1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	13 athletes from 3 countries
Competition location	Francis Field
Competition phase	September 1, 1904
Winning time	1: 56.0 min ( OR )
Medalist James Lightbody ( USA )   Howard Valentine ( USA )   Emil Breitkreutz ( USA )

The 800-meter race of the men at the Olympic Games 1904 in St. Louis was on September 1, 1904, Francis Field discharged. There were no preliminary runs, all participants contested the run together.

The first four of this race were Americans. Olympic champion was James Lightbody . The silver medal went to Howard Valentine , the bronze to Emil Breitkreutz .

Records

The unofficial world record was set in a race over 880 yards , which corresponds to 804.672 meters.

World record	1: 53.4 min	United States	Charles Kilpatrick	New York ( USA ), September 21, 1895
Olympic record	1: 59.0 min	United States	David Hall	Preliminary run from Paris ( FRA ), 14 July 1900

The following records were broken or set at these Olympic Games over 800 meters :

OR

1: 56.0 min

United States

James Lightbody

Results

The following table shows the results given in four different sources.

space	athlete	country	time indication
			Smart	IOC page	SportsReference	to the Megede
1	James Lightbody	United States	1: 56.0 min ( OR )	1: 56.0 min ( OR )	1: 56.0 min ( OR )	1: 56.0 min ( OR )
2	Howard Valentine	United States	1: 56.3 min	1: 56.3 min	1: 56.3 min	1: 56.2 min ( estimated )
3	Emil Breitkreutz	United States	1: 56.4 min	1: 56.4 min	1: 56.4 min	1: 56.3 min ( estimated )
4th	George Underwood	United States	1: 57.2 min	1: 56.5 min	k. A.	1: 56.5 min ( estimated )
5	Johannes Runge	GER	1: 57.9 min	1: 57.1 min		1: 57.1 min ( estimated )
6th	Frank Verner	United States	k. A.
7-13	George Bonhag	United States
	Harvey Cohn	United States
	Peter Deer	CAN
	John Peck	CAN
	John Joyce	United States
	Paul Pilgrim	United States	k. A.			here: Walter Pilgrim
	Lacey Hearn	United States				Runner not named

From the start, Harvey Cohn was in front of Emil Breitkreutz and Johannes Runge, while James Lightbody was at the bottom of the field. Halfway through, Runge took the lead, Cohn now had to let go and fell far behind. Now Lightbody overtook the entire field on the outside lane. He pulled away and won by two yards . Breitkreutz held second place until he was overrun by Howard Valentine shortly before the finish line.

The race, like other competitions in St. Louis, was under the special impression of the heat, which made everyone involved very difficult. After completing the 800-meter run , three of the participants collapsed.

James Lightbody was a three-time Olympic champion at these games. With his success in the 800 meters, he won his second gold after his victory over the 2590 m obstacle. Three days later, he won the 1,500-meter run .

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  The three-time Olympic champion James Lightbody from the USA, also winner over 1500 meters and
  2590 meters obstacle

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  Bronze medalist Emil Breitkreutz, USA

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  The German Olympic fifth Johannes Runge

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  The American George Bonhag - here in 1907, participant over 800 meters

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  Lacey Hearn, USA, 800 meter contestant and 1500 meter bronze medalist

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  The American Paul Pilgrim, participant over 800 meters - here as the leader of a race at the interludes in 1906

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 30, 2018
• Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, 800m men , IOC page on athletics at the 1904 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed July 30, 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. 49
2. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 48