olympics Women's 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Marion Jones wins by a mile (well by 0.37 seconds margin) in the women’s 100m sprint event. Her time was 10.87 seconds. She was subsequently stripped of her medals years later after it was found out that she had taken performance enhancers.
Tags: 100m·2000·2000 Olympics·events·Marion Jones·olympic games·Sydney·USA
