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Decathlon. Won by Paavo Yrjola of Finland, with total of 8053.29 points, world's record...
...Metre Run. Won by Harry Larva of Finland, 3 min, 53 1/5sec...
...Metre Steeplechase. Won by Toivo Loukola of Finland, 22-year-old chauffeur, 9 min, 21 4/5sec...
...Metre Run. Won by Willie Ritola of Finland, 14 min, 38 sec. Paavo Nurmi of Finland finished second...
...events: Sixteen-Pound Shot Put. Won by John Kuck of the U. S., 52 ft., 11/16 in., new world's record. Running High Jump. Won by Robert W. King of the U. S., 6 ft., 4⅜ in. Ten-Thousand-Metre Run. Won by Paavo Nurmi of Finland, 30 min., 18½ sec. Willie Ritola of Finland finished a scant yard behind Nurmi. One-Hundred-Metre Dash. Won by Percy Williams of Canada, 10½ sec. Frank Wykoff, California schoolboy favorite, finished fourth. Sixteen-Pound Hammer Throw. Won by Patrick O'Callaghan of Ireland...