European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday october 2,19b8 1988 olympics Griffith Joyner wins third Gold b Ber Rosenthal Seoul a Florence Griffith Joiner completed her magnificent run through inc 1988 olympics saturday winning her third Gold medal and falling just Short of a record lying fourth. Griffith Joyner who ran the third leg on the winning 400-Mclcr relay team anchored the 1.600-Mcii f squad 40 min Utt s la Erbul could t catch Olga Bryzgis a of the soviet Union whose team shattered the world record. The . Men s 1,600-Mclcr relay lean of Danny Everett Steve Lewis Kevin Kobin Ine and Hutch Reynolds won the Gold medal meanwhile lying inc 20-year-old world record of 2 min ulis 5ft". I seconds. In the women s 1,500 meters Paula Ivan of Romania ran away from the Field to break the olympic record and Mary Decker Slancy faded after the first Lap and finished eighth to come away from Seoul with no medals. Kenya won to golds with pc scr Rono taking inc 1,500 and John Ngugi winning he 5,000, for an african sweep if he distance raws with the men s mar Al Hon still to come sunday. Griffith Joyner Winner of the women s 100-meter and 200-Nidcr dashes Gol the halon on the last leg of the 1,600-meter relay Riboul one Meler behind Bry Gina and could t catch her. Bry Gina opened about a five meter k and before Griffith Joyner rallied and inc american wound up about two Steps behind the soviet for it Silver medal. The time of 3 15.18 by the soviet learn of Kalyana Lidovskaya Olga Nazarova Maria Pinegina and Bry Gina broke the world record of 3 15.92 set by East Germany in 1984. The  team of Denean Howard. Diane Ouon Valeric Priwo and cirit Riih Joyner was limed in3 18.51. Smashing inc american record. Crift ill Joyner. Trying to become the second woman track and Field Al let to win four Gold medals won her third in the 400 relay thanks to a Brilliant an Chor leg by Evelyn Ashford. Although the squad had trouble pass ing inc Slick Ashford rescued them on her Anchor leg. She Gol the Balon from Griffith Joyner about three meters backing third place then raced past East Ger Man marlins Gohr and into inc Lead with about 10 meters remaining. The winning time by the learn of Alic Ebrown Sheila Echols Griffith Joyner and Ashford was 41,98, with East Ger Many second in 42.09 and the soviet Union third in 42.75. Griffith Joyner was a last minute re placement in the 1,600 relay inc Deci Sion being made by the team s coaches after she had run on the 400 relay team. I can t even find the  Griffith Joyner said thrilled though she failed la win the fourth Gold medal. I m just so Happy. Never in my life have 1 been Inland won a big Competition like  we ran 3 is.5i, they the soviets Florence Griffith Joyner just misses in bid for fourth Gold medal in 1600-Mcler relay. Ran 3 15.ib," . Sprint coach Fred Thompson said. Ill Lake  the Only woman to win four olympic track and Field golds was Fanny Blank cars Koch of the Netherlands who won the 100 and 200-Mcler runs the 400-meter relay and 80-Mclcr High hurdles in the 1948 olympics the . 1,600-Melerrclay learn look command of the race on the first Exchange and enhanced inc Lead on each of inc next two exchanges to equal the re Cord set by inc american foursome of Vincent Matthews Ronald Freeman Larry James and acc Evans in Mexico City in 1968. East Germany the lop qualifier after Friday s semifinal heal took the Silver in 3 00.30. West Germany won the Bronze in 3 00.56. The soviet team of Victor Braz inc Vladimir Krylov Vladimir to Uravick and Villi Savinc won the Grid medal in the men s 400-meter relay with a Lime of 38.19 seconds Britain look inc Silver medal with a 38.28 clocking and France Gol the Bronze in 38,40. The . Men s 400-Mclcr relay learn Handoff during first round heats. Carl Lewis the Anchor on inc Goldmedal team in 1984, would have done the same in the finals with Smith run Ning third and Dennis Mitchell leading off. Lewis Mitchell and Smith had finished 1-2-3, respectively in the 100 final at the trials. Ivan 25, was timed in 3 minutes 53.96 seconds smashing the olympic re Cord of 3 56.56, Sci by Tatyana Kazankin of the Sovil Union in 1980 and mov ing into second place on the All time list a Ankina also owns inc world record 3 52.47, established in 1980. Ivan the 3,000-Mcler Silver medallist was in command throughout the 1,500 and won by about 25 my Lars. Lailo ulc Baikal Skailes passed her soviet teammate Kalyana a Motinko the 3.000-Metcr Gold medallist in the final strides and appeared to finish second in4 00.24, Wilh Samolenko third in 4 00.30.the official olympic stadium scoreboard however showed inc order of finish reversed with Samolenko Sec Ond and Barkaus knit  