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THEM CHINA. MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1960,

Olympic spotlight on women athletes

WILMA RUDOLPH LEADS U.S.

ALL-NEGRESS RELAY

D Em

OLYMPIC

Rome, Sept. 8. Yesterday's Olympic re-

TEAM TO WORLD RECORD included:

Rome, Sept., 7.

The spotlight switched to the women athletes in the Olympic Stadium this afternoon with the Tennessee flash, Wilma Rudolph, leading a quartet of American Negresses to à world-record 39.7 seconds, victory in their 400 metres relay heat and the Russian, Ludmilla Shevcova, winning the first women's Olympic 800 metres to be run since 1928.

In order of running the meds battle with 30 victoiles of American

consisted of to 25. team Martha Hudson, Barbara Jones, Wilma Lucinda Williams and Rudolph.

Amerka toutc four medals and tusska three day's events, Amerien leads by five In the

gold

to

gold

OLYMPIC

MEDAL STANDINGS

Rome, Sept. 7. Standings int the Olymple medals table after today's events are:

United States

USSA

Italy

Germany

Turkey

Australia

Hungary

Poland Britain Denmark

Czechoslovakia

New Zealandi

Japait

Bulgarin

Sweden

Rumania

Austria

Grecce

Norway

France

Belgium

Iran

South Africa

Netherlands

Switzerland

Yugoslavle

UAR.

Argentina

Ghana

Canada

Formoso

Portugal

Finland

Brazil

Mexico

West Indies Pakistan

0

--AFP.

(230%

Athletics

RESULTS Spurs keep hundred

2. J. Ljunggron,.......... Sweden, 4:25:47.0 (liver medal).

3. A. Pamich, Italy, 4:27:55.4 (bronze medal).

USSR,

Britain,

Misson,

Ockley, Canada,

4. A Steberbina, 4:31:44.0. B. T. 4:33:03.

B. A

MEN'S POLE VAULT World record: D. 'Bragg, USA, L. King, T. Baker, R. Morrow 4.60 metres. (13 t 8% ins).

Steinbach, (USA); M

M. Olympic record: R. Richards, Lauer, H. Futteror, M. Germer USA, 4.50 metres, (14 ft 11%

MEN'S 1 x 100 METRES RELAY 4:33:06

World record; L. Murchison,

(Gerinany) 39.5 mins,

Olymple record: L. Murchison, ins).

L. King, T. Baker, R. Morrow (USA) 39,5 secs.

Final

Elm Khan, Iran, 938 (727 pounds), (bronze medal),

4. S. Kogure, Japan, 322.5 (71045).

5. M. Jenkowed, Poland, 322,5 (710)...

6. 1. Foldi, Hungary, 320 (705))

BERNAMA

Yachting

STAR CLASS.

First six in the final overall official classification in the Star Class: 1.

1. USSR, 2,610, (gold medal). 2. Portugal, 8,005

1. D. Brogg USA 4.70 metres (18 ft 6 Ins) (Olympic record): (gold medal.

2. R. Morris, USA, 4.00 medal). metres, (15 1 ins) (silver 3. USA;

medal).

Heats (first three teams each 107.5 kilograms

heat enter semi-finals on Sep pounds) during the y [tember 8).

Цент 1 Prince

The Joint world Constantine, the 204

record Yoshibobu Miyake, of Britain (P. Radford, D. medal).

} year-old son of the King of holder,

3. E. Landstrom, Finland, other crew Juxu took the allyer medal, Jones, D. Segal, N. Whitehead) Greece, and two

4.55 metres, (14 ft 11 ins) members today gave Greece and Ehmall Elm Khab, of Iran, 40.1 Beer.

(bronze medal), the bronze. the home of the Olympics

Old rivals India and Pakistan when their Arst medal

meel in the Anal of the sailed home arst in the Dragon will

following hockey on Friday Class yachting.

hard-fought victories by one goal to nit over Britain and Spain respectively in the semi- Onals today.

they

2.

USSR, 40.2.

3.

Switzerland, 10.8.

4.

Iraq, 41.7.

5.

Thailand, 42.0.,

Heat 2

1.

Italy, 40,0.

2.

3.

Nigeria, 40,1,

Venezuela, 41.0.

4. Philippines, 41.4.

Heat 3

1. Germany (B. Cullman, A. Hary, W. Mahlendorf, M. Lauer) to 30.5 sees (equals world and

Olympic record).

Shock of the day

Wilma Rudolph, who has already won gold medals, in

The shock of the day was the the 100 metres and 209 metria seems set to emulate Austra failure of Bill Alley, the Ameri

and 1956 world record holder, Cuthbert's Han Besty

Egil Danielsen, Norway's Olym- performance by taking a third sie record and title holder, gold medal in the final of the

quality for the naj of the Women's 400 Metres Relay, Javelin-Reuter, The first of the weightlifting. gold medals went to the Ameri- eon Charles Virve who equalled the world bantamweight record for the match und beat his own 1050 winning mark with a litt

Olympic sabre semi-finalists

Rome, Sept. 1. The Tollowing fencers qualited today for Inmorrow's Individual

10 sabre fencing semi-analsi.

