- Glenn Hardin
Glenn Foster ("Slats") Hardin (
July 1 ,1910 –March 6 ,1975 ) was an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the1936 Summer Olympics .Born in
Derma, Mississippi , Glenn Hardin was the world's dominant 400 m hurdler in the 1930s and was equally as tough in the 400 m flat race.Hardin's rise began at the
1932 Summer Olympics , where he finished second in the 400 m hurdles in 52.0 but was given credit for aworld record when the winner,Bob Tisdall fromIreland , knocked down a hurdle, an error that in those days disqualified a performance for world record consideration. Hardin lowered the record to 51.8 in the 1934 AAU championships and then bettered it to 50.6 during a meet inStockholm later that year. That record would stand for the next nineteen years.Hardin was unbeatable between the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, winning the AAU title in 1933, 1934 and 1936 in 400 m hurdles and NCAA championships title in 1933 and 1934 in convert|440|yd|abbr=on hurdles. Hardin finished his career at the
Berlin Olympics, beatingJohn Loaring fromCanada by 0.3 seconds.Hardin was a member of the
LSU Tigers outdoor track and field team that won the school's first ever NCAA Championship in 1933. [ [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1477594 L.S.U. Athletes Break World Records to Triumph in Intercollegiate Meet] ] He won two NCAA individual titles during the meet. [ [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=1477596 L.S.U. Tigers Win National Track Meet, 58-54] ]References
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