Who Won

New Zealand's Peter Snell, 23, world's fastest miler (3:54.4), over the U.S.'s best, Oregon's Dyrol Burleson, in a new American record time of 3:56.1; at Los Angeles Coliseum Relays. Burleson clung to the pace for three laps, but on the final go-round Snell turned on his famous kick, sprinted the last 220 yds. in a blazing 24.5 sec., hit the tape more than 10 yds.

in front. Also at the Coliseum: a new world's record in the shotput by University of Southern California's Dallas Long with a throw of 65 ft. 10 1/2 in.; a new world's record in the discus by two-time Olympic Champion Al Oerter with a throw of 200 ft. 5 1/2 in., first time the 200-ft. mark has been reached.

Italy's Davis Cup tennis team, which liquidated the first Russian team to enter the competition, in the second round of the 1962 European Zone playoffs; on clay courts in Florence. The ambitious Russians scored an easy victory over The Netherlands in the first round, but the Italians, who trimmed the U.S. last year before bowing to Australia in the finals, were something else again. In the first three matches, the Reds won only one set.

Greek Money, a chestnut colt that had not won a major stake in its three years, the 86th running of the Preakness Stakes by a nose over high-rated Ridan; at Pimlico. Odds: 11 to 1 in an eleven-horse field that included Kentucky Derby Winner Decidedly, which placed a dismal eighth.

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