| Aug 1, 1936 – Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin |
| Aug 1, 1996 - Michael Johnson wins Olympic 200 meters in World Record 19.32 seconds |
| Aug 3, 1928 – Ray Barbuti wins 400 meters Olympic Gold |
| Aug 3, 1956 – Willie Williams sets World Record in 100 meters at 10.1 seconds |
| Aug 3, 1991 – Mike Powell World Championship long jump in 29 feet, 4 ½ inches WR |
| Aug 4, 1984 – Carl Lewis wins 100 meter Gold at Los Angeles Olympics |
| Aug 5, 1932 – William Carr runs World Record 400 meters in 46.2 seconds |
| Aug 5, 1984 – Joan Benoit wins inaugural women’s Olympic Marathon |
| Aug 6, 1948 – 17 year old American, Bob Mathias, wins Olympic decathlon |
| Aug 6, 1984 – Carl Lewis wins second of four Golds at L.A. Olympics in long jump |
| Aug 7, 1948 – Delfo Cabrera wins London Olympic marathon |
| Aug 7, 1958 – Australia’s Herb Elliott lowers mile World Record by 2.7 seconds to 3:54.5 |
| Aug 7, 1983 – Grete Waitz wins first women’s World Championship Marathon |
| Aug 7, 1991 – Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7-10 1/2 |
| Aug 9, 1930 – Percy Williams sets World Record in 100 meters at 10.3 seconds |
| Aug 9, 1957 – Josh Culbreath lowers World Record 440 yard hurdles to 50.5 seconds |
| Aug 11, 1966 – Trinidad’s Wendell Mottley runs World Record 400 meters in 44.82 seconds |
| Aug 11, 1984 – Carl Lewis equals Jesse Owens four Olympic Golds |
| Aug 11, 2017 – Emma Coburn wins World Championship 3,000m steeplechase in AR 9:02.58 |
| Aug 12, 1939 – Rudolf Harbig runs World Record 400 meters in 46.0 seconds |
| Aug 12, 1960 – Ralph Boston’s 26-11 ¼ long jump breaks Jesse Owens’ 1935 World Record |
| Aug 12, 1975 – New Zealand’s John Walker first sub-3:50 mile in World Record 3:49.4 |
| Aug 14, 1983 – Rob de Castella wins inaugural World Championship Marathon |
| Aug 14, 1985 – Paula Radcliffe wins World Championship Marathon in Helsinki in 2:20:57 |
| Aug 14, 2016 – Wade van Niekerk runs World Record 400 meters in 43.03 seconds |