TWO RECORDS BROKEN
WOODERSON OVER HALF-
MILE
LONDON, August 20,
S. C. Wooderson covered the halfmile in lmin 49 l-ssec, which is a world record, today. He also broke the world 800-metre record with lmin 48 2-ssec.
The records were made with the assistance of a specially-framed handicap, in which Wooderson's brother participated, at Hotspur Park.
The previous record for the half-mile was lmin 49 4-ssec, by B. Eastman (U.S.A.) in 1934, and the 800 metres record was lmin 49 3-ssec by E. Robinson (U.S.A.) in 1937.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 45, 22 August 1938, Page 9
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