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A Tidal Wave off Winners

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At the ‘84 Olympic Games, the Dutch women may have deserved an award for the most medals from the smallest country: a total of six, incl. Van Staveren’s gold and Verstappen’s bronze.

U.S. swimmers, men and women, left opponents in their wake

The shape of a swimming race, when form holds, begins as a shallow V, swept back from Lane 4, where the fastest qualifier starts, to the humble wing positions of Lanes 1 and 8. The V sharpens until, if…

Scoreboard

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Swimmer Tineke Lageberg clipped a whopping 11.4 sec. off the official world’s record for the women’s 220-yd butterfly and firmly established herself as one of history’s greatest swimmers.

¶5printing the last quarter at Melbourne 0:58.4, Australia’s Mervyn Lincoln flashed through the mile in 3:59, one second off the world record held by Countryman John Landy, became the eleventh runner in history to crack the rapidly disintegrating four-minute-mile barrier.

¶While his rivals tacked over the longer blue-water route, Cuba’s…

Olympic Games (Concl’d)

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A major feature of the Olympic swimming was the performances of Dutch girls. Netherlands’ equivalent of Jesse Owens and No. 2 celebrity of the Games was Hendrika.

In Lima President Oscar Benavides of Peru last week addressed an angry crowd. Said he: “I have just received cables from the Argentine, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico solidifying the Peruvian attitude against the crafty Berlin decision.” The crowd, which had already torn down an Olympic flag, surged on to listen…

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