Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...women's 400-meter relay teams won gold medals with Olympic records. The U.S. men's 1600-meter relay team easily out-distanced the Kenyan squad in record time for another gold medal...
...Crimson started out very strong, coming off the line at about 42 strokes per minute and settling to a 37 for most of the race. At the 500-meter mark, the U.S. was third, little more than a second behind leader New Zealand...
...first half of the race, Harvard was still within a half length of New Zealand, but West Germany had moved up to press New Zealand for the front spot. And by the 1500-meter buoy, Harvard had slipped to fourth and continued to fade...
...Ryun, who came back from a bout with mononucleosis to compete in the Olympics, fell behind Kenya's Kipchoge Keine early and never caught up, as he failed in his attempt to win the gold medal in his specialty, the 1500-meter...
This upset smashed the United States' hopes for its first gold medal in the 1500-meter run in 60 years. It also destroyed his dream for a first gold medal that Ryun has nurtured for four years, since he competed in the 1964 Olympics as a high school senior...