1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

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Olympic rings
Start of 400 m running event at the 1904 Summer Olympics.jpg
sport athletics
discipline 400 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 13 athletes from 3 countries
Competition location Francis Field
Competition phase August 29, 1904
Winning time 49.2 s ( OR )
Medalist
gold medal Harry Hillman ( USA ) United States 45United States 
Silver medal Frank Waller ( USA ) United States 45United States 
Bronze medal Herman Groman ( USA ) United States 45United States 

The 400-meter race of the men at the Olympic Games 1904 in St. Louis was on August 29, 1904 Francis Field discharged. There were no preliminary runs, all participants contested the run together.

There are two details about their number, depending on the source. At SportsReference and on the IOC page , twelve runners are named, while the talk speaks of 13 athletes. His version is supported by the start photo ( see below ), on which 13 participants can be seen on closer inspection, one of them starting behind the runners arranged next to each other in front of the athlete on the inner lane, as described for the Megede .

In this competition, too, the Americans made the decision about the medals among themselves. Harry Hillman won ahead of Frank Waller , Herman Groman won the bronze medal.

Records

The existing unofficially held world record was set in a race over 440 yards , which corresponds to 402.336 meters.

World record 47.8 s United States 45United States United States Maxwell Long Travers Island ( USA ), September 29, 1900
Olympic record 49.4 s United States 45United States United States Maxwell Long Paris finals ( FRA ), July 15, 1900

The following records were broken or set over 400 meters at the 1904 Olympic Games:

OR 49.2 s United States 45United States United States Harry Hillman

Results

The following table shows the results given in four different sources. The thirteenth participant on the starting photo is missing from this list, his name can no longer be traced.

space athlete country time indication
Smart SportsReference
and IOC page 		to the Megede
1 Harry Hillman United States 45United States United States 49.2 s ( OR ) 49.2 s ( OR ) 49.2 s ( OR )
2 Frank Waller United States 45United States United States 49.9 s 49.9 s 49.7 s ( estimated )
3 Herman Groman United States 45United States United States 50.0 s 50.0 s 49.9 s ( estimated )
4th Joseph Fleming United States 45United States United States 50.5 s k. A.
5 Meyer Prinstein United States 45United States United States 50.6 s
6th George Poage United States 45United States United States 51.0 s
7th Percival Molson Canada 1868Canada CAN Placements from rank 7
in these sources are
no longer
assigned by name 		k. A.
8-12 Clyde Blair United States 45United States United States Participants
after rank 7
not further
named
Paul Pilgrim United States 45United States United States
Johannes Runge German EmpireThe German Imperium GER
George Underwood United States 45United States United States
Howard Valentine United States 45United States United States

Herman Groman took the lead after about 70 meters and got some advantage. The field was divided into two groups. After about 200 meters, Harry Hillman took the lead from third place and Joseph Fleming caught up with the front runners from the second group. An attack by George Poage was repulsed by Fleming and Frank Waller, so that finally five runners sprinted for victory. In the end, Hillman pulled about three yards away from Waller, who was closely followed by Groman. Fleming and Prinstein were almost tied another two yards back.

Harry Hillman won the first of his three gold medals. Two days later he was also successful over the 400 meter hurdles and another day over the 200 meter hurdles. The Olympic runner-up Frank Waller also won silver in the 400 meter hurdles behind Harry Hillman. The fifth Meyer Prinstein - also referred to as Myer Prinstein in many publications - had his strengths above all in the vertical jumps. He was Olympic champion in the long jump and triple jump , but also finished fifth in the 60 and 400 meters.

  • Start of the 400-meter run with twelve runners side by side and a thirteenth behind them

  • Finish line over 400 meters

  • Olympic champion Harry Hillman, also victorious over the 200 and 400 meter hurdles

  • Frank Waller - Olympic runner-up over 400 meters and 400 meter hurdles

  • Bronze medalist Herman Groman

  • The Olympic fifth Meyer Prinstein - especially successful as the winner in the long and triple jump

  • The Canadian Percival Molson, participant in this 400 meter race

  • The German Johannes Runge, more successful than fifth over 800 meters

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 400 meters , English, accessed July 28, 2018
  2. ↑ Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, 400m men , IOC page on athletics at the 1904 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed July 28, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 46