Ben Eastman

American middle-distance runner

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Olympic medal record

Men's athletics
Representing the USA
| 1932 Los Angeles | 400 metres
Ben Eastman, left, and Bill Carr at the Olympic Village in 1932

Benjamin Bangs Eastman (July 19, 1911 – October 6, 2002), alias "Blazin' Ben", was an American middle distance runner. He was born in Burlingame, California, and graduated from Stanford University in 1933.

He competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal.[1] He was the U.S. national 800 metres champion in 1934.

Eastman, one of three Americans to hold the world record in both the 400 and 800 meters, was voted into the Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006. He died in Hotchkiss, Colorado, aged 91.

## References

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1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ben Eastman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

## External links

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* Ben Eastman at www.USATF.org
* Ben Eastman at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)

Records

Preceded by

Emerson Spencer

|  Men's 400 metres World Record Holder
1932-03-26 – 1932-08-05  | Succeeded by

Bill Carr

Preceded by

Tommy Hampson

|  Men's 800 metres World Record Holder
equalled the 1:49.8 by Tommy Hampson
1934-06-16 – 1936-08-20  | Succeeded by

Glenn Cunningham

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US National Championship winners in the men's 800-meter run

1876–2016|

* 1876: Harold Lambe
* 1877: Romulus Colgate
* 1878: Edward Merritt
* 1879–80: Lon Myers
* 1881: Walter Smith
* 1882: William Goodwin
* 1883: Tom Murphy
* 1884: Lon Myers
* 1885: Herbert Mitchell
* 1886: Charles Smith
* 1887–88: George Tracey
* 1888: Wm. Moffatt
* 1889: R.A. Ward
* 1890: Harry Dadmun
* 1891: Walter Dohm
* 1892–93: Theodore Turner
* 1894–96: Charles Kilpatrick
* 1897: John Cregan
* 1898: Thomas Burke
* 1899: Herbert Manvel
* 1900: Alex Grant
* 1901: Howard Hayes
* 1902: John Wright
* 1903–04: Howard Valentine
* 1905: Jim Lightbody
* 1906–08: Mel Sheppard
* 1909: Clar. Edmundsen
* 1910: Harry Gissing
* 1911–12: Mel Sheppard
* 1913–14: Homer Baker
* 1915: Leroy Campbell
* 1916: Donald Scott
* 1917: Michael Devaney
* 1918: Tom Campbell
* 1919: Joie Ray
* 1920: Earl Eby
* 1921–22: Alan Helffrich
* 1923: Ray Watson
* 1924: Edward Kirby
* 1925: Alan Helffrich
* 1926: Alva Martin
* 1927: Ray Watson
* 1928: Lloyd Hahn
* 1929: Phil Edwards
* 1930–32: Edwin Genung
* 1933: Glenn Cunningham
* 1934: Ben Eastman
* 1935: Elroy Robinson
* 1936: Charles Beetham
* 1937: John Woodruff
* 1938: Howard Borck
* 1939–41: Charles Beetham
* 1942: John Borican
* 1943: William Hulse
* 1944–45: Robert Kelley
* 1946: John Fulton
* 1947: Reggie Pearman
* 1948: Herb Barten
* 1949–51: Mal Whitfield
* 1952: Reggie Pearman
* 1953–54: Mal Whitfield
* 1955–56: Arnie Sowell
* 1957–58: Tom Courtney
* 1959: Tom Murphy
* 1960: Jim Cerveny
* 1961: Jim Dupree
* 1962: Jerry Siebert
* 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Jim Dupree
* 1964: Jerry Siebert
* 1965: Morgan Groth
* 1966: Tom Farrell
* 1967–68: Wade Bell
* 1969: Byron Dyce (JAM) * Juris Luzins
* 1970: Ken Swenson
* 1971: Juris Luzins
* 1972: Dave Wottle
* 1973–74: Rick Wohlhuter
* 1975: Mark Enyeart
* 1976: James Robinson
* 1977: Mark Belger
* 1978–82: James Robinson
* 1983: David Patrick
* 1984: James Robinson
* 1985–87: Johnny Gray
* 1988: Mark Everett
* 1989: Johnny Gray
* 1990–91: Mark Everett
* 1992: Johnny Gray
* 1993–94: Mark Everett
* 1995: Brandon Rock
* 1996: Johnny Gray
* 1997–98: Mark Everett
* 1999: Khadevis Robinson
* 2000: Mark Everett
* 2001–03: David Krummenacker
* 2004: Jonathan Johnson
* 2005–07: Khadevis Robinson
* 2008–12: Nick Symmonds
* 2013–14: Duane Solomon
* 2015: Nick Symmonds
* 2016: Clayton Murphy
* 2017: Donavan Brazier
* 2018: Clayton Murphy
* 2019: Donavan Brazier
* 20212020 OT: Clayton Murphy
* 2022-23: Bryce Hoppel

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* Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships

* OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

* 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1932 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification|

* 1932 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes|

* Ed Ablowich (r)
* Percy Beard
* Bill Carr
* Bill Chisholm
* Ernest Crosbie
* Frank Crowley
* Glenn Cunningham
* Glen Dawson
* Daniel Dean
* Hector Dyer (r)
* Ben Eastman
* Ivan Fuqua (r)
* Edwin Genung
* James Gordon
* Lou Gregory
* Norwood Hallowell
* Glenn Hardin
* Joe Healey
* James Henigan
* Ralph Hill
* Harry Hinkel
* Chuck Hornbostel
* Jack Keller
* Bob Kiesel (r)
* Joe McCluskey
* Ralph Metcalfe
* Albert Michelsen
* Hans Oldag
* Tom Ottey
* Eino Pentti
* Walter Pritchard
* Paul Rekers
* George Saling
* George Simpson
* Morgan Taylor
* Eddie Tolan
* Emmett Toppino (r)
* Edwin Turner
* Karl Warner (r)
* Frank Wykoff (r)

Men's field athletes|

* John Anderson
* Dick Barber
* Lee Bartlett
* Jim Bausch
* Sidney Bowman
* Wilson Charles
* Kenneth Churchill
* Clyde Coffman
* Frank Conner
* Sol Furth
* Ed Gordon
* Bill Graber
* Nelson Gray
* George Jefferson
* Paul Jessup
* Cornelius Johnson
* Henri LaBorde
* Grant McDougall
* Malcolm Metcalf
* Bill Miller
* Lambert Redd
* Rolland Romero
* Harlow Rothert
* Leo Sexton
* George Spitz
* Bob Van Osdel
* Pete Zaremba

Women's track athletes|

* Mary Carew (r)
* Babe Didrikson
* Evelyn Furtsch (r)
* Evelyne Hall
* Ethel Harrington
* Annette Rogers (r)
* Simone Schaller
* Wilhelmina von Bremen
* Elizabeth Wilde

Women's field athletes|

* Lillian Copeland
* Babe Didrikson
* Nan Gindele
* Margaret Jenkins
* Ruth Osburn
* Annette Rogers
* Gloria Russell
* Jean Shiley

Non-competing relay pool members|

* Arnold Adams
* Tidye Pickett
* Louise Stokes

Coaches|

* Lawson Robertson (men's head coach)
* Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach)
* Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach)
* Jack Magee (men's assistant coach)
* George Vreeland (women's coach)

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