Olympic Cavalcade

SEVENTH OLYMPIAD, ANTWERP, BELGIUM, 1920 time he jumped his former conqueror in the hope straight.and went on t6 secure a great victory in 3f mins. 45"8 secs. Great Britain placed J. Wilson and J. Hatton 3rd and 5th respectively. An Italian and a Frenchman fiHed the other two scoring places. - Then came what was, I believe, one of the greatest ~urprises of the Antwerp CelebratiGn. · - Old Hannes Kolehmainen, who now_has a shop in"Helsinki, Finland, had been the outstanding hero of the,Vth Olympiad at Stockholm. We knew, of course, that _his name was down among those of the_entrants for the Marathon race, but most people, I believe,- pinned their faith to J. Cos~man, of Estonia; A. Valerio, ofii:aly; Tuomikoski, a younger Finn; Arri; the famous Italian long-distance runner, otherwise known as Valer.io; while the Belgians plumped solid for their loeal champion, A. Broos, ' and the South Africans for C. Gitsbam, who had· run second to McArthur at Stockholm, 1912, and, for the first time, I tnink, Japan, whose Marathon runners were to do so well later on, was strongly represen~ecl. As the race progressed, however, Kolehmainen was always preminent. - At 5 kilometres he was 2nd, at 10 kilometres 4th, at I (kilometres 2nd, which position he maintained fo.r 30 kilometres, ;vhen h~ took_the lead, which he never again lqst, until he trotted into the Stadium in the winning time of 2 hrs. 32 mins. 35"8 secs.,_:a wtmderful time for an ageing man who had covered 26 miles 385 yards. Arri Valerio, Italy, was beaten for second place by Lossman, ofEstonia, but th<:Jtalian, to prove how fit he-had finished, turned three somersatJ.lts on the traek after the wip.ning posts h~d been passed-~ Towards the end ef the Celebration came the Relays, which, being team events, are always e~ceedingly popular. In the 400 metres Relay, the U.S.A._ team (Paddock, .Scholz, Murchison and. Kirksey) set up a new world's record of 42·2 secs., beating France and Swed"en with Great Britain 4th; but at 16oo metres, which is almost a mile, Great Britain, represented :qy Lindsey, Butler, Atnsworth-Dav:is and Griffiths, _ defeatecl-~South Africa, represented by Dafel,. Oosterlaak 5 Oldfield and Rudd, in 3 mins. 22·2 secs:, which did not approach the record of 3 mins.. 16;6 secs made by a United States team at Stockholm in 1912. ' - Before we leave the Athletic Stadium, I would like to say a word about the performances of-my old friend Captain Helge Lovlar1-d,- of Oslo, who won ~hat greatest of all all-round events-:-the Decathlon-for Norway. Here is a list of the perfo~mances which placed him fir.st _with a total Gf 68o4·35 points, but even so he V(as only some 33 points above Hamilton, U.S.A., who was 2nd, with Swedes. filling the next three place~ ancfa Finn 6th. - roo metres, 12 s. - L.ong Jump, 20ft. 7! in. _ r~-lb. Shot, 36 ft. 8! in. Running High Jump, 5 ft. 5 in. . 440 yards, 54·8 secs. 110 metres Hurdles, 1-6·2 secs. Discus, 122-ft. 6 in. Pole Vault, xo ft. 6 in. Javelin, 157ft. 8! in. I_)oo metres, 4 min. 48·4 sec._