Charles Brookins
American hurdler
Charles Robert Brookins (September 17, 1899 – August 15, 1960) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died in Des Moines, Iowa.[1]
He attended the University of Iowa and ran track in college. 1923 and 1925 Brookins won the 220 yard low hurdles at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Per the 1971 IAAF World Athletics booklet, "Progressive World Record Lists" Brookins set the world record in the 220 yard low hurdles (straight) with a 23.2 (June 2, 1923) and 23.0 (May 17, 1924). In 1924, he was disqualified in the 400 metre hurdles final at the Paris Olympics. He finished second in this race but was disqualified when ran out of his lane.
References
- ^ "Charles Brookins". Olympedia. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
External links
- Charles Brookins at Olympedia
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US National Championship winners in men's 200 m/220 yd hurdles
NAAAA
- 1887–88: Al Copland
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888–89: Al Copland
- 1890: Fred Ducharme
- 1891: Harry Morrell (CAN)
- 1892–94: Fred Puffer
- 1895: Sidney Syme
- 1896: Jerome Buck
- 1897–99: Alvin Kraenzlein
- 1900–01: Henry Arnold
- 1902: Harry Hillman
- 1903: M.W.H. Bockman
- 1904: Joseph Hill
- 1905: Frank Waller
- 1906: Harry Hillman
- 1907–08: John Eller
- 1909: Joe Malcomson
- 1910–12: John Eller
- 1913: Charles Cory
- 1914: Jo Loomis
- 1915–16: Feg Murray
- 1917–18: Frank Loomis
- 1919: Robert Simpson
- 1920: Not held
- 1921: Earl Thomson (CAN)
- 1922: John Coard Taylor
- 1923: Charles Brookins
- 1924: Herbert Meyer
- 1925: Charles Brookins
- 1926: Kenneth Grumbles
- 1927: Robert Maxwell
- 1928: Frank Cuhel
- 1929: Steve Anderson
- 1930–31: Robert Maxwell
- 1932: George Saling
- 1933: Heye Lambertus
- 1934: Philip Good
- 1935: Dale Schofield
- 1936: James Hucker
- 1937: Allan Tolmich
- 1938–41: Fred Wolcott
- 1942: Robert Wright
- 1943: Bill Cummins
- 1944: Elmore Harris
- 1945: Ronald Frazier
- 1946–47: Harrison Dillard
- 1948: Madill Gartiser
- 1949: Craig Dixon
- 1950: William Fleming
- 1951: Jack Davis
- 1952: Ralph Person
- 1953–54: Jack Davis
- 1955–56: Charles Pratt
- 1957: Elias Gilbert
- 1958: Fran Washington
- 1959: Charlie Tidwell
- 1960: Dick Howard
- 1961: Don Styron
- 1962: Jerry Tarr
- In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- 220 yd hurdles 1887–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, and 1961–62; 200 m hurdles otherwise.
- The event was held on a straight track in various years, depending on the host facility
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