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Alfred LeConey won the AAU championships in 220 yd in 1922 and won, as a Lafayette College student, the IC4A championships in both 100 yd and 220 yd in 1922.

At the Paris Olympics, LeConey ran the anchoring leg in American 4x100 m relay team which took the gold medal with a world recordA world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. In the United States the form world's record was formerly more common. In a number of sports, such as athletics or swimming world records are set in a number of events of 41.0.

After the Olympics, LeConey covered the 100 yd distance in 9.4, but the effort was later disallowed when judges ruled that the time was wind-aided. In 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan he received an unusual honor when a picture of him at the 1924 Olympics was used by the U.S. Post Office in developing a commemorative stamp.