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OLYMPIC GAMES
HENRY
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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 119483-
ERIKSSON
METRES
WINS RUN
Fanny Koen Completes Triple
(By JOHN DOWNES)
Olympic Stadium, Aug, G.-Sixty thousand spectators snt in heavy rain in the Wembley Olymple Stadium today and saw Henry Eriksson of Sweden win the 1,500-metres race from his more famous countryman Lennart Strand and Mrs Fanny Blankers Koen of Holland become the first woman to win three Olympic titles by taking the women's 200- melres event.
In addition, they saw Italy and the United States become the only two nations to qualify in both the 400- and 1,000-metres men's relay event. By a coincidence, the U.S. and Italy were first and second in the first heat of ench
.race.
track, was clearcut
Before
Jul the field had gone way, the look the fend and even the Just fifty metres falled to slow her as she went on to win in 24.4 secs,
Greatest interest in the race
Ak
was
Heat two was an easy win for the after Sweden had led throughout the Fun- with three previous laps. Finnish giant and speedy Jamaicans
second and a nlways to Canada's third.ners were France second
speedy changeover at the beginning Turkey was last.
of the last lap gained them an advan- The last heat saw a fighting finish tnge they were not slow to take.
ยร third, Yugoslavia! ap-by Finland, whose four runner Argentine
Storskaubb Just managed to get up fourth and Greece, a long way be- ! and beat the Swede Rune Larsson bind, last.-Associated Press.
The victory of Holland's 30-year- through the fold which at this stage Eriksson then of two children, Mra | was well bunched. old mother Blankers Koen In the 200 metres begun a forward movement to take
half final on
waterlogged over the lend about women's
way through the last lap.
With Strand behbid him he began
the field to draw away from proaching the second last bend,
Slyjkhuis then made his effort and passed the third Swede and In straight run the afruggle for second place and sprinted up the Marjorie Audrey Williamson of Ur-pursuit of Eriksson and Strand.
mighty The latter also made a talo,
in a mighty finishing effort, managed to anutel the decision from effort to catch the leader and nboul
Patterson of the United three Audrey
metres from the tape he Stutes and Shirley Strickland of managed to get six inches in front. Australia in a photo finish.
A great chcer went up from the The Dutch girl, who was present-crowd who thought their idol would cd with a bouquet of red, white win. and blue carnations by the British Organising Committer of the Garner, yas greeted with thunderuas ap- plause from every quarter of the Stadium.
jump,
After the race, Mes Blankers Koen rall definitely she will not compete in Saturday's big
which decision Bhould give Michelene Ostermeyer of France a chance also to win three titles.
In
The Dutch woman will run the women's relay race which, it her team wing, will give her un olhor gold medal.
from the She neratched long jump earlier in the week ne- Cause she had to run in the ao day. day motres hurdles fater in the She is the holder of the world re- cord for both high and long jumps This was the frst time that the women's 200 metres race had been -Included in the Olympic programme so that Mrs Blankers Koen's timo today becomes an Olympic record,
STUNNING FINISH
bils
Strand suddenly threw up head and stopped, losing two strides, He inolted hastily round and saw the Dutchmug sprinting up. He almost staggered to the line and Slyjkhuls A bumped him as they crossed it. little way back fourth was Cevona, then Bergkvist followed by Nan keylle of Britain. The reminder of the field was strung out further back.
RELAY RACES
Jamatea scratched from the 400- metres relay, saying they lnd not cnough men in their team to win both races and they preferred to
1,000-metres the concentrate event,
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Against a strong Uniteri States team, the Itallaus drew rounds of gallant efforts applause for their and Annily held of a late Brazilian in heat one. challenge to qualify Turkey was disqualified for carrying line al the the baton over the
ebangeover.
Britain won the second heat in
a Cnish which was more like a fast- metres sprint. Hungary, second, just managed to keep the
finals Australians out of the Saturday.
The huge crowd sat stunned for moment at the finish of the 1,500 100 enetres raro in which the Swedia co-holder of the world record for this distance, with the race seeming- Ty in his grasp, faltered, looked wildly round and lot Eriksson go on Will Strikhuls of Holland to win,' was third, almost running Strand out of second place.
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The third heat was a disaster for France and a personal tragedy for C. Valmy, who was the last runner in the relay. He dropped the baton at the changeover and stopped. Covering his face with his hands, Marcel Hanserte of France set a
he went and would not be consoled fast pace in the first lap and led
who gathered by his teammates,
crowd Some of the Erik Jorgenson of Denmark, who
round him.
