Ensiklopedia Dunia

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Don Kardong - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don Kardong
Personal information
Full name	Donald Franklin Kardong
Nationality	United States
Born	(1948-12-22) December 22, 1948 (age 75)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running
Event(s)	Marathon, 5,000 meters
College team	Stanford
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1976 Marathon (4th)

Donald Franklin Kardong (born December 22, 1948) is a noted runner and author from the United States. He finished fourth in the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal.

Biography

Kardong graduated from Seattle Prep in 1967. He then went on to earn a bachelor's degree in psychology from Stanford University in 1971. While at Stanford, Kardong ran primarily the 5000 meters (3.1 miles).^[1] He finished third at the 1970 NCAA University Division cross country championships.^[2]

In 1974, Kardong earned another bachelor's degree in English and a teaching certificate from the University of Washington in Seattle. That same year, Kardong finished third in the 5000 meter race at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 13:35.6.^[3] Afterwards, he taught at Spokane's Loma Vista Elementary from 1974 to 1977.

In 1976, the 6' 3" Kardong finished 3rd in the United States Olympic Trials held in Eugene, Oregon with a time of 2:13:54.^[4] That summer, in Montreal, Kardong finished a close fourth in the men's marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics with a time of 2:11:15, just three seconds behind the bronze medal winner.^[5]^[6] In 1998, controversy arose concerning steroid use by East German athletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics, including Gold medalist Waldemar Cierpinski. If medals were re-assigned only to drug-free athletes, American Frank Shorter would take the Gold; followed by silver medalist Karel Lismont of Belgian and bronze medalist Don Kardong for Team USA. ^[7]

From 1977 to 1986, Kardong owned and operated a retail running store in Spokane; he founded the Lilac Bloomsday Run (12 km (7.5 mi)) in 1977.^[8]^[9]^[10]

As a journalist and author, Kardong was a contributing editor for Running magazine from 1980 to 1983, and a contributing editor (1983–1985) and senior writer (1985–1987) for The Runner magazine. Since 1987, Kardong has been a contributing writer for Runner's World magazine.

Kardong was president of the Road Runners Club of America from 1996 to 2000. He served as executive director of the Children's Museum of Spokane from 2002 to 2004, and as race director of the Bloomsday run since then. Kardong started the Bloomsday race in Spokane - the community and a The Spokesman-Review newspaper article prompted the start of the race.^[11]

Spokane's Don Kardong Bridge was renamed for him.^[12]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1972	West Valley Marathon	San Mateo, CA	1st	Marathon	2:18:06
1976	United States Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	3rd	Marathon	2:13:54
1976	Peachtree Road Race	Atlanta, Georgia	1st	10K	29:14
1976	Olympic Games	Montréal, Canada	4th	Marathon	2:11:15
1977	New York City Marathon	New York City, New York	10th	Marathon	2:17:04
1978	Honolulu Marathon	Honolulu, Hawaii	1st	Marathon	2:17:05

Books

Thirty Phone Booths to Boston: Tales of a Wayward Runner (Macmillan Co., New York, 1985, selected an editor's choice of the American Library Association)
Bloomsday: A City in Motion (Cowles Publishing, Spokane, WA, 1989)
Hills, Hawgs and Ho Chi Minh (Keokee Co. Publishing, Sandpoint, ID, 1996)

External links

Bloomsday.org - Bloomsday 12k website
DistanceRunning.com - 'Don Kardong' (biography), National Running Hall of Fame

References

General

More than you'll ever need to know about Don Kardong at Don Kardong's official site (Internet Archive)

