The Archive · 1934

Chinese Women Again Score

Manila, May 18.

Once again the Chinese women made a clean sweep of the swimming finals, with the enormously poplar Young Sau-king easily capturing the 100 metres free-style and 100 metres back-stroke. 'The Philippines took second, third, and fourth luees in the frst' event, while Yung Wing-kan placed second in the the men's final of the $0 metres free-style, Takamura (Japan) made first place in the record time of 26.7/8 see, China came in fourth, by Chan Ki-sung.

'In the 200 metres great-stroke, a Filipino, Teofilo Yidetonso, defeated Japan's" champion swimmer, R. 'Koike, in 2 min, 45 9/10 sec. Third and fourth places were captured by the Philippines, all in Far Eastern' record-breaking times.

the 400 metres Japan made a clean sweep with Shimma winning in 4 min, 82 7/10 sec.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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