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Olympic Grandstand

on BBC One London

featuring four Swimming Finals live and Gymnastics.
Introduced by Frank Bough Swimming: 9.30 Heats:
Men's 200m Freestyle
Women's 200m Butterfly Men's 100m Breaststroke DAVID WILKIE 'S first race Men's 1500m Freestyle
Swimming Finals At 12.0 midnight Semi-final:
Men's 100m Breaststroke
ALAN WEEKS and HAMILTON BLAND report live on four more gold medal events
Women's 100m Freestyle
Olympic champion and record holder: S. Neilson (USA) 58.59
World record: K. Ender (DDR) 55.73 World best 1976: Ender 55.73:
B. Krause (DDR) 56.01; C. Hempel (DDR)
56.80
British best: D. Hill 1:00.1
Men's 100m Backstroke
Olympic champion and record holder: R. Matthes (DDR) 56.58
World record: Matthes 56.30
World best 1976: J. Naber (USA) 56.82; P. Rocca (USA) 57.05: Matthes 57.20 British best: G. Abraham 1:00.3
Women's 200m Butterfly
Olympic champion and record holder: K. Moe (USA) 2:15.57
World record: R. Gabriel-Kother (DDR)
2:11.22
World best 1976: Gabriel-Kother 2:11.22: U. Tauber (DDR) 2:12.78: A. Pollack (DDR) 21334
British best: J. Alexander 2:19.5
Men's 200m Freestyle
Olympic champion and record holder: M. Spitz (USA) 1:52.78
World record B Furniss (USA) 1:50.32
World best 1976: Furniss 1:50.32; J. Naber (USA) 1:51.12; J. Montgomery (USA) 1: 51.41
British best: B. Brinkley 1:53 56
Gymnastics
Women's Team Competition Commentator RON PICKERING
Boxing HARRY CARPENTER reports on the pick of today's bouts in the Olympic tournament which goes on throughout the next fortnight.
News ... action ... results from today's other sports which include Football, Rowing, Basketball, Volleyball and Hockey
Commentators JOHN MOTSON. PETER WEST, STUART STOREY , BARRY DAVIES Timings are subject to alteration
From Monday to Friday Late Night News Headlines will be at 11.15 approximately

Contributors

Introduced By:
Frank Bough
Unknown:
David Wilkie
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K. Ender
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B. Krause
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C. Hempel
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R. Matthes
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P. Rocca
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G. Abraham
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K. Moe
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R. Gabriel-Kother
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A. Pollack
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J. Alexander
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M. Spitz
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J. Naber
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J. Montgomery
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B. Brinkley
Commentator:
Ron Pickering
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Boxing Harry Carpenter
Commentators:
John Motson.
Unknown:
Stuart Storey
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Barry Davies

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