Olympics Ousts 5 Koreans for Punching Out Referee : 2nd Golds for Evans and Biondi

Tiny Janet Evans of the United States shattered her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle to win a second Olympic swimming gold medal today and American Matt Biondi won his second gold by sprinting away with the 100-meter freestyle crown.

Tall East German swimmer Kristin Otto raised her gold medal total to three with two wins today.

Evans prevented a total East German takeover of the women’s events, following up Monday’s 400-meter individual medley triumph with a superlative performance in the freestyle race today. She cut a huge 1.6 seconds from her own world standard with a clocking of 4:03.85, a performance that surprised even the 102-pound dynamo from Placentia, Calif.

“When I hit the wall and looked at the time, I couldn’t believe it,” said Evans. “It felt more like a 4:05 than a 4:03. I didn’t feel like I was going that fast.”

‘A Universe Record’

“That isn’t a world record, that’s a universe record,” U.S. team manager Frank Keefe said.

Evans blew away the challenge of East German world champion Heike Friedrich in the final 100 of the 400 meters. The 17-year-old American accelerated away to beat the East German by more than two seconds.

“I didn’t think Janet was capable of producing a time like that. I planned my race round the assumption that 4:05 would win the gold medal,” said Friedrich, who broke her European record with 4:05.94.

Biondi, of Moraga, Calif., charged away with similar determination in the 100 freestyle and sped home in an Olympic record time of 48.63 seconds, the second fastest in the event after the 48.42 world mark he set last month.

Chris Jacobs made it a one-two for the Americans, taking the silver in 49.08, ahead of European record-holder Stephan Caron of France.

“It’s the first one-two for any team, so we’re proud of that,” Biondi said.

Driven by Disappointment

“I kept reminding myself ‘100 fly, 100 fly,’ ” he added in recollection of his disappointment in Wednesday’s 100-meter butterfly event when he was overtaken on the final touch by Anthony Nesty of Suriname.

“That race showed how great you have to be to swim in the Olympics. I thought I let myself down in the fly,” he said.

“I was really motivated. If there’s any race I wanted to win it’s the 100 free. That’s my event.”

With two golds (the other coming in the 800 freestyle relay), one silver and one bronze already in his possession, Biondi believes he’s over the hump in his bid for seven medals.

Otto, who had already won gold in the 100-meter freestyle, added the 100-meter backstroke and, with plenty of energy left, dived in again as leadoff swimmer to bring East Germany the 100-meter freestyle relay title. An American quartet won a bronze behind the Netherlands in the relay race.

Startling Tennis Upset

In a startling upset today in tennis competition, Bong Soo Kim, an unheralded Korean ranked just 361st in the world, thrilled a noisy home crowd and shocked Olympic visitors with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 victory over fourth-seeded Henri Leconte of France.

It was the greatest tennis victory ever registered by a Korean and a humiliation for Leconte, who had been struggling at the Olympic tournament after arriving late because of other commitments.

“It was very, very difficult to play,” said the disappointed Frenchman. “The crowd was screaming. They should have been warned.

“When you made a double-fault, they’d scream,” Leconte said.

With 52 gold-medal events completed, the Soviets had 28 medals, including 13 gold. East Germany was next with 19 medals, six gold, while the United States had 13 medals, five gold.