brothers trivia

[gh]

bam, you're not allowed to play!

Which set of brothers won Olympic gold and silver in the same year, in the same event?

(and yes, this is a track-specific question, not some other sport)

[79.]

Re: brothers trivia

Harry HILLMAN who won the 1904 Olympic 200m/h (24"6) said one day that Frank CASTLEMAN
who finished second in 24"9 was like a brother to him !
I was there of course... :mrgreen:

[rhymans]

Re: brothers trivia

gh - I'm guessing that one of them has the same name as my older son - so I'm DQing myself from this one.

[gh]

Re: brothers trivia

oh yeah, you're on the DQ list as well!

[norunner]

Re: brothers trivia

Must be one of the weird events they had 100 years ago, standing long jump, shot put with both hands, because i don't remember reading the same name for any of the current events. Or this is the first sign i'm starting to forget things...

[gh]

Re: brothers trivia

no, you've tumbled onto the key

[LopenUupunut]

Re: brothers trivia

Platt and Benjamin Adams

[gh]

Re: brothers trivia

1912 standing high jump

[smc]

Re: brothers trivia

1912 standing high jump

This guy looks to be in pretty good shape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAV0Tn6-psg

[wamego relays champ]

Re: brothers trivia

1912 standing high jump

This guy looks to be in pretty good shape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAV0Tn6-psg

The mark of Platt Adams for his 1912 Gold was 1.63/5-4.25, only he cleared the bar without knocking it off, which is clearly a performance superior to putting your full body weight on a landing spot of the same height.

Ray Ewry's best of 1.675/5-6 is even more amazing.

[smc]

Re: brothers trivia

Certainly not trying to hijack, but this event has me intrigued. What do y'all make of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3U4ynM0ulU

[Powell]

Re: brothers trivia

he cleared the bar without knocking it off, which is clearly a performance superior to putting your full body weight on a landing spot of the same height.

Is it? So landing on a spot 8 ft above the ground off a runup would be easier than what Sotomayor did?

[lonewolf]

Re: brothers trivia

I agree with what I think Powell is saying.

[Bruce Kritzler]

Re: brothers trivia

The difference is one guy is jumping off one foot, and the other off two.