Fourth Round of Events
Victory in the Men’s 400-metre freestyle swimming event went to Nicholas Moran of Ireland, who decisively outscored the second-place contestant, Bill Smith of the United States. Moran’s time was 4:42.2, Smith’s 4:45.3. Gold to Moran, silver to Smith, and bronze to John Marshall of Great Britain with a time of 4:51.4
In the Men’s 1,500-metre freestyle swimming event Vladimir Kosinsky of Russia took the gold medal with a time of 19:18.5. John Marshall of Great Britain took the silver medal with a time of 19:31.3, and György Mitró of Hungary the bronze medal with a time of 19:43.2.
In Women’s 10-metre platform diving Nicolle Pellissard of France won the gold medal, with Patsy Elsener of the United States taking the silver medal, while Birte Christoffersen of Denmark was awarded the bronze medal.
The Women’s 100-metre freestyle swimming event was won by Greta Andersen of Denmark, while Ann Curtis of the United States was awarded the silver medal, and Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen of the Netherlands was awarded the bronze medal.
In athletics, five events have finished in this round.
In the Men’s 1,500-metre running event Jurgen May of Germany emerged victorious, taking the gold medal. Bill Nankeville of Great Britain was awarded the silver medal, and Willem Slijkhuis of the Netherlands the bronze medal.
In the Men’s 5,000-metre running event Gaston Reiff of Belgium set a new Olympic record of 14:17.6, taking the gold medal. The Czech Emil Zátopek took the silver medal and Willem Slijkhuis of the Netherlands the bronze medal.
The Men’s 400-metre hurdles event was won by Yves Cros of France, with Duncan White of Great Britain taking the silver medal and Bertel Storskrubb of Nordmark bronze.
Olga Gyarmati of Hungary triumphed in the Women’s Long Jump event, while the silver medal was awarded to Noemí Simonetto de Portela of Argentina. Ann-Britt Leyman of Nordmark was awarded the bronze medal.
The gold medal in the Women’s High Jump event went to Ine Schäffer of Germany, while Bevis Reid of Great Britain took the silver medal. Micheline Ostermeyer of France earned the bronze medal in a closely match contest with Reid.
Guinn Smith of the United States took the gold medal in the Men’s Pole Vault event; the silver medal was won by Erkki Kataja of Nordmark, while Joao Barbosa of Brazil was awarded the bronze medal. The Men’s Shot Put event saw Yevgeniy Mironov victorious over Velko Velev of Bulgaria and Jim Delaney of the United States, winning the gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively.
In Men’s Featherweight Boxing Mohammed Ammi of France defeated numerous opponents to win through to the gold medal in the finals. Tanabe Kiyoshi was awarded the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Aleksy Antkiewicz. The Lightweight Boxing category saw Manfred Homberg of Germany victorious over Joseph Vissers of Belgium, Homberg being awarded the gold and Vissers the silver medal. Svend Wad of Denmark defeated Gerald Dreyer of the United States to take the bronze medal.
Nordmark dominated this round’s kayaking events. In the Men’s 1,000-metre event Gert Fredriksson of Nordmark took the gold medal, while Kao Pao Chang of China edged out Henri Eberhardt of France to take the silver medal. Fredriksson repeated his performance to take the gold medal in the 10,000-metre event, with the silver medal going to Dane Johan Andersen while Eberhardt of France had to console himself with a second bronze medal.
In the 1,000-metre two-man kayak event the Nordish team of Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström took the gold medal, the Danish team of Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen was awarded the silver medal, and German team of Dieter Krause and Günther Perleberg took the bronze medal.
In the Women’s 500-metre kayak event, Karen Hoff of Denmark was awarded the gold medal, Alida van der Anker-Doedens of the Netherlands the silver medal, and Friederike Schwingl of Germany the bronze medal.
In road cycling, the team road race event was won by the Belgian team of Leon De Lathouwer, Eugène Van Roosbroeck, and Lode Wouters. Great Britain, represented by Robert John Maitland, Ian Scott, and Gordon Thomas, took the silver medal. The bronze medal was won by the French team of José Beyaert, Jacques Dupont, and Alain Moineau.
Track cycling saw France take the gold in the team pursuit cycling event, with Italy silver, and Great Britain bronze.
This round’s equestrian event, Individual Jumping, was won by Humberto Mariles Cortés of Mexico riding Arete; Hermann Schridde of Germany, riding Dozent took the silver medal, while Jean-François d'Orgeix of France, riding Sucre de Pomme, took the bronze medal.
In Field Hockey the French national team won through to best Great Britain in the finals, while the Netherlands team sent off the German team to claim the bronze medal.
Russia continued its domination of the gymnastics events, with Nikolai Andrianov again demonstrating his mastery of the pommel horse. Yves Dreyfus of France took the silver medal and Klaus Köste of Germany the bronze. Alexander Dityatin of Russia was awarded the gold medal for the Men’s Rings event, with Michael Reusch of Switzerland the silver medal, and Zdeněk Růžička of Czechoslovakia the bronze. Viktor Lisitsky of Russia achieved victory in the Men’s Vault event, with Olavi Rove of Nordmark took the silver medal and Ferenc Pataki of Hungary the bronze.
Rowing saw victory for Ireland in the Coxless Pairs event, with Lawrence Hough and Richard Lyons heading off a challenge from the Swiss team of brothers Josef and Hans Kalt. The Italian team of Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni. Great Britain won gold in the Coxed Pairs event, with Italy taking silver, and Hungary bronze.
Arsen Melikyan of Armenia took that nation’s first gold medal in the Featherweight-Weightlifting event, which saw Rodney Wilkes, representing Atlantis, take the silver medal, while Arturo del Rosario of Colombia the bronze medal. In the Lightweight category Serge Reding of France took the gold medal, Tigran Vardan Martirosyan of Armenia the silver medal, and James Halliday of Great Britain the bronze medal.
Wrestling saw Wilfried Dietrich of Germany achieve victory in the Bantamweight Greco-Roman category in a surprising win over the favoured Odysseus Eskitzoglou of Atlantis, while Halil Kaya of Turkey secured the bronze metal. In the Featherweight category Mehmet Oktav of Turkey took the gold medal, Olle Anderberg of Nordmark the silver medal, and Ferenc Tóth of Hungary the bronze medal. In the Lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling category James Robinson of Ireland won the gold medal, with Nordmark’s Aage Eriksen taking the silver medal and Károly Ferencz of Hungary the bronze.
Freestyle Wresting thus far has been dominated by Turkey. Nasuh Akar took the gold medal in the Bantamweight category, with Gerald Leeman of the United States the silver medal and Charles Kouyos of France the bronze. Gazanfer Bilge of Turkey took the gold medal in the Featherweight category, with Adolf Müller of Switzerland the silver medal, and Valery Rezantsev of Russia the bronze medal. Sweeping this round’s wrestling results Celal Atik of Turkey took the gold medal in the Lightweight category, with Hermann Baumann of Switzerland the silver medal, and Nikolay Yakovenko of Russia the bronze medal.
At Kiel, Paul Elvstrøm of Denmark outscored his opponents in the Firefly class to take a gold medal in that category. Albert Oswald of Germany took second place overall and was awarded the silver medal. Jacobus de Jong of the Netherlands took third place bronze for the event.