A Historic Moment

Rosemarie Ackermann, Olympic champion from Montreal for the GDR, set with her sixth jump a world record of 1.97m before achieving another world record with her seventh effort, becoming the first woman to jump over two metres. No-one suspected that the victory in the 400m hurdles on August 26 for the young Harald Schmid of West Germany against the Olympic champion Edwin Moses would be the last defeat suffered by the American until June 4, 1987, bringing to an end a sensational run of 119 consecutive wins.

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