The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

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  • gh
    Administrator
    • Oct 2005
    • 69706
    • west of Westeros

    The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

    First, just to warm up with a question that every good triviameister should know, what was unusual about his claiming the WR in the 400H final at the '32 Olympics?
  • O Atkins
    Junior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 6

    #2
    Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

    Hardin was second to Tisdall but Tisdall knocked down a hurdle so Tisdall's world record was not allowed.

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    • gh
      Administrator
      • Oct 2005
      • 69706
      • west of Westeros

      #3
      Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

      Meaning that Hardin got credit for a WR while finishing 2nd in a slower time than the winner.

      But that was only the second of the bizarre races he was involved in that summer. What was equally strange about the OT race?

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      • tafnut
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 26679
        • Lost at C (-minus)

        #4
        Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

        Now see - we got over that whole 'knocking down a hurdle is a horrible offense' thing, but we still can't accept volzing as part of the PV ?!

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        • Per Andersen
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2005
          • 4752

          #5
          Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

          Hardin also won the AAU 400h that year but was disqualified. Did they combine the AAU and the OT in 1932?

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          • lasse10k
            Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 48

            #6
            Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

            I recall seeing a photograph of a hurdle askew in its lane, but not out of its lane. In the photograph was an AAU official by the name of Dan Ferris. I believe the bone of contention was that Hardin had hit the hurdle, but since it was not knocked down or out of the lane, he was not disqualified.

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            • gh
              Administrator
              • Oct 2005
              • 69706
              • west of Westeros

              #7
              Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

              The AAU and OT were combined that year. Hardin ran out of his lane and was DQed by the AAU, which named Joe Healey as the national champion.

              But the USOC declared Hardin the winner of the OT and put him on the team!

              (edited to fix an ill-defined antecedent)

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              • hj197steve
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2005
                • 856

                #8
                Re: The Strange Case Of Slats Hardin

                >I recall seeing a photograph of a hurdle askew in its lane, but not out of its
                >lane. In the photograph was an AAU official by the name of Dan Ferris. I
                >believe the bone of contention was that Hardin had hit the hurdle, but since it
                >was not knocked down or out of the lane, he was not disqualified.

                I believe that picture was taken when he ran his WR ( 50.6 ? )

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