Citations

^ Kardong, Don (2003). "Shorter, Rodgers, and Who?". In Kislevitz, Gail Waesche (ed.). The Spirit of the Marathon: What to Expect in Your First Marathon and How to Run Them the Rest of Your Life. Halcottsville, New York: Breakaway Books. pp. 197–203. ISBN 978-1-891369-36-0.
^ "1970 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships". MileSplit.com. Mile Split US. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "USA National Championship, Westwood, CA 1974 - Men: 1974". Retrieved June 22, 2024.
^ Pileggi, Sarah (May 31, 1976). "It Took Shorter a Little Longer". Sports Illustrated.
^ "Olympics: Saturday's results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). August 1, 1976. p. 4B.
^ Payne, Bob (August 1, 1976). "Kardong: tired, happy, and close creation". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
^ "Joyce: Marathon fraud - ESPN Page 2". www.espn.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ Payne, Bob (March 15, 1977). "Lilac Bloomsday Run - Kardong creation". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 17.
^ Payne, Bob (May 1, 1977). "It's 'Bloomsday' – and Spokane's ready to run". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
^ Payne, Bob (May 2, 1977). "Horde of runners captures Spokane". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1.
^ The Just Athletics Podcast Episode 59 - Don Kardong The Just Athletics Podcast. March 18, 2021
^ Mueller, Marge; Mueller, Ted (2004). Washington State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide. Mountaineers Books. p. 270. ISBN 9780898868937.

National Distance Running Hall of Fame inductees

Honolulu Marathon – men's winners

1973: Duncan MacDonald (USA)
1974: Jeff Galloway (USA)
1975: Jack Foster (NZL)
1976: Duncan MacDonald (USA)
1977: Jeff Wells (USA)
1978: Don Kardong (USA)
1979: Dean Matthews (USA)
1980: Duncan MacDonald (USA)
1981: Jon Anderson (USA)
1982: Dave Gordon (USA)
1983: Kevin Ryan (NZL)
1984: Jorge González (PUR)
1985–87: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN)
1988: Gianni Poli (ITA)
1989–90: Simon Robert Naali (TAN)
1991–92: Benson Masya (KEN)
1993: Lee Bong-ju (KOR)
1994: Benson Masya (KEN)
1995: Josia Thugwane (RSA)
1996–97: Eric Kimaiyo (KEN)
1998: Mbarak Hussein (KEN)
1999–2000: Jimmy Muindi (KEN)
2001–02: Mbarak Hussein (KEN)
2003–05: Jimmy Muindi (KEN)
2006: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)
2007: Jimmy Muindi (KEN)
2008–09: Patrick Ivuti (KEN)
2010–11: Nicholas Chelimo (KEN)
2012: Wilson Kipsang (KEN)
2013: Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN)
2014: Wilson Chebet (KEN)
2015: Filex Kiprotich (KEN)
2016–17: Lawrence Cherono (KEN)
2018–19: Titus Ekiru (KEN)
2021: Emmanuel Saina (KEN)

v t e 1976 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1976 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Garry Bjorklund Benny Brown (r) Doug Brown Dick Buerkle Matt Centrowitz Willie Davenport Mike Durkin Mark Enyeart Dwayne Evans Charles Foster Herman Frazier Paul Geis Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Johnny "Lam" Jones Don Kardong Ron Laird Mark Lutz Duncan MacDonald Henry Marsh Ed Mendoza Edwin Moses Fred Newhouse James Owens Maxie Parks Steve Riddick James Robinson Mike Roche Bill Rodgers Todd Scully Mike Shine Frank Shorter Craig Virgin Larry Walker Quentin Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter
Men's field athletes	James Barrineau Earl Bell James Butts Sam Colson Fred Dixon Rayfield Dupree Al Feuerbach Richard George Anthony Hall Larry Hart Tommy Haynes Bill Jankunis Bruce Jenner Larry Myricks Terry Porter John Powell Dave Roberts Arnie Robinson Fred Samara Pete Shmock Jay Silvester Dwight Stones Mac Wilkins Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Rhonda Brady Rosalyn Bryant Chandra Cheeseborough Pat Donnelly Sheila Ingram Madeline Manning Jackson Pam Jiles (r) Wendy Knudson Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Brenda Morehead Deby LaPlante Cyndy Poor Debra Sapenter Martha Watson (r) Kathy Weston
Women's field athletes	Sherry Calvert Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Paula Girven Joni Huntley Marilyn King Kathy McMillan Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Karin Smith Pam Spencer Sherron Walker Martha Watson Lynne Winbigler
Coaches	LeRoy Walker (men's head coach) Sam Bell (men's assistant coach) Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach) Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach) Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach) Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach) C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach) Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	United States