1.

0

First quarter-final

Hudoir Karpati, (Hungary), 4

| wins, 1 defeat,

Wladimiro Calarese, (Italy),

3 wins, 2 defents,

Lerdistau Rohonyi, (Rumanlu)

3 wins, 2 defeats,

Second quarter-final

· Wojcien Zublecki, (Poland)

4wing, defeat,

Jacques Roulet (France), a wins, 2 defeats,

Alder Gerevich, (Hungary).

3 wins, 2 defeats,

Third quarter-final

Iakov Ryiskiy, (Soviet Union),

4 wins, I defcal,

Recerlo Ferrari (Italy), wins, defeat.

4

Zollan Howarth, (Hungary);

3 wins, 2 detents,

Fourth Quarter-final Claude Arobo, (France), 4 wins, 1 defeat,

David Tychler, Union), 4 wins, 1 defeat,

Jerzy Pawlowski, (Poland), 4 wins, 1 defeat.—AFF.

(Soviet

2. Greece, 41.0.

3. Pakistan, 42.5.

Heat 4

t

2

USA, 39.7.

Canada, 42.1.

3. Japan, 42.4.

MEN'S DISCUS

Japan's first 201

gold' at the Games

Rome, Sept. 7.

World record: E. Piatkowski, Poland, 59.91 metres (188 ft 6% ins).

Olympic record: A. Oerter, USA, 58.43 metres (181 ft 8 ins).

Final

USA; 59.18 1. A. Oerter, Зарап won their firat gold metres (194 ft 1% Ins) (Olym medal of the Olympic Games pic record) (gold medal), tonight in the Gymnastics 2. R. Babka, USA, 58.02 team championship and just metres (190 ft 41⁄4% ins) (silver ralssed another in the in- medal). dividual combined event.

3. R. Cochran, USA, 87.16 Tashakt Ono missed the fo-metres (187 tt 6% ins) (bronze dividual gold medal by one five-medal), hundredths of point, scoring 4. Y. Szocseriyt, Hungary, 115.00 points to. 115.95 by the 55.70 metres (183 to 10% ins). winner, Boris Shakhlin, of the 5. E. Piatkowski, Poland, Soviet Union. Orio took the 55.32 metres (180 ft 10 ins).

6... V. Kompanyets, USSR, silver medal,

Japan took the team event 55.00 metres (180 ft 7% inc). with 1375.20 pointa, Silver MEN'S 4 x 400 METRES RELAY medallists

the were

Soviet

Semi-finals Union, with 572.70 points.

(First three teams each. heat enter final, on September 8) was the second time m

Heat 1 Succussive Olympiads that Ono

South Africa, 3 mins 00.4 missed the gold medal by, the same slight margin of

Ave.sccs. hundredths of a point, At Melbourne four years ago he was relegated to runner-up by Soviet V. Chukarin, of the

Union, by 114.25 points to 114.20. |

Melbourne Japon reversed placings with Russia in the team event, In 1950 the Soviet Union won with 508.25 points, Japan

It

lling second place with 588.40.

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1.

2.

3.

Germany, 3:07.4. Britain, 3:07.5.

1.

USA, 3:08.4.

Heat 2

2. Brit. West Indies, 3:08.2.

3. Switzerland, 3:09.7.

50 KILOMETRES WALK (31 miles, 120 yards) Olympic record: G. Dordoni, Italy, 4 hrs 28 mins 07.8 secs. Results

1. D. Thompson, Britain, 4 hrs 25 mins 30.0 sees (Olynti- ple record) (gold medal);

4. R. Crus, Puerto Rico, 4.85 metres, (14 ft 11 ins).

5. G. Malcher, 4,50 (14 29 ins).

Germany,

6. L. Petrenko, USSR and S. Sutinen, Finland, 4.50, (14 o 9 ins).

Shooting

SMALL BORE RIFLE (Probe, kneeling, standing) Leading qualifiers from Group 1 for the final on Sept. 8 were; 1. I. Sirbu, Rumania, Prone 105, Kneeling 138, standing 186, total 588.

2. O. Herinek, Czechoslovakia, 190, 191, 185, 606.

3. J. Nowicki, Poland, 195, 190, 180, 385.

6,289

4. Italy, 0,047.

5. Switzerland, 3,716,

6. Bahamas, 5,282.

per cent English League soccer record

London, Sept. 7. Tottenham Hotspur kept their 100 per cent record in the English First Division Football League tonight when they beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at Bolton, even though they were without top scorer, Bobby Smith.

