Introduction
These records are a work in progress. A number of results from Sri Chinmoy’s early years in America have, unfortunately, been lost over time. Again, other events in which Sri Chinmoy participated may come to light. This table contains a mixture of official races and key training sessions. Since Sri Chinmoy placed more emphasis on personal progress than on competition, he regarded both marks as equally important. His training sessions are also valuable indicators of the dedication he brought to his beloved track and field events. In later years, when the condition of his knees would no longer permit him to sprint or jump, he still participated wherever possible in the throwing events. These records are from the notebooks and records of Bipin, Ketan, Savita, Chetana and Vidagdha.

 

Sri Chinmoy’s Field Events in the West

  Distance Date Event Location Notes
LONG JUMP
1 Not recorded 25 Aug 1975 Sports Day    
2 3.71m 24 Aug 1978 Sports Day Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY This is Sri Chinmoy’s best mark in the West
3 3.32m 25 Aug 1989 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
4 3.47m 14 Jul 1990 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY Best of 6 jumps
5 3.55m 24 Aug 1990 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY Sri Chinmoy defeated Trishakash and Nirvik in the Men’s Over 55 event
6 3.23m 11 Jul 1992 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY Best of 4 jumps

 

600-GM JAVELIN
1 not known 1972 Sports Day    
2 not known 21 Aug 1974 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
3 28.19m 25 Aug 1976 Sports Day SUNY, New Paltz, NY  
4 29.96m 24 Aug 1980 Sports Day Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY This is Sri Chinmoy’s best throw in the West
5 28.42m 21 Aug 1981 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
6 24.05m Aug 1987 Sports Day    
7 27.21m 25 Aug 1989 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
8 24.10m 4 Aug 1990   Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
9 27.87m 15 Aug 1990   Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
10 28.62m 24 Aug 1990 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY In both 1990 and 1991, Sri Chinmoy used a 600 gm aluminum Dick Held Javelin and a 600 gm Viking Sandvik; he defeated Trishakash and Nirvik in the Men’s Over 55 event
11 24.08m 22 Oct 1990   Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
12 27.16m 31 May 1991   Queensboro Community College, Long Island, NY  
13 26.62m 14 Jul 1991 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games    
14 27.55m 8 Aug 1991   Victory Field, Long Island, NY Best of 60+1 throws done as a birthday offering on his 60th birthday
15 26.74m 11 Jul 1992 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY Sri Chinmoy came 1st in his age category
16 29.83m 21 Aug 1992 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
17 27.26m 10 Jul 1993 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY 102 degrees
18 25.89m 16 Jul 1994 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
19 26.20m 23 Aug 1995 Sports Day    
20 23.58m 8 Oct 1995 Sri Chinmoy Cup Slavia Praha Sports Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic  
21 25.40m 29 Oct 1995 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Long Beach, CA  
22 24.25m 21 Aug 1996      
23 24.20m 4 Oct 1997     Best of 5 throws; very short run-up due to leg injury
24 21.35m 30 May 1998 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY Best of 4 throws
25 19.95m 23 Nov 1998 Sports Day Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY  
26 16.94m 27 May 2000 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games   Best of 6 throws
27 17.98m 29 Aug 2000 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
28 22.40m 5 Sep 2003 Sports Day Long Island City, NY Run up of approx 15m, using indoor round-nosed javelin
29 19.08m 3 Sep 2004 Sports Day    

 

800-GM JAVELIN
1 24.00m 18 Sep 1991      
2 21.50m 12 Aug 1996      
3 17.50m 5 Sep 2003 Sports Day Long Island City, NY  
4 15.62m 3 Sep 2004 Sports Day    

 

1-KG DISCUS
1 Not recorded 21 Aug 1974 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
2 27.90m 25 Aug 1976 Sports Day SUNY, New Paltz, NY This is Sri Chinmoy’s best throw in the West
3 26.48m 24 Aug 1978 Sports Day Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY  
4 25.50m 21 Aug 1981 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
5 22.62m 14 Jul 1991 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games    
6 27.06m 12 Aug 1991     Best of 60 throws done as a birthday offering; Sri Chinmoy used spin for this mark
7 23.70m 10 Jul 1993 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
8 19.80m 16 Jul 1994 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games   Best of 4 throws
9 24.94m 23 Aug 1995 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
10 21.04m 8 Oct 95 Sri Chinmoy Cup Slavia Praha Sports Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic Best of 6 throws
11 19.75m 29 Oct 1995 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Long Beach, CA  
12 23.75m 6 Aug 1996      
13 21.56m 4 Oct 1997     Best of 5 throws; Sri Chinmoy ranked 54th in his age category in the USA
14 19.78m 30 May 1998 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY Best of 4 throws
15 20.31m 23 Nov 1998 Sports Day Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY Best of 7 throws
16 18.87m 27 May 2000 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games    
17 18.44m 29 Aug 2000 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
18 17.90m 5 Sep 2003 Sports Day Long Island City, NY Best of 6 throws
19 16.53m 3 Sep 2004 Sports Day   Best of 11 throws

