1929

Meets in America

• Nurmi, Purje, and Wide on Tour in America

• Conger Defeats Nurmi (Millrose Games)

• Purje’s Move Irritates Nurmi (US Indoor Championships)

• Krenz 49.90m – Discus World Record Broken (Stanford v SFOC)

• Avoidance Failed (Knights of Columbus)

• Bracey Beats Simpson – Sprinting Season Begins (Texas Relays)

• Young DeMers Throws WL in Javelin (LAAC v USC)

• Miles Fastest in the Boston Marathon

• Churchill Strongest in Kansas Decathlon (Kansas Relays)

• Simpson Silences Critics – Now 9.5 and 20.6

• Nurmi Victorious (Penn Relays)

• Jark’s Lucky Throw in Iowa (Drake Relays)

• Brix Takes Second in Shot Put for the Season – 15.84m (West Coast Relays)

• Simpson Quick as Ever – 9.5 Again, Unapproved (Ohio Relays)

• Kelley Tames Kezar (Pacific Association)

• New York Championships in 10 Miles – Double Victory for Finland (Metropolitan Association)

• Americans in Throwing Form (Pacific Coast Conference)

• Simpson and Tolan's Two Duels (Western Conference)

• Anderson 14.4 – Judges Sniff the Wind (Pacific Coast Conference)

• Knee Issues Cut Nurmi’s American Tour Short

• Top Sprinters Face Off in Canada (Dominion Day Games)

US Collegiate Championships

• Edwards and Hill Lead the World (IC4A)

• Simpson 9.4 – Not Ratified as the World Record (NCAA)

Nationals

• USA (Women): Betty Robinson Still Going Strong

• USA (Men): Weather Affects Results

• Britain: Facelli Crushes Olympic Champion Lord Burghley

• Sweden: Strandh – King of Multi Events

• Finland: Matti Järvinen Knocks on the Door of World Supremacy 

• Germeny (Women): Grete Heublein Sets WR in Shot Put

• German (Men): German Athletics Level on the Rise

• Canada (Women): Myrtle Cook Fastest

International Matches

• Hampson Shines in the 880 Yards (Harvard-Yale v. Oxford-Cambridge)

• Rising Italy Defeats France (Italy v France v Switzerland)

• Ellis Overcomes Ladoumègue in 1500m (France v Britain)

• Germany Defeats Britain (Women)

• Lien Gisolf Clears the Symbolic High Jump Barrier (Netherlands v Belgium)

• Germany Defeats an Understrength England (Men)

• Hurdles Surprise – Wennström Equals the World Record of 14.4 (Sweden v Norway)

• Ladoumègue Sets the World Leader (France v Germany)

• The Leather-Shorts Men Troubles the Cuckoo Clocks (Switzerland v Germany)

• Finland  v Sweden: Second Consecutive Victory for Sweden

• France v Finland – a Close Match That the Gauls Resolves in Their Favour Only in the Last Two Events

International Championships

• Ribas and Kleger Lurking Near the International Elite (South American Championships)

Meets in Europe And Asia

• Hitomi Sprints 200 Metres in 24.7 Seconds – A World Record

• Tavernari Defeats Ladoumègue (Paris)

• Fast Sprinting in Germany (South German Championships)

• American Team Arrives in Europe, Tolan Defeats Lammers (Rasensportverband Köln Meet)

• Hirschfeld Misses the World Record by Just Six Centimeters (DSC Meet Diisseldorf)

• Larva Beats Ladoumègue (SCC Meet Berlin)

• Sipilä Runs the World’s Fastest 10,000 Metres (SC Preusen Meet Stettin)

• A Tough 1500m in Stockholm – Lermond Surprises Larva (IK Göta Games)

• Tolan Highlights the American Games in Helsinki

• Facelli Sets Hurdles Records (SCC Meet Berlin)

• Tolan Running on Empty (Westfalen Games Bochum)

• Nurmi v Petkewicz: 1–1 (Warsaw)

• Facelli beats Pettersson (Autumn Games Paris)

• Lindroth Finally Vaults International Heights (HKV Games Helsinki)

• Germany Assesses Rising Japan's Level (Seoul)

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1929, Part 1

• An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1929 track and field year (American Meets). The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies. 

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1929, Part 2

• • • An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1929 track and field year (Nationals, International matches, Meets in Europe and Asia). The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.