George Bonhag

George Bonhag
George Bonhag winning the 1,500-meter walk in 1906
Full name	George Valentine Bonhag
nation	United States
birthday	January 31, 1882
place of birth	Boston ,  USA
size	179 cm
Weight	60 kg
date of death	October 30, 1960
Place of death	New York , USA
Career
discipline	Middle distance running , long distance running , cross country running , walking
society	I-AAC Queens
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 1 × 0 × Olympic Intermediate Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Stockholm 1912 3000 meter team run silver London 1908 3 mile team run Olympic Intermediate Games gold Athens 1906 1500 meter train walking

George Valentine Bonhag (born January 31, 1882 in Boston , † October 30, 1960 in New York City ) was one of the best middle and long distance runners of his time. He became the first Olympic walking champion.

At the Olympic Games in 1904 , Bonhag had no result in the 800-meter run .

At the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games , Bonhag finished fourth in the five-mile run. To his great disappointment, he only finished 6th in the 1,500-meter run . He then signed up for the 1,500-meter walk, even though he had never taken part in walking competitions. He won Olympic gold in the 1,500 meter walk, making him the first ever Olympic walking champion .

At the Olympic Games in 1908 he won silver in the team competition over three miles with John Eisele and Herbert Trube . Bonhag gave up in the obstacle course.

At the Olympic Games in 1912 , Bonhag was fourth in the 5000 meter run in 15: 09.8 minutes. In the 3,000-meter team race, Bonhag won gold with Tell Berna and Norman Taber , while Abel Kiviat and Louis Scott did not reach the finish. Sweden won silver in this competition ahead of Great Britain.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
• Bill Mallon / Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold , New York City 1984 ISBN 0-88011-217-4
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996 Track and Fields Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV

Web links

• George Bonhag in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

George Bonhag (r.) As a member of the victorious 3,000 meter team in 1912