Ben Eastman

This article is about the Olympic athlete. For the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, see Ben C. Eastman.

Benjamin Bangs Eastman (July 19, 1911 – October 6, 2002), alias "Blazin' Ben", was an American middle distance runner. He was born in Burlingame, California, and graduated from Stanford University in 1933.

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the USA
	1932 Los Angeles	400 metres

Ben Eastman, left, and Bill Carr at the Olympic Village in 1932

He competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal.^[1] He was the U.S. national 800 metres champion in 1934.

Eastman, one of three Americans to hold the world record in both the 400 and 800 meters, was voted into the Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006. He died in Hotchkiss, Colorado, aged 91.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ben Eastman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

External links

• Ben Eastman at www.USATF.org
• Ben Eastman at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)

Records
Preceded by Emerson Spencer	Men's 400 metres World Record Holder 1932-03-26 – 1932-08-05	Succeeded by Bill Carr
Preceded by Tommy Hampson	Men's 800 metres World Record Holder equalled the 1:49.8 by Tommy Hampson 1934-06-16 – 1936-08-20	Succeeded by Glenn Cunningham