THE CHINA MATE, OCTOBER
SWEDEN SECURE GREAT ATHLETIC VICTORY IN BERLIN
AN EXCITING STRUGGLE
TO THE END
RESULT TOTALLY UNEXPECTED
(By H. M. Abrahams)
London, September 24.
SWEDEN gained a great victory over Germany in an athletic contest in the Berlin Stadium, the scene of the 1936 Olympic Games, during the week- end, and has yet to lose to the Germans at home or away. The victory was, however, totally unexpect- ed, for the almost unanimous opinion of the Swed- ish experts when the British team was in Stockholm the previous week was that Germany would win by a margin of at least three or four points.
The match consisted of twelve track and eight field events. Each team won the same number of events (ten), and the wins in the field and on the track also were equally divided. In points Ger- many scored 61 to 59 on the track; Sweden had an advantage of 8 points in the field (48 points to 40).
Sweden did not do as well as was expected in the 400 metres, in which the Germans finished first and second and the Swedish re- cord-holder Wachenfeldt was clearly below form; nor in the 1,500 metres, in which the Swedish crack Jonsson was beaten for second place by Schaumburg, while the Swedish second string Jansson ran two seconds above form, covering the distance in the equivalent of 4min 116sec. for the mile, and beat Schaumburg by five yards.
Sweden, however, excelled
in
the steeplechase, in which Dom- pert (Germany), third in the Olympic Games, was beaten; the high jump, in which the Germans were right off form, and the hop, step, and jump.
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For Germany R. Harbig gained a events to go. With the high jump fine double in the 400 metres and and 1,600 metres relay to -800 metres, his times being 47.8sec. Sweden still led by four points. and 1min. 51.8sec. respectively. Germany were confident of a three Harbig also ran the last stage of points' advantage in the relay so the 4 x 400 metres relay, in which that if they could obtain first place in the high jump the match would apparently the Swedes were rather
be a tie, while first and third place outclassed.
would give them victory by two The Olympic hammer-throwing champion, K. Hein, set up a new Points. The Swedish high-jumpers, German record of 187ft. 8in, particularly Oedmark, who jumped within a couple of feet of the exist higher than ever before, literally ing world's record. It must be re-rose to the occasion, and with first membered, however, that P. O'Cal-two places made victory secure be lagham, of Ireland (the 1928 and fore the relay.
1932 Olympic champion) recently Germany has yet to meet Finland; threw 198ft. 7 in., 2 throw which this season. awaits the approval of the Inter- 100 Metres.-1, Strandberg (S.), national Federation. For Sweden 10.6sec; 2, Borchmeyer (G.), 10.6sec., HL. Strandberg, a finalist at Ber- lin in the 100 metres, won both the 100 and the 200 metres. ↑
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200 Metres 1. Strandberg (S.), 57sec.
217sec; 2; Borchmeyer (G.), 218sec; Hornberger (G.), 21.9sec. 4, Lind- 400 Metres-1, Harbig (G.), 47 Ssec.; gren (S.), 22.1sec.
2. Hamann (G), 48.4sec; 3, Wachen- feldt (S.), 48.5sec., 4, Danielsson (S.), 48.7sec.
High Jump 1, Dedmark (S.), 6ft. 4in. 2, Lundqvist (S.), 6ft 4ines 3, Weinkoetz (G.) 6ft. din, 4, Gehmert (G.), 6ft. 0m
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On Saturday with five events de- cided Germany led by 28 points to Sweden then scored heavily in
Long Jump -1, Long (G), 25ft the pole vault, making the score 35
in 2, Stenqvist (S.), 24ft 61⁄2 to 31, and after German victories
3, Leichum (G.), 25ft 10in; 4, Sven in the 10,000 metres and discus the 800 Metres 1, Harbig (G.), 1min. sson (S.), 23ft 8in
$1.8sec; 2. Nilsson (S.), 1min: 53sec Pole Vault Indblad (S.), 13 score stood at 45 points to 43 in & Andersson (S.), 1min. 53.4sec 4, 15in, Z, Ljungberg (S.), 13ft 114m favour of Sweden. First and sec-Linnhoff (G.), 1min. 55.1sec.
|3, Ifneller (G.), 12 ond places in the hop, step, and 1,500 Metres, Jansson (S.), 3min. (G.), 12tt. 534 Jump gave Sweden a lead of seven 53 2sec; 3, Jonsson (S), 3min 53.4sec (S), 4753)
52.4sec; 2 Schaumburg (G.), 3mm. Hop Step, and points, but the expected German 4, Stadler (G.), 4min. sec. victory in the 400 metres relay end- 5,000 Metres 1, Jonsson (S.), 15/1134mm, 4, Zhe ed the first day with Sweden lead-min. 2.2sec 2 Hellstroem (S), 15min. Weight Woelike
5.2sec, 3. Raff (G), 15min. 30sec 1, 2 Bergh (5), 6ft. 9mm, 3, Konrad ing by 54 points to 50.
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