OLYMPIC GAMES.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1920, Page 1

OLYMPIC GAMES.

AUSTRALIAN A N.Z. CABLE ISSOOIATIOnI

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 21

The final of the 13000 metres steeplechase resulted—Hodge (Britain), Flynn (America), Ambrosia (Italy). Won easily. Time lOmins 2 1-5 seconds. Hodge ran the American off bis feet. The pole jumping final was won by Foss (America) four metres nine centimetres, a record. ;Tlie. final of the 200 metres resulted— Woodring (America) 1, Paddock ('America) 2, Edward (Britain) 3, Murchison (America) 4. Time 22secs. Davidson (New Zealand) ran third to Murchison and Edward in the semifinal. The 10,000 metres resulted —Nurmi (Finland) 1, Guillemot (France) 2. Jf, Wilson (Britain) 3, Macarrio (Italy) 4, Hatton (.Britain) 5. Time 31mins. 45 4-osecs. The final of the 400 metres resulted— Rudd (South Africa) 1. Butcr (Britain; 2, Engdhal (Sweden) 3, Shea (America) 4. Time 49 3-osecs.

Pohhmaiiveii (Finland) won the Marathon in drenching'rain. ANTWERP, Aug. 20. Tn tlio Marathon there were 47 starters. Gitsham led a bunch of a dozen until eighteen miles, when Kolemaiinen took tlic lead. He was a quarter of a mile ahead after twenty-one miles and won bv one hundred yards from Lossman (Ethonia) and Valeria (Italy). Time 2hrs 32mins 35 -I-sse.es. Loroy (America) rail so.enth and Mills (England) thirteenth. Gislinm, on aeconnt of font trouble’ retired six miles from home. . .

ANTWERP, Aug. 21. The Olympic Board at /i meeting, decided that only purely athletic sports, such as running, swimming, wrestling, and boxing would count in future ns Olympic game, though other contests will lie included iii the programme. This, will fie fixed at a. meeting of the Board at Lausanne in June 1921, when Rome or Paris are likely to he cliosen as the site for the 1924 games, though Los Angeles offers to charter transports and spend four million dollars in bringing the teams to California.