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Hoch Hugó

Olympic Competitor nr 707

• 1900-06-19-10:00? - Fencing - Sabre, Individual, round one, day one
• 1900-06-20-10:00? - Fencing - Sabre, Individual, round one, day two (Q)
• 1900-06-22-14:00 - Fencing - Sabre, Individual, semi-final - DNQ (79.13)

Maurice Hochepied

Olympic Competitor nr 1263

• 1900-08-11-07:45 - Swimming - 1000 m Freestyle, heats - ninth time (Q)
• 1900-08-11-10:00 - Swimming - 200 m Freestyle, heats - ninth time (Q)
• 1900-08-11-10:30 - Swimming - 200 m Obstacle Course, heats - sixth time (Q)
• 1900-08-11-16:30 - Waterpolo - Round One - lost (340)
• 1900-08-12-14:00 - Swimming - 1000 m Freestyle, final - seventh (400)
• 1900-08-12-14:30 - Swimming - 200 m Freestyle, final - fifth (1000)
• 1900-08-12-15:00 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Finals - third = team second (1000)
• 1900-08-12-15:15 - Swimming - 200 m Obstacle Course, final - seventh (600)

Victor Hochepied

Olympic Competitor nr 1285

• 1900-08-11-10:00 - Swimming - 200 m Freestyle, heats - 19th time (1.6)
• 1900-08-11-10:30 - Swimming - 200 m Obstacle Course, heats - 11th time (96)
• 1900-08-12-14:45 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Heats - first (Q1)
• 1900-08-12-14:45 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Heats - third (Q3)
• 1900-08-12-15:00 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Finals - third
• 1900-08-12-15:00 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Finals - 12th = team second (1000)

Pavol Hochschorner

B. 1979-09-07, Bratislava, Slovakia
Canoeing, Slalom (3 gold)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
C2	gold	gold	gold	48000
				48000

Winner of the slalom C2 at Sydney, Athina and Beijing, together with his twin brother Peter.

Peter Hochschorner

B. 1979-09-07, Bratislava, Slovakia
Canoeing, Slalom (3 gold)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
C2	gold	gold	gold	48000
				48000

Winner of the slalom C2 at Sydney, Athina and Beijing, together with his twin brother Pavol.

George Hodgson

Canada
Swimming (2 gold)

	1912	1920	HP
400 m Free-style	gold	SF:4th	6728
1500 m Free-style	gold	SF:5th	6530
			13258

Falk Hoffmann

(East) Germany
Diving (1 gold)

	1972	1976	1980	HP
Platform	10th	sixth	gold	7140
Springboard	7th	fourth	fourth	3600
				10740

Georg Hoffmann

Germany
Swimming and Diving (3 silver)

	1904	1906	HP
Platform	silver	silver	9000
100 yds Backstroke	silver		4500
440 yds Breaststroke	fourth		1800
100 m Free-style		comp	9.3
			15309

Fritz Hofmann

B. 1871-06-16, Berlin, Germany; D. 1927-07-14
Athletics (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1896		1906	HP
100 m	silver		ht:5th	4000.00018
400 m	fourth			1600
High Jump	fifth			1500
Hop, Step & Jump	AC			780
Putting the Weight	AC			1020
	8900		0.00018	8900.00018
Rope Climbing	bronze			3840
	3840
	12700		0.00018	12740.00018

Olympic Competitor nr 10

• 1896-04-06-15:40 - Athletics Field - Hop, Step & Jump - AC (780)
• 1896-04-06-16:00? - Athletics Track - 100 m heat three - second (Q)
• 1896-04-06-17:10 - Athletics Track - 400 m heat one - second (Q)
• 1896-04-07-15:30 - Athletics Track - 400 m final - fourth (1600)
• 1896-04-07-15:40 - Athletics Field - Putting the Weight - AC (1020)
• 1896-04-10-11:00? - Gymnastics - Rope Climbing - third (3840)
• 1896-04-10-14:30 - Athletics Track - 100 m final - second (4000)
• 1896-04-10-14:40 - Athletics Field - High Jump - fifth (1500)

Willy Hofmeister

Olympic Competitor nr 1665

• 1900-10-14-15:00 - Rugby - match one - lost (1640)

Nancy Hogshead

USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1984	HP
100 m Free-style	gold	6400
200 m Individual Medley	silver	4000
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay	gold	1600
4 x 100 m Medley Relay	gold	1600
200 m Butterfly	fourth	1600
		15200

Jozef Holecek

Czech Republic
Canoeing - Canadian (2 gold)

