Summer Olympics 1896 / Athletics - 800 m (men)

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sport athletics
discipline 800 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 9 athletes from 6 countries
Competition location Panathinaic Stadium
Competition phase April 6-9, 1896
Winning time 2: 11.0 min
Medalist
gold medal not forgiven
Silver medal Australian Federation Flag.svg Teddy Flack
Bronze medal Hungary 1867Hungary Nándor Dáni
athletics Athletics competitions at
the 1896 Olympic Games
100 m Men
400 m Men
800 m Men
1500 m Men
110 m hurdles Men
marathon Men
Long jump Men
Triple jump Men
high jump Men
Pole vault Men
Shot put Men
Discus throw Men

The 800-meter race of the men at the Olympic Games in 1896 was on 6 and 9 April 1896 in Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens held. According to information from the SportsReference website mentioned below , nine athletes from six nations took part; according to the literature by Ekkehard zur Megede listed below , there were eight runners from five nations. In the Panathinaiko Stadium, the athletes had to run a little more than two laps for the distance of 800 meters. There were no lanes separating the runners from one another.

Records

The world record listed was still unofficial at the time. It was achieved over 880 yards , which corresponds to 804.672 meters.

World record Charles Kilpatrick ( United States ) United States 44United States  1: 53.4 min New York , United States September 21, 1895

Time schedule

date round
Monday April 6th Prelims
Thursday April 9th final

Results

Prelims

The Hungarian Olympic runner-up Nándor Dáni

April 6, 1896

The preliminary round was divided into two runs. The two best placed in each heat - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. The preliminary runs took place on April 6, 1896.

As with many other competitions, different results are presented in the various sources mentioned below. For comparison, the results are compared in the tables listed.

Forward 1

Result according to SportsReference
space Surname country time  
1 Teddy Flack Australian Federation Flag.svg OUT 2: 10.0 min OR
2 Nándor Dáni Hungary 1867Hungary HUN 2: 11.8 min
3 Fritz Traun German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 2: 13.4 min
4th George Marshall United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR unknown
Result to the Megede
space Surname country time  
1 Teddy Flack Australian Federation Flag.svg OUT 2: 10.0 min OR
2 Nándor Dáni Hungary 1867Hungary HUN 2: 11.4 min estimated
3 Fritz Traun German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 2: 14.0 min estimated
4th Reichel Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA unknown

Forward 2

Result according to SportsReference
space Surname country time  
1 Albin Lermusiaux Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA 2: 16.0 min
2 Dimitrios Golemis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE 2: 16.8 min
3 Georges de la Nézière Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA unknown
4th Angelos Fetsis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE
5 Dimitrios Tomprof Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE
Result to the Megede
space Surname country time  
1 Albin Lermusiaux Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA 2: 16.6 min
2 Dimitrios Golemis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE 2: 16.6 min estimated
3 Angelos Fetsis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE unknown
4th Dimitrios Tomprof Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE
- Kurt Doerry German EmpireThe German Imperium GER DNS

final

Olympic champion Teddy Flack

April 9, 1896

Only three of the four runners with starting authorization entered the race. The Frenchman Albin Lermusiaux , who qualified for the finals, decided not to start in order to spare himself for the marathon race that followed the next day .

From the start, the Australian Teddy Flack - correct name actually Edwin Flack - set the pace. His 400 meter split was 65.5 seconds. The Greek Dimitrios Golemis very soon lost contact with his two opponents and ran far behind. The Hungarian Nándor Dáni, however, only let himself be shaken off in the decisive phase. With a lead of just under a second, Flack was Olympic champion for the second time after his success over 1500 meters two days earlier . He missed his Olympic record from the run-up by exactly one second.

For the finale there are consistent information in all sources used here.

space Surname country time  
1 Teddy Flack Australian Federation Flag.svg OUT 2: 11.0 min
2 Nándor Dáni Hungary 1867Hungary HUN 2: 11.8 min
3 Dimitrios Golemis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE 2: 28.0 min estimated
- Albin Lermusiaux Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA DNS

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 17f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 18