Record Turnover

For the record--and for the first time --the Amateur Athletic Union of the U.S. published a complete list of swimming champions and record-holders, including Interscholastic, Intercollegiate, American, South American, European, Olympic and World awards.

Foremost figures:

> Of 31 world's records listed for men, all but six are held by U.S. swimmers. Japan's S. Makino and T. Amano are credited with three, Germany's A. Heina with two, Japan's 1936 Olympic relay team with one.

> Chicago's keg-chested, kite-footed Adolph Kiefer, 23-year-old drama student, holds all five world's backstroke records. He has done 100 yards in 58.8 sec., 400 meters in 5 min. 13.4 sec.

> Seattle's 27-year-old Jack Medica, who recently turned pro to coach at Columbia University, is the world's greatest middle-distance swimmer. Of 16 individual freestyle world's records, he is credited with nine--ranging from 200 meters (2:07.2) to a mile (20:57.8).

> Princeton's Dick Hough holds half the world's breaststroke records: 100 yards (1:00.6), 100 meters (1:07.3), 200 yards (2:22).

> Hollywood's Johnny Weissmuller still holds one world's record: 51 sec. flat for 100 yards (free-style), set at Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1927.

> Of the 29 world's records listed for women, none is held by a U.S. swimmer.

> Denmark's 20-year-old Ragnhild Hveger, who made no great splash in the 1936 Olympics, has since shattered 15 of the 16 women's free-style marks. She has flailed 100 yards in 59.7 sec., one mile in 23 min. 11.5 sec.

> In the backstroke, Eleanor Holm's spectacular figures have long been washed away. In Rotterdam two years ago, Holland's young Cor Kint set four world's backstroke records: 100 yards, 100 meters, 150 yards, 200 meters. Her record-breaking time for 100 yards is 1:05.1--4.7 sec. faster than the U.S. record set by glamorous Gloria Callen last spring.

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