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At the 1933 indoor championships Venzke beat the Olympic fourth placer, Cunningham, in 3:55.4. But again he failed to maintain his best shape into the summer; at the outdoor championships he was only third and Cunningham broke his American record.
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Venzke regained his national indoor title in 1936, scoring a close win over Cunningham in a world record time of 3:49.9. At the outdoor championships he was again beaten to third behind Cunningham and
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In 1936, the national championships and the Olympic Trials were held separately for the first time since 1924. In 1992 they were merged into a single meet again.
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he only placed 4th, missing out by one place; he was still among the leaders with a hundred yards to go, but was passed in the final straight by
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Venzke was in excellent shape during the 1932 indoor season. On February 6 he broke the indoor mile world record of
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the following week the same men took the four top spots in the same order, with Venzke in third making the
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ten times between 1930 and 1940. His greatest successes, however, came indoors, as he was
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ahead of Bonthron. At the Olympics Venzke won his heat and placed 9th in the final.
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After the Olympics, he was part of a United States relay team (with
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in 1932, 1933 and 1936 and also set a number of world records.
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Gene Venzke had a long career, placing in the top five at the
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Venzke's main rivals in 1934 and 1935 were Cunningham and
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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1936 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
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Archived from 3257:People from Douglas County, Minnesota 3252:American male middle-distance runners 1518: 950:1936 USA Olympic track and field team 922: 781:"Olympic Trials History Introduction" 665: 513:Cameron, Stuart (February 18, 1932). 458: 395: 393: 391: 389: 387: 307:after finally retiring from running. 713: 532: 354:"Gene Venzke Bio, Stats and Results" 348: 346: 344: 342: 340: 2284: 1778: 563: 13: 1875: 972: 384: 14: 3288: 870:Kobrin, Jerry (January 9, 1941). 779:Hymans, Richard (June 21, 2012). 337: 203:with a clocking of 4:11.2 at the 79:188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 2874: 2842: 2810: 2761: 2729: 2698: 2666: 2634: 2602: 2566: 2546: 2492: 2399: 2380: 2367: 2348: 2335: 2316: 2303: 2271: 2228: 2196: 2153: 2077: 2001: 1969: 1937: 1905: 1862: 1797: 1765: 1436:Non-competing relay pool members 2887: 2823: 2774: 2742: 2711: 2679: 2647: 2615: 2579: 2559: 2505: 2412: 2241: 2014: 1982: 1950: 1918: 1810: 889: 863: 837: 772: 744: 639: 580:"Gene Venzke Runs On Hard Work" 317: 53:Leaf Valley Township, Minnesota 16:American middle-distance runner 2209: 2166: 2090: 506: 480: 428: 372: 186:national outdoor championships 1: 2855: 896:Kobrin, Jerry (May 7, 1946). 400:Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian; 330: 68:Exeter Township, Pennsylvania 474:Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö 261:championships Venzke, now a 214:On June 18 Venzke broke the 172:at both 1500 meters and the 7: 153:. Venzke qualified for the 147:Eugene George "Gene" Venzke 64:February 14, 1992 (aged 83) 10: 3293: 675:. trackfield.brinkster.net 381:. trackfield.brinkster.net 267:University of Pennsylvania 3212: 2791: 2440: 1559: 1471: 1435: 1384: 1337: 1196: 983: 970: 956: 179: 129: 124: 114: 104: 96: 91: 83: 75: 60: 45: 40: 28: 470:Huippu-urheilun historia 310: 87:70 kg (154 lb) 1499:(men's assistant coach) 1493:(men's assistant coach) 1487:(men's assistant coach) 757:Spokane Daily Chronicle 468:Jukola, Martti (1935). 216:American outdoor record 125:Achievements and titles 3126:Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 3115:Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 2445:The Athletics Congress 1564:Amateur Athletic Union 1385:Women's field athletes 1338:Women's track athletes 993:Ellison "Tarzan" Brown 977: 849:Lawrence Journal-World 816:Track & Field News 785:Track & Field News 730:Track & Field News 618:Track & Field News 519:Berkeley Daily Gazette 492:The Lewiston Daily Sun 410:Track & Field News 402:Track & Field News 151:middle-distance runner 138:1500 m – 3:49.7 (1940) 119:New York Athletic Club 2796:USA Track & Field 976: 440:USA Track & Field 136:800 m – 1:52.5 (1935) 1197:Men's field athletes 251:Princeton University 140:Mile – 4:10.0 (1932) 41:Personal information 2204:Henryk Szordykowski 2161:Henryk Szordykowski 1422:Gertrude Wilhelmsen 760:. 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Leaf Valley Township, Minnesota
Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
New York Athletic Club
middle-distance runner
Olympic
final
1500 meters
1936
world records
mile
national outdoor championships
national champion
Paavo Nurmi
Joie Ray
Millrose Games
New York
American outdoor record
Cambridge
Olympic team
Olympic Trials
Norwood Hallowell
Frank Crowley
Glenn Cunningham
Princeton University
Bill Bonthron
NCAA
sophomore
University of Pennsylvania
Emporia State

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