OLYMPIC GAMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21252, 4 August 1932, Page 9

OLYMPIC GAMES

WORLD'S RECORDS BRITISH RUNNER'S FEAT WIN IN 800 METRES

THE NEW ZEALANDERS ELLIOT'S FLEETNESS By Telegraph—Press Associnlion—Copyright (Received August 3. 5.5 p.m.) LOS ANO ELKS. Aug. 2 At the Olympic Games to-day a series of accidents befell the contestants in the 3000 metres equestrian steeplechase, I lie first event in the modern pentathlon. Hiding on a tricky course in the Fox Hills, Anguianos de la Fuente, a veteran Mexican horseman, injured his skull when he pitched on his face as his mount stumbled at (lie seventh hurdle. The 200 metres race was run in seven

heats. One liont had only two contenders. S. A. Black (New Zealand) was in the third heat, which had four runners. The New Zealander was in the third lane, and Metcalfe in the fourth. The negro ran ahead for almost the entiro distance, save just at the finish, when he was content to allow Wright (Canada) to "nose" him out for first place. Black seemed in danger of elimination until 50 metres from the finish, when lie spurted to beat out the Chinaman Liu. "Alan Elliot (New Zealand) was in the sixth heat, running against four opponents. He was in the fifth lane, and therefore out in front, while Jonath was in the next- lane behind him. The New Zealander for a hundred metres was slowly increasing the distance between himself and Jonath, but then began to fall back. Jonath started to spurt, which rapidly brought him forward to win by a yard, leaving Luti (Argentina) and Elliot to fight it out for second place. Five yards from the finish they were abreast, but the New Zealander broke the tape six inches ahead of the Argentinian. The time for this and the second heat was the fastest of the seven. Elliot Qualifies, Black Fails In the quarter finals of the 200 metres event Metcalfe never was seriously pressed to win the first heat and set a new Olympic record of 21 5-10s. Tolan won the second heat even more handily by four yards, also in 21 5-10s. The third heat brought out apparently even faster company, for Luti ran it in a new Olympic record time of 21 4-10s. Against such a performance Black was handicapped. Luti finished two yards ahead of Simpson with Joubert right behind and Yoshioka a bad fourth. The New Zealander was 10 yards behind the Japanese. Elliot, in the fourth heat, also was bracketed with extremely fast performers, and he demonstrated his fleetness clearly. He led the Canadian, Wright, for second place to within six inches of the finishing line, and was beaten by two inches. Half a yard separated Wright from Jonath, J who equalled 21 4-10s. Elliot's time was [ well within the old Olympic record. New Records in 800 Metres The final of the 800 metres race was sensational. Edwards, the Canadian negro, had the first lane on the inside of thetrack. He broke well and got five yards ahead. He covered the first 200 metres

!in 22 2-ss, and 400 in 52 4-ss, to hold his position for 600 metres. Genung was running second, Hampson third, and Wilson fourth; while Peltzer, who was caught badly at the start, stayed in the ruck to the end, running a most disappointing race. Hampson and Wilson began to overtake Edwards in the last quarter, and in the final hundred metres it was a race between the Englishman and the Canadian, with the former winning by inches. lie dropped on his face exhausted from the gruelling test, and was lifted to be congratulated. Edwards was third, three yards behind Wilson. It was the fourth successive win for Britain in the Olympic 800 metres, and Hampson set a new world s record. Wilson, barely a foot behind Hampson, also was clocked under world record I figures. Savidan in the 5000 Metres In the 5000 metres J. W. Savidan (New Zealand) was fifth and Hillhouse (Australia) sixth in the trials, but both cjuali- j fieel for another run. In the first heat Ralph Hill (United j States) went into the lead with Savidan J second, Dean third, Virtanen fourth, Lind- i gren fifth and Hillhouse sixth. 'lll© race , was held practically the same for six laps j when Savidan went into the lead with J Hillhouse dropping into seventh place. |

Ilillhouse worked back into fifth place in j ill© eighth lap, when Savidan fell back j into second place. The race took on a new complexion in the j 10th lap, when, with Hill leading, the j Finns began to move up, Vertanen to j second place, Lehtinen to third and Lin- j gren to fourth, Savidan dropping back to ; fifth and Hillhouse to sixth 150 yards be- | hind. Twenty yards separated the first five, j r J'| 10 last lap was a spurt, \ ii tane.n tor a j moment, trying to contest, for the first J place with Hill, but railing. The men j finished as indicated. Seven qualified for

tlie finals. I Details of Results , Following arc ! ho results of to-days j events: — 110 METRES HURDLES (Three qualify for semi-finals) First Heat.—Percy Bearcl (U.S.A.), 1; Roland Harper (Britain), 2; Erwin Wagner (Germany), 3; Sylvio Padillia

(Brazil), 4. Time, 14.75. Second Heat.—Donald Finlay (Britain), 1; George Sailing (U.S.A.), 2; Tatsuzo Fijita (Japan), 3. Time, I<l.Bs. Third Heat.—Willi Wclsclier (Germany), 1; Bengt Sjostedt (Finland), 2; Mervyn Sutton (India), 3; Arthur Ravensdale (Canada), 4; Alfredo Camboa (Mexico), 5; Antonio Ginsgredi (Brazil), 6. Fourth Heat. —Jack Keller (U.S.A.), 1; Christos Mandikas (Greece), 2; Lord David Burghlcy (Britain), 3; Robert Ramviez (Mexico), 4. Time, 14.95. Semi-finals (Three Qualify) First Heat.—Keller, 1 • Burghley, 2; Finlay, 3. Also started: Sutton, Sjostedt and Wagner (did not finish). Time, 14.5s —a new Olympic record. Second Heat. Sailing, 1; Beard, 2; Welscher, 3. Also started: Mandikas, Fijita and Harper. Time, 14.4s —equalling the world, record held by K. Wennstrom (Sweden).

