1925

Women's Athletics

• Phyllis Green Clears 1.524m – World Record

American Tour of Paavo Nurmi

• Nurmi's Journey Begins

Meets in America

• Osborn 205.5 in Exhibition Event

• Hartranft and Houser Claim Ninth Positions (Stanford v Southern California)

• Locke 100 Yards in 9.6 – World's Best (Kansas Relays)

• Mellor Triumphs in Boston on Fifth Attempt

• 4x440 Yard Relay Decides at the Finish Line (Penn Relays)

• Fastest 4x440 Yard Relay of the Season (Drake Relays)

• Scholz's 9.5 Boomerangs Back

• Hartranft 15.39 – World Leader (Stanford University v San Francisco Olympic Club)

• Hartranft Dominates the Pacific Coast Conference

• Big 10 Dominated by Hubbard

• Ritola Defeats Ray (Knights of Columbus)

• Myyrä 68.55 – Not Ratified

• Double Victory for Finland in the Metropolitan 6-Mile Race (Metropolitan Association)

US Collegiate Championships

• The Fastest One-Lap of the Season (IC4A)

• Hubbard Leaps a WR in the Long Jump – 7.89m (NCAA)

Nationals

• USA (AAU): Houser Doubles up Again

• Britain: Americans in London – Murchison, Riley, Osborn Claim British Titles

• Pettersson Celebrates at the Swedish Championships

• Yrjölä kutitteli 10-ottelun maailmanennätystä (Finnish championships, in Finnish)

• Peltzer and Trossbach German Double Winners

International Matches

• Transatlantic Tie (Harvard-Yale v Oxford-Cambridge)

• Mourlon, Pelé and company seal dual meet victory for France over Britain

• Paul Martin's Effort Isn't Enough to Defeat France (France v Switzerland)

• Frenchmen set national records – Sweden still stronger

• Fifth consecutive victory for Germany over Switzerland

• The First Finland v Sweden International Match Ends in Finland's Victory, with Stars Including Nurmi and Pettersson

• Hoff and Pettersson Work Hard (Norway v Sweden v Denmark)

International Championships

• Catalon Secures Fifth Far Eastern Championship in the 100 Metres (Far Eastern Championship Games)

Meets in Europe

• Tuulos to World Lead (Helsinki)

• Wide 2 x WR

• Wide and Peltzer as stars in Stockholm

• Paddock, Martin and Paulen in Finland

• Hoff Released from Competition Ban, Sets World Record (Oslo)

• Osborn Clears 2.01 – World Leader (Malmö)

• Season's Highest Quality 100m (Magdeburg)

• Hoff Clears World Record of 4.25m (Turku)

• Long-Distance Runners Shine in Tampere

• Pettersson in Form – Official 400m Hurdles World Record Finally Broken (Paris)

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1925

• An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1925 track and field year. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.