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Next afternoon Johnson took a third in the hurdles. Then, in the process of taking first place in the discus throw, he reinjured his left knee. Even so, he placed second in the pole vault, third in the javelin throw. But he dropped far back in the grinding 1,500-meter run. Though he had failed to break his own world's record, Johnson's final total of 7,754 points made him an easy first. Behind him, Navy's Milt Campbell scored 7,555, the Rev. Bob Richards 7,054. For the first time in history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Giant on the Track | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

...spear-tossers ran a sprint race, the three fastest sprinters flung a discus, and the two finalists wrestled for a wreath of olive leaves. The modern decathlon consists of the 100-meter dash, broad jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter run, 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1,500-meter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Giant on the Track | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

Winthrop's Wayne Lewis took the javelin, with a heave of 155 feet, 8 and three-eights of a inch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams Wins House Track | 5/23/1956 | See Source »

...plane has such thrust at present, but the ratio of thrust to weight-even with the low-power figures still published by the security-morbid U.S. Department of Defense-is climbing rapidly. For the F-86 Sabre jet the ratio is four to ten. For the British Gloster Javelin it is six to ten. For the newest U.S. interceptor, the Lockheed F-104A, it is about eight to ten. Only 25% more thrust (or less weight) would theoretically free the F-104A from take-off runs. This is so close, says Hinz, that a true jet VTOL should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Vertijet | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...Hurley unleashed his best toss of the season in the javelin to place second, preventing an incipient Yale sweep...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Varsity Track Team Humbles Elis, 77-63 | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

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