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Meanwhile Bob Hayes and Al Oerter won gold medals in track. Hayes ran a 9.9 semifinal in the 100 meter dash for a world record that won't be recognized--it was set with the aid of a 12-mile an hour wind. His time in the final was 10.0, which ties the world mark...
...American qualified for the 400-meter hurdles final, with Billy Hardin of LSU missing out in an upset. In another qualifying heat, Wyomia Tyus tied the world record of 11.2 in the women's 100-meter dash. Three pole vaulters, two half-milers, and steeplechaser George Young also made the finals in their events...
Schollander also broke the Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle trials with...
...Hayes led a full complement of three American sprinters into the 100-meter dash semifinals, and Yale graduate Jay Luck, Billy Hardin and Rex Cawley qualified in the 40-meter hurdles...
...swimming trials, American swimmers Chet Jastremski and Wayne Anderson moved into the finals of the 200-meter breaststroke. In the women's 100-meter butterfly Kathy Ellis, Donna De Varona, and Sharon Stouder broke the Olympic record in succession in the trials, with Miss Stouder posting the best time...