THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 5

THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

THE 100 METRES RELAY. AMERICA. FIRST. RECORDS IN FINALS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 2.30 p.m.) PARIS, July 20. The final in the men's 800 metres swimming relay race finished in this order:- — America, 1 Australia " ■Sweden 3 Japan 4 Britain ;"> Time, 9.53 2-5. A world's record. Australians time was 10.2 1-5. An Olympic record. The final of the ladies' 100 metres free style ended:—Misses Lackie, Wehselcn and Kderle, all from America. Time, 1.12 2-5. In the final of the 100 metres ladies' backstroke the result was: —Miss Bauer (America) 1, Miss Harding (Britain) 2, Miss Riggin (America) 3. Time, 1.23 1-5. A world's record. The men's high fancy diving competition ended:—Withe 1, Fall 2, Pinks 3. All are Americans. In the 100 metres swimming final the result was:—Weismuller 1, Duke Kahanamoku 2, Sam Kahanamoku '.i. Borg was fourth. Time 51s. An Olympic rccoH. Miss Shand (New Zealand), who was a long way from her form, finished third in the semi-final of the 100 metres. Her time was 82 4-ss. She failed to qualify. The swimming points are: —America 217, Sweden 58, Britain 50, Australia 35, France 17, Belgium 13, Japan 8, Denmark 0, Hungary 4, New Zealand, Switzerland, Holland. CV.echo-Slovakia 2, Austria and Luxembourg 1.

OLYMPIC TENNIS,

(Received 1 p.m.) PARIS, July 20. In the lawn tennis final Richard beat Cochet, C—4, C—4, 5—7, 4—o, C—2. In the ladica' singles. Miss Wills beat Mile. Vrasto, 6—2, 6—2. Miss McKane secured third place, beating Madame Goldiug (France), 5—7, o—3, 6—o, in the play-off between the beaten semifinalists.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

THE WONDER SWIMMERS

BOY CHARLTON FRESHEST. PARIS, July 20. Weissmuller, who won the 400 metres swim, prior to tlie race said that he would break the five minutes if necessary. Gharltoii. for the first time in big swimming-, admitted that lie did not ! like his chance. The distance was too short. The baths were densely packed, and ' the enthusiasm was at a high pitch. ! All the competitors struck the water together. Weissmuller and Borg were together at the 100 metres, with Charl- . ton three yards behind. Weissmuller was a foot ahead of Borg at the l-> 0 j metres. Charlton picked up a yard ! before the 300 metres mark was reached, | ! and at 350 metres he had reduced the | ■ gap to a yard. An epic struggle took place over the ' last 50 metres. The finish was the finest ever seen at Olympiad. Charlton was rapidly gaining, but Weissmuller, by a super-effort, just managed to win by a yard. Charlton was half a yard j behind Borg. The first 100 meters was covered in 04s. Charlton finished the freshest. Interviewed he said the better man had won. He could have continued at the same speed for twice the distance. He was as happy as if he had won, because he had cut 4s off his previous best time. Weissmuller, as he was lying distressed in the dressing room, told Charl- ; ton he would not like to nieet him in 800 metres. Borg was also all out. Both admitted their only chance was to go all out from the start. In the men's 100 metres free style swimming race, the heats resulted: —■ First Heat. — Sam Kahanamoka (America), 1; E. Henry (Australia), 2. Time, 03 2-. r >s. Second heat: Takaishi | (Japan), 1; I. Stedman (Australia), 2. Time, 04s. Third heat: J. Weissmuller (America), 1; Pvcock (Britain), <2. j Time, 63 4-ss. M.Christie (Australia), who finished fourth, was eliminated. i Semi-finals.—AVeissniuller 1, Arne : Bor<r 2, Henry 3. Time, CO 4-ss. (Henry qualified as the fastest third.) Duke Kahanamoku 1. Sam Kahanamoku 2. Takaishi 3. Time, 01 1-os. The ladies' 100 metres free style swimming race first heat resulted: Miss Constance Jeans (Britain), 1: Miss Gwitha Shand (New Zealand), 2. Time. 1.10. Both qualified lor the final. The ladies' 200 metres breast-stroke final resulted: Miss Morton (Britain), 1; Miss Geraghty (America), 2; Miss Carson (Britain),* 3; Miss Gilbert (Britain), 4. Time, 3.33 1-5. In the ladies' 400 metres relay final the result was: America 1, Britain 2, Sweden 3. Time, 4.58 (a world's record). The Americans won by 25 metres. In the 800 metres relay race, the preliminary heat was won by Australia, ■with Japan second. Time", 10.12 2-5. The semi-final resulted: Australia 1, Britain 2, France 3. Time, 10.27. In the final of the 100 metres backstroke race the result was: Kealoha I (America), 1; Wyatt (America), 2; Bartha (Hungary), 3. Time, 73 1-os. In the water polo final the result was: Franco 1, Belgium 2, Hungary 3, Czechoslovakia 4. The winners of the semi-finals of the ladies' 100 metres backstroke were Miss Bauer, in lm 245. and Miss Riggin, in lm 29 l-Ss. Both are American, and each created a world's record In the lawu tennis semi-finals of the .singles. Mdlle. Vlasto (France) beat Miss McKane. (Britain). o—6, 7 —5. β-l. Miss Wills beat Madame Colding (France). C—2. o—2. Richards (America) beat Morpurg (Italy), 6—3, 3—G, C—l. Cochet (France) beat Borotra (France), o—2. 5—7, o—2. o—3. In the doubles, Hunter and Richards beat Borotra and Lacoste, C.—2. C—3. o—o,0 —0, 5—7, C—3. In the semi-finals. Brugnon and Coehet beat Condon and Richardson (South Africa), 5—7, C—3, c—5, c—2. In the ladies' doubles final, Mrs. Wightman and Miss Wills (America) beat Mrs. Covell and Miss McKane (Britain), 7—5, B—o. The Australian eight finished second in the preliminary heat, and rowed with the other beaten crews to decide who should go into ihc final. They finished third to Canada and the Argentine. j Only Canada qualified. I The contest in the final of the Peni tathlon resulted as follows (lowest i total wins): Lindmami (Swcdenl, 18 I points, 1; Dyrreii (Sweden), 39 points, j2: Egla (Sweden), 45 points, 3.—(A. and JN.Z. Cable.)