1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Marathon (Men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | Marathon run |
| gender | Men |
| place | from marathon to Panathinaiko stadium |
| Attendees | 53 athletes from 16 countries (including Crete ) |
| Competition phase | May 1, 1906 |
The men's marathon at the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games was held on May 1, 1906. It led from Marathon to Athens to the Panathinaiko Stadium . In doing so, he oriented himself on the path that the ancient messenger Pheidippides is said to have taken when he defeated the Persians in 490 BC. Proclaimed. Compared to the event in 1896, the route was changed slightly, so that this time the distance was almost 42 kilometers. In contrast to the other disciplines, the minimum age for participants was set at 21.
Records
| World record | 2: 29: 23.6 h |
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James Caffery | 1901 | ran over 39 km |
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| Olympic record | 2:58:50 h |
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Spyridon Louis | 1896 |
The following records were broken or set at the Olympic Games:
| OR | 2: 51: 23.6 h |
Canada
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William Sherring |
Results
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In the first half of the race, the Australian Blake and the American Frank were ahead. At about 25 km, Sherring took the lead and continuously expanded it to the finish. The Swede Svanberg overtook William Frank just before the stadium and secured second place.
- ↑ Kluge cites this performance as an existing world record, although the running distance apparently did not correspond to that of the marathon.
- ↑ In contrast to other sources, "Sports-Reference" gives times for the runners in 14th and 15th place. At Kluge, the field of those placed ends at Cormack, while Nejedlý is listed among the eliminated runners.
- ↑ Kluge only leads Pietri as a retired runner and lists all other participants marked here with "DNF" as AC (= "also ran").
Web links
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
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