Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics
Athletics at the Olympic Intermediate Games |
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Attendees: | 233 athletes | ||
Date: | April 25th - May 1st | ||
Competition location: | Athens | ||
Decisions: | 21st |
Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 (athletics medal table) |
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space | team | Total | |||
1 | United States | 11 | 11 | 6th | 28 |
2 | Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Sweden | 2 | 4th | 5 | 11 |
4th | Hungary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Greece | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
6th | Canada | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
7th | Finland | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
8th | France | 1 | - | - | 1 |
9 | German Empire | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Belgium | - | 1 | - | 1 |
11 | Australia | - | - | 2 | 2 |
At the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 , 21 competitions in athletics including stone throwing took place. According to the official program, athletics was embedded in the superordinate sport of athletics, which also combined tug-of-war and rope-hanging , as well as today's sports of weightlifting and wrestling .
Men
100 m
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - 100 m (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Archie Hahn | United States | 11.2 |
2 | Fay Moulton | United States | 11.4 |
3 | Nigel Barker | OUT | 11.4 |
4th | William Eaton | United States | 11.5 |
5 | Lawson Robertson | United States | 11.5 |
6th | Knut Lindberg | SWE | 11.8 |
Final: April 27th
400 m
→ Main article: Olympic intermediate games 1906 / athletics - 400 m (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Paul Pilgrim | United States | 53.2 |
2 | Wyndham neck shaft | GBR | 53.8 |
3 | Nigel Barker | OUT | 54.1 |
4th | Harry Hillman | United States | k. A. |
5 | Charles Bacon | United States | k. A. |
6th | Fay Moulton | United States | k. A. |
7th | William Anderson | GBR | k. A. |
8th | Marc Bellin du Coteau | FRA | k. A. |
Final: April 29th
800 m
→ Main article: Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics - 800 m (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Paul Pilgrim | United States | 2: 01.5 |
2 | James Lightbody | United States | 2: 01.6 |
3 | Wyndham neck shaft | GBR | 2: 03.0 |
4th | Percy Crabbe | GBR | k. A. |
5 | Kristian Hellström | SWE | k. A. |
6th | Charles Bacon | United States | k. A. |
7th | Eli Parsons | United States | k. A. |
Johannes Runge | GER | DNF |
Final: April 30th
1500 m
→ Main article: Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics - 1500 m (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | James Lightbody | United States | 4: 12.0 |
2 | John McGough | GBR | 4: 12.6 |
3 | Kristian Hellström | SWE | 4: 13.4 |
4th | Greg Wheatley | OUT | 4: 15.6 |
5 | James Sullivan | United States | 4: 25.0 |
6th | George Bonhag | United States | 4: 26.0 |
AC | Percy Crabbe | GBR | k. A. |
Harvey Cohn | United States | k. A. |
Final: April 30th
5 miles (8047 m)
→ Main article: 1906 Intermediate Olympic Games / Athletics - 5 miles (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Henry Hawtrey | GBR | 26: 11.8 |
2 | John Svanberg | SWE | 26: 19.4 |
3 | Edward Dahl | SWE | 26: 26.2 |
4th | George Bonhag | United States | k. A. |
5 | Pericle Pagliani | ITA | k. A. |
6th | George Blake | OUT | k. A. |
April 25
John Daly ( GBR ) finished in third place but was disqualified for obstructing Dahl (apparently not on purpose, but because he swayed exhausted).
marathon
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - marathon (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Billy Sherring | CAN | 2:51:24 |
2 | John Svanberg | SWE | 2:58:21 |
3 | William Frank | United States | 3:00:47 |
4th | Gustaf Törnros | SWE | 3:01:00 |
5 | Ioannis Alepous | GRE | 3:09:26 |
6th | George Blake | OUT | 3:09:35 |
7th | Konstantinos Karvelas | GRE | 3:15:54 |
8th | André Roffi | FRA | 3:17:50 |
1st of May
Route length: 41.86 km
For the first time, German athletes started an Olympic marathon. Hermann Müller was ninth (time not exactly recorded) of 15 athletes who finished the run, Robert Sennecke gave up.