WES

Wolverhampton Wanderers, Spurs were, a goal, down soon

kept, within a point of Spurs after the start when Bolton's

by beating Leicester City 3-2 recent signing: centre-forward (silver McAdams, put the Northerners 94 Wolverhampjon, Spurs now have 12 point from six games abend, but, John White and Leg (bronze) Allen his back for the London and Wolves have eleven,

ells to leave them securoly on

The

Wolves game watched by a crowd of 33,300, top of League One.

Cup-holders and last sea- | whereas 30,500 turned out to League runners-up, sea Peterborough United, the newly admitted ieum to the Fourth Division, play Cryolal Palace on the United's first visit to London,

DRAGON CLASS Final overall official classifica- tion in the Dragon Class!

1. Greece, 6,733, (Rold medal).

2. Italy 4,161 (silver medal). 3. Argentina, 5,874 (bronze medal).

4. Norway, 5,403.

5. Canada, 6,177,

6. Denmark, 4,657.

FLYING DUTCHMAN CLASS

Final overall official classi- Acation in the Flying Dutchman Class:

6,774, (gold

(silver

1. Norway modal).

2. Denmark, 5,901, medial),

3. Germany, 5,882, (bronze medal).

4. Rhodesia, 5,792.. 5. Holland, 5,452.

FINN CLASS

4. J. Hill, USA, 197, 191, 173,acation in Finn Class:

Final overall official

601,

5. M. Niasov, USSR, 196, 193, 171, 560.

6. B. Klingner, Germany, 197, 187, 177, 000,

Also qualified:"

21.

Wu Tao-yuan, Taiwan, 160, 187, 164, 540,

23. B. San Juan, Philippines, 180, 100, 107, 638.

Leading qualifiers from Group

2 for the fizal were:

1. Denmark, 8,171, medal).

2. USSR. 6,520, medal).

3. Belgium,

medal).

5,034,

4. Australia, 5,758.

5. Brazil, 5,176,

6. New Zealand, 5.140.

Gymnastics

sen's

Donald Bragg becomes pole vault champion

Home, Sept. 7. Donald Broze one of

"glania" of today's American sports, succorded his.. com- patriot Bob Richards in win, nilat

gold medzi today.

Vault the pole

Peterborough won 2-0, with goals by Bi Hailes and Pett McNamee, and now lead their division with 11 points from sly games all undefeated in their

Just season

after a 20- your battle football-Reuter.

to enter League

Results

Results of today's English and Scottish Borer justches were: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I

Bolton

Tottenham

Aston Villa

Blackburn

Wednesday

Division II

Bragg who today cleared 4.70 Cardut metres, became world record chosen holder (15 ft 5 ins) on July 2 Matchuster C. last when he cleared 4.80 (15) Wolverhampton 3 Leicester classi-18% ins.) metres.

Leede Born on May 15, 1935 al Liverpool (gold Salem edinty in New Jersey, Norwich

Portsmouth He is

teli Oft 2 ins

und (silver weighs 01 kilograms, · He is an

army mask and is sull (bronze bachelor.

1. J. Holup, Hungary, 197, Men's individual championship

USSR,

100, 175, 562,

2. v. 107, 189, 178, 562,

Shamburkin,

Austria,

3. H. Hammerer,

105, 180, 178, 582,

4. S. Fhonen, Finland, 169, 190, 182, 561.

5. D. Puckel, USA, 190, 192, Also qualified:

24. T. Ishii, Japan, 187, 180, 190, 178, 165, 533.

25. A. Feliciano, Philippines, 100, 178, 105, 533.

Weightlifting

BAMTAMWEIGHT

Final placings

1. C. Vinci, USA, total 343 kilogrammes (760 pounds) (Olymple Record-equals world record), (gold medal).

2. Y. Miyake, Japan, 337.5 (7431⁄2 pounds), (silver medal).

Britain's Donald Thompson wins the 50km Walk

Rome, Sept. 7.

Final placings

1. B. Shakhlin, USSR, 118.05 points, (gold medal).

2. T.

Ono, Japan, 115.00,

(aver medel).

3. X. Titov.

(bronze medal)

Ussi, 116.00

A MEN'S COMBINED EXERCISES TEAM EVENT Final placings

1, Japan, 575.20 polnis, medal)

2.USSA, 572.70,

modal).

3. Italy,

medal).

559.25,

gold

(silver

(bronze

4. Czechoslovalca, 558.10.

5. USA, 655.20,

6. Finland, 554.45.

League bowls

The Hongkong Cricket Club scored an upset 4-1 victory over the Hongkong Police Sports Association in a second division lawn bowle league match at the HKOC yesterday. Scores were:

HKCC (4)

8. M. Alevena

fL Wraight

Younghusband

F. Martiall

W, Bubocic

J. Bobsod A. Grabarn D. Leach (aldp)

Cancing

T. O. Mormon

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Donald Thompson of Great Britain today won the

50 kilomètres (31.25 miles) walk, one of the . Y most energy-sapping events in all sports his-Smith tory, beating out à field of 40 competitors. He took the lead after two thirds of the route and maintained it to the finish.

