| Jul 1, 1942 – Sweden’s Gunder Hagg sets World Record mile 4:06.2 |
| Jul 1, 1943 - Arne Andersson lowers fellow Swede Gunder Hagg’s World Record mile at 4:02.6 |
| Jul 1, 1980 – Steve Ovett runs World Record mile 3:48.8 in Oslo, Norway |
| Jul 2, 1948 - Jamaica’s Herbert McKenley runs World Record 400 meters in 45.9 seconds |
| Jul 2, 1960 – Stone Johnson and Ray Norton run World Record 220 yards in 20.5 seconds |
| Jul 2, 2002 - Switzerland’s Franziska Rochat-Moser, 1997 NYC Marathon Champion dies in avalanche |
| Jul 3, 1967 – Bill Toomey completes two-day decathlon in World Record 8,234 points |
| Jul 3, 1983 – Calvin Smith runs World Record 100 meters in 9.93 seconds |
| Jul 3, 1989 – PattiSue Plumer, 1st U.S. woman to run sub-15:00 for 5,000 m with 14:59.99 |
| Jul 4, 1981 – Craig Virgin wins his third straight Peachtree 10k in Course Record 28:03 |
| Jul 5, 1967 – Ron Clarke breaks World Record 5,000 meters with 13:16.6 |
| Jul 5, 1979 – Sebastian Coe breaks World Record 800 meters by 1.1 seconds in 1:42.4 |
| Jul 6, 1960 – Dr. Barbara Moore completes 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York |
| Jul 6, 1994 – Leroy Burrell reclaims World Record 100 meters in 9.85 seconds |
| Jul 7, 1973 – Glenda Reiser of Canada sets World Record mile 4:34.9 |
| Jul 7, 1982 – Steve Scott runs U.S. Record mile 3:47.69 that stood for over two decades |
| Jul 7, 1988 – Florence Griffith-Joyner runs World record 100 meters in 10.49 seconds |
| Jul 7, 1999 – Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj runs World record mile 3:43.13 |
| 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 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 |