Patrick Flynn (athlete)
Patrick Flynn ( Patrick J. "Pat" Flynn ; born December 17, 1894 in Bandon , Cork , † January 15, 1969 in Jamaica, Queens , New York City ) was an American long-distance and obstacle runner of Irish origin.
In 1914 he was third in the US championship over five miles , in 1919 he was second both over this distance and over 3000 m obstacle.
A year later he won the championship title in the US record time of 9: 58.2 minutes and was sent to the Olympic Games in Antwerp with Michael Devaney , Ray Watson and Albert Hulsebosch , where an obstacle course over 3000 m was on the program for the first time . The final had a superior winner with the British Percy Hodge (gold in 10: 00.4 min). Flynn followed, 100 m behind - his time was estimated at 10: 21.1 minutes - in second place and won silver from the Italian Ernesto Ambrosini (bronze in an estimated 10: 32.0 minutes). A fall at the moat ruined his chances of winning the gold medal. In addition, he started together with 41 other athletes in the 8 km long cross-country run , but could not intervene in the fight for the medals and came in ninth place 57 seconds behind the winner Paavo Nurmi . His compatriots Fred Faller and Max Böhland finished in 15th and 16th place, which meant fourth place in the team ranking.
Patrick Flynn was 1.70 m tall and 52 kg. He started for the Paulist Athletic Club and the Irish American Athletic Club.
Web links
- Patrick Flynn in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Patrick Flynn in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Flynn, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flynn, Patrick J .; Flynn, Pat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American long distance and obstacle runner of Irish descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bandon , Cork |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th January 1969 |
| Place of death | Jamaica, Queens , New York City |