The USSR – USA track and field athletics match of 1959 is an athletics match between the USSR and USA teams that took place on July 18–19 in Philadelphia and ended with the victory of the USSR team with a score of 175: 167 [1] .
| USSR vs. USA track and field athletics match 1959 | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Philadelphia |
| Member countries |  USSR ,  USA |
| Opening | July 18th |
| Closing | July 19 |
| date | |
The match is remembered for the 10,000 meter race on July 18, during which the American athlete Bob Sot was on the verge of death due to dehydration caused by 33-34-degree heat and high humidity. Of the participants in the race, only Alexei Desyatchikov remained after the finish on his feet, although he, according to witnesses, was all black; other athletes were taken from the stadium to the intensive care unit [2] . The footage of this race was included in the film " Sports, Sports, Sports ".
Results
| the USSR | USA | |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 108 | 121 |
| Women | 67 | 40 |
| Total | 175 | 167 |
Men winners results
| Discipline | Res. | Participant | A country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 10.3 | Ray Norton | USA |
| 200 m | 20.7 | Ray Norton | USA |
| 400 m | 46.2 | Eddie Southern en | USA |
| 800 m | 1.48.5 | Tom Murphy en | USA |
| 1,500 m | 3.49,4 | Dirol Barleson en | USA |
| 5000 m | 14.17.8 | A. Artynuk | the USSR |
| 10 000 m | 31.40.6 | Alexey Desyatchikov | the USSR |
| 4x100 m | National team | USA | |
| 4X400 m | 3.07.0 | National team | USA |
| 110 m s / b | 13.6 | X. Jones en | USA |
| 400 m s / b | 50,5 | Josh Calbrith en | USA |
| 3000 and s / n | 7.51.6 | Semyon Rzhishchin | the USSR |
| Walking 20 km | 1: 38.20,2 | Vladimir Golubnichy | the USSR |
| Height | 2.06 | Robert Shavlakadze | the USSR |
| Pole | 4.64 | Don Bragg en | USA |
| Length | 8.1 | Greg Bell en | USA |
| Triple | 15.95 | K. Tsygankov | the USSR |
| Core | 19.27 | Perry O'Brien | USA |
| Disk | 57.53 | Al Orter | USA |
| Hammer | 66.76 | Vasily Rudenkov | the USSR |
| A spear | 79,99 | A. Cantello | USA |
Winners Results for Women
| Discipline | Res. | Participant | A country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 11.7 | Barbara Jones en | USA |
| 200 m | 23,4 | Lucinda Williams en | USA |
| 800 m | 2.11.3 | Lyudmila Lysenko | the USSR |
| 4x100 m | 44.8 | National team | the USSR |
| 80 m s / b | eleven | Galina Bystrova | the USSR |
| Height | 1,778 | Taisia Chenchik | the USSR |
| Length | 6.17 | Vera Krepkina | the USSR |
| Core | 16.94 | Tamara Press | the USSR |
| Disk | 55.21 | Nina Ponomareva | the USSR |
| A spear | 55.37 | B. Zologaytite | the USSR |
Notes
- ↑ Athletics. Reference / Compiled by R. V. Orlov . - M .: "Physical Culture and Sports", 1983. - S. 155-178, 385.
- ↑ See the conversation with A. Desyatchikov (The twenty-sixth circle Archived copy of March 4, 2016 on the Wayback Machine // Parliamentary newspaper. No. 185 (1802). 2005. October 20), as well as the film “ Sports, Sports, Sports .
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