Thompson came into the lands, stila bearing about Olympic stadium from the south 25,000 fans even though dusic side, ending the gruelling grind had fallen and all but the pole along the Tiber River, a, little vault. dels had been completed. ahead of John Ljunggren of Thickopson's Hold medal Sweden who had been the winning Lane smastied the leador up to 35 kilometres. Olympic record. The Briton Inished in 4:25.30, breaking the Ljunggrea was a full minute | 1950 Olymple, marks of 4:28:0AL behind with one kilometre to by Italy's G,G. Dordoni,

to

up

place

gó but had a fine finishing kick. The Swede in, socorid

make

considerable | was clocked at 4:25,47, 4150 distance-but not enough,

under the old record and Pamich's third bahce me did Italy's Pamich, who got až it again. It vad 4:27.55.4.-

roception from

In third place was

Abdon

zousing

tho AP

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Total

36

HKPBA (1)

A. Blair

E. Jones K. Finney JE IL Dewar

{akip)

Chalmers

Common Dompers

1. Pornton

12

(5)

J. Daitos

B. Shleiche

Wall

Bodie

(skip)

1912.

Total

RUGBY RESULTS

#

Southingtoc

B'lon & Hove Chariton

Rotherham

Shrewsbury

Leylon Orient LaDon Plymouth Stoke City Derby Ipewich

3 Sunderland

4 Bristol

Division I

2 Bury

Division IV

He took up pole vaulting in 1951 and five years later he cleared 4.66 metres outdoor and Aldershat

Спалня 4.70 metres, indoor. He was in- jured shortly before the Mel-Crystal Palace

Workbarton bourne Olympic Games and Wrexham was not selected

The tollowing year his pro- gress, ended because of a weight excess

3 Chester

•

0 Felertin

1

Oidhem

2 Mansfield

Gillingham Acoringian

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Each time he tried to Albion

Alloo

1 himalt up' in the pole broke,

uir, the Arbroath

Cowdenbeath

Division II

East Fite

4 kurier

דיו

0 Stenhousemuir

Hamilton

Fortunately, the Army did him Stirling - (Pusiponed)

a lot of good since he lost his overweight,

Early in 1959 at, Philadelphia he cleared 4817 metres Indoor (a superior performance to the world record sat by Gutowski his late rival).

death recently, Bragg

Following Gutowski's trogle had. no opponents 10, rear, and he was hot favourite for the Rome

Olympic Games.-ADP.

Mostrowe

Morton

3 Brochin

2 Falkirk

ve, Dunbarton (Postponed)

Queen's Parki: 1 Strúng

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP (Play-off second leg) Cowdenbeath a Dumbarton Queen of South o Berla

GLASGOW OUR Semi-final replay Calton Valira shodaro INTER-LEAGUE MATCH Irial League 1 Scottish League u

--Houter.

Two Italian brothers

three of

event

in first

Equestrian

Rome, Sept. 7.

Two Italian brothers were.in the first three at the end of the first round today of the Olympic Grand Prix horse-jumping event.

Raimondo. D'Inzoo of Italy,, Fodor Meteljkov was knocked the only rider to complete a unconscious for several minutes round in this tough after a bad full and was carried no fnuitics

Course, was in flrat place. from the ring. on à stretcher. Argentina's Naldo Dasso was W.A. Ringrose of Ireland came second with four penalty points of his horse at the same Jump 18 and Piero D'Inzeo, WAG Joint where the Russian rider had third with Max Presson of fallen but remounted and com- France.

picted the course,

London, Sept. 7 Results of today's Rugby League matches were:

LÁNCS CUP Second round Salford, Swinton 9. St Helona 7, Wigan.4.

YORKS CUP

Second round Huddersfield 16, Castleford 3. Wakefield Trinity 40, Bramky -Router.

Japan's Kiniro Onta foll heavily as he cleared the last jump bat he remounted adid rode out of the ring to loud Applause.

Piazza De

A number of riders who had bem heavily penalised were ex- pected to withdrew from this afternoon's round,--Retter.

Sports Diary

TODAY

The event, in which 01 of the world's, lap show jumpers clashed for the first Line in the prescat Olympics was hold in the picturesque Sienna, set in the wooden gar- dens of Rome's Villa Borghese. The 840 metres courad has

compeitions at 17 Jums There

two Deep Water

Mwinsenint rounds, the final one being held

HIPSA Swimyning Heats at Vice Loris Park Pool this afternoon,

Tennie Many of the riders found the

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