1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Pentathlon (Men)

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Olympic rings
athletics
sport athletics
discipline Pentathlon
gender Men
place Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees 26 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase 27./28. April 1906

The men's pentathlon at the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens was decided on April 27 and 28, 1906.

The pentathlon was based on the ancient pentathlon and, like this, contained four athletic disciplines and the Greco-Roman wrestling match.

The following sub-disciplines had to be completed:

  • Stand long jump
  • Discus throw (greek style)
  • Javelin throw
  • Stadium run (192 m)
  • Greco-Roman wrestling

The scoring was done by adding the place numbers from all competitions. Only the best eight participants were allowed to run in the stadium, and only six athletes were allowed to wrestle.

Results

Place 1 to 6 after five disciplines
space athlete country Far discus spear Run Wrestling total
1 Hjalmar Mellander SwedenSweden Sweden 7th 5 5 4th 3 24
2 Istvan Mudin Hungary 1867Hungary Hungary 6th 1 9 8th 1 25th
3 Eric Lemming SwedenSweden Sweden 15th 2 1 7th 4th 29
4th Uno Haggman Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Finland 18th 9 2 3 2 34
5 Lawson Robertson United States 45United States United States 1 17th 11 1 6th 36
6th Knut Lindberg SwedenSweden Sweden 16 11 3 2 5 37
7th and 8th place after four disciplines
space athlete country Far discus spear Run Wrestling total
7th Edward Archibald Canada 1868Canada Canada 10 13 4th 6th 33
8th Julius Wagner German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany 8th 6th 18th 5 37
Further participants after three disciplines
space athlete country Far discus spear Run Wrestling total
9 Theodor Scheidl Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria 2 10 21st 33
10 György Luntzer Hungary 1867Hungary Hungary 24 4th 6th 34
11 Khristos Parsalis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 12 14th 10 36
12 Arthur Mallwitz German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany 4th 20th 14th 38
Miroslav Šustera BohemiaBohemia Bohemia 23 3 12 38
14th Wilhelm Ritzenhoff German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany 17th 8th 16 41
František Souček BohemiaBohemia Bohemia 20th 15th 6th 41
16 Willy Dörr German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany 22nd 7th 15th 44
17th Karl Kaltenbach German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany 18th 12 17th 47
Heikki Åhlman Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Finland 21st 18th 8th 47
19th Emilio Brambilla Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 5 21st 22nd 48
20th Henri Baur Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria 11 16 24 51
21st Daniel Sullivan United States 45United States United States 9 22nd 23 54
22nd Gustav Krojer Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria 12 24 20th 56
Pál Vargha Hungary 1867Hungary Hungary 24 19th 13 56
24 Franz Solar Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria 26th 23 19th 68
Martin Sheridan United States 45United States United States 3 DNF
André Désfarges Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 12 DNF
Course of the competition

When the field was reduced to eight starters after three sub-disciplines, the Hungarian Mudin was ahead of the two Swedes. The Austrian Scheidl, who was still in second place after the long jump and discus throw, missed the top eight places due to a weak javelin throw.

Mudin was a strong athlete who had his weak point in the subsequent stadium run and was only last there. With second place in the race, the Swede Lindberg moved up to sixth and was able to compete in the wrestling, while the Canadian Archibald slipped down to seventh in sixth place. After the fourth discipline, Mellander took overall leadership for the first time.

Despite his expected victory in the wrestling match, Mudin finally remained one point behind Mellander, who achieved his best individual placement here. With the Swede, the most balanced athlete in the field won. Mellander was not better than third in any sub-discipline, but never worse than seventh (with a full field in the standing long jump).

Single results

Individual performances are only recorded for the standing long jump and the discus throw, and also only for the first three:

  • Stand long jump: 1st Robertson 2.955 m - 2nd Scheidl 2.90 m - 3rd Sheridan 2.855 m
  • Discus throw: 1st Mudin 32.64 m - 2nd Lemming 31.29 m - 3rd Šustera 28.43 m
  1. Date according to "Sports Reference". Kluge dates the competition on April 28th and 30th.
  2. Sheridan, who is considered the favorite, was injured in training and withdrew after the first partial competition.

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