1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 48 athletes from 16 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 6, 1912 (preliminary round / semi-finals) July 7, 1912 (semi-finals) July 8, 1912 (final) |
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The men's 800-meter run at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held from July 6th to 8th, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 48 athletes took part.
The US-American Ted Meredith was Olympic champion with a new world record in front of his compatriots, the defending champion Mel Sheppard , and Ira Davenport .
The German Hanns Braun reached the final and finished fifth there. The other German participants Willie Jahn , Jakob Person and Erich Lehmann were eliminated in their preliminary stages.
Austrian and Swiss athletes did not start.
Existing records
World record |
Emilio Lunghi ( Italy )
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unofficial, race over 880 yards: 1: 52.1 min | Montreal | September 15, 1909 |
Mel Sheppard ( USA )
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official: 1: 52.8 min | London | July 21, 1908 | |
Olympic record |
Mel Sheppard ( USA )
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1: 52.8 min (track with a length of 536 m) | London | July 21, 1908 |
Conducting the competition
A total of nine preliminary runs were carried out on July 6th. The athletes who came in on the first two places qualified for the semi-finals, which were held on July 7th. In these two semi-finals, the first four reached the final on July 8th.
Note: The runners qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: July 6, 1912
The first two runners qualified for the next round. The times of the individual starters are not completely recorded.
Forward 1
Right after the start, Eric Lindholm took the lead. At the exit of the first corner he was overtaken by Emilio Lunghi. Walter McClure and Joseph Caullé increased the pace and caught up with the Italian. In the last corner, the US runner Caldwell made the final sprint and took the lead. Lunghi tried to keep up and finished second with a gap of seven meters.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | David Caldwell |
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1: 58.6 min | |
2 | Emilio Lunghi |
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3 | Walter McClure |
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4th | Eric Lindholm |
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2: 01.5 min | |
5 | Joseph Caullé |
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6th | Pyotr Gaevsky |
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Forward 2
The Briton Percy Mann ran a lonely race. He was in the lead right from the start and secured victory in the best time of all the heats. There was a fight for second place between Herbert Putnam and Jacob Pedersen, which the US starter Putnam won.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Percy man |
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1: 56.0 min | |
2 | Herbert Putnam |
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3 | Jacob Pedersen |
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DNF | Leopoldo Palma |
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Forward 3
On the first lap, the Portuguese Armando Cortesão led. Only in the last corner did John Jones pick up the pace and overtake Cortesão.
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1 | John Paul Jones |
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2: 01.8 min | |
2 | Armando Cortesão |
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3 | Oscar Larsen |
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4th | Teofil Savniky |
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5 | Guido Calvi |
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6th | Nils Frykberg |
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Forward 4
Clarence took the lead right after the start and never gave it up. Charles Poulenard tried again and again to attack, but was unsuccessful and was finally overtaken by the Canadian John Tait.
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1 | Clarence Edmundson |
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1: 56.5 min | |
2 | John Tait |
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3 | Charles Poulenard |
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4th | Willie Jahn |
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2: 02.0 min | |
DNF | Robert Burton |
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Forward 5
Ira Davenport was in the lead up to the 100-meter mark when Philip Noel-Baker caught up with him. 300 meters from the finish, the Briton had to let the US athlete who won the race go, was overtaken by the entire field and gave up. Noel-Baker's compatriot Frederick Hulford came second.
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1 | Ira Davenport |
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1: 59.0 min | |
2 | Frederick Hulford |
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3 | Ödön Bodor |
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4th | Jacob person |
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DNF | Dmitri Nazarov |
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Zdeněk Městecký |
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Philip Noel-Baker |
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Forward 6
Initially, the Hungarian Ferenc Forgács led. At the beginning of the second lap, Harlan Holden and Evert Björn increased the pace. Holden took the lead, the Swede ran behind him. On the home stretch, both were tied. Holden pushed again, the Swede could no longer follow and finished second, 2.5 meters behind.
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1 | Harlan Holden |
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1: 58.1 min | |
2 | Evert Bjorn |
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3 | Richard Yorke |
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4th | Karl Haglund |
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DNF | Ferenc Forgács |
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Alexander Yelisarov |
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Federico Mueller |
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Vahram Papazyan |
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Forward 7
The Hungarian János Antal led at the beginning of the race, Mel Sheppard and James Soutter were right behind him. Only in the last corner did Sheppard take the final spurt, which only Soutter and Erich Lehmann could follow. Like the Russian Villemson, Antal had to give up the race. Soutter sprinted over Sheppard, who did not keep up his pace and was second ahead of Lehmann.
