1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Three-way fight (men)

sport	Athletics / gymnastics
discipline	Triathlon
gender	Men
place	Francis Field
Attendees	118
Competition phase	July 1st and 2nd, 1904
Medalist
gold	Max Emmerich ( USA )
silver	John Grieb ( USA )
bronze	William Merz ( USA )

The men's triathlon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis was decided on July 1 and 2, 1904 at Francis Field . The competition was a secondary ranking of the individual all-around gymnastics , which consisted of 12 disciplines. The three athletics disciplines below, long jump , shot put and 100-yard run (91.44 m) were also rated as a men's three -way fight in addition to the individual gymnastics all- around; the remaining nine gymnastics disciplines were also counted as a gymnastics triathlon . This form of competition was only on the Olympic program in St. Louis; Since the competition is a secondary ranking of the individual all-around gymnastics, it is occasionally assigned to the gymnastics disciplines at the 1904 Olympic Games.

The Americans had a triple success. Olympic champion was Max Emmerich . Silver went to John Grieb, bronze went to William Merz.

Records

The world records that existed at the time were still unofficial. It is not known whether there was an unofficial record and what its value might be.
An Olympic record did not exist as this competition was not Olympic prior to the St. Louis Games.

The following records were broken or set in these disciplines at the 1904 Olympic Games:

OR

35.7 points

United States

Max Emmerich

Results

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Max Emmerich	United States	35.7 OR
2	John Grieb	United States	34.0
3	William Merz	United States	33.9
4th	George Mayer	United States	32.4
5	John Bissinger	United States	30.8
6th	Philipp Kassel	United States	30.1

This competition was calculated from the total of points for the individual performances in the disciplines for this all-around event - long jump , shot put , 100-yard run (91.44 m). It is not known to which point evaluation the services relate. The US-Americans clearly dominated, as they were a far superior number with good level and ability at the start.

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, Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around, Field Sports , English, accessed August 5, 2018
• Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, triathlon long jump shot put 100 yards men , IOC page on athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics from olympic.org, English, accessed on August 5, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around, Field Sports. In: www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed December 4, 2019 .