Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-18
OLYMPIC RECORDS
ALMOST ALL HELD
BY AMERICANS
Twenty.0ne of Thirty-Two
High Marks in Information
al Games Credited to the
Yankees.

That the American team win again
win the Olympic games Is little
doubted by the leading critics OF the
east and west The record OF the
Yankees In those great international
games since they started IN 1896 has
been "A most remarkable proof that IN
an things athletic the Americans
must be considered as the leaders OF
the world
since 1895. when the llrst modern
Olympic games were held at Athens,
the Americans have been the easy
winners OF the events. and In most
of the competitions they have won
more events than all other compell-
tors combined In 1896 they won
nine out of the fourteen events. In
1900 at Paris they took seventeen
out OF twenty-thrCc. In St 0uis IN
1904. on their home heath, they were
the winners In twenty four out Of
twenty-six events. When the games
we're again held at Athens In 1906
they won only eleven out Of twenty
three events. but still had enough
points 90 win the games. When the
games came 90 London In 1908 the
Engllahmen were considered 20 have
the best chance they had ever had
TO win. and yci the Yankees took NJ
teen ont of twenty-seven events.
There are twenty-five individual
events ana several team events for
the 1912 Olympiad In most OF the
contests the Americans again have
the best OF chances 20 take first
places. Il Is possible that new records
will be MADE In several events, How
ever the distances and times which
have been hung up for Olympic rec-
ords IN almost every event are world
marks or close 10 u. and the man
sSho betters the time or distance m
any viii be travelling
The Events.
The events are the 100, eco. 900,
500. l,500, 5000 and 10000 meter
runs. the Marathon race, 10000 met
Crs. on about 20 miles the il0-metor
high hurdles; the l000e-meter walk:
running high jump. running broad
jump; standing high jump; stand
ing broad jump. hop. step and jump;
pole vault: throwing the iavelin, with
iavelin held Ia middle best hand
throwing layelin, right and left
hands. throwing discus. best hand (.
throwing discna, right and left
hands: putting the weight, best hand f;
putting The weight, right aud Left
hands throwing the hammer. the
Pontaihl0n, comprising the running
broad jump. throwing iavelin, goo
meters, throwing the discus, 1900
meters the Decathlon, comprising
the 100 meters. running broad jump
putting the weight, running high
jump 400 meters, ii0-moter hurdles
throwing discus, pole vault, throwing
iavelin and 500 meters.
There will also be- team races, relay
races, tug-olwar cross country races
Aside from these track and field
events, there will be a large number
of special events. TO include cycling
fencing. wrestling. football tassocia
tlonl: gymnastics horseback riding
lawn tennis; q modern pentathlon, In
Cluding duel shooting, swimming
fencing. riding and cross country
race, shooting swimming aud ynch
racing
Americans Held Records.
In glancing over the Olympic rec
Ords one secs tweniy-One American
six English, two Canadian, one Soutl
African. one Austrian. one Greek an
one swedish name before Olympus
marks
Here they are, including the event
name. nation and record
60metcr run Hahn, Kranzlln'
(Amerioal, 7 seconds
i00-motor run--iaryls (Amerlonl
Walker tsouth Amorica), 10 40 sec
onds
20O-metor run~~liahn america
"a "a seconds
A00-meter run--iIillman (An,orlca