200 METRES (Three to Qualify) First Heat.—Erich Brockmeyer (Germany), 1; Takayoshi Yoshioka (Japan), 2; Sta.nley Englehart (Britain), 3. Time, 22.15. Ameida (Brazil) scratched. Second Heat.—William Walters (South Africa), 1; E. Tolan (U.S.A.), 2; Stanley Fuller (Britain), 3; Enrique Sanchez (Mexico), 4. Time, 21.95. Carlos ITofmeister (Argentina) aiul Conrad Valdes (Cuba) withdrew. Tolan did not exert himself. Third Heat.—Harold Wright (Canada), 1; Ralph Metcalfe (U.S.A.), 2; Stuart Black (Xew Zealand), 3. Chenz Liu (China), 4. Time, 22.85. Fernando Ortiz (Mexico) withdrew. Fourth Heat. ltaro Nakajima (Japan), 1; Fritz Hcndrix (Germany), 2.

Time, 22.45. Williams (Canada), Arnoldo Ferrara (Brazil) and Jose Torriente (Cuba) withdrew. Fifth Heat.—Roberto Genta (Argentina), 1; Christian Ceiger (Holland), 2; George Simpson (U.S.A.), 3. Time, 22.35. Sixtli Heat.—Arthur Jonath (Germany), 1; Alan Elliot (New Zealand), 2; Carlos Luti (Argentina), 3; Andrcj Engel (Czecho-Slovakia), 4; Everado Musquiz (Mexico), 5. Time, 21.95. Seventh Heat.—Birchall Pearson (Canada), 1; Daniel Joubert (South Africa),

2; Tcichi Nislii (Japan), 3; Roland Vernieux (India), 4. Time, 22.35. Riccardo Guimares (Brazil) withdrew. Quarticr-finals (Three to Qualify) First Heat.—Metcalfe, 1; Walters, 2; Brockmeyer, 3; Nakajima, 4; Berger, 5. Time, 21.5s—a new Olympic record. Second Heat.—Tolan, 1; Pearson, 2; Genta, 3; Fuller, 4; Hendrix, 5. Time, 21.55. Third Heat.—Luti, 1; Simpson, 2; Joubert, 3; Yoshioka, 4; Black, 5. Time, 21.4s—a new Olympic record. Fourth Heat.—Jonath, 1; Wright, 2; Elliot, 3; Englehart, 4; Nislii, 5. Time, 21.45. Elliot therefore qualified for the semifinals, but Black was eliminated. . 5000 METRES (Seven to Qualify) First Heat.—Ralph Hill (United States), 1; L. L. Lehtinen (Finland), 2; J. Lindgren (Sweden), 3; L. Virtanen (Finland), 4; Savidan (N.Z.), 5; Hillhouse (Australia), 6; Dan Dean (United States), 7; George Bailey (Britain), 8; Juan Rodeiguez (Mexico), 9; Masamichi Kitamoto (Japan), 10. Time, 14m. 59.65. Second Heat.—James Burns (Britain), 1; Paul Rekers (United States), 2; Erik Pettersson (Sweden), 3; Roger Rochard (France), 4; Robert Rankine (Canada), 5; Max Syring (Germany), 6; S. Takenaka (Japan), 7; Valentin Avila (Mexico), 8. Time, 15m. 25.85. 800 METRES Final T. Hampson (Britain) . . . . . . .. 1 Wilson (Canada) . . . . 2 Edwards (Canada) 3 Also started: Eddie Genung (U.S.A.), Edwin Turner (U.S.A.), Charles Hornbostel (U.S.A.), John Powell (Britain), Sera Martin (France), Dr. Otto Peltzer (Germany). Time, lm. 49.85., breaking the world's record of lm. 50.65. previously held by Sera Martin. Peltzer's world's record for 880 yards—six yards longer than the 800 metres—is lm. 51.65. WOMEN'S 100 METRES Final Stella Walsh (Poland) 1 Hilda Strike (Canada) 2 Wilhelmina von Bremen (U.S.A.) . . 3 Time, 11.9s.—tieing with her own world record. BROAD JUMP Final Edward Gordon (United States), 25ft. 1 Lambert Redd (United States) .. , . 2 Chuliei Nambu (Japan) 3 Erick Svensson (Sweden) 4 Richard Barber (United States) . . 5 Naoto Tajirna (Japan) 6 WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW Final Lillian Copeland (United States), 133 ft. 2in. breaking the world and Olympic record) i Ruth Osborn (United States) . . . . 2 Jadwiga Wajsowna (Poland) . . , . 3 Tilly Fleischer (Germany) .. .. 4 Greta Hcublein (Germany) 5 Stella Walsh (Poland) 6 Several eliminating rounds in the wrestling and fencing events were completed.