The Michigan Daily-Saturday, August 2, 1980-Page 15 SHOWDOWN AT 1500 METERS MOSCOW the Olympic meters yest with Steve O father "cam A week a race and fin 800 meters. way round. It was a s - a long wa of 3:32.1 he unlike last found the fin The 103,00 Stadium hi English run Coe beats out Ovett or (AP) - Sebastian Coe won The East German overtook frontrun- The race was held in a flat, pic- gold medal in the 1,500 ning Dutchman Gerard Nijboer near turesque course, parts of it along the erday, evened his score the end and held on easily to win in two Moscow River. It could have produced vett and in the words of his hours, 11 minutes and three seconds. It even better times except for the muggy, e back froin the dead." was more than one minute off his win- hot weather. go Coe ran a bad tactical ning time in the Montreal Games in In the field events, Gerd Wessig, a 21- ished second to Ovett in the 1976. year-old East German cook, said his This time, it was the other Nijboer, who ran the marathon in country's national anthem almost 2:09.1 earlier this year for the second caused him to miss the jump that gave low race. Coe won in 3:38.4 best time ever recorded in the 26 mile, him a world record. y outside the world record Wessig set a mark of 7 feet, 8 inches e shares with Ovett. But and won the high jump gold medal. Saturday, it was Coe who "I had gone the first three steps when ishing kick. I heard the anthem being played for Xl fans in Moscow's Lenin some awarding ceremony. It bothered ad come to see the twoY ners fight it out in a gran- gold Olympics, said he was confident throughout and nothing could break his concentration. The silver went to 1976 champion Jacek Wszola of Poland and fellow East German Jorg Freimuth. In the distance events, Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia became the only individual double gold medalist in the track com- petition by adding the 5,000-meter title to his earlier victory over 10,000 meters. The distance-running double realized an old dream of the wiry little runner, who had been unable to achieve his goal at two earlier Olympics. Yifter now joins the elite group of those who have won both races in one Olympics. Finland's Lasse Viren was the last to do it, taking both events in 1972 at Munich and 1976 in Montreal. Viren finished fourth in the 10,000 this time and dropped out of the marathon Friday. He is the only Olympian to win two individual gold medals here so far. The Soviet Union's Viktor Markin won the gold in the 400 meters and ran on his country's 1,600-meter-winning relay team. Going into the.final circuit, Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan seized the lead. Yifter matched him stride-for-stride and shot ahead going into the final turn, 200 meters from the end. dstand climax to the Olympic track and field events. But unexpectedly Jurgen Straub of East Germany was second in 3:38.4 and Ovett, 3:39.0, had to be con- tent with the bronze medal. Britain is one of the countries not using national flags or anthems at the Olympics as a token protest against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. The Olympic flag was raised to the masthead and the Olympic hymn was played during the awards ceremony. But happy British fans, waving the Union Jack, did their best to drown out the music by singing "God Save the Queen." "So we didn't totally miss out," Coe said. Asked if he would have preferred the British anthem at the medals ceremony, Coe said: "The decisionwas made to have the Olympic flag and an- them, and I respect the reasons for it." In other action, Waldemar Cierpinski won the Olympic marathon, becoming only the second man ever to win that event in two consecutive Olympics. "I never dreamed of winning again, but it was a good payoff after three long years of preparation," he said. Olympic roundup me, but I went on and jumped, and I made it," Wessig said, The anthem was not the only thing troubling the lean, moustachioed jumper. He took a long run from the right side and at a crucial moment, marathon runners began speeding in front of him. But Wessig, little known before ,the Coe ... avenges loss 385-yard event, was runner-up in 2:11.20 for Holland's first Olympic track and field medal. 'The Dutchman finished ahead of a Soviet trio, Setymkul Dshumanazarov 2:11.35, Vladimir Kotov 2:12.05, and Leonid Moseyev 2:12.14. SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: -Ohio St. is team to boiat, say coaches By AL FANGER special to The Daily CHICAGO - The upper echelon of Big Ten football will continue to be composed of four teams, concurred the conference coaches at yesterday's ninth annual Big Ten kickoff luncheon. A sizable portion of the represented media also agreed that Ohio State, Purdue, Michigan and Indiana would be contending for the conference championship, as well as post-season bowl bids. All four teams appeared in bowl games following last season. WITHIN THAT exclusive group of contenders, coaches indicated that Ohio State is the team to beat. They cited the Buckeyes' quick, agile defense, which returns eight starters this season, as the advantage that places them in a favorable position to win the title. "Last year there were a lot of predictions about our team, and luckily they were wrong," said Buckeye coach Earle Bruce. "This year there are once again a lot of predictions, and I hope to hell they're right." The event, which was held in the Palmer House Hotel, gave both the press and the public an opportunity to meet the Big Ten's two newest coaches - Frank "Muddy" Waters of Michigan State and Mike White of Illinois. SPEAKING AT A press conference, Waters expressed uncertainty about his team's strengths relative to the rest of the conference. "I can't tell you much about our team, because I don't know much about our team," said Waters, who came to MSU from Saginaw Valley State College. When asked if the Spartans' offensive line would be capable of opening gaps for their talented backfield corps, Waters replied, "No. But anybody (among the media) who has any eligibility left should see me." D'ver HEIDELBERG, West Germany (AP) -Formula One driver Patrick Depailler was killed yesterday when his Affa Romeo hit a guard rail and flipped over during a private testing session at the Hockenheimring race course. The 35-year-old Frenchman -was pronounced dead on arrival at the near- by Heidelberg University Clinic. A track spokesman said the cause of the accident probably would not be determined because the car nearly disintegrated in the crash. Depailler, who was killed eight days before his 36th birthday, began his auto racing career in 1966 after campaigning motorcycles for several seasons. He won a European championship in For- mula Two in 1974 and earned a ride with Ken Tyrrell's Formula One team in 1972. Barrett sets record IRVINE, Calif. (AP)-Lanky Bill Barrett, who lives in Alpharretta, Ga., and attends UCLA, broke the world record yesterday with a time of 2 minutes 3.24 seconds in the 200 meter individual medley at the United States Swimming Championships. Barrett's record came in an event not swum in Olympic competition. For the individual medal, laps are swum in first the butterfly followed by the backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. Barrett's world record was the third set in this week long program at the outdoor, 50-meter pool of Heritage Park. Tracy Caulkins of Nashville, Tenn., already a triple winner-although one was a tie, was first among the qualifiers for the women's 200 individual medley. kiled Twitty leads PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Howard Twitty, who says he has never played better golf over a sustained period in his pro career, tied the course 36-hole record of 130 yesterday and held a two- stroke lead in the $250,000 Philadelplia Golf classic. With all his birdies-he hasn't bogeyd a hole in two rounds-Twitty is just two strokes ahead of Mark Hayes, the veteran pro from Oklahoma. Track meet set MOSCOW (AP) - Intermediate hurdler Edwin Moses will lead 85 mem- bers of the U.S. Olympic track team in a meet in Rome Aug. 5 featuring at, least 22 Olympic champions, including eight Soviets, the organizers announced Friday. The meet will be attended by com- petitors from West Germany and Kenya, who have boycotted the Olym- pics along with the United States. The program will include 16 men's events and four women's races.