1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	5 athletes from 1 country
Competition location	Francis Field
Competition phase	September 1, 1904
Winning time	24.6 s ( OR )
Medalist Harry Hillman ( USA )   Frank Castleman ( USA )   George Poage ( USA )

The men's 200-meter hurdles at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis took place on September 1, 1904 at Francis Field . This competition was part of the Olympic program only twice and was held in St. Louis for the last time. Three of the sources used here list five participants, while for Megede there are only four.

Harry Hillman won the gold medal in the all-US field of participants . Second was Frank Castleman , bronze went to George Poage .

Records

The unofficially held world record was set in a race over 220 yards , which corresponds to 201.168 meters.

World record	23.6 s	United States	Alvin Kraenzlein	Chicago ( USA ), May 18, 1898
Olympic record	25.4 s			Paris ( FRA ), July 16, 1900

The following records were broken or set over the 200 meter hurdles at these Olympic Games:

OR

24.6 s

United States

Harry Hillman

Hillman's time was initially set as a world record, but later canceled as such, as Alvin Kraenzlein was already significantly faster on the even slightly longer 220-yard route.

Results

The table below shows the exact results given in the sources.

space	athlete	country	time indication
			Kluge - IOC Page - SportsReference	to the Megede
1	Harry Hillman	United States	24.6 ( OR )	24.6 ( OR )
2	Frank Castleman	United States	24.9	25.0 ( estimated )
3	George Poage	United States	k. A.	k. A.
4th	George Varnell	United States	k. A.	k. A.
5	Fred School	United States	k. A.	not listed as a starter

Harry Hillman crowned his Olympic appearance from St. Louis in this race. After gold in the 400 meters and 400 meters hurdles , he has now become Olympic champion in the 200 meters hurdles. Frank Castleman, fourth in the 110 meter hurdles two days later , won silver. After finishing sixth in the 400-meter run and the bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles the day before, George Poage again took bronze here. George Varnell finished fourth. According to three sources - see table above - Frederick Schule, the Olympic champion in the 110 meter hurdles, finished fifth in this race.

Since the hurdles over 200 meters was only an Olympic discipline in 1900 and 1904, Hillman's record still holds today.

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  Harry Hillman is running his third Olympic gold in  St. Louis after victories in the 400 meters and 400 meter hurdles

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  Frank Castleman wins the silver medal after finishing fourth in the 110 meter hurdles

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

• Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 200 meters Hurdles , accessed July 31, 2018
• Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, 200m hurdles men , IOC page on athletics at the 1904 Olympic Games from olympic.org, English, accessed July 31, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 53