Hurdles, 1948 London Olympics
The photograph on the left shows the semi-final of the 400 metres hurdling. Second from left competitor, Larsson of Sweden (no.128) is about to draw ahead and take the victory. The righthand photograph is of the final of the same event. Cochran, no. 339 in one of the central lanes took gold, and set up a new Olympic record of 51.1 seconds
Picture No
10513156
Media ID
46052390
Size
7134px x 2592px
(4.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph, the Sphere, 14 August 1948, p.216
Date
1948
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