	1948	1952	HP
C1, 1000 m	gold	gold	19200
			19200

Jiri Holik

Czechoslovakia
Ice Hockey (2 silver, 2 bronze)

	1964	1968	1972	1976	HP
Ice Hockey	bronze	silver	bronze	silver	7216
					7216

Bill Holland

Olympic Competitor nr 837

• 1900-07-14-11:25 - Athletics Track -  400 m, semi-finals - second (Q)
• 1900-07-15-14:00 - Athletics Track - 60 m, semi-finals - third (640)
• 1900-07-15-15:00 - Athletics Track - 400 m, final - second (4000)
• 1900-07-22-14:00? - Athletics Track - 200 m, semi-finals - first (Q)
• 1900-07-22-14:30? - Athletics Track - 200 m, final - fourth (1600)

Eleanor Holm

USA
Swimming (1 gold)

	1928	1932	HP
100 m Backstroke	fifth	gold	11100
			11100

Stefan Holm

Sweden
Athletics (1 gold)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
High Jump	fourth	gold	fourth	18000
				18000

Tore Anton Holm

Sweden
Sailing (2 gold, 2 bronze)

	1920	-	1928	1932	1936	1948	HP
40 m² (crew of 4)	gold						7200
6 m (crew of 5)				gold		bronze	6720
8 Meter class (crew of 6)			bronze		fourth		3120
							17040

Knut Holmann

Norway
Canoeing (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1992	1996	2000	HP
K1, 1000 m	silver	gold	gold	25200
K1, 500 m	bronze	silver	gold	16200
				41400

Anders Holmertz

Sweden
Swimming (4 silver, 1 bronze)

	1984	1988	1992	1996	HP
200 m Free-style	12th	silver	silver	fifth	9944
400 m Free-style	23rd	8th	bronze	fifth	3816.256
1500 m Free-style	22nd	-	-	-	0.4
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay	-	-	fifth	7th	350
4 x 200 m Free-style Relay	sixth	sixth	silver	silver	2550
					16662.656

• 200 m free-style - silver 1988, silver 1992, fifth 1996 (101.2 HP)
• 400 m free-style - bronze 1992, fifth 1996 (36 HP)
• 4 x 100 m free-style - fifth 1992 (3 HP)
• 4 x 200 m free-style - sixth 1984, sixth 1988?, silver 1992, silver 1996 (26.4 HP)

(163.6 HP)

Andrew "Andy" Holmes

B. 1959-10-15, London, England, Great Britain
Rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1984	1988	HP
Coxed Fours	gold		4800
Coxless Pairs		gold	8000
Coxed Pairs		bronze	3200
			16000

Together with Steven Redgrave, he tried for a double that has not been done for a long time.

Kelly Holmes

B. 1970-04-19, Great Britain
Athletics (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1996	2000	2004	HP
800 m	fourth	bronze	gold	13200
1500 m	11th	7th	gold	6864
				20064

Dianne Holum

USA
Speed Skating (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1968	1972	HP
1500 m	13th	gold	64
3000 m	-	silver	40
500 m	silver	-	40
1000 m	bronze	sixth	32
			176

Jacques Holzschuch

Olympic Competitor nr 628

• 1900-06-05-15:00? - Fencing - Épée, Individual, round one, pool 12 - second (Q)
• 1900-06-07-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, Individual, quarter-final - first (Q)
• 1900-06-10-09:00 - Fencing - Épée, Individual, semi-final - AC (44.76)

Olga Homeghi

competed in 1984 as

Olga Bularda

Romania
Rowing (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Double Sculls	bronze			4800
Coxless Pairs			gold	12000
Coxed Fours		gold		7200
Eights			silver	3000
				27000

Homonnai Márton

Hungary
Waterpolo (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1924	1928	1932	1936	HP
Waterpolo	7th	silver	gold	gold	13110
					13110

Honorez

Olympic Competitor nr 1090

• 1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
• 1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

L. Hood

Olympic Competitor nr 1683

• 1900-10-28-15:00 - Rugby - match two - final classification - second (1640)

Chris Hooijkaas

Olympic Competitor nr 431

• 1900-05-24-13:10? - Sailing - 3-10 ton class (1) - second (1000)
• 1900-05-25-13:00 - Sailing - 3-10 ton class (2) - fourth (400)

Wolfgang Hoppe

Germany
Bobsleigh (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

	1984	1988	1992	1994	HP
four-man	gold	silver	silver	bronze	14362.5
two-man	gold	silver	-	-	13000
					27362.5

Ernst Hoppenberg

Germany
Swimming

	1900		HP
Team Race	gold		1600
200 m Backstroke	gold		9600

Olympic Competitor nