1.
GV START OF MARATHON, SWIMMERS ENTER WATER.
0.15

2.
GV SECOND GROUP OF SWIMMERS ENTER WATER.
0.30

3.
LV AT SEA - SWIMMERS IN WATER.
0.35

4.
MV TWO SWIMMERS IN THE WATER.
0.41

5.
SV TWO SWIMMERS SWIM ALONGSIDE SHIP.
0.46

6.
CV DITTO.
0.54

7.
GV OTHER SWIMMERS.
1.00

8.
GV THE SHORES OF NAPLES.
1.09

9.
GV THREE EGYPTIAN SWIMMERS IN LEAD FINISH RACE, WINNER IS HELPED OUT OF WATER.
1.37

10.
CV WINNER.
1.41

11.
GV FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD MEN WALK THROUGH CHEERING CROWDS.
1.55



Initials PC/V/CR/BB


SPORT: SWIMMING

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Background: TWO SWIMMERS FROM THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC WERE YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) PROCLAIMED CO-WINNERS OF THE TENTH WORLD LONG-DISTANCE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP FROM CAPRI TO NAPLES, 20 MILES (33 KILOMETRES).

JUDGES FIRST ANNOUNCED THAT MOHAMMED ALY WAS THE WINNER, BUT OVER AN HOUR AFTER THE FINISH THE JURY DECLARED THAT HE AND ABDEL KEIF HAD WON TOGETHER WITH THE SAME TIME -- 8 HOURS, 49 MINUTES, 53 SECONDS.

THE TWO WINNERS AND A THIRD EGYPTIAN, NABIL EL SHAZLY, HAD PLOUGHED ACROSS A CHOPPY GULF OF NAPLES BUNCHED CLOSELY AND ALL FINISHED EXACTLY TOGETHER, BUT EL SHAZLY, THE ONLY AMATEUR OF THE TRIO, HAD STARTED OUT FROM CAPRI FIVE MINUTES EARLIER AND THUS ENDED WITH A FIVE-MINUTE HANDICAP.