Interesting Facts
Edited by AMBY BURFOOT, MARTY POST, and BOB WISCHNIA
A total of 12,000 entrants (8,000 U.S.; 4,000 international) will be accepted on a first-come basis for the second-annual Walt-Disney World Marathon, to be held January 8, 1995. For information, call (407) 827-7200.
Mexico City, site of the 1986 Olympics, will host the 1997 World Tack and Field Championships. The 25-member IAAF executive council awarded the meet to Mexico City after Johannesburg, South Africa, withdrew its application. The 1995 World Championships will be held in Goteborg, Sweden.
Michael Johnson, the reigning 400-meter World Champ and '91 200-meter World Champ, has decided to forgo those events this year to concentrate on the 100-metes--a Grand Prix event that awards major prize money (the 200 and 400 don't). Johnson ran a 100-meter PR of 10.12 in 1993.
The two gold medals won by 400-meter runner Quincy Watts in the '92 Olympics were among the items stolen from his grandmother's home in Inglewood, California. An Olympic gold medal is made of silver and coated with at least 6 grams of pure gold. The IOC plans to give Watts duplicates of his stolen medals.
Hassan Sebtaoui of Morocco not only became the first Arab to run in the Jerusalem Marathon, he won it, too. Sebtaoui dedicated his victory to the cause of peace.
A total of 12,000 entrants (8,000 U.S.; 4,000 international) will be accepted on a first-come basis for the second-annual Walt-Disney World Marathon, to be held January 8, 1995. For information, call (407) 827-7200.
Mexico City, site of the 1986 Olympics, will host the 1997 World Tack and Field Championships. The 25-member IAAF executive council awarded the meet to Mexico City after Johannesburg, South Africa, withdrew its application. The 1995 World Championships will be held in Goteborg, Sweden.
Michael Johnson, the reigning 400-meter World Champ and '91 200-meter World Champ, has decided to forgo those events this year to concentrate on the 100-metes--a Grand Prix event that awards major prize money (the 200 and 400 don't). Johnson ran a 100-meter PR of 10.12 in 1993.
The two gold medals won by 400-meter runner Quincy Watts in the '92 Olympics were among the items stolen from his grandmother's home in Inglewood, California. An Olympic gold medal is made of silver and coated with at least 6 grams of pure gold. The IOC plans to give Watts duplicates of his stolen medals.
Hassan Sebtaoui of Morocco not only became the first Arab to run in the Jerusalem Marathon, he won it, too. Sebtaoui dedicated his victory to the cause of peace.
Source: Runner's World, Mar94, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p13, 1p
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