1500 m walking distance
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - 1500 m walking (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | George Bonhag | United States | 7: 12.6 |
2 | Donald Linden | CAN | 7: 19.8 |
3 | Konstandinos Spetsiotis | GRE | 7: 22.0 |
4th | Georgios Saridakis | GRE | k. A. |
5 | Charilaos Vasilakos | GRE | k. A. |
6th | Alexandros Kouris | GRE | k. A. |
7th | György Sztantics | HUN | k. A. |
April, 30th
3000 m walking by train
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - 3000 m walking (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | György Sztantics | HUN | 15: 13.2 |
2 | Hermann Muller | GER | 15: 20.0 |
3 | Georgios Saridakis | GRE | 15: 33.0 |
4th | Pandelis Ektoros | GRE | k. A. |
5 | Ioannis Panagoulopoulos | GRE | k. A. |
Final: May 1st
110 m hurdles
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Leavitt | United States | 16.2 |
2 | Alfred Healey | GBR | 16.2 |
3 | Vincenz Duncker | GER | 16.3 |
4th | Hugo Friend | United States | 16.4 |
5 | Henri Molinié | FRA | k. A. |
Final: May 1st
high jump
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - high jump (men)
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Con Leahy | GBR | 1.775 |
2 | Lajos Gönczy | HUN | 1.75 |
3 | Herbert Kerrigan | United States | 1.725 |
Themistoklis Diakidis | GRE | 1.725 | |
5 | Gunnar Roenström | SWE | 1.70 |
6th | Bruno Söderström | SWE | 1.675 |
Halfdan Bjølgerud | NOR | 1.675 | |
8th | Paul Weinstein | GER | 1.65 |
April 30th and May 1st
The measurement (increase) took place at a distance of two and a half centimeters.
Standing vault
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Standing Vault (Men)
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Ray Ewry | United States | 1.56 |
2 | Martin Sheridan | United States | 1.40 |
Léon Dupont | BEL | 1.40 | |
Lawson Robertson | United States | 1.40 | |
5 | Lajos Gönczy | HUN | 1.35 |
6th | Kostas Tsiklitiras | GRE | 1.30 |
7th | Themistoklis Diakidis | GRE | 1.25 |
Paul Weinstein | GER | 1.25 |
1st of May
Pole vault
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - pole vault (men)
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Fernand Gonder | FRA | 3.50 |
2 | Bruno Söderström | SWE | 3.40 |
3 | Edward Glover | United States | 3.35 |
4th | Theodoros Makris | GRE | 3.25 |
5 | Heikki Åhlman | FIN | 3.00 |
Georgios Banikas | GRE | 3.00 | |
Otto Haug | NOR | 3.00 | |
Imre Kiss | HUN | 3.00 | |
Stefanos Koundouriotis | GRE | 3.00 |
April 25
Long jump
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - long jump (men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Meyer Prinstein | United States | 7.20 |
2 | Peter O'Connor | GBR | 7.025 |
3 | Hugo Friend | United States | 6.96 |
4th | Hjalmar Mellander | SWE | 6,585 |
5 | Sidney Abrahams | GBR | 6.21 |
6th | Thomas Cronan | United States | 6.185 |
7th | Gunnar Roenström | SWE | 6.15 |
8th | István Somodi | HUN | 6.045 |
Final: April 27th
It was measured to within half a centimeter.
Stand long jump
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Standing Long Jump (Men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Ray Ewry | United States | 3.30 |
2 | Martin Sheridan | United States | 3.095 |
3 | Lawson Robertson | United States | 3.05 |
4th | Léon Dupont | BEL | 2.975 |
5 | Axel Ljung | SWE | 2.955 |
6th | István Somodi | HUN | 2.86 |
7th | Alexandros Touferis | GRE | 2,855 |
8th | Kostas Tsiklitiras | GRE | 2.84 |
April 27
It was measured to within half a centimeter.
