Paris, Feb, 28.
The International Amateur Athletic Federation to-day approved alist lof 48 world records.
These included the time of 4 mins 6-4/10 seconds for the mile established by Sidney Wooderson, of Great Britain; the gures of 10°2/10 seconds for the 100 metres set up by Jesse JOwens at Chicago in 1936; and the time of 13-7/10 seconds for the 110 Imetres hurdles established by Forrest [Town, of America.
The 100-metre record of Jesse Jowens was the subject of a heated controversy in 1936 because the track measurements. varied Reuter.
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