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Olympic Grandstand

on BBC One London

An afternoon of action from the Olympic Stadium and Boxing Arena

Boxing: Semi-finals: 2.0, 5.30
Live coverage of the contests which will decide the places in - Saturday's finals.

Athletics
Action in two finals including the last of the ten events to decide who is the world's best all-round athlete
3.35 Decathlon Javelin
100m Hurdles Final (Women)
This is a new Olympic event.
1500m (Men). Heats
Dave Wottle, the American who runs wearing a golf cap, sprang into the Olympic reckoning by running second to Jim Ryun in the US trials.
Decathlon Final
At 7.10 The 1500m Olympic champion: W Toomey (USA)
America's Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic champion and world record holder, is married to Britain's former athletics star, Mary Rand. Now a TV commentator, Toomey has been chosen as President Nixon's personal representative at the Munich Games.

News... Action... Highlights from all today's other events

Introduced by Frank Bough
Timings are subject to alteration
(Guide to this week's finals: pp 14-17)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Director:
Richard Tilling
Director:
Brian Venner
Editor:
Alan Chivers
Editor:
Alan Hart
Editor:
Sam Leitch
Editor:
A.P. Wilkinson
Producer:
Bryan Cowgill

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