This Day in Track & Field, May 23, Dutch Warmerdam breaks own WR in PV (1942), Daley Thompson breaks own WR in Decathlon (1982), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, May 23, Dutch Warmerdam breaks own WR in PV (1942), Daley Thompson breaks own WR in Decathlon (1982), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy

Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–May 23   1942—Dutch Warmerdam broke his own World Record in the Pole Vault by clearing 15-7  ¾ (4.77) at the inaugural “Northern California Relays” in  Modesto, California. This would be the last WR set in the event with a bamboo pole and would last until Bob Gutowski cleared 15-8  ¼ (4.78) in 1957 with an aluminum pole. Warmerdam’s previous official World Rec…