Taisto Mäki
Taisto Armas Mäki ( born December 2, 1910 in Rekola; † May 1, 1979 in Helsinki) was a Finnish long-distance runner, who was the late 1930s successfully.
The unlike his compatriots extroverted and talkative athlete was one of many whose athletic development was zunichtegemacht by the Second World War. However, shortly before he succeeded four world records and winning a championship. He was the first runner to break the 30-minute barrier in the 10,000 m.
Taisto Mäki was 1.73 m tall and 64 kg.
Services
Title
- European Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris Gold in the 5000m in 14:26,8 min before Henry Jonsson in Sweden 14:27,4 min and the Finn Kauko Pekuri in 14:29,2 min
World Records
- 2 miles 8:53,2 minutes on 7 June 1939 in Helsinki (improvement of nearly two -year-old record of Hungary Miklós Szabó 2.8 sec )
- 5000 m 14:08,8 min on 16 June 1939 in Helsinki (improvement of the seven -year-old record of his compatriot Lauri Lehtinen 8.2 sec )
Both world records Mäki lost in 1942 to the Swede Gunder Hägg.
This record was undercut in 1944 by the Finns Viljo Heino.
1934: Roger Rochard | 1938: Taisto Mäki | 1946: Sydney Wooderson | 1950: Emil Zatopek | 1954: Volodymyr Kuz | 1958: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak | 1962: Bruce Tulloh | 1966: Michel Jazy | 1969: Ian Stewart | 1971: Juha Väätäinen | 1974: Brendan Foster | 1978: Venanzio Ortis | 1982: Thomas Wessinghage | 1986: Jack Buckner | 1990: Salvatore Antibo | 1994: Dieter Baumann | 1998: Isaac Viciosa | 2002: Alberto Garcia | 2006: Jesús España | 2010: Mo Farah | 2012: Mo Farah
- Man
- Athlete (Finland )
- European Champion ( athletics)
- Long-distance runner
- Born 1910
- Died in 1979