1900 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 400 meter hurdles |
gender | Men |
place | Croix Catelan |
Attendees | 11 athletes from 5 countries |
Competition phase | 14./15. July 1900 |
Medalist | |
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gold | Walter Tewksbury ( USA ) |
silver | Henri Tauzin ( FRA ) |
bronze | George Orton ( CAN ) |
The 400-meter hurdles of the men at the Olympics in Paris in 1900 was on 15 July 1900 at the Croix Catelan decided. The day before, there had been two preliminary runs, from each of which two runners reached the final. The competition was added to the Olympic program in Paris.
The American Walter Tewksbury was Olympic champion ahead of the French Henri Tauzin . Third place went to the Canadian George Orton .
The competition is not to be equated with later hurdles over the same route. The "hurdles" consisted of 8 to 9 meter long poles - presumably telephone poles, which were placed at a height of one meter across the railway. There was also a ditch about half a meter deep on the home straight. There are contradicting statements about its width and about whether it was filled with water. In this respect, the reliable comparability of the following records must remain questionable.
Records
The unofficial world record named here was set over 440 yards , which corresponds to 402.336 meters. Since the 400-meter hurdles were held here for the first time at the Olympic Games, there was still no Olympic record .
World record | 57.2 s | Great Britain | Godfrey Shaw | August 12, 1891 |
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The following records were broken or set in the 400 meter hurdles at these Olympic Games:
OR | 61.0 s | United States | Walter Tewksbury | 1st preliminary, July 14th |
60.2 s | France | Henri Tauzin | 2nd preliminary, July 14th | |
57.6 s | United States | Walter Tewksbury | Final run, July 15th |
Results
Prelims
There were two preliminary runs, from each of which two runners - highlighted in color - reached the final. However, it remains a mystery why there were only five participants, because it would have been possible to hold the final with all the starters without any problems. In the end, only one runner was eliminated and, curiously, the second preliminary run was occupied by only two athletes who, regardless of the time, only had to cross the finish line to reach the final.
Forward 1
space | Surname | country | Time (s) | |
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1 | Walter Tewksbury | United States | 61.0 | OR |
2 | William Lewis | United States | unknown | 9 m back |
3 | Karel Nedvěd | Bohemia | unknown |
There is a small difference in the Megede , who lists 61.2 seconds as the winning time.
Forward 2
space | Surname | country | Time (s) | |
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1 | Henri Tauzin | France | 60.2 | OR |
2 | George Orton | Canada | 60.4 | estimated |
Tauzin just won the run against Orton. The time of the runner-up comes from zur Megede .
final
William Lewis did not start at the finals, which were held on a Sunday.
space | Surname | country | Time (s) | |
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1 | Walter Tewksbury | United States | 57.6 | OR |
2 | Henri Tauzin | France | 58.2 | estimated |
3 | George Orton | Canada | unknown | |
? | William Lewis | United States | DNS ? |
Internationally, this competition was something new, in France, on the other hand, national championships over 400 meter hurdles had been held since 1893. The multiple French master Henri Tauzin was universally considered a favorite. But despite a hurdle technique that was sophisticated for the time, he had to admit defeat to the significantly higher basic speed of Walter Tewksbury. According to SportsReference, Tewskbury had a lead of five yards over Tauzin, who in turn was four yards ahead of Orton. The time of the runner-up comes from zur Megede .
The information about William Lewis, who actually qualified for the final, differ. In Sports Reference is stated that the runner on religious grounds renounced a start because the race was held on a Sunday. On the IOC side and also at the Megede, however , the American is named fourth.
literature
- Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970
Web links
- SportsReference, Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 400 meters Hurdles , accessed July 22, 2018
- Olympic Games Paris 1900, Athletics, 400m hurdles men , IOC website on athletics at the 1900 Olympic Games from olympic.org, English, accessed on 22 July 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the obstacles in Volker Kluge cited from personal information from Kraenzlein, in: Volker Kluge , Olympische Sommerspiele - Die Chronik I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
- ↑ a b Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 36