Olympics Closed, Yale Crew Cited

The Olympic flame was extinguished Saturday after 16 days of competition in Australia. Thousands of athletes from the 69 participating nations gathered to hear the games officially closed.

Russia, with 37 gold medals, wound up with the total unofficial high score of 722. The United States took 32 medals and finished with 593 points.

Vladimir Kuts, Russian long distance runner who won two gold medals, was generally considered the outstanding athlete of the 1956 Olympics. The Yale crew's win in the eight-man crew event also drew praise from Olympic officials.