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During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards. Cuthbert also contributed to Australian relay teams completing a win in the 4 × 100 metres, 4 × 110 yards, 4 × 200 metres and 4 × 220 yards. Cuthbert had a distinctive running style, with a high knee lift and mouth wide open.
In the first round of the Olympic trials for the 100-metre event, which Matthews was heavily favoured to win, Cuthbert smashed the world record with a time of 11.4 seconds, leading the field by 5 feet (1.5 metres).
Cuthbert is the only Olympic sprinter, man or woman, to have won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, and 400m. Between 1956 and 1964 she set or equaled 18 world records over 60m, 100 yards, 220 yards and 400m, and in the 4x100 and 4x220 relays. In 1979, Cuthbert was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Quick Facts. Australian Celebrities Born In April. Also Known As: Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert. Died At Age: 79. Family: father: Les Cuthbert. mother: Marion Cuthbert. siblings: Jean Cuthbert, John Cuthbert, Marie Cuthbert. Born Country: Australia. Athletes Australian Women. Height: 5'7" (170 cm ), 5'7" Females. Died on: August 6, 2017.
Apr 16, 2024 · She need not have worried: in the first round of the 100-metre event she smashed the world record with a time of 11.4 sec, leading the field by 1.5 metres (5 feet).
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Aug 6, 2017 · Betty Cuthbert: 100 metres, Women (Olympic) 1: Gold: 200 metres, Women (Olympic) 1: Gold: 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) Australia: 1: Gold: 1960 Summer Olympics: Athletics: AUS: Betty Cuthbert: 100 metres, Women (Olympic) 4 h4 r2/4: 200 metres, Women (Olympic) DNS: 4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) Australia: DNS: 1964 Summer ...
Betty was still troubled by injuries but made the move to the 400 metres for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. She had already set world records in 1959 and 1963 over the yards equivalent. In Tokyo, Betty won the inaugural 400 metres in a time of 52.01. She only won three national titles, evidence of the high quality of women's sprinting in Australia ...
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