Word: mins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Angeles last week, the two friends staged a furious duel that for drama even overshadowed two world record performances - a 17-ft. 6¼-in. pole vault by John Fennel, and a 2-min. 59.6 sec. clocking in the 1,600-meter relay. After nine grueling events, Russ Hodge led Bill Toomey by only 146 points, and Toomey struggled grimly through the 1,500-meter run knowing that he needed to beat Hodge by at least 21 sec. to get enough points to pull ahead. Breaking the tape, he collapsed exhausted on the infield grass and waited for Hodge...
...Ryun. The lanky, 19-year-old University of Kansas sophomore had faithfully logged his usual 120 miles a week in practice and competed in 30 meets from New York to California. He set U.S. records for 800 meters and two miles, ran the fastest half mile (1 min. 44.9 sec.) in history. But he failed by one-tenth of a second to tie Michel Jazy's world record for the mile. That mile mark was Jim's real goal-no American had held it in 29 years-but now it would have to wait. Ryun was tired...
...most of them were on their feet when Von Ruden and Romo, setting the early pace, zipped past the quarter-mile mark in 57.7 sec., with Ryun patiently running a close-up third. Romo passed the lead to Bell during the second quarter; the half-mile time was 1 min. 55.4 sec. In the third lap, Ryun outran his rabbits. He flashed past Romo-"running like a bull," said Romo later-took off after Bell, and with 660 yds. to go, burst into the lead. Spectators and officials screamed encouragement. "Come on, Jim!" they yelled. "Speed it up!" Jim left...
Momentarily, the crowd quieted. Then the public-address system boomed: "A new world's record . . ." The roar that followed almost drowned out the announcement of Ryun's time. The judges had clocked him at 3 min. 51.3 sec.-a fantastic 2.3 sec. faster than Jazy's year-old record...
...Compared with current fastest flights of 4 hr. 55 min. and 6 hr. 55 min. respectively...