Eddie Genung

Edwin Bernard "Eddie" Genung (February 15, 1908 - May 2, 1986)^[1] was an American middle-distance runner. He placed 4th in the 800 meters at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Career

As a sophomore at the University of Washington, Genung was NCAA champion in 1929 at 880 yards.^[1]^[2] Although he failed to win at the NCAA meet again (he placed third as a senior in 1931),^[2] he did win the national championship in both 1930 and 1931, breaking the meeting record both times.^[3] In 1932 the national championships in Stanford doubled as the Olympic Trials and Genung won for the third time, beating that year's NCAA winner Charles Hornbostel.^[4] Genung thus qualified for the Olympics in Los Angeles, where he won his heat to make it to the final; in the final, he finished just out of medals in fourth place.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Eddie Genung Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
1 2 Hill, E. Garry. "800 Meters" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
↑ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian; Track & Field News. "A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011". Track & Field News. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ Hymans, Richard. "The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

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: James Lightbody 1906–08: Mel Sheppard 1909: Clar. Edmundsen 1910: Harry Gissing 1911–12: Mel Sheppard 1913–14: Homer Baker 1915: Leroy Campbell 1916: Don Scott 1917: Mike 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: Eddie 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: Bill Hulse 1944–45: Bob 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: Dave 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

Notes	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.

1932 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Edgar Ablowich (r) Percy Beard Bill Carr Bill Chisholm Ernest Crosbie Frank Crowley Glenn Cunningham Glen Dawson Dan Dean Hector Dyer (r) Ben Eastman Ivan Fuqua (r) Eddie Genung James Gordon Lou Gregory Norwood Hallowell Glenn Hardin Joe Healey Jimmy 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 Ken Churchill Clyde Coffman Frank Conner Sol Furth Ed Gordon Bill Graber Nelson Gray George Jefferson Paul Jessup Cornelius Johnson Henri LaBorde Grant MacDougall 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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