A snow day leads to more time to work on the site and to look around on the internet for track and field videos. I found these comparison videos by the Olympic's Facebook and Vine pages today. The first two provide a look at the same event 100 years apart. I couldn't stop, watched them over and over.
Patrick McDonald from the USA won the shot put during the Stockholm 1912 Olympics with a mark of 15.34 meters (50-04). Compare this to the 2012 London Olympics where Tomasz Majewsji of Poland took gold with 21.89 meters (71-09.75). If the video doesn't embed correctly you can watch it on their Facebook page here.
Harry Stoddard Babcock from USA cleared 3.95 meters (12-11.5) in the Pole Vault at the Stockholm 1912 Olympics. 100 years later Renaud Lavillenie of France won the event at the London 2012 Olympics with a 5.97 meter (19-07) clearance.
Not 100 years apart here but in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics the 100 meter dash was won by Jesse Owens of USA with a time of 10.3. Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 100 meter event with a 9.63 in 2012!
And some historic high jump footage comparing the "Fosbury Flop". Athletes in the Vine video below:
Antwerp 1920 Richmond Landon of USA clearing 1.935 meters ( 6-04.25),
Los Angeles 1932 Duncan McNaughton of Canada clears 1.97 meters ( 6-05.5),
Mexico 1968 Dick Fosbury of the USA winning with a new technique at 2.24 meters ( 7-04.25.