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Item Report for 05/18

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  1. USA NR set by James P. Conover (USA/Columbia) in the High Jump on 5/18/1878 with a performance of 1.69m (5-6 1/2) in Mott Haven, New York
  2. USA NR set by Alexander Coxe (USA/Yale) in the Hammer Throw on 5/18/1887 with a performance of 30.82m (101-1 1/2) in New Haven, Connecticut
  3. USA NR set by James Sarsfield Mitchell (USA/New Jersey AC) in the Hammer Throw on 5/18/1889 with a performance of 38.91m (127-8) in the Staten Island AC Games held at Livingston Track in New York, New York
  4. WR set by James Sarsfield Mitchell (USA) in the Hammer Throw on 5/18/1889 with a performance of 38.91m (127-8) in the Staten Island AC Games held at Livingston Track in New York, New York
  5. USA NR set by William Hickock (USA/Yale) in the Shot Put on 5/18/1895 with a performance of 13.45m (44-1 1/2) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  6. USA NR set by Lydia Carpenter (USA/Unattached) in the High Jump on 5/18/1903 with a performance of 1.30m (4-3 3/10) in Plattsburg, New York
  7. USA NR set by Walter Remy Dray (USA/Yale) in the Pole Vault on 5/18/1907 with a performance of 3.79m (12-5 1/2) in the University Dual, Harvard - Yale in New Haven, Connecticut
  8. WR set by Walter Remy Dray (USA) in the Pole Vault on 5/18/1907 with a performance of 3.79m (12-5 1/2) in the University Dual, Harvard - Yale in New Haven, Connecticut
  9. USA NR set by Ira Courtney (USA/Seattle AC) in the 100 meter dash on 5/18/1912 with a performance of 10.8 in Stanford, California
  10. USA NR set by George Horine (USA/Stanford) in the High Jump on 5/18/1912 with a performance of 2.00m (6-7) in the Western Olympic Trials held at Angell Field, Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California
  11. WR set by George Horine (USA) in the High Jump on 5/18/1912 with a performance of 2.00m (6-7) in the Western Olympic Trials held at Angell Field, Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California
  12. b. Felix Eugelles (CUB) on 5/18/1940
  13. b. Nikolay Yersh (URS) on 5/18/1943
  14. b. Bob Holt (GBR) on 5/18/1944
  15. b. Milcho Milenski (BEL) on 5/18/1945
  16. b. Rainer Leimbach (GDR) on 5/18/1946
  17. b. Larry Kelly (USA) on 5/18/1947
  18. b. Raymond Prive (FRA) on 5/18/1948
  19. b. Richard Bowerman (USA) on 5/18/1950
  20. b. Rodney (Rod) Milburn Jr. (USA/Southern University) on 5/18/1950
  21. b. Angela Schmalfeld-Voigt (GDR) on 5/18/1951
  22. b. Ron Speirs (GBR) on 5/18/1952
  23. b. Guy Bourban (FRA) on 5/18/1955
  24. b. Jochen Verschl (GER) on 5/18/1956
  25. USA NR set by David William (Dave) Sime (USA/Duke) in the 100 yard dash on 5/18/1957 with a performance of 9.3 in Raleigh, North Carolina
  26. b. Ralph Lenzke (GDR) on 5/18/1957
  27. WR set by Vasiliy Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (URS) in the Decathlon - Men on 5/18/1958 with a performance of 8014 in Krasnodar
  28. b. Francisco Sanchez (ESP) on 5/18/1958
  29. b. Gerry Curtis (IRL) on 5/18/1959
  30. b. Sergey Lovachev (UZB) on 5/18/1959
  31. b. Chris Whitlock (USA) on 5/18/1959
  32. USA NR set by Alfred Adolf (Al) Oerter Jr. (USA/New York Athletic Club) in the Discus Throw on 5/18/1962 with a performance of 61.10m (200-5 1/2) in the Coliseum Relays held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California
  33. WR set by Alfred Adolf (Al) Oerter Jr. (USA) in the Discus Throw on 5/18/1962 with a performance of 61.10m (200-5 1/2) in the Coliseum Relays held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California
  34. USA NR set by Dallas Crutcher Long (USA/Southern California) in the Shot Put on 5/18/1962 with a performance of 20.08m (65-10 1/2) in the Coliseum Relays held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California
  35. WR set by Dallas Crutcher Long (USA) in the Shot Put on 5/18/1962 with a performance of 20.08m (65-10) in the Coliseum Relays held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California
  36. b. Ventsislav Khristov (BUL) on 5/18/1962
  37. b. Eirik Hansen (NOR) on 5/18/1963
  38. b. Sergey Krasovskiy (UKR) on 5/18/1963
  39. b. Russell Adams (USA) on 5/18/1967
  40. b. Ian Gillespie (GBR) on 5/18/1970
  41. b. Lijun Wu (CHN) on 5/18/1970
  42. b. Ryuji Takei (JPN) on 5/18/1971
  43. b. Marc Van Mensel (BEL) on 5/18/1971
  44. b. Jordi Mayoral (ESP) on 5/18/1973
  45. USA NR set by Joni Huntley (USA/Oregon TC) in the High Jump on 5/18/1974 with a performance of 1.83m (6-0) in Eugene, Oregon
  46. b. Toshihiro Iwasa (JPN) on 5/18/1976
  47. b. Rene Luis Hernandez (CUB) on 5/18/1977
  48. b. Philip Rugut (KEN) on 5/18/1977
  49. b. Godfrey Herring (USA) on 5/18/1978
  50. b. Charles Kamathi (KEN) on 5/18/1978
  51. b. Johnstone Kipkoech (KEN) on 5/18/1978
  52. b. Yuriy Voronkin (RUS) on 5/18/1979
  53. b. Ines Monteiro (POR) on 5/18/1980
  54. b. Hicham Sadouk (MAR) on 5/18/1984

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