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The 400m metres final.
A British Commonwealth and United States battle with McKenley and Wint of Jamaica and Whitfield
of the USA. They’re off.
World record holder McKenley dashes into the lead and at the half way mark is almost 10
yards up on the rest of the field.
Coming into the home stretch it’s Wint who challenges the leader.
50 yards from the tape it seemed impossible that he could do it. But he comes through
with a magnificent effort to equal the Olympic record time of 46.2 seconds.
Slow motion emphasises his perfect action at the end of a brilliant race.
This outstanding 6ft 4in athlete credits Jamaica with their first Olympic victory ever.