Gaston Hay

Gaston Hay
Gaston Hayet (1920)
nation	France
birthday	November 11, 1892
place of birth	Buenos Aires ,  Argentina
size	160 cm
Weight	49 kg
date of death	January 18, 1979
Place of death	Grandvilliers ,  France
Career
discipline	Long-distance running , cross-country running
Best performance	5000 m: 15: 23.2 min; 10,000 m: 32: 11.1 min
society	MC Colombes; VC Beauvais
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Paris 1924 Cross-country team competition

Gaston Heuet (born November 11, 1892 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † January 18, 1979 in Grandvilliers , Département Oise ) was a French long-distance runner .

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 he was eliminated over 5000 m in the preliminary run. Over 10,000 m he qualified for the final, but did not start.

In 1919 he won the bronze medal in cross-country running at the Allied Games . At the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 he qualified over 10,000 m for the final, but did not reach the goal. In the cross-country race he was eighth in the individual ranking, in the team race over 3000 m he came in fourth with the French team.

In 1924 he was twelfth over 10,000 m at the Olympic Games in Paris . In the cross-country race , which went down in sporting history as the heat battle of Colombes , he came tenth and won the bronze medal with the team.

In 1920 and 1924 he was national champion over 10,000 m , 1922 over 5000 m and 1923 runner-up in cross country.

Personal bests

• 5000 m: 15: 23.2 min, October 8, 1922, Paris
• 10,000 m: 32: 11.1 min, August 19, 1920, Antwerp

Web links

• Gaston Heuet in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Gaston Heuet (1922)