Word: discusion
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...wonderful little Finnish official," whose name Bob could not pronounce, trailed Mathias with a scoring book, told him "just how well I had to do to break the record." That was all Tulare's No. 1 citizen needed. He won his 110-meter high hurdle heat and the discus throw. Still 99 points behind his record pace, he took third in the pole vault at 13 ft. 1.47 in., his best vault by 0.72 in. Bob was urged by his faithful scorekeeper to do even better in the two final events. As darkness fell, Bob threw the javelin...
...most notable winners of the Russians and their satellites: Russia's Nina Romaschkova, who set a women's world record in the discus; Russia's cylindrical female Shotputter Galina Zybina, who heaved the 8-lb. iron ball for another women's world mark of 50 ft. 2.58 in.; Czechoslovakia's Emil and Ingrova Zatopek, the most sensational husband & wife team in Olympic history...
Other winners of the week: ¶ The University of Southern California's Sim Iness, one of Bob Mathias' Tulare neighbors, setting an Olympic discus mark of 180 ft. 6.85 in., breaking the 1948 record of Italy's Adolpho Consolini. ¶ Parson Bob Richards, who set an Olympic pole vault record of 14 ft. 11.14 in. ¶ U.S. Air Force Sergeant Mai Whitfield, who tied his own 1948 Olympic record to take the 800-meter run in 1 min. 49.2 sec., later missed his try for a second gold medal in the 400-meter run (won by Jamaica...
Broken Records. After the first day's events, the Russian smiles were broader than ever. In the first track & field final, Nina Romaschkova, a blonde Russian Amazon, stepped up and heaved the discus 168 ft. 8½ in., an Olympic record. Minutes later, Czechoslovakia's loose-jointed Emil Zatopek, who runs as if fighting off a seizure of St. Vitus' dance, dashed through the tape to win the 10,000-meter run final in 29 min. 17 sec., smashing his own 1948 Olympic record...
...pentathlon (five events), first introduced in 708 B.C., the best jumpers qualified for the spear throwing; the four best spear men qualified for the sprint; the three best sprinters threw the discus; the two finalists wrestled for the prize: a wreath of olive leaves. The Ancient Games, held every four years (an Olympiad) for nearly twelve centuries, first started near Athens...