Number 9 & 10 May - June 1970 Volume 8 Modern Olympic Medalists On Stamps - Jim Hughes - 1965 Supplement to Part Two (Team Sports) ATHLETICS (Track and Field Events) 1964 - Men's 4x100 Meter Relay (Silver Medal) Poland #1357 The Polish 400-meter relay team of Andrzej Zielinski, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Folk and Marian Dudzlak had a 39.3s clocking for second place behind the U.S. team which set a new World and Olympic record with a time of 39 seconds. 1964 - Women's 4x100 Meter Relay (Gold Medal) Poland #1360 The Polish women's 400-meter relay team established a new World and Olympic record at Tokyo with a time of 43.6s. The team consisted of Teresa Ciepla, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Gorecka and Ewa Klobukowska* CYCLING 1964 - Road Team Time Trial - 68i miles Panama SG #1013 The winning Netherlands team members were Evert Dolman, Gerben Karstens, Jo­ hannes Pieterse, and Hubertus Zoet covered the 109*8 kilometer course in 2:26: 31.19. The Italian team of Severino Andreoli, Luciano dalla Bona, Pietro Guerra and Ferruccio Manza finished second with a 2:26:55.39 clocking for the Silver Medal. Sweden's team of Sven Hamrin, Erik Pettersson, Gosta Pettersson and Sture Pettersson was third with a time of 2:27:11.52. There were 32 teams entered. FENCING 1964 - Men's Epee Team (Gold Medal) Hungary #1658 * * * PATRONIZE. OUR ADVERTISERS * » * For those who use printed album pages, we suggest you check the K-Line ad on the back page. A small supplement for the sports and parts 3 and 4- of the 19th Olympic Games are ready. Part 4 has a whop­ ping 138 pages and consists of the non-member countries of the I.O.C. only. A seperate imperf section was not printed for part 4- since most of these stamps come imperf. K-Line is offering a duplicate part 4- at a reduced price to house your Imperfs. Two new items of interest are offered for these Games. The Host Countries (France and Mexico) only, with the results and the results only. 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The Hungarian Epee team consisted of Tamas Gabor, Istvan Kausz, Gyozo Kulscar Zoltan Nemere, and Arpad Barany defeated the Italian team (8-3) for the Gold medal. The first four fencers listed participated in the final match. France was beaten by Hungary (9-3) in the semi-finals at the Waseda Memorial Hall in Tokyo. 1964 - Women's Foil Team (Gold Medal) Hungary #1658 The Hungarian girls defeated the Russians (9-7) in the finals at Tokyo in this event which was inaugurated in I960 at Rome where the Hungarians finish­ ed second to the Russian girls* The 1964 team consisted of Katalin Juhasz, Judit Mendelenyi-Agoston, Lidia Sakovics-Domolky, Ildiko Ujlakl-Rejto and Paula Foldesi-Marosi* Page 2 Sports Philatelists International President: Mrs. Barbara T. Williams, 6601 White Oak Ave., Reseda, Ca. 91335 Vice-President: John La Porta, 6433 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, Illinois 60402 Sec-Trea s: Leonard K. Eichorn, 4331 Baintree Road, University Hgts., Oh. 44118 Directors: William G. 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SPI and JSP do not guarantee advertisements, but accept copy in good faith, reserving the right to reject objectionable material. ~NEW U.S. SLOGJAN CANCELS "Burlington / International Games / July 24-, 25, 26", Burlington, Vt. 054-01, May 1 through July 25. "100th Anniversary / America's Cup Challenge / 1870-1970", Newport, R. I. 0284-0, June 15 through September 30. Page 3 MODERN PENTATHLON 1964 - Modern Pentathlon Team (Bronze Medal) Hungary #1647 The third place Hungarian team consisted of Ferenc and Otto Toerok (brothers) and Imre Nagy (who was a member of the winning Hungarian team at Rome) scored a total of 14.173 points at Tokyo where eleven teams contested for medals. SOCCER 1924 - Uruguay Team (Gold Medal) Uruguay C282 1928 - Uruguay Team (Gold Medal) See Part Two for details of team members and other stamps issued in their honor. 1964 - Hungary Team (Gold Medal) Hungary #1642 The Hungarians won all five of their matches, defeating Czechoslovakia 2-1, in the finals. Line-up for final match were: Szentimihalyi, Novak, Ihasz, Szepesi, Orban, Nogradi, Farkas, Csernai, Bene, Komora and Katona. Earlier replacements were: Geli, Palotai and Varga. Farkas and Bene scored goals in the finals. VOLLEYBALL 1964 - Women's Team (Bronze Medal) Poland #1362 The Polish girls won three and lost two matches (won ten of their 16 sets) in this new Olympic sport on the Komazawa volleyball court, for third place be­ hind Japan and Russia. The team consisted of K. Czajkowska, J. Ledwig, M* Golimowska, J* Rutkowska, D. Kordaczuk, K. Jakubowska, J* Marko, M* Sliwka, Z. Szczensniewska, K. Krupa, H. Busz and B. Mermel. WATER POLO 1964 - Hungary Team (Gold Medal) Hungary #1650 The Hungarians won this Olympic championship by goal-average when they drew with silver medalist Jugoslavia in the semi-final(4-4) and winning over Italy in the finals (3-1)* The Hungarian team was made up of M* Ambrus, L. Felkai, J* Konrad, Z. Domotor, T. Kanissa, P. Rusoran, G. Karpati, D* Gyarmarti, D. Pocsik, M. Mayer, A* Bodnar, and 0* Boros* Dezso Gyarmarti, thirty-seven years old, a veteran of five Olympic water polo finals since 1948, brought hi8 medal tally to three gold, one silver, and one bronze* The Hungarians won six and tied two matches at Tokyo* WINTER SPORTS NORDIC SKIING 1964 - Women's 3x5 Kilometer Cross Country Relay Russia #2866 The Russian girls, Alvetina Kolchina, Eudokia Mekshilo, and Claudia Boyar- akikh, won this event at Innsbruck with a 59:20.2 clocking for the Gold medal The only team to cover the 3-mile, 188-yard course in under one hour.