Snell Has Tough Semi-Final Heat
(Special Correspondent TOKYO, October 18. P. G. Snell, on his way towards winning another Olympic gold medal, has been drawn to run aeainst some of Europe’s top middle ZanTmen in his semi-final of the 1500 metres tomorrow.
- The fields in the two semii finals are:— First: Baran (Poland), ' Ryun (U.S.), Snell (New Zealand), Leps (Canada), Odlo- ; zil (Czechoslovakia), Holtz (Germany), Whetton (Bri- ’ tain), Olofsson (Sweden and t Bernard (France). t Second: Keane (Kenya), « Simpson (Britain), Wadoux (France), Davies (New Zea- . land), May (Germany), Burle- ■ son (U.S.A.), Vazic (JugosiaI via), Allonsius (Belgium), and O’Hara (U.S.A-
In a semi-final of nine are Witold Baran- ***“? champion, Michel Bernard, the Frenchman who won his heat very impressively, WolfDieter Holtz, of Germany. Josel Odlozil, of Czechoslovakia, and the American, James Byun. Four runners from eacn semi-final and the fastest loser will qualify for the final. . f Snell’s team-mate, J. inDavies, has drawn the same semi-final as Tom O’Hara and Dyrol Burleson
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30575, 19 October 1964, Page 17
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