BORG BREAKS THREE RECORDS
SWEDISH SWIMMER’S GREAT PEAT. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Tuesday, 7.40 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, Oct. 11. Arno Borg swam five hundred yards in smin SSJsecs, and three hundred yards in 3min 15 7-10 sees, world’s records. He also swam three hundred metres in 3min 33 1 secs. [The record for the 500yds, put up by Weismuller (U.S.A.) in 1923, was smin 47 3-ssecs, the 300yds record, made by the same swimmer, being 3 min 10 3-ssecs. Weismuller's record for the 300 metres, was 3min 35 1-5 secs.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19261013.2.24
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3477, 13 October 1926, Page 6
Word Count
94BORG BREAKS THREE RECORDS Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3477, 13 October 1926, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in