Triple jump
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Peter O'Connor | GBR | 14.075 |
2 | Con Leahy | GBR | 13.98 |
3 | Thomas Cronan | United States | 13.70 |
4th | Oscar Guttormsen | NOR | 13.34 |
5 | Dimitrios Müller | GRE | 13.125 |
6th | Francis Connolly | United States | 12.75 |
7th | Vasilios Stournaras | GRE | 12.725 |
8th | Carl Alfred Pedersen | NOR | 12.68 |
Final: April 30th
It was measured to within half a centimeter.
Shot put
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Martin Sheridan | United States | 12.325 |
2 | Mihály Dávid | HUN | 11.83 |
3 | Eric Lemming | SWE | 11.26 |
4th | André Tison | FRA | 11.02 |
5 | Vasilios Papageorgiou | GRE | 11.00 |
April 27
It was measured to within half a centimeter. The push-off ring was raised six centimeters and had a diameter of two meters. The iron ball weighed 7.25 kilograms.
Discus throw
→ Main article: Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics - Discus throw free style (men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Martin Sheridan | United States | 41.46 (OR) |
2 | Nikolaos Georgandas | GRE | 38.06 |
3 | Verner Järvinen | FIN | 36.82 |
4th | Eric Lemming | SWE | 35.62 |
5 | André Tison | FRA | 34.81 |
April 25
The drop ring was raised six centimeters and was 2.50 meters in diameter.
Discus throw (greek style)
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Greek style discus throw (men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Verner Järvinen | FIN | 35.17 |
2 | Nikolaos Georgandas | GRE | 32.80 |
3 | Istvan Mudin | HUN | 31.91 |
4th | Martin Sheridan | United States | 31.50 |
5 | György Luntzer | HUN | 30.26 |
6th | František Souček | BOH | 27.55 |
7th | Miroslav Šustera | BOH | 27.08 |
1st of May
The throw had to be done from a standing position (looking in the direction of the throw). After the drop, a forward jump had to be made. The drop was carried out from a raised and sloping podium with a size of 80 centimeters by 70 centimeters. The iron-filled wooden disc weighed two kilograms. All athletes had to throw with the same device.
Javelin throw
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Eric Lemming | SWE | 53.90 (WR) |
2 | Knut Lindberg | SWE | 45.17 |
3 | Bruno Söderström | SWE | 44.92 |
4th | Hjalmar Mellander | SWE | 44.30 |
5 | Verner Järvinen | FIN | 44.25 |
6th | Arne Halse | NOR | 43.60 |
7th | Conrad Carlsrud | NOR | k. A. |
26th of April
Stone throwing
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Stone throwing (men)
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
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1 | Nikolaos Georgandas | GRE | 19.925 |
2 | Martin Sheridan | United States | 19.035 |
3 | Michalis Dorizas | GRE | 18,585 |
4th | Eric Lemming | SWE | 18.21 |
On April 27th a stone throwing competition was held. A total of 16 athletes from eight countries took part. It was measured to within half a centimeter. The "stone", an iron block weighing 6.4 kilograms, could be thrown at a running start, whereby the release had to take place in front of the throwing line, but this could then be crossed without penalty.
It was the first and so far last time that a stone throwing competition was held at the Olympic Games.
Pentathlon
→ Main article: 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Pentathlon (men)
space | athlete | country | Points |
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1 | Hjalmar Mellander | SWE | 24 |
2 | Istvan Mudin | HUN | 25th |
3 | Eric Lemming | SWE | 29 |
4th | Uno Haggman | FIN | 34 |
5 | Lawson Robertson | United States | 36 |
6th | Knut Lindberg | SWE | 37 |
7th | Edward Archibald | CAN | k. A. |
8th | Julius Wagner | GER | k. A. |
The competition consisted of standing long jump, discus throw (Greek), javelin throw, 192-meter run and wrestling (in that order). Only the best eight athletes from three disciplines were allowed to take part in the run. The six fastest runners then contested the wrestling the next day.
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- ↑ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games on Sports-Reference.com