OLYMPIC GAMES FIFTH DAY RESULTS

Grey River Argus, 6 August 1948, Page 6

OLYMPIC GAMES FIFTH DAY RESULTS

Miss Lane Not Fast Enough LONDON, Aug. 5. Fifty thousand people were present when Their Majesties arrived to witness the fifth day of the athletics at the Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium, On Wednesday results were: — Athletics 110 METRES HURDLES A photo-finish in the men’s 110 metres hurdles final gave the crowd full value for their money. It was an all-American finish with Porter establishing a new Olympic record and Scott and Dixon equalling the old record. Not more than two feet separated these three. Results: — First semi-final: C. Dixon (America) 1; P. Gardner (Australia) 2; H. Lidman (Sweden) 3. Time, 14.2 sec. Second semi-final: W. Porter (United States) 1; C. Scott (United States) 2; A. Triulzi (Argentina) 3. Time, 14,lsec. Final: Porter 1; Scott 2; Dixon 3. Time, 13.9 sec, a new Olympic record. 400 METRES The Jamaican Wint ran the fastest first-round heat in the 400 metres. He, McKenley and Reardon won their heats easily, as did also the Australian Curotta, who was just content to hold a one-foot advantage. Another Australian, Bartram, was eliminated in the second round of this event. Eire’s champion, Reardon, ran with a rash on the sole of his feet and did exceptionally well to finish second in a second-round heat. First round results were: — First heat—Result not received. Second heat: H. McKenley (Jamaica) 1; R. Larsson (Sweden) 2; F. Banghalmi (Hungary) 3. Time, 48,4 sec. Third heat: Z. Sabolivic (Yugoslavia) 1; K. Lundquist (Sweden) 2; A. Pocovi (Argentina) 3. Time, 48.9 secs. Fourth heat: V. Rhoden (Jamaica) 1; D. Shore (South Africa) 2; O. SHardmeier (Switzerland) 3. Time, 48.4 sec. Fifth heat: J. Lunis (France) 1; F. Alnevik (Sweden) 2; C. Caldera (Mexico) 3. Time, 49.35ec. Sixth heat: D. Bolen (America) 1; J, Bartram (Australia 2; D. Hill (Bermuda) 3. Time, 50.1 sec. Seventh heat: L. Lewis (Britain) 1; B. Vade (Norway) 2; E. McCullough (Canada) 3. Time. 48.9 sec. Eighth heat: M. Whitfield (America) 1; W. Roberts (Britain) 2; D. McFarlane (Canada) 3. Time, 48.3 sec. Ninth heat: A. Wint (Jamaica) 1; F. Schwelta (France) 2; J. Desarm (Ceylon) 3. Time, 47.75ec. Tenth heat: M. Curotta (Australia) 1; C. Remos (Brazil) 2; R. Crapet (France) 3. Time, 49,lsec. Eleventh heat: J. Guida (America) 1; D. Pugh (Britain) 2; G. Ehlers Trostel (Chile) 3. Time, 49sec. Twelfth heat: H. Kunnen (Belgium) 1; R. McFarlane (Canada) 2; R. Sigurdsson (Iceland) 3. Time, 50sec. SECOND ROUND First heat: Whitfield 1; R.hoden 2; Remos 3. Time, 48sec. Second heat: Wint, Curotta 2: Shore 3. Time, 47,75ec. Third heat: McKenley 1; Guida 2; Larsson 3. Time, 48sec. Fourth heat: Bolen 1; Reardon 2; McFarlane 3. Time, 48sec. 1500 METRES During the running of the 1500 metres heats, radio loudspeakers appealed to the spectators to stop ringing Swedish cowbells as this . would confuse the runners. The ringing persisted and two policemen went into the stand from which competitors watch the events and cautioned the offenders. First round results were:— First heat: L. Strand (Sweden) 1; E. Jorgensen (Denmark) 2; D. Gehrman (America) 3. Time, 3min 54.25ec. Second heat: W. Slyhuis (Holland! 1; V. Cevona (Czechoslovakia) 2. D. Johnnson (Finland) 3. Time, 3.525ec. Third heat: H. Eriksso (Sweden) 1; G. Nakaville (Britain) 2; J. Barthel (Luxembourg 3. Time, 3.53.35ec. Fourth heat: G. Bergkvist (Sweden) 1; M. Hansenne (France) 2; S. Garay (Hungary) 3. Time, 3.51.8.'

