Word: mins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Metre Relay. Won by the U. S. team, 3 min, 14 1/5 sec. world's record...
...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...
Marathon. Won by El Ouafi of France, 2 hr., 32 min., 57 sec. This, the blue ribbon event of the Olympics is a race of 26 miles, 385 yards. El Ouafi is a spindle-legged, narrow-chested Algerian. He ran despatches for the French Government during the World War, now works in an automobile factory in Paris. He is 29, a vegetarian, drinks only milk and water. When the Marathon was three-fourths finished, he was just an obscure also-ran, jugging along in tenth place, eighth place. Suddenly word reached the stadium that a dark little man was passing...
...Metre Run. Won by Lina Radke of Germany, 2 min, 16 4/5 sec., world's record...