TRACK, FIELD, AND WATER
MANY RECORDS BROKEN
KURMI SUPREME OVER DIS
TANCES,
I (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) | (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, 13th July. ' In the discus throwing at the Olympic Games, Houser (America), with 46.155 metres, an Olympic record, was first; Nittyma (Finland), 44.95 metres, second ; ■ Lieb (America). 44.84 metres, third. . ■' , 3000 metres team race (final) —Nurmi (Finland), 1; Ritola (Finland), 2; MacDonald (Britain), 3. Time, Bmin 32sec. an Olympic record. The national placings were :'Finland, 8; Britain, 14; America, 25 points. 1600 metres, relay race—America, 1; Sweden, 2; Britain, 3. Time. 3min 16 sac—a world's record.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 13, 15 July 1924, Page 7
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97TRACK, FIELD, AND WATER Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 13, 15 July 1924, Page 7
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