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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
The decathlon was a men event and part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo.
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women.
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon combined event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on 7 & 8 September.
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Bill Toomey
William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion. A graduate of Worcester Academy and the University of Colorado, Toomey was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year in 1968. He set the world record in the decathlon in December 1969 and received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1969. He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times. He was on the cover of the October 1969 issue of Track and Field News. A week after his world record, Toomey married Olympic gold-medal winning British athlete Mary Rand in 1969 and they had two daughters, Samantha and Sarah. They divorced after 22 years of marriage. Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.. sports-reference.
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Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events.
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Decathlon scoring tables
The scoring tables for the decathlon have undergone continual evolution since their inception about a century ago, with several changes to both the character of the equations and the indices on which the equations are based.
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Discus throw
The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.
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Don Vélez
Don Vélez (18 January 1948 – 11 July 2010) was a Nicaraguan athlete.
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Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a multi-purpose stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City.
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Gay Games
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes and artists.
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Hans-Joachim Walde
Hans-Joachim Walde (28 June 1942 – 18 April 2013) was a West German track and field athlete.
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High jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.
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Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown.
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Kurt Bendlin
Kurt Bendlin (born 22 May 1943) is a retired West German decathlete.
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Long jump
The long jump (historically called the broad jump in the USA) is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.
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Mexico City
Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.
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Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to jump over a bar.
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Shot put
The shot put (pronounced) is a track and field event involving "throwing"/"putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy spherical object—the shot—as far as possible.
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Stopwatch
A stopwatch is a handheld timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when it is activated to the time when the piece is deactivated.
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Tom Waddell
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Track and field
Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.
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Valbjörn Þorláksson
Valbjörn Thorlaksson (Icelandic name: Valbjörn Þorláksson) (9 June 1934 – 3 December 2009) was an Icelandic track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon and pole vault in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Summer Olympic Games.
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100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.
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110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-meter hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men.
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.
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1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 1968.
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400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions.
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