Word: metering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...event of the day came in the 800 meter run. The ailing Adam Dixon, a surprise entry for the tracksters, stepped onto the track having not run a step for the past three weeks...
...Huskies seemed on the verge of a comeback as they swept first and second in both the steeple chase and the 1500 meter distance events, as well as winning the 110 high hurdles and the 400 meter...
...Adolf Hitler hoped would be a showcase of Aryan supremacy, Owens won four gold medals in track and field events, a feat not equaled since. The sight of the graceful American's soaring victory in the long jump and his Olympic-record wins in the 100-and 200-meter dashes and 400-meter relay put the lie to der Führer's simplistic myths about race...
...Games. But while Owens' performance vindicated his own belief that the Olympics should not be suborned by politics, it was, of course, played as a political triumph by the foes of Nazism. Almost forgotten is the fact that two Jewish sprinters who had qualified for the U.S. 400-meter relay team were not allowed to compete. And as Owens later noted, "When I came back to my native country, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go in the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what...
...field, the difference was his skill. At a meet a year before the Games, while a student at Ohio State, he broke three world marks and tied another in just 45 minutes of competition. His times in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in Berlin still would have won Olympic medals as late...