FINLAND: AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE RON CLARKE WINS 5,000 METRES EVENT AT TAMPERE

Record ID: 496375

  • Title: FINLAND: AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE RON CLARKE WINS 5,000 METRES EVENT AT TAMPERE
  • Date: 19th June 1965
  • Summary: 1. MLS START OF 5,000 METRES EVENT 0.10 2. LS CLARKE ROUNDING BEND 0.14 3. MLS OTHER COMPETITORS ROUND BEND 0.16 4. LS CLARKE DOWN STRAIGHT AND AWAY FROM CAMERA 0.33 5. MS CROWD APPLAUDING 0.35 6. MS CLARKE DOWN STRAIGHT AND PAST CAMERA 0.38 7. MLS OTHER COMPETITORS PAST CAMERA 0.40 8. MLS JOHN COOK RUNNING AWAY FROM CAMERA 0.43 9. CS SIGN "FIGURE 9" 0.44 10. MS RON CLARKE PASSES SIGN AND AWAY FROM CAMERA 0.49 11. MS JOHN COOK PASSES SIGN AND AWAY FROM CAMERA 0.54 12. MS CROWD APPLAUDING 0.56 13. RON CLARKE DOWN STRAIGHT 1.05 14. LS CROWD APPLAUDING 1.07 15. MLS CLARKE FINISHING AND WINNING RACE 1.12 16. MS CLARKE PRESENTED WITH TROPHY 1.22 Initials DR/S/BHH/OS SPORT: ATHLETICS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th July 1965 13:00
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  • Location: TAMPERE, FINLAND
  • Country: Finland
  • Reuters ID: LVA8L84GCPZ0JPJER1H6AEOR7BXN
  • Story Text: AUSTRALIA'S RECORD-BREAKING DISTANCE RUNNER, RON CLARKE WON A 5,000 METRES RACE AT TAMPERE, FINLAND, LAST NIGHT (FRIDAY) IN 13 MINUTES, 40.8 - 15 SECONDS OUTSIDE HIS OWN WORLD MARK.

    CLARKE, WHO BROKE THE 10,000 METRES WORLD RECORD IN TURKU, FINLAND, TWO DAYS BEFORE, BETTERED HIS OWN 5,000 METRES WORLD RECORD WITH A TIME OF 13:25.8 IN LOS ANGELES EARLIER THIS MONTH.

    JOHN COOKE, OF BRITAIN, FINISHED SECOND IN LAST NIGHT'S RACE IN 14:14.6.

    CONDITIONS WERE FAR FROM IDEAL, AND WHEN RAIN BEGAN AFTER THE 4,000 METRES MARK HAD BEEN PASSED THERE WAS CLEARLY ON HOPE OF CLARKE BREAKING THE RECORD.
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