With only one championship captured by a Jewish athlete in the Olympiad, and that by a Los Angeles girl, Lillian Copeland with her discus, the record of the Jewish athletes was somewhat heightened by the capture of two second places in other events.
Phil Ehrenberg, also of Los Angeles, won second place in a tough Indian club swinging contest, and Albert Schwartz finished second behind one of the fastest Japanese swimmers in the world.
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