SWIMMING EVENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 31, 7 February 1938, Page 7

SWIMMING EVENTS

NO N.Z. SUCCESS

QUARTER-MILE RECORD

'■: L [ SYDNEY, February .6. Swimming events commenced in the Olympic pool with a large attendance. New Zealand's representative in the 220 yards breaststroke for women, Winnie Dunn, was hardly. up to the class of .the other competitors, but she was not far behind the leaders at the finish..' : . ■ • ' . Joyce Macdonald started off well in her heat: of the '110 yards women's backstroke. She was second at cne turn, but tired in the swim home and failed to qualify for'the final. Her time was 88 3-ssec, which was slower than her best, ■ Newell was no match for Leivers (England), Biddulph .(Australia), and Pirie (Canada), ;who finished in that order ■in the first heat of the men's 440 yards freestyle; .Leivers established a lead in the first-.tap, which he held throughout. His time, 4min 59 9-10 sec, is a Games record. Nor was Crump in the picture in the second heat, which was won by, Wainwright (England) easily from Devlin (Canada) and Ryan (Australia). :

, Davies (New Zealand) finished fourth in his ;heat ;in the 220 yards breaststroke. yHe' Was eliminated from ■th*"<finaL■;':/;-:4r! ">'.># -'■ ''< V ,• s '

WOMEN'S 440 YARDS FREE-STYLE, TEAM RELAY. Canada 1 Australia '~, ..!... 2 England 3 Two yards: touch. Time, 4min 48 o-ssec. • MEN'S 330 YARDS MEDLEY. RELAY. England 1 Canada 2 Australia ;■} Two yards; yard. Time, 3min 28 2-ss'ec. WOMEN'S 220 YARDS BREASTSTROKju. Storey (England) 1 Gerke (South Africa) 2 Longdon (Canada) : 3 From an even start the English girl sodn established the lead and gradually increased it to win by three yards, i with half a yard between second and third. Time, 3min 6 3-10 sec. an Australian record.