World And Olympic Athletic Records

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29299, 2 September 1960, Page 9

World And Olympic Athletic Records

(Dt.Z. Press Association—-Copyright) ROME, AUGUST 31. World and Olympic records fell at the Rome Games today—the first day of athletics events.

The Russian girl, V. Krepkina, established a new world record with a leap of 20ft 10 l-Bin when she won the gold medal in the women’s long jump. E. Krzesinski, of Poland, was second and H. Claus, of Germany, third.

The German sprinter, A. Hary, broke the 24-year-old 100 metres record held by five Americans His time was 10.2 sec—one-tenth better than the record created by E. Tolan in 1932.

Other Olympic records fell in rowing and the men’s shot put. An Olympic record was set in the rowing by Britain’s coxless four when they won their heat and qualified for the final—the first British boat to do so since the 1952 Olympics. Britain has not won an Olympic rowing medal since 1948.

Today the British boat won by about half a length from the United States in 6min 28.1 sec, the fastest time in the three heats. In the second heat of the second round of the 100 metres this afternoon, Hary broke the Olympic record by one-tenth of a second. He clocked 10.2 sec and the second man, D. Sime, of the United States, equalled the old record of 10.3 sec.

The record was first set up by an American, E. Tolan, in 1932, and has since been equalled four times, including once by Jesse Owens in 1936.

A Russian, V. Krepkina, established a new world record when she leapt 6.37 metres (20ft 10

3-Bin) in her third jump to win the women’s long jump gold medal at the main Olympic stadium.

r. Nemeth, of Hungary, won the individual gold medal in the Olympic modern pentathlon by scoring 1168 points in the crosscountry event for a total of 5024 points. Nagy, also of Hungary, was second with 4988 points, and R. Beck, of the U.S.A., third with 4981.

Hungary won the team event with 14,863 points. P. G.. Snell, of New Zealand, ran strongly to finish second in the fourth heat of the 800 metres and qualified for the semi-finals, but the other New Zealander tn the second round heats, D. I. B. Smith, failed when he finished fourth in his heat.

Among the non-qualifiers in another heat was R. Delaney, of Ireland, better known as a miler.

In the men’s shot put old and new figures tumbled as three Americans, W. . Neider, P O’Brien and D. Long, broke and re-broke each other’s Olympic records in the final.

Neider was the first to break the old record, set in Melbourne, of 60ft Ilin, then O’Brien and Long set new figures.