U.S. VS. GERMANY-A SPLIT DECISION

Tex Maule

September 19, 1960

It seemed that every Olympic sprint found the U.S. and Germany battling it out at the wire. In the dramatic finish of the 400-meter run (above) Germany's Carl Kaufmann breaks the tape with his chin, but Otis Davis has his chest over the line first, which makes him the winner. At left, a stacked tier of judges sees Dave Sime just beat Germany's lunging Martin Lauer in the anchor leg of the 400-meter relay—a race the Americans subsequently lost by disqualification because luckless Ray Norton had received the baton from Frank Budd outside the proper passing zone. At right, the German relay team of Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf and Lauer celebrates its victory.