OLYMPIC GAMES.

Wairarapa Age, 4 August 1936, Page 7

OLYMPIC GAMES.

OPENING EVENTS AT BERLIN. BOOT QUALIFIES. PLACED THIRD IN 600 METRES. BERLIN, August 2. The special representative of the Australian Associated Press agency reports that nearly 80,000 spectators assembled in the Olympic Bowl to watch the evening events of the Olympic Games. Jesse Owens, the American negro university undergraduate, fulfilled expectations by equalling the world record in the first round of the 100 metres., Although the majority of the crowd warmly applauded Owens’s magnificent effort, hissing came from a quarter where uniformed Nazis were sitting The New Zealander V. P. Boot led at 600 metres in his heat and. continued to be well placed until the straight when he contented himself with qualifying without exertion. He was placed third. The New Zealander C. H. Matthews scratched from the 10,000 metres in which the Tinns were always most prominent. The first Olympic title was appropriately won by Germany with Miss Tilly Fleischer’s victory. There was great enthusiasm when the German flag was raised to the masthead. Fleischer, with the runner-up, Luise Kruger (Germany), and / Marja Kwasriiewska (Poland) third, was presented to Herr Hitler. The winners were crowned with laurel wreaths and received gold, silver, and bronze medals for first, second, and third respectively, from Herr Hitler, who was acclaimed from all parts of the stadium. Results of the day’s events included:— 10,000 metres: Dmari Salemine* (Finland), 1;- A. Askola (Finland), 2; V. Isohollo (Finland), 3; Kohei Murakosa (Japan), 4; J. A. Burn (Great Britain), 5. Won by a yard, with five yards between second and third. Time, 30min. 15 2-ssecs. Women’s javelin throw: Miss Tilly Fleischer (Germany) won with a final throw of 45.18 metres, approximately 148 ft. 4fin., beating her second throw of 44.69 metres, which wae an Olympic record.