WOMEN’S 80 METRES HURDLES In an inspiring photo-finish which brought the crowd roaring from the seats, Miss Blankers-Coen won the women’s 80 metres hurdles final by inches from Miss Gardner (Britain), with Miss Strickland (Australia) about a yard away third. The winner and Miss Gardner set a new world and Olympic record. Miss Strickland also cracked the previous Olympic record of 11.6 sec. The Australian girl was unlucky in coming up against such a brilliantly outstanding runner as Miss Blankers-Coen and a hurdler of the calibre of the Britisher, Miss Gardner. All the competitors in this event gave a perfect exhibition ol hurdling. Not one touched a hurdle. The final resulted: — F. Blankers-Coen (Holland) 1; M. Gardner (Britain) 2; S. Strickland (Australia) 3. Time, 11.2 sec (a new world and Olympic record). WOMEN’S LONG JUMP In this final the competitors had bad conditions. Their jumping spikes carried a thick coating of clay and the distances did not approach the record. The winner’s jump was nearly two feet below the world’s record. Results:— V. Gyarmati (Hungary) 1; N. de Portela (Argentina) 2; A. Leyman (Sweden) 3; V. Kadekoudijs (Holland) 4; N. Karelse (Holland) 5: K. Russell (Jamaica) 6. Distance, 18ft. 81ins. WOMEN’S SHOT PUTT Final: M. Ostermeyer (France) 1: A. Piccinini (Italy) 2; P. Schaefer (Austria) 3. Distance, 45ft Ilins. Swimming 400 METRES FREESTYLE The young Australian, John Marshall, put up a'grand show in the closing stages of this final. He was third to the hefty American, Bill Smith, and the 17-year-old schoolboy. Jimmy McLane. Marshall did not figure among the leaders until the 300metres mark, when he passed the Frenchman, Jany, and the Hungarian. Mitro. Marshall speeded up with 60 metres to go and swam a faster last lap than either Smith or McLane. The Hungarian, Kaadas, was fourth. Mitro was fifth and Jany sixth. Result: — W. Smith (America) 1; J. McLane (America) 2; J. Marshall (Australia) 3. Time, 4min 41sec (a new Olympic record). WOMEN'S 100 METRES BACKSTROKE In the women’s 100 metres backstroke semi-final, the European champion, Miss Harup, dashed into the lead and was never headed. Miss Zimmerman. the American champion won the other semi-final rather easily. The New Zealander, Miss Ngaire Lane was again nervous and her time —lmin 19sec —was slower than in yesterday’s heat. “It was just too fast for me,” she said, as she congratulated the winner. The results were:— First semi-final: K. Harup (Denmark) 1: I. Novaak (Hungary) 2; M Mellon (America) 3. Time, Imin 15.5 sec. (a new Olympic record). Ngaire Lane, of New Zealand, was seventh in this heat. Second semi-final: S. Zimmerman

(America) 1; J. Davies (Australia) 2; H. van der Horst (Holland) 3, Tiipe, lmin 16.8 sec. 100 METRES BACKSTROKE First round. —First heat: J. Wild (South Africa) 1; C. Kievit (Holland) 2; J. Veggazzi (Argentina) 3. Time, lmin B.ssec. Second heat: B. Bourke (Australia) 1; I. de Fonseca (Brazil) 2; Kovar) (Czechoslovakia) 3. Time lmin 11.3 sec. Third heat: J. Brockway (Britain) 1; M. Chaves (Argentina) 2; C. Mejia (Mexico) 3. Time, lmin 9.2 sec. Fourth heat: A. Stack (America) 1; A. Kinnear (Britain) 2; E. de Fonseca (Brizil) 3. Time, lmin 6.6 sec. Fifth heat; R. Cowell (America) 1; R. Pirolley (France) 2; D. Shanks (Bermuda) 3. Time, lmin 6.9 sec. Sixth heat: G. Vallery (France) 1: H. Patterson (America) 2; H. Silva (Brazil) 3. Time, lmin 7.4 sec. WATER POLO Semi-final: Hungary beat France, 5 goals to 4. RIFLE SHOOTING T. Ullman (Sweden) and K. Takacs (Hungary), each 286 out of a possible 300, led the field at the end of the first day’s shooting in the 25-metres rapid fire pistol competition. C. Valiente (Argentine) who is world champion, was next with 285. WOMEN’S RELAY SWIM New Olympic records were made in both heats of the 400 metres women’s relay swim. Denmark won the first, heat in 4min 38.5 sec. Holland won the second heat in -lmin 31,3 sec. FENCING J. Buchan (France) won the men’s individual foils title. The best entertainment of the day’s fencing came from M. de Rosa, a bluechinned little Italian, who disputed almost every decision against him, fell over three times and finished by defeating Bougnal, of France, and then kissing him. WRESTLING During the elimination rounds of the Greco-Roman wrestling, Maerlie, of Norway, and Lejserowitz, of Denmark, were disqualified in a bantamweight bout. The referee heard them talking and a little later one went to the floor. The referee stopped the bout and the jury of honours declared noth men losers. YACHTING Sweden won the second round of the Firefly class. The United States leads in this class after two days’ sailing. The United States won the Star class race.

