Sport: Who Won: Jul. 20, 1962

— California's Dan Gurney, 31, a star auto racer at home, but never before winner of a European Grand Prix race; the Grand Prix of France at Rouen, carefully nursing his German Porsche through the 219½-mile race at a slow (relatively) but sure average speed of 101.9 m.p.h. while faster cars broke down and dropped out. — Tennessee State's Wilma Rudolph Ward, lithe triple gold-medal winner at the 1960 Olympics; the 100-yd. dash at the women's National A.A.U. championships; in 10.8 sec., only .1 sec. off her own meet record.

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