| Jul 8, 1967 – Jim Ryun lowers World Record 1,500 meters by 2.5 seconds to 3:33.1 |
| Jul 9, 1982 – Mary Decker runs World Record mile 4:18.08 |
| Jul 1, 1980 – Steve Ovett runs World Record mile 3:48.8 in Oslo, Norway |
| Jul 10, 1942 – Arne Andersson ties fellow Swede Gunder Hagg’s World Record mile 4:06.2 |
| Jul 12, 2014 – Emma Coburn runs USA Record 3,000m steeplechase 9:11.42 |
| Jul 13, 1924 – Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon |
| Jul 14, 1912 – Kenneth McArthur wins Olympic marathon in World Record 2:36:54.8 |
| Jul 14, 1990 – Joe Falcon wins Oslo, Norway ‘Dream Mile’ in 3:49.31 – best 1990 mile |
| Jul 14, 1998 – Hicham El Guerrouj runs World Record 1,500 meters 3:26.00 |
| Jul 15, 1933 – New Zealand’s Jack Lovelock runs World Record mile 4:07.6 |
| Jul 15, 1960 – Canada’s Harry Jerome ties World Record in 100 meters at 10.0 seconds |
| Jul 16, 1894 – Yale faces Oxford in London in first international collegiate meet |
| Jul 16, 1985 – Steve Cram (3:29.67) and Said Aouita (3:29.71) first to run sub-3:30 1500 meters |
| Jul 17, 1945 – Gunder Hagg lowers fellow Swede Arne Andersson’s World Record mile to 4:01.4 |
| Jul 17, 1966 – Jim Ryun lowers World Record mile by 2.3 seconds to 3:51.3 |
| Jul 17, 1979 – England’s Sebastian Coe runs World Record mile 3:48.95 |
| Jul 18, 1944 – Arne Andersson lowers his own World Record mile from 4:02.6 to 4:01.6 |
| Jul 19, 1900 – Michel Theato wins second Olympic marathon in Paris, France |
| Jul 19, 1957 – Derek Ibbotson lowers mile World Record to 3:57.2 |
| Jul 20, 1876 – 1st collegiate track meet at Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins |
| Jul 20, 1952 – Emil Zatopek wins second straight 10,000 meter Olympic Gold |
| Jul 21, 2007 – Alan Webb runs U.S. Record mile 3:46.91 |