Sándor Iharos
Personal information | |
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Born | 10 March 1930 Budapest, Hungary |
Died | 24 January 1996 (aged 65) Budapest, Hungary |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance and middle-distance running |
Club | Budapest Honvéd |
Sándor Iharos (10 March 1930 – 24 January 1996
World records
Iharos competed, without major success,
Iharos' records didn't last long, however. The 5000 m record was broken again on 19 June 1956 by Gordon Pirie, and this time he wasn't able to reclaim it. The 1500 m record was first equalled by László Tábori and then beaten on 3 August 1956 by István Rózsavölgyi – both fellow Hungarians and pupils of Iglói.[1] Iharos ran a new record on 15 July 1956, 28:42.8 over 10,000 metres, but this was smashed less than two months later by Kuts.
Decline
That would be Iharos' last individual record. (He'd be part of another Hungarian team effort in another rarely contested relay, 4 × one mile, in 1959.) The Hungarian team's date of departure for the 1956 Olympics in late October coincided with the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Iharos left Hungary, but not for Australia, citing an ankle injury. There has been speculation whether an injury or the political situation kept him from competing.[1][2]
Iglói, however, did leave for Australia – and didn't return to Hungary again. Without his coach and mentor Iharos soon lost his record-breaking form. He competed in the Olympics again in 1960, but without much success.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Sandor Iharos, 65, Champion Runner". The New York Times. 1996-01-25. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b c "Sandor Iharos". sporting-heroes. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Sándor Iharos Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.