as he was followed by Don Gehrmann of thought he had been hurt
United States, with Strandheld his head in mortification. fourth. The Deld held these post- tions for almost two laps with the Arst ultimate winner not in the eight runners,
With a lap and a half to go, there was a shifting in the order. First
was Slyjkhula, to move up Dennis Johansson of Finland made 1s an effort but foiled to keep place. Vaclav Cevona, the Czech runner, and Bill Nankeville of Bri- lain were also threading their way
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Schoolboy Wins The Olympic Decathlon
BOB MATHIAS THE RESULTS WOMEN'S PLATFORM
DIVING
from long lend France had a Holland at this stage of the race. Itolland won easily from Camida. The 1,600 metres relby was individual triumph for two Italians fur, In the second lap. Ottavio Lissoni outran American
1. Victoria Draves, U.S.A., 68.87 Bourland to take a slight lead at
in lup four points; 2. Patricia Elsener, U.S.A., und the changeover Siddi of Italy made. a terrific effort 06.20; 3. Beate Christoffersen, Den-
the mark, 00.04: 4. A. Staudinger, Aus right to the tape to overhaul
tria, 6-4,59; 5. June Stover, U.S.A., American Whitfield.
France, 62.63; 0. Nicole Pellssard, 01.07.
Brilliant Bowling In
County Cricket
London, Aug, G.-While Eric Hollies, Warwickshire's 36-year-old leg break bowler, was staking a claim in the side for the fifth Test at the Oval by taking eight Aus- tralian wickets for 107 in an innings at Birmingham, two other bowlers, playing in County matches, were also put- ting themselves in the forefront of the picture for Test selection.
They
Young. of; making an Middlesex, who was dropped from would have the team for the fourth Test, and leadership' with Derby. Alee Bedser, who has played in all Que of the best batting perfor- Wos Winston mances of the series the Tests so far this season.
enabled Lan- Place's 170, which
were
Jack
effort to win, which brought them Joint
Young helped his county to an | cashire to take first innings' paints innings' victory over, Northampton- | from Essex. For six and a half ahire with t devastating speli Dhours he defied the attack, hitting
boundaries.
left arm
bowling in Northant six second innings, which earned him The
an analysis of seven for 23; ineluding achieved pace of scoring was
the last Mix wickets for five runs.
by R. Perks, of Worces- the Hampshiro who filt tershire and brought his much-analysis to 12 bowlers for 54 runs in for 90.
sixes strokes, including two Inspired pace bowling by Alec eight fours, in 20 minutes, Dedser tookt Surrey to a
In his fiery attack on the bowling, Champlo victory against the
he took 10 off one over and 15 off Derbyshire, which brought Icaders,
another. them to within 12 points of the top of the table. “Assisted by brilliant catching by his colleagues, Bedser took five for 35 in the first innings
and
six for 50 In the second-which ended today were: match analvals of 11 for 91.
MEN'S 100 METRES BACKSTROKE
1. Alan Stack, U.S.A., 1 min. 6.4 U.S.A., secs. 2 Habert Cowell.
1 min. 4.5; George Vallery, France, 1 min. 7.8; 4. J. Wild, South Africa min. 5.1; 5. J. Brackway, Britain, 1 mln. 9.2; 6. D. A. Dinnear, Bri- tain, ini. 0.0.
WOMEN'S 400 METRES RELAY
1. U.S.A., 4 minutes 20.2 seconds; 3. Denmark. 4: 20.9; 3. Holland, 31.1; 4. Great Britain, 4: 34.7; 6. Hungary, 4: 44.0; 6. -Brazil, 4 40.1.
The U.S.A. set a new Olymple record and Denmark, Britain and Holland all broke the old Olymple
record-Associated Press.
POINT SCORES IN ATHLETICS
United States Sweden Netherlands
24:
London, Aug. 6-Seventeen- year-old Bob Mathias, husky schoolboy from Tulare, Cali- formin, today won the coveted Olympic Decathlon title with a courageous display of athletic 12 exactly prowess lasting hours in driving ruin.
Ignaco Heinrich, Frenchman from Alsace, was
Floyd second and Simmons of Los Angeles was third. Performing grimly under flood- lights in the last event, which left all 30 competitors nearly exhausted, the Callfornia youngster emblazon- ed his name on the rolls of strong man of the past who gained dis- tinction as the greatest all-round athletes in the world.
thousands a few scattered Only braved rain end darkness ns the decathlon huskies completed today's of 110-metre hurdles, programine discus, pole vault, javelin throw and the 1,500-metre run,
of
Mathias finished with a total 7,139 points which is well under the 7,000 point record set 12 years ago al Berlin by American Glen Morris, Other scores were: Heinrich 6.074, Simmons 8,954, Enrique Kisten- macher of Argentina 0,920, E. P. Anderson of Sweden 0,877, and Peter Mullins of Australia 0,739 United Press,
BASKETBALL
Chile & Korea
In Finals
Harringay, Aug. 6.-Korea outsmarted, outshot. _and_out! played Chile tonight to beat the
into the South American team 28-21 as both teams moved championship fight of the Olym- pic tournament on points.
The Korean victory throws group B Olympic basketball ellmination into a five-way tle for the first time In history. Ofeials totting up the points, however, said that Chile will he the No. 1 team in B group with Korea in No. 2 spot.
Koren, Chile, Philippines, Belgium and China each won three and lost two-United Press.
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