Comrade-Spirited Van Osdel Clears 2.013m – Third Best High Jump of All Time (USC v LAAC)
Brix Nudges the Shot Put World Record (LAAC v USC)
The Season's Best One Mile Relay – Stanford Edges USC (USC v Stanford)
Illinois Jumps to World Lead in Sprint Relay (Kansas Relays)
DeMar Sails to His Seventh Victory (Boston Marathon)
Hamm's 7.73m – Second in the World Rankings (Penn Relays)
Warne's Pole Vault Form Continues – World Lead at 4.24m (Drake Relays)
Warne’s Form Holds (Ohio Relays)
Wykoff Drags the 100-Yard World Record into a New Tenth of a Second: 9.4 (Southern Pacific Coast Association)
Krenz Discus Throw Exceeds 50 Meters (Southern Pacific Conference)
Simpson Double Winner (Big 10)
Tolan Douses Simpson and Williams (Dominion Day Games)
Golding World Leader – 47.9 (Canadian National Exhibition Games)
USA (AAU, Women): Stella Walsh and Babe Didrikson Clash for Medals
USA (AAU, Men): Discus World Record Shattered into New Territory – Jessup 51.73
Finland: Brothers on a Tear: Double World Records for the Järvinen Clan
Netherlands: Schuurman Clocks 12.0 – Equalling the World Benchmark
A Depleted Finnish Team Suffers Defeat to Hungary's Emerging Talents
Ladoumègue Scalps the World Lead – 3:53.8 (France v Italy)
The French Discus Duo Administers Another Drubbing (Britain v France)
Uncle Sam Drubs the Empire (USA v British Empire)
Ladoumègue’s Solo Act: 3:54.6 (Germany v France)
Triple Crown for Stanisława Walasiewicz (Women's World Games)
Finnish Hegemony in the Heavy Pursuits (International University Games)
Hampson's Two-Lap Soliloquy – a World-Best Gallop (British Empire Games)
Purje Sails to the Summit of the World’s Ledgers (Helsingin Toverit Meet)
Tolamo Unleashes a Finnish Thunderbolt (Pan-Hellenic Games)
Nurmi Whittles Down the Six-Mile Record (News of the World Meeting)
Soggy Cinder Thwarts Purje’s Ambitions (Mode and Kronberg Games)
Loukola Extinguishes the Hopes of Magnusson and Iso-Hollo (HKV and KIF Meet)
A Stirring in the Decathlon Ranks (Deutsche Kampfspiele)
Yrjölä’s Fortnight of Supremacy (Aalborg)
Virtanen Administers a Swedish Drubbing (Trust Games)
The Younger Braumüller Pierces the Forty-Metre Veil (Brandenburg Championships)
Sjöstedt Skims to a New Finnish Record – 15.0 (HKV Games)
Pettersson Outshines Facelli (Stockholm Games)
Nurmi Subdues Virtanen in Two-Mile Duel (Helsinki Toverit Games)
Järvinen’s 72.38: Poetic Flights and Tabloid Taunts (Allians Games)
Warne and Bowen Victorious (Helsinki IFK and HKV Games)
Anderson Clocks 14.4 Once More – Official Recognition Still Elusive (IK Tjalve Meet)
Järvinen Hurls a World Record (That Wasn't a Finnish One) (Viipuri Urheilijat Games)
Nurmi Defeats Virtanen Once More (Helsinki IFK and Toverit Meet)
Järvinen Edges Official World Record to 71.88 (Vaasa Wasama Meet)
Nurmi Shatters the 20,000m World Record (Stockholm)
Järvinen 72.93 – At Long Last, An Irrefutable World Record (Viipuri Urheilijat Meet)
Nurmi Subdues Kusociński (Warsaw)
Nurmi Conquers the Berlin Five-Thousand (Berliner Morgenpost and SCC Berlin Meet)
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