Word: meter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yale, strong and confident in the field events, is favored to retain its championship in the 20th annual Heptagonal Games at Soldiers Field tomorrow afternoon. In a special mile race, Josy Barthel, the Olympic 1500-meter champion, will run his first American outdoor race against a select field of four...
...only time these two runners met was in the 1952 Olympics. Then Barthel set his 1500-meter record of 3:45.2, while Bannister was fourth...
...freshman at Villanova, Breckenridge will join Fred Wilt, Horace Ashenfelter, and Fred Dwyer in an attempt to defeat the 1500-meter Olympic champion Joey Barthel. With Breckenridge added to the field, Barthel may get the competition he needs to break the Soldiers Field mark...
...Barthel surprised the track world by winning the Olympic 1500-meter run, breaking a 16-year-old record in the process. His 3:45.2 surpassed England's Jack Lovelock's 3:47.8. But in that race he was pushed at the end by Jack McMillan of the United States, who finished a step behind Barthel...
Ashenfelter, never very impressive as a miler, holds the indoor record for the two-mile distance, 8:50.5, and is the present Olympic 3000-meter steeplechase champion...