Eddie Tolan Track Results
2/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | General
Feb. 17, 2010
Lettered in track at UM: 1929-1931
Big Ten Meet
| 1929 | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 2nd | 6.3 (indoor) |
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.5 (tied world record) |
| 220-yd.dash | 2nd | (behind Simpson, Ohio State) |
| 1930 | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 2nd | (behind Simpson, Ohio State) |
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | (behind Simpson, Ohio State) |
| 220-yd.dash | 2nd | (behind Simpson, Ohio State) |
| 1931 | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 1st | 6.2 (indoor, tied conference, world(?) record) |
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.6 |
| 220-yd.dash | 1st | 20.9 |
NCAA Meet
| 1929 | ||
| 100-yd. dash | N/A | |
| 220-yd.dash | N/A | |
| 1930 | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 4th | |
| 220-yd.dash | 3rd | |
| 1931 | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | 9.6 (behind Wykoff of USC) |
| 220-yd.dash | 1st | 21.5 |
1932 - Los Angeles
Eddie Tolan's victories in the 100 and 200 meters brought Michigan a unique distinction. The 5-foot, 7-inch sprinter from Detroit set two Olympic records, joining Archie Hahn and Ralph Craig as double gold medal winners in the sprints. No other university can match that record in the Olympic competition.
| 1929 | ||
| 100 meters | 1st | 10.3 (Olympic record in a photo finish with Ralph Metcalfe) |
| 200 meters | 1st | 21.2 (Olympic record, broke the mark set by Archie Hahn in 1904) |
1929 Season
| March 8-9 - Big Ten Conference Indoor Meet (Iowa City) - (UM 5th) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 2nd | (Simpson, Ohio State is first in 6.2) |
| March 16 - Illinois Relays (Urbana) | ||
| 75-yd. dash | 3rd | no times available |
| March 23 - UM vs. Cornell (Ann Arbor, indoor) - (UM 59, COR 36) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 1st | 6.5 |
| April 19 - Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 3rd | no times available |
| Drake Relays | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 3rd | no times available |
| 440-yd. relay | 2nd | no times available |
| 880-yd. relay | 2nd | no times available |
| May 4 - UM vs.Iowa (Ann Arbor) - (UM 69, Iowa 66) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.6 |
| 220-yd. relay | 1st | 20.9 |
| May 11 - UM vs. Minnesota (Minneapolis) - (UM 82, Minn. 53) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 22.4 |
| May 18 - UM vs. Illinois (Urbana) - (UM 62, Ill. 73) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.9 |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 21.3 |
| May 24-25 - Big Ten Conference Meet (Evanston) - (UM 3rd) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.5 (tied world record) |
| 220-yd. dash | 2nd | no times available |
| NCAA Meet | ||
| 100-yd. dash | N/A | no times available |
| 220-yd. dash | N/A | no times available |
| Nov. 29 - AAU Championships | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.5 |
1930 Season
| Feb. 22 - UM vs. Chicago (Ann Arbor, indoor) - (UM 45.5, C 49.5) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 2nd | no times available |
| Feb. 27 - UM vs. MSC & MSN (Ann Arbor) - (UM 63., MSC 38.5, MSN 17) | ||
| Did not compete | ||
| March 7-8 - Big Ten Indoor Conference Meet (Minneapolis) - (UM 4th) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 2nd | 6.3 (won by Simpson OSU in 6.2 sec. tying his conference and world record) |
| March 22 - UM at Cornell (Ithaca) - (UM 32, Cornell 63) | ||
| 75-yd. dash | 1st | 7.5 |
| April 19 - Kansas Relays (Lawrence, Kan.) | ||
| 880-yd. relay | 1st | 1:27.5 (Dale Seymour, John Campbell, Cliff Murray, Eddie Tolan) |
| April 25 - Drake Relays (Iowa City) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 3rd | |
| 440-yd. relay | 2nd | |
| 880-yd. relay | 2nd | (in preliminaries, set new meet record of 1:26.5) |
| May 3 - Ohio Relays (Columbus) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | |
| 440-yd. relay | 1st | 3:21.5 (Cliff Murray, Charley Smyth, Jack Campbell, Eddie Tolan) |
| 880-yd. relay | 3rd | (Murray, Smyth, Campbell, Tolan) |
| May 10 - UM vs. Illinois (Ann Arbor) - (UM 74, Ill. 61) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.9 |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 22.0 |
| May 17 - UM vs. Minnesota (Minneapolis) - (UM 96.66, Minn. 38.33) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.9 |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | |
| May 24 - Big Ten Conference Meet (Evanston) - (UM, lst) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | (won by Simpson, OSU in 9.7) |
| 220-yd. dash | 2nd | (won by Simpson, OSU in 21.0) |
| May 31 - Eastern Intercollegiates | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | |
| 220-yd. dash | 2nd | |
| June 7 - NCAA Meet (Chicago) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 4th | (Frank Wykoff, USC, won in 9.7) |
| 220-yd. dash | 3rd | (Hector Dyer, Stanford, won in 21.3) |
1931 Season
| Feb. 14 - West Virginia Relays (Morgantown) | ||
| 70-yd. dash | 1st | 7.3 |
| UM vs. Michigan Normal & Detroit City College (Ann Arbor) - (UM 68.5, UMN 40.5, DCC 10) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 1st | 6.4 |
| Feb. 28 - UM vs. Chicago (Ann Arbor) - (UM 73, Chicago 22) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 1st | 6.3 |
| March 7 - Big Ten Conference Indoor Meet (Madison) - (UM lst) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 1st | 6.2 |
| March 14 - Illinois Relays (Urbana) | ||
| 75-yd. dash | 1st | 7.5 |
| March 21 - UM vs. Cornell (Ann Arbor) - (UM 54.5, Cornell 40.5) | ||
| 60-yd. dash | 1st | 76.3 |
| April 25 - Drake Relays (Des Moines) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | (won by Peyton Glass, OK, in 9.7) |
| 440-yd. relay | 2nd | (Jack Campbell, Cliff Murray, John Noyes, Eddie Tolan) |
| 880-yd. relay | 1st | (Campbell, Murray, Noyes, Tolan in new meet record) |
| May 2 - Ohio Relays (Columbus) | ||
| 440-yd. relay | 1st | 42.0 (Jack Campbell, Cliff Murray, John Noyes, Eddie Tolan) |
| May 19 - UM vs. Minnesota (Ann Arbor) - (UM 89.5, Minn. 45.5) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 10.0 |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 22.3 |
| May 16 - UM at Illinois (Champaign) - (UM 70.33, Ill. 64.66) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 10.0 |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 23.6 |
| May 22 & 23 - Big Ten Conference Meet (Evanston) - (UM 3rd) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 1st | 9.6 |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 20.9 |
| May 30 - Eastern Intercollegiate Meet (Philadelphia) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | lost to Wykoff on a judges decision that was booed by the crowd) |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | |
| June - NCAA National Meet (Chicago) | ||
| 100-yd. dash | 2nd | (Frank Wykoff, USC, won by inches in 9.6) |
| 220-yd. dash | 1st | 21.5 (won by four yards) |
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