they a Cal to the medal podium a Motinko was set to take inc Bronze medal and Backauskaite the Silver. But the were told to switch places before gelling on the land Wilh Samolenko awarded the Silver and Backauskaite inc  Alicr the ceremonies inc positions were officially reversed Wilh Backauskaite officially awarded inc Silver and Samolenko the  the men s 1.500, Rono became the fourth african Gold medallist in four Dis Tance races winning in 3 35.96. Rono a Slu Donl at mount is. Mary s inem Mitsburgh md., grabbed the Lead Halfway through the race and held  s pc scr Elliot took second in 3 36.15, with Juns Pelcer Harold of East Germany edging Sieve cram of Britai for inc bronc in 3 36.21. Cram finished in 3 36.24, Wilh Ameri can hopeful Steve Scott taking fifth in 3 36.99.ngugi led for the final 4,000 meters in winning inc 5,000 in 13 11.70. Dicker Baumann of West Germany and Hansjorg Kunze of East Germany overcame Domingos castros of Portugal in the final is meters to finish second and third in 13 15.72 and 13 15.73, re  in the games Paul Nereng of Kenya won the 800. Julius Kariuki of Kenya look the 3,000-Mcter steeplechase and Ibrahim Bou Laib of Morocco won inc 10,000 my Lars. Jurgen Schult of East Germany broke Mac Wilkins olympic discus record Wilh his first throw of 225 feel 9 inches. Thai shattered Wilkins record of 224-0 Sci in 1976 in Montreal. Romas Toubar Las of the soviet Union won the Silver Wilh a throw of 221-5 and Rolf Danne Borg of Wisl Germany won the Bronze with a throw of 221-1,in kayaking. Barton of Homer mich., won the singles by one Hundredth of a second Over Grant Davics of Australia in a photo finish. He and Norman Bell ing Ham of Rockville md., combined in the doubles to beat a new zealand pair by More than a  Graf of Wisl Germany beat Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 6-3 in a rematch of the , open final. Sabatini got in Silv or and semifinal losers Zina Garrison of inc United slates and Manuela Maleva of Bulgaria look the  think in s something not Many peo ple after me will achieve winning the grand slam first and the Gold medal afterwards Graf said that s  the Victory was grass 40lh in a Row and her 14th in 16 matches against Saba Lini the Only woman to beat her this year. Mercer from Page 21 european Champion Wilh a right 12 seconds into the fight and Kepi on if pressure throughout several Lomci jarring the bulgarian Wilh single punches and combinations 10 Llic head. Mckinney forced Rislov to Lake a standing eight count with a right to the head in the second round and in the final minute of the Boul. He landed at will 10 i behead. I Pristov s main weapon was his left Jab although he scored with Tome combinations in inc third round. If i made if close iffy were going to Lake it from me like hey did from Mike Mckinney said. I was standing Sheri when they did it to Mike and i knew 1 could t make it  Carbajal lost 59-58, Loi Ingon nil five official cards. I m the olympic Silver medallist and that s not bad at All Carbajal said. "1 thought i won the Gold medal and i in always fed that  Carbajal. 21, was the aggressor for much of the Boul and landed several Good punches to the head of the circling Hristov. However Hristov landed numerous jabs and that apparently swayed the judges in his favor Robert Wangila of Kenya became the first Boxer Ever from Africa to win an olympic Gold medal when he slopped Laurent Boud Ouam of France in the second round of the 147-Pound final. Wangila simply had too much Power for the French Man lie knocked him Down with a right hand in in first round Ihen made him Lake a standing Cyrhl count after two More smashing rights to the head in the second round Wangila nailed Bou Douani Wilh another right hand. Bou Douani struggled up but the referee slopped it at 44 seconds of the round. The 132-Pound title went to Andreas Duclow of East Germany on a 5-0 decision Over George Cramne of Sweden. Duclow a 22-year-old maintenance Man. Scored effectively Wilh right jabs and Short combinations to i behead in controlling the action from inc outset. Cramne simply could not get inside on inc taller Zuelow. East Germany got its second boxing Gold when Henry Maske a 24-year-old army officer scored a 5-0 decision Over Egerton Marcus of Canada in the 165 Pound final. Marcus a 23-year-old Power puncher fought Wilh a right hand that reportedly was broken in a quarterfinal bout. Mareus threw i lot of rights in the first round but few thereafter although he Shook mask Wilh a right to the head just before the Bell ending the second round. The 6 Fooi-3v mask scored Eft clively Wilh right jabs throughout the fight and also piled up Points with right left combinations in the third round