Established during the eighth Olympiad:
¶ 10,000-metre run: W. Ritola of Finland, 30 min., 23 1-5 secs.
40¶ 400-metre low hurdles: F. M. Taylor of Grinnell College, la., 52 3-5 secs.
¶ Running broad jump: R. Legendre of Newark A. C., 25 ft., 6 in.
¶ 3,000-metre steeplechase: W. Ritola of Finland, 9 min., 33 3-5 secs.
¶ 400-metre run: E. H. Liddell of Great Britain, 47 3-5 secs.
¶ Hop-step-and-jump: A. W. Winter of Australia, 50 ft., 11 3-16 in.
¶ 400-metre relay: U. S. Team (Hussey, Clark, Murchison, LeConey), 41 secs.
¶ 1,600-metre relay: U. S. Team (McDonald, Stevenson, Cochran, Hel-frich), 3 min., 16 secs.
¶ Mile...
