Sport: Records

Running:

Last week, the following world's records were broken in the U. S.:

¶ 2000-yard: Paavo Nurmi; time, 4 min. 53 3/5 sec.

¶ 2000-metre: Paavo Nurmi; time, 5 min. 22 2/5 sec.

¶ 1 ¼-mile: Paavo Nurmi; time, 5 min. 23 4/5 sec.

¶ 2-mile: William Ritola; time, 9 min. 3 4/5 sec.

¶ 2-mile: Paavo Nurmi; time, 8 min. 58 1/5 sec.

¶ 1 3/4-mile: Paavo Nurmi; time, 7 min. 51 2/5 sec.

¶ 3-mile: William Ritola; time, 14 min. 1 2/5 sec.

¶ 1-mile: Lloyd Hahn; time, 4 min. 13 2/5 sec.

Swimming:

¶ 500-yard: Arne Borg; time,...

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