NEW ZEALAND RECORDS COMPARED WITH OVERSEAS
As a means of comparison between New Zealand. athletes and overseas performers, a list of current world amatcur records is liere matelied wj.th a list of tlie best performances by New Zealand atliletes. The last eolunrn of iigures sliows, in the running and hurdling events, the distance by whicli the New Zealand record holder. would have been beaten had he raced against the world record holder. Many of the New Zealand performances cited are not New Zealand re■cords, but they are in every case the v best effort by a New Zealander. Where
several have equalled a performance, the most recent instance is quoted. It will be seen that New Zealand athletes have sonie distance to go before they can compete with the foremost athletes overseas, particularly in field events where the Dominion records lag far behind. • In traek events the difference is not as pronounced as the figures indicate. Nearly all New Zealand records were put up on grass tracks which are definitely slower than the cinder tracks in use overseas. It is probable that in the shorter events, this f actor would halve the difference between the New Zealand and world records.
. .World min. sec. 100 yards * 9.4 220 yds 20.3 440 yds 46.2 8S0 yds 1 49.2 ■ 1 mile 4 . 1.4 2 miles 8 42.S 3 jniles 13 32.4 120 yds hurdles . . . 13.7 220 yds hurdles ... 22.5 440 yds hurdles ... 52.2 World ft. in. Long jump ..." 26 SiHigh jump 6 11 Hop, step and jump .. 52 52 Pole vault 15 TitPutting shot 57 1 Discus " 174 10:2Javelin 258 21 Hammer 193 Gif-
N.Z. Difference min. sec. in yds R. Agate 9.8 5 A. J. Elliot 21.4 12 D. M. Harris 47.8 15 D. M. Harris 1 52.6 29 J. E. Lovelock ... 4 7.6 45 C. H. Matthews ;. 9. 14.2 213 C. H. Matthews .. 14 7 207 P. Sharpley 15 12 P. T. Bowie 24.6 21 A. T. Anderson . . 55 24
ft. in. Gr. P. Iveddell 23 3 M. H. Chadwick .... 6 li H. K. Brainsby ..... 49 8^ W. H. Heron 11 6§ P. Munro 46' i A. Cameron 143 32 fS. A. Lay 206 6 S. W. White 158 2
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 October 1946, Page 6
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