Italy leads in the Star class. The United States leads the sixmetre class.

Norway leads the Dragon class. The all-nations’ model yachting championship, which began at Gosport on August 2, ended with America as the champions with 103 points. Denmark scored 92 points, England 90, and Northern Ireland 84. The New Zealanders The New Zealanders ( with Mr D. T Woodfield (manager) and J. M. Holland, spent five minutes chatting with Their Majesties at Buckingham Palace to-day. They also met and talked with Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh. “Ah, Dunedin! Yes. I remember Duneciin. I enjoyed myself there,” the King told Miss Lane and W. H. Nelson while chatting to them at a reception for Olympic competitors at Buckingham Palace. “I am looking lorwarct to going there again,” he added.

The Queen smiled and said: “Yes, and I am looking forward to visiting Dunedin for - the first time. 1 must linn out what you did there,” she said to the King. Nelson and Holland are going to Glasgow on Saturday to compete in a meeting arranged by the Rangers Football Club. Nelson will run in the two miles and Jdolland in the 120 yards hurdles. “We hope that Harris will be able to run again by next year,” said Dit A. E. Porritt, correcting a report that the New Zealander might not be able to run “for a long time, possibly years.” “The spiking of the tendon caused it to soften, which resulted in its being partly torn during the second race,” Dr. Porritt continued. “It had to be spliced up again and we performed the operation with the idea of getting him ready to run again by the end of this year. I hope he will be going again next season all right. He will have to remain for some weeks in St. Mary’s Hospital, because it is very important to keep him quiet and avoid accidents.” One could not help wishing that New Zealand had an entrant in the 1500 metres. There on the programme was “Olympic record, 3min 47.8 sec, J. E. Lovelock, New Zealand, Berlin, 1936,” but in neither of the four heats did the name of any New Zealander appear, and it looks very much as though the event this time will be won by L. Strand, from Sweden, who last year at Malmo equalled the world record in 3min 43sec.

However, all the New Zealanders who have so far competed in the Games have given a good account of themselves. Il they have one criticism -of the Games, it is of the arrangements at their quarters at Willesden Technical College, where they have had to walk five floors to reach their rooms, where the transport to the stadium and to the training track before the Games began has been “chancy” and the conditions generally far less congenial than those at Uxbridge, where the Americans have been given all their hearts could desire in the way of facilities. One of the many “profits” yielded by attendance at the Games to the New Zealanders is experience, and this will surely stand those who compete in the Empire Games of 1950, and, perhaps, the next Olympiad, in 1952, in good stead. NOTES ON THE PLAY Probably the most “twitchy” event so far, has been the final of the, 100 metres won by Dillard, of the United who thus became nick-named the fastest man on earth —by a split second. But each event has its high pitch of nervous tension, whether heat or final.

There is the greatest nerve tension at both Wembley stadium where the track events are taking place and Wembley pool where the swimmers “splush”’ through the water as though it was their natural element. Every competitor has been training, for months before appearing here. They have studdied their form, diet and physical reactions and become thoroughly introspective so that when they sense the electric atmosphere in the stadium, charged by 80,000 faces, on in the pool where 8000 can gather rather more intimately, they are one mass of nervous energy. . The crowd has been generous in its applause to all competitors and when Olympic medals are presented to the winners the applause has been unstinted. . , . In the stadium the winners stand on a graduated pedestal with the winner head and shoulders above the second and third. The national anthem of the winner’s country is played while all three turn and face the Olympic Flame. tn the Wembley Pool the winners stand on a similar pedestal but face the flags of their nations instead of the flame. For the finalists it must be an unforgettable experience. In the arena they see around them a wall of faces

as though they are in the centre of a giant whirlpool. Cameras take a full record of the Games and Mr J. A. Rank’s organisation is producing a two-and-a-half. hour film, which should reach New Zealand about September 10, if the present, plans hold. On Wednesday the King and Queen saw more records hvoken. Their Majesties were greeted with a spontaneous burst of applause, followed immediately by the National Anthem, then “A Happy Birthday to You,’ it being the Queen’s birthday.