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1 | James Soutter |
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2: 00.4 min | |
2 | Mel Sheppard |
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3 | Erich Lehmann |
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DNF | János Antal |
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Forward 8
After John led Victor, he was overtaken by Mel Brock and Ted Meredith. In the last 100 meters there was a duel between the two that Brock won.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mel Brock |
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1: 57.0 | |
2 | Ted Meredith |
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3 | John Victor |
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DNF | Alan Patterson |
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Forward 9
After the start, Erik Frisell and Thomas Halpin took the lead side by side, followed by Hanns Braun. After the first lap, Ernest Henley overtook the three runners in front of him. In the last corner, Braun started his final sprint. He overtook Henley, who was able to counter and relegated the German to second. Frisell and Halpin fought for third place, both crossed the finish line at the same time.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ernest Henley |
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1: 57.6 min | |
2 | Hanns Braun |
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3 | Erik Frisell |
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1: 59.2 min | |
Thomas Halpin |
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DNF | Lauri Pihkala |
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Károly Radóczy |
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Semifinals
Date: July 7, 1912
The first four runners qualified for the next round. As in the preliminary stages, only a few times are transmitted.
Run 1
The first round with Ted Meredith as pacemaker was quick. At the beginning of the second lap, Mel Sheppard caught up with his countryman, the German Hanns Braun waited behind the two leaders. On the home stretch, Meredith was able to maintain the lead. For second place there was a tough duel between Sheppard and Braun. Braun forced 75 meters to go, but Sheppard was able to keep up. Only in the last few meters did Braun secure second place behind Meredith. Herbert Putnam crossed the finish line in fourth.
The qualified US runner John Paul Jones did not start the run.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ted Meredith |
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1: 54.4 min | |
2 | Hanns Braun |
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1: 54.6 min | |
3 | Mel Sheppard |
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1: 54.8 min | |
4th | Herbert Putnam |
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1: 55.0 min | |
5 | John Tait |
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6th | Percy man |
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DNF | Frederick Hulford |
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James Soutter |
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Run 2
The 400-meter specialist Ira Davenport took the lead after the start, but was quickly overtaken by his compatriot Clarence Edmundson. Edmundson increased the pace strongly, the rest of the field fell behind. Only the Canadian Mel Brock was able to follow and overtook Edmundson in the final sprint. The three US athletes behind Brock crossed the finish line almost simultaneously.
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1 | Mel Brock |
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1: 55.7 min | |
2 | Clarence Edmundson |
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1: 55.8 min | |
3 | David Caldwell |
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1: 55.9 min | |
4th | Ira Davenport |
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1: 55.9 min | |
5 | Emilio Lunghi |
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DNF | Evert Bjorn |
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Ernest Henley |
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Harlan Holden |
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Armando Cortesão |
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final
Six Americans, a Canadian and a German started in the final over 800 meters . Immediately after the starting signal, the 1908 Olympic champion , Mel Sheppard, took the lead, Ted Meredith and Hanns Braun followed. After 400 meters, Meredith had moved into second place. Braun was third, followed by Ira Davenport and Clarence Edmundson. In the last corner, Braun, who was surrounded by US runners, tried to break away from the group by trying to pass Davenport on the outside. But the US athlete was able to fend off the attack. At the beginning of the home stretch, Sheppard was still in the lead, but Meredith was now picking up the pace. Braun also tried another attack on the leaders, but failed. Sheppard and Meredith sprinted on, Davenport passed Braun. With a half meter lead Meredith secured the victory over Sheppard, who in turn was a hand's breadth ahead of Davenport.
The victory time of 1: 51.9 minutes meant a world record . Sheppard and the bronze medalist Davenport also stayed below the previous world record.
The win was the third US success in a row in this discipline, and it was the second triple success of the USA after 1904 .
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ted Meredith |
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1: 51.9 min | WR |
2 | Mel Sheppard |
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1: 52.0 min | |
3 | Ira Davenport |
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1: 52.0 min | |
4th | David Caldwell |
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1.52.8 min | |
5 | Mel Brock |
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1: 53.0 min | |
6th | Hanns Braun |
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1: 53.0 min | |
7th | Clarence Edmundson |
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8th | Herbert Putnam |
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literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 103-105
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed August 25, 2017
- Official report , engl. (PDF), accessed on August 25, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the preliminary stages in the official report ( memento of the original from February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 360 - 362, engl. (PDF)
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 103
- ↑ Description of the semi-finals in the official report ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 362 - 363, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ Description of the finale in the official report ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 362 - 363, engl. (PDF)