Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics - 400 m (men)

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Olympic rings
athletics
sport athletics
discipline 400 meter run
gender Men
place Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees 24 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase 27./29. April 1906

The 400-meter race of the men at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens was on 29 April 1906 in the Panathinaiko Stadium decided. Two days earlier there were six heats and one repetition run.

Records

The existing world record was set in a race over 440 yards .

World record 47.8 s United States 45United States United States Maxwell Long 1900
Olympic record 49.2 s United States 45United States United States Harry Hillman 1904

Results

Prelim (April 27, 1906)

1. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Harry Hillman United States 45United States United States 54.8
2 William Anderson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain k. A.
Aage Petersen DenmarkDenmark Denmark k. A.
Eli Parsons United States 45United States United States k. A.

2. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Paul Pilgrim United States 45United States United States 55.2
2 Vincenz Duncker German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany k. A.
3 Ioannis Demesthikas Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece k. A.
4th Dimitrios Siantis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece k. A.

3. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Nigel Barker Australia 1903Australia Australia 53.0
2 James Lightbody United States 45United States United States 55.0
3 John Horne United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain k. A.
4th Georges Malfait Third French RepublicThird French Republic France k. A.

4. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Wyndham neck shaft United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 54.0
2 Lawson Robertson United States 45United States United States k. A.
Pantelis Ektoros Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece k. A.
Sotirios Anastasopoulos Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece k. A.
Howard Valentine United States 45United States United States k. A.

5. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Charles Bacon United States 45United States United States 56.2
2 Marc Bellin du Coteau Third French RepublicThird French Republic France k. A.
3 George Queyrouze United States 45United States United States k. A.
4th Karl Lampelmayer Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria k. A.

6. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Fay Moulton United States 45United States United States 54.8
2 Johannes Runge German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany k. A.
3 Martin Beckmann German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany k. A.
4th Reginald Reed United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain k. A.

Hope Run (April 27, 1906)

space athlete country Time (s)
1 William Anderson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 54.8
2 Marc Bellin du Coteau Third French RepublicThird French Republic France k. A.
3 Vincenz Duncker German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany k. A.

Final run (April 29, 1906)

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Paul Pilgrim United States 45United States United States 53.2
2 Wyndham neck shaft United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain k. A.
3 Nigel Barker Australia 1903Australia Australia k. A.
4th Harry Hillman United States 45United States United States k. A.
5 Charles Bacon United States 45United States United States k. A.
6th Fay Moulton United States 45United States United States k. A.
7th William Anderson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain k. A.
8th Marc Bellin du Coteau Third French RepublicThird French Republic France k. A.

Defending champion Hillman could not keep the pace set by the favorites Halswelle and Barker early on. On the home stretch, the outsider Pilgrim overtook the two leaders and still won by a margin. The distances were given as follows: neck shaft 4 yards behind Pilgrim, Barker 2 yards behind neck shaft.

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