Games stunned by US Negro's 29ft leap -rrrinw one of the most brutal physical ex- periences that a runner in this event can have ever endured. Yet he did not collapse after finishing' and simply draped his arms around the shoulders of James and the other American Negro, Ron Freeman, who came third. John Boulter and John Whetton. of Britain, both qualified for 'the semi-final round of the 1,500 metres but Maurice Benn. the third British runner, was eliminated after he had finished eighth. The first five from each heat went through. Boulter ran well to come third in the third heat, in which Kipchoge Keino. of Kenya, 'ran right away from the field with an unanswerable last 800 metres.' Keino's time was 3min. 46.9sec., compared with 3min. '51.6sec. by Boulter. and it was remarkable that the Kenyan should go in for such an expensive expendi- ture of energy in a first round heat after having raced the 10.000 metres final and a 5,000 metres heat and final already. Whetton has been having some im- pressive times in training, including three laps in 2min. 55sec.. which suggests he may be one of the rare individuals who can adjust to 'high altitude reasonably well without a long period of acclimatization. Whetton kept in' fifth place until the final back straight and then moved neatly into third position, which he maintained, in spite of two glances over his shoulder, right through to the tape. Martin Liuori, of the 'United States, won in 3min. 52.7sec., just 0-3sec. in front of Whetton, who was' a couple of strides behind Knill, of Switzerland. In the final of the women's 200 meters the three American girls, Bar-' bara. Farrell, Margaret Bailes, and' Wyomia Tyus, were drawn in lanes one, two, and three, and at the gun: they went off in triple pursuit of krena Szewinska (nee Kirszenstein3. Miss Tyus, already the winner of the 1964 and 1968 Olympic 1OO metres, came into the straight with a lead of nearly three yards and it seemed that Mrs. Szewinska had lost the gold medal. But then Miss Tyus began to tie up, looked over her shoulder and after her came the Sft. 9in; 22-year-old Polish girl with strides' which seemed to devour the ground. She would not be stopped and victory and' a world record of 22.5sec. was hers. Both Pat Lowe and Sheila Taylor, of Britain, qualified for the final of the women's 800 metres, but Vera Nikolic, of Y,ugoslavia, the world record holder and Olympic favourite dropped out after 300 metres of the first semi-final. Ilive Longe, the British decathlon entry, was lying 19th of the 33 com- petitors after the first two events. Longe recorded l0.9sec. in the 100 metres to equal his personal best and then long-jumped 22ft. 6in. -at his first attempt. This gave Longe a total of 1,619 points. The overall leader then was Bill Toomey with 1,953 points. The second British entry, Peter Gabbett, pulled a hamstring muscle warming up before the start and scratched. Australia gained both gold and silver medals in the women's 80 metres hurdles. Maureen Caird equalled the world record of 10.3sec. to win, with Pam Kilborn, taking thc. silver and Cheng Chi the bronze. Both Miss Kilborn and Miss Cheng recorded, 10.4sec. Miss Caird's name will remain on the records as this is the last time the event is being held in the Olympics. In Munich. the women's hurdles race will be over 100 metres. Mohammed Gammoudi, Of Tunisia, added a gold medal to his collection of one silver and one bronze by winning the 5,000 metres with a final lap of 54.8sec. which proved too much even for the re- doubtable Kipchoge Keino, of Kenya. These two champions of Africa produced a. battle which seemed never to end, though in fact it only lasted from the middle of the final back straight. It was one of those rare moments in athletics which lifts two runners far above their normal 'physical limitations. The crowd of more than 70,000 were pulled to their feet by the excitement of such a prolonged struggle. At the bell, Gammoudi had started *to make a break, followed by Naftali Temu. But the little Kenyan, who had won the 10,000 metres earlier in the week, found'he could not stay with the pace, and it was left to the taller' Keino to take up the chal- lenge. From NEIL ALLEN The Olympic long jump com- petition opened with what can only be called a superhuman. leap of 29ft. 2iin. by Bob Beamon, of the United States. This destroyed the present record of 27ft. 5in. and the opposition. It was achieved with a following wind of exactly .two mnetres, which is the maximum allowed for records. It was Beamon's landing which was as memorable as any other part of his leap. He, unlike other jumn- pers, had no trouble in avoiding falling backwards as his heels broke the sand. Instead, he rocked for- ward so explosively that he bounced into the air again and landed for a second time. Lynn Davies was robbed of a place in the final by an error of the judges. According to Harold Abrahams, a member of the International Amateur Athletics Federation, Davies and Andrzej Stalmarch, of Poland, both cleared 26ft. 0fin. to become equal eightlr after the first three rounds. The judges ruled that Stalmarch should go forward for the three last rounds because he had the best second jump of 25ft. 3In. However, Mr. Abrahams said that * second best jump did not arise in an Olympic final when it came to quali- fying for the last three rounds and Davies should have also gone for- ward. Donald Pain, the secretary of the IAAF, agreed with this view. Whnen the event was completed, the referees offered Davies the oppor- tunity to take the extra two jumps but he declined. "Frankly I just was not interested ", said Davies. "We were all completely demoral- ized by that first effort of Bob Beamon's, I knew I would never be able to match that." Davies added that he still would not have taken the extra jumps offered even if it had not been rain- ing heavily. " What would have been the use ", he said. No real rival Beamon's perfonmance left him with no real rival, particularly as tain began to fall soon afterwards. Klaus Beer of east Germany, took the silver medal, jumping 26ft. 10in., and Ralph Boston the bronze with 26ft. 94in. Lee Evans, one of the militant American Negro athletes, won the 400 metres in a world record time of 43.8sec. after one of the most dis- tressing mornings of his life. Evans had come from the Olympic village where he had Spent nearly two hours in discussion with Ameri- can officials who knew that he was a supporter of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the two American Negroes who have been ordered to return to the United States after making a black protest in the 200 metres victory ceremony. At one stage in the morning Evans was in tears. But he told reporters: " I shall run." And he did so wearing the black socks which are the symbol of those who want to make a protest about race relations in the United States. Everything seemed against Evans. After the strain and stress of the morning, he was drawn in the sixth lane, while his chief rival-Larry James-was in lane two. James, also an American Negro, has not yet allied himself with the cause but says he does not wear the black socks because they chafe his skin. It was vitally important, therefore, in view of Evans's principles, that he should beat James and the rest of the field. He did so with despera- tion, drive and absolute involvement from the gun to the tape. It was Bob Beamon, of the United States, demoralized his opposition in the long jump with a world record leap of 29ft. 2in. Games stunned by U S Negro's:29ft leap