Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...since before World War II, and the quadrennial Yankee domination of the dashes, high and long jumps is under serious attack from athletes of many countries, notably the determined Russians, Africans and East Germans. Two seemingly solid U.S. bets: handsome Steve Prefontaine of Eugene, Ore., in the 5,000-meter run, and the 1,600-meter relay team featuring U.S.C.'s John Smith and 1968 Gold Medal Winner Lee Evans...
...they sent an inspection team to study the tortuous kayak and canoeing course built near Munich, then had it reproduced for training in Saxony on the Pleisse River. They were rewarded with two gold medals. One more gold medal went to World Champion Backstroker Roland Matthes in the 100-meter event, a repeat of his performance in Mexico City. By week's end the East Germans had collected an impressive total of eight gold, six silver and nine bronze medals...
...Germany, Mark shrugged and said, "Actually, I've always liked this country." Then he added, tapping a lampshade, "Even though this shade is probably made out of one of my aunts." Bad blood welled up last week between Mark and Teammate Steve Genter, before they competed in the 200-meter freestyle. Word got around that Mark, upon hearing that Genter had been hospitalized, had said: "Well, this may sound terrible, but at least I don't have to worry about him." The situation grew worse when Genter charged after the race that Spitz had tried to talk...
Mark's ever-widening eye for the girls has also caused a few ripples. Until recently, he had been dating U.S. 800-meter Freestyle Swimmer Ann Simmons, 19. Since arriving in Munich, he has been seeing Jo Ann Harshbarger, 15, who is entered in the same event as Simmons. Though the Olympic regimen and Village logistics prevent too close a liaison, the feeling prevails among Olympians that broken hearts on land do not lead to broken records in the pool. Says an older member of the U.S. women's team: "The least he could have done was put the make...
There were other equally egregious judgments. In the women's 3-meter diving competition, the East German judge on a panel of seven generously gave the D.D.R. entrants the top three scores. Other judges saw matters differently, and the East German girls finished third, ninth and tenth in the finals. In the prone small-bore-rifle competition, Victor Auer of the U.S. appeared to have outpointed North Korea's Ho Jun Li, 598-595, despite raucous heckling by Li's countrymen, who steadfastly ignored the officials' reprimands. When the shooting stopped, the Koreans demanded an examination...