Louis Scott

Louis Scott
Louis Scott (1912)
Full name	Henry Louis Scott
nation	United States
birthday	November 16, 1889 or 1891
place of birth	Paterson ,  USA
size	172 cm
Weight	64 kg
date of death	unknown
Career
discipline	Long-distance running , cross-country running
Best performance	5000 m: 15:06.4 min; 10,000 m: 34: 14.2 min
society	South Paterson AC
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Stockholm 1912 3000 meter team run

Louis Scott ( Henry Louis Scott ; born November 16, 1889 or 1891 in Paterson , New Jersey ; † unknown) was an American long-distance runner .

In 1911 he became the US road running champion over 10 miles , and on May 26, 1912, he set a US record over 5000 meters in Celtic Park in New York City with 15: 06.4 minutes .

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , he was seventh over 5000 meters and gave up over 10,000 meters . Even in the team race over 3000 meters he did not reach the finish line, but was awarded a gold medal like the other members of the victorious US team. In the cross-country race he finished 24th in the individual ranking. Since only two US athletes finished the race, the US team was not rated.

Web links

• Louis Scott in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Louis Scott (center) with the victorious 3,000 meter team