 

2-KG DISCUS
1 17.10m 12 Sep 1991      
2 19.10m 16 Sep 1991      
3 20.05m 19 Sep 1991     Using spin
4 19.14m 23 Sep 1991     Standing
5 20.67m 24 Sep 1991     Using spin
6 19.81m 29 Sep 1991     Using spin
7 15.32m 2 Oct 1991     Standing
8 16.63m 2 Aug 1996      
9 12.55m 23 Nov 1998 Sports Day Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY  
10 9.81m 29 Aug 2000 Sports day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
11 12.40m 5 Sep 2003 Sports Day Long Island City, NY Best of 6 throws

 

6-LB SHOT PUT
1 12.07m 25 Aug 1989 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
2 12.22m 18 Nov 1990      

 

8-LB SHOT PUT
1 9.21m 25 Aug 1976 Sports Day SUNY, New Paltz, NY  
2 11.07m 24 Aug 1978 Sports Day Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY  
3 11.10m 24 Aug 1979 Sports Day Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY  
4 10.00m 21 Aug 1981 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
5 10.47m 24 Aug 1990 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY Sri Chinmoy placed 2nd in the Men’s Over 55 event. He was defeated by Trishakash and he in turn defeated Nirvik
6 11.01m 5 Nov 1990      
7 7.91m 5 Sep 2003 Sports Day Long Island City, NY Best of 8 throws
8 7.98m 3 Sep 2004 Sports Day   Best of 8 throws

 

4-KG SHOT PUT
1 8.65m 10 Jul 1993 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
2 8.05m 16 July 1994 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
3 8.15m 23 Aug 1995 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  
4 8.38m 8 Oct 1995 Sri Chinmoy Cup Slavia Praha Sports Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic Best of 6 throws
5 7.75m 29 Oct 1995 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Long beach, CA  
6 8.19m 4 Oct 1997 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Victory Field, Long Island, NY Best of 5 throws; Bodyweight 162 lbs
7 7.70m 30 May 1998 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY Best of 4 throws
8 7.50m 23 Nov 1998 Sports Day Roy Wilkins Park, Jamaica, NY  
9 7.30m 29 Aug 2000 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY  

 

5-KG SHOT PUT
1 7.94m 11 Jul 1992     This was Sri Chinmoy’s first time throwing this metric weight

 

12-LB SHOT PUT
1 8.94m 25 Aug 1976 Sports Day SUNY, New Paltz, NY  
2 8.70m 24 Aug 1979 Sports Day Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY  
3 7.21m 21 Aug 1981 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
4 8.79m 24 Aug 1990 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY Sri Chinmoy defeated Trishakash and Nirvik in the Men’s Over 55 event
5 9.21m 20 Nov 1990      
6 6.40m 3 Sep 2004 Sports Day    

 

6-KG SHOT PUT
1 7.74m 14 Jul 1990 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games    

 

16-LB SHOT PUT
1 Not recorded 1972 Sports Day    
2 Not recorded 1973 Sports Day    
3 Not recorded 21 Aug 1974 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
4 6.56m 21 Aug 1981 Sports Day New Paltz, NY  
5 7.34m 24 Aug 1990 Sports Day Victory Field, Long Island, NY Sri Chinmoy defeated Trishakash and Nirvik in the Men’s Over 55 event
6 8.41m 18 Nov 1990      

 

CRICKET BALL THROW
1 50.47m 2 Sep 1996 Sports Day    

 

SOFTBALL THROW
1 41.76m 2 Jun 1996 California State Senior Games Sacramento, CA  

 

BASEBALL THROW
1 46.10 14 Jul 1991 Sri Chinmoy Masters Games    
2 29.99m 5 Sep 2003 Sports Day Long Island City, NY Best of 6 throws

 

LONG JUMP

 

3. 25 August 1989

 

AUGUST  25TH 1989   AUGUST  25TH 1989   AUGUST  25TH 1989
Sports Day
Victory Field,
Long Island, NY
Distance: 3.32m
AUGUST  25TH 1989   AUGUST  25TH 1989

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6. 11 July 1992

 

JULY  11TH 1992   JULY  11TH 1992   JULY  11TH 1992
Masters Games
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 3.23m
Best of 4 jumps

 

600-GM JAVELIN

 

 

 

1. 1972

 

1972   1972
Sports Day Distance: unknown

 

2. 21 August 1974

 

AUGUST 21ST 1974
Sports Day
New Paltz, NY
Distance: not known

Read an account of the Sports Day events as reported in Anahata Nada, 1974.

 

 

7. 25 August 1989

 

AUGUST 25TH 1989
Sports Day
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 27.21m

 

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10. 24 August 1990

 

AUGUST 25TH 1990
Sports Day
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 28.62m
AUGUST 25TH 1990

In both 1990 and 1991, Sri Chinmoy used a 600 gm aluminium Dick Held Javelin and a 600 gm Viking Sandvik. He defeated Trishakash and Nirvik in the Men’s Over 55 event.

 

 

15. 11 July 1992

 

JULY  11TH 1992   JULY  11TH 1992
Sri Chinmoy Masters Games
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 26.74m

 

JULY  11TH 1992

 

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17. 10 July 1993

 

JULY  10TH 1993   JULY  10TH 1993   JULY  10TH 1993
Sri Chinmoy Masters Games
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 27.26m
102˚F heat

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. 8 October 1995

 

OCTOBER 8TH 1995
Sri Chinmoy Cup
Slavia Praha Sports Stadium,
Prague, Czech Republic
Distance: 23.58m

 

 

 

1-KG DISCUS

 

 

 

 

 

1. 21 August 1974

 

AUGUST 21ST 1974

 

AUGUST 21ST 1974
Sports Day
New Paltz, NY
Distance: not recorded

 

 

 

 

 

7. 10 July 1993

 

JULY 10TH 1993   JULY 10TH 1993   JULY 10TH 1993
Sri Chinmoy Masters Games
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 23.70m

 

JULY 10TH 1993   JULY 10TH 1993

 

 

 

10. 8 October 1995

 

OCTOBER 8TH 1995
Sri Chinmoy Cup
Slavia Praha Sports Stadium,
Prague, Czech Republic
Distance: 21.04m
Best of 6 throws

 

 

 

6-LB SHOT PUT

 

 

 

1. 25 August 1989

 

 

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Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 12.07m

 

 

 

4-KG SHOT PUT

 

 

 

1. 10 July 1993

 

JULY 10TH 1993   JULY 10TH 1993   JULY 10TH 1993
Sri Chinmoy Masters Games
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 8.65m

 

 

 

 

4. 8 October 1995

 

OCTOBER 8TH 1995
Sri Chinmoy Cup
Slavia Praha Sports Stadium,
Prague, Czech Republic
Distance: 8.38m
Best of 6 throws

 

OCTOBER 8TH 1995

 

 

 

 

6. 4 October 1997

 

OCTOBER 4TH 1997
Sri Chinmoy Masters Games
Victory Field, Long Island, NY
Distance: 8.19m
Best of 5 throws

 

OCTOBER 4TH 1997

 

 

5-KG SHOT PUT

 

 

 

1. 11 July 1992

 

JULY 11TH 1992
  Distance: 7.94m
Best of 6 throws

This was Sri Chinmoy’s first time throwing this metric weight.

 

12-LB SHOT PUT

 

1. 21 August 1981

 

OCTOBER 1980   OCTOBER 1980

Sports Day in New Paltz, upstate New York. Sri Chinmoy is wearing a ‘Salutation to America’ t-shirt, commemorating the 1,300-mile. non-stop running relay through all 13 original states of America, that took place from October 7-14 of the previous year.

 

6-KG SHOT PUT

 

 

1. 14 July 1990

 

JULY 14TH 1990   JULY 14TH 1990   JULY 14TH 1990
Sri Chinmoy Masters Games Distance: 7.74m

 

 

16-LB SHOT PUT

1. 1972

1972
Sports Day Distance: not known

2. 1973

1973
Sports Day Photo by Abakash

Distance: not known

Sri Chinmoy used a brass 16 lb. shot put.

 

 

3. 21 August 1974

 

AUGUST 21ST 1974   AUGUST 21ST 1974
Sports Day
New Paltz, NY
  Distance: not known
AUGUST 21ST 1974   AUGUST 21ST 1974

 

 

 

 

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