| 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 |
| Jul 24, 1908 – American John Hayes wins Olympic marathon in London, England |
| Jul 24, 1931 – Paavo Nurmi runs World Record 2-mile 8:59.6 |
| Jul 24, 1952 – Emil Zatopek wins 2nd Gold of Helsinki Olympics in 5,000m |
| Jul 25, 1985 – Steve Cram’s 3:46.32 breaks Sebastian Coe’s World Record mile |
| Jul 27, 1952 – Emil Zatopek wins 3rd Gold of 1952 Olympics in marathon |
| Jul 27, 1993 – Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor sets high jump World Record 8 feet, ½ inch |
| Jul 27, 1996 – Donovan Bailey wins Olympic 100 meters in World Record 9.84 seconds |
| Jul 29, 1989 – Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor is first to high jump eight feet |
| Jul 30, 1948 – Emile Zatopek wins 10,000 meter Olympic Gold in London, England |
| Jul 31, 1928 – Poland’s Halina Konopacka wins 1st woman’s Olympic track Gold Medal |