1960 Rome OG 100 Final

[stevehj197]

It was a six man final. Name all six in proper order. Remember no cheating.

[michael lewis]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Armin Hary, Dave Sime, Peter Radford, .....shit!

[stevehj197]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

well, you got the easy part Michael.....

[michael lewis]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Yeah and I checked the rest and kicked myself. But I didn't cheat!

[cullman]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Armin Hary, Dave Sime. Peter Radford, Enrique Figueroa (Camus), Frank Budd, Ray Norton.

[stevehj197]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

>Armin Hary, Dave Sime. Peter Radford, Enrique
>Figueroa (Camus), Frank Budd, Ray Norton.

cullman, you da man !!!

[cullman]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Thank you...I still have nightmares about that race and the 4X100.

[stevehj197]

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>Thank you...I still have nightmares about that
>race and the 4X100.

So do I. Sime and I wore the same college uniform, 4 years apart. His career was so struck with misfortune. And after a great comeback in 1960, to lose by so little, and then, in his final race, have the gold in the relay taken away because of the botched pass between Budd and Norton... crummy way to go out.

[Arnie]

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I sure it must still haunt everyone who was evolved.

[Guest]

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nullNorton should have taken prozac

[Per Andersen]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

I believe Sime was behind Martin Lauer when he received the baton but he ran him down easily. Unfortunately that was Sime's last shot at a gold medal. I still wonder what caused Norton's meltdown after the U.S. trials. I saw him in run in Oslo in '59 and he was awsome.

[stevehj197]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Norton's problem in Rome was quite simple. He had an unpleasant foul-smelling material in his neck, in all 3 events. Froze up in the 100 final, froze up in the 200 final, and went out too fast on Budd in the relay.

Sorry Ray but that's it.

[Guest]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Some of the posts seem a bit harsh on Ray Norton. As I understand it, he lost 7 lb in weight during the Games prior to the 100, and consequently was somewhat weakened.
Entertaining to see "Cullman" noting the disaster that was the USA 4 x 100 that year. I agree with him, as both Norton and Sime would have been worthy gold medallists --- the entertaining bit is that one of the German team which won was called Cullmann

[6 5.5hjsteve]

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Richard sorry if I was a bit mean to Ray, it's easy to type things. But this is the first I ever heard of his being sick. If so that's bad luck. It's his own quotes in T&FN I remember where he said
"I tightened up.." or something like that.

Ray also jumped the gun twice for a DQ in the NCAA the year before, in the 100 final.

[Guest]

Re: 1960 Rome OG 100 Final

Where is Ray Norton living now? I know, several years ago, he ran for office in San Jose, CA.