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The Augusta News-Review February 18,1984
life after the Olympics
From Page 6
was a member of the
Olympic Championship
team in 1960, signed a
contract with the Cincin
nati Royals one day after
returning from Rome and
went on to become one of
the great stars in the NBA
before his retirement four
. years ago.
Some of the others
would include Carl Gain,
who was with Russell and
K.C. on the victorious
team at Melbourne;
Walter Bellamy, 1960
team; Walter Hazzard,
1964; Spencer Haywood
and Adrian Dantley, the
latter still active in the
NBA.
Proving that there is
life after the Olympics
also is Charley Jenkins.
Jenkins, a track star at
Villanova in his collegiate
days, won the 400 meters
in the Olympics at
Melbourne in 1956, and is
doing what few Olyrn-
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pians get an opportunity
to do. After teaching and
traveling abroad as a
track coach, he is back at
Villanova as head track
coach, seeking to main
tain the high record the
wildcats achieved under
his old coach Jumbo
Elliott.
Rod Milburn, who
earned a gold medal in
the hurdles in 1972 at
Munich, is still competing
and may be a candidate
for the 1984 team. Last
April, Milburn breezed to
victory in the 110 meter
hurdles in the open com
petition of the 25th an
nual Pelican Relays in
Baton Rouge, LA., in
13.3 which is an in
dication he is still in
shape.
Bob Hayes was another
of the famed Olympic
gold medal sprinters. Bob
won the 100 meters at
Tokyo and turned to pro
football upon his return,
playing with the Dallas
Cowboys in the National
Football League for
several years.
One of the great track
and field stars of the
Olympic whose record
has stood the pressure of
time is Bob Beaman, who
set a world record long
jump of 29 feet, 2!4 in
ches, in October, 1968 at
Mexico City. The record
still stands although ex
perts think Carl Lewis,
the current cinderpath
comet, may break it
before his career fades.
Beamon is 37 nown
and works as director of
sports development for
Dade County Parks and
Recreation in Miami, FL.
Recalling his 1968 jump,
he said he merely wanted
to jump “...as far as I
could with little thought
about breaking a
record.’’
A lot of viewers em
phasized that Beamon
was lucky as he did his
jump in the “thing moun
tainous air of Mexico
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City.” But they com
pletely forgot that
everybody else competed
in that thin air too.
It also must be remem
bered that Beamon’s
mark was two feet longer
than the record 27 feet,
medals in the 1960 games
in Rome, Italy.
Wilma came out of
Ralph Boston
434 inches set by Ralph,
Boston in 1965. Beamon
was competing against
Boston and Igo Ter-
Ovanesyan, a Soviet long
jumper, who had tied
Boston’s record in 1967.
In 1932 when Los
Angeles hosted the
games, 127 women com
peted in 14 track and field
peted in 14 track and
field, fencing, and
swimming events. Since
then, 13 additional sports
categories have been ad
ded to broaden the scope
of female participation.
In the span of time sin
ce the 1932 games,
women and Black women
in particular, have
provided outstanding
performances in all even
ts in which they par
ticipated.
The most dominant
figure in womens’ com
petition without a doubt
has been Wilma Rudolph
who won three gold
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participating in a 400 meter relay in Helsinki
last summer.
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Wilma Rudolph
Tennessee State Univer
sity under coach Ed
Temple, who was
developing women run
ners long before it
became stylish for them
to compete in big meets.
Wilma won gold medals
in the 100 meters, 200
meters and 400 meter
relay.
Some of Tennessee
State’s Olympic gold
medalists were Edith
McGuire and Wyomia
Tyrus. McGuire won the
200 meters in Tokyo in
1964. Tyrus won the 100
meter gold at Tokyo and
also at Mexico City in
1968.
Besides the previously
mentioned gold medal
winners scores of others
have made history as per
fornfers under the
American flag in the
celebrated Olympics.
Howard P. Drew was a
sprinter in the 1912
Olympics and a favorite
to win the gold, but
tragedy hit him and he
never ran in the finals.
Drew was stricken with a
leg injury after winning
the semi-finals in the 100
meters. Although he
suited up for the finals,
he never ran as the injury
was too painful.
Six Olympic gold
medal winners were
honored last year as they
were among the 20 char
ter members of the U.S.
Olympic Hall of Fame.
This list was topped by
Jesse Owens, winner of
four gold medals at the
Berlin Olympics, and the
lone boxer was Muham
med Ali, who won the
light-heavyweight title in
Rome.
Others include Wilma
Rudolph, winner of three
gold medals in teh Olym
pic Women’s events,
Rafer Johnson,
decathlon champion; Bob
Beamon, long jump vic
tor with a still standing
world record; Harrison
Dillard, four-time gold
medal winner in sprints
and hurdles.
It should be remem
bered that coaching
techniques are impercep-
tibly altered as time goes
on, making it impossible
for any clocking to
remain unchallenged.
Jesse Owens, for exam
ple, was not permitted to
use the modern starting
block. He had to break
the tape, but today the
dash man need only make
contact with the tape.
Perhaps the Owens 9.4 of
1936, today would be a
probable 9.1.
Clinics
planned
The Margaret J.
Weston Health Center
will hold a complete den
tal care clinic Feb. 20
through Feb. 24 from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. in its clinic
on Highway 421 across
from Clearwater Elemen
tary School, in Clear
water, S.C. Patients are
seen by appointment.
It will also host a
family planning clinic
Feb. 21 from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m., and a male family
planning clinic from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb.
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Name
Jim Hines
Tommie Smith
Lee Evans
Rod Milburn
A. Juantorena
Wyomia Tyson
K. Keino
Bob Beamon
* Cuban team; **Kenya,
Black Gold Medalists
Track and Field
100 Meters (men)
1932—Eddie Tolan
1936—Jesse Owens
1948 —Harrison Dillard
1964—80 b Hayes
1968 —Jim Hines
Event/Clocking
100 meters, 9.9 s
200 meters, 19.8 s
400 meters, 43.8 s
110 high hurdles, 13.24 s
800 meters, 1:43.50 *
100 meters, 11.0
1500 meters, 3:38:36 **
long jump, 29 ft. 2Vi in.
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1976—Hasley Crawford
200 Meters (men)
1932 —Eddie Tolan
1936 —Jesse Owens
1952—Andy Stanfield
1968 —Tommie Smith
1976—D0n Quarrie
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1976—Edwin Moses
High Jump (men)
1936—C. Johnson
1956—Charles Duams
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1924—DeHart Hubbard
1932—Ed Gordon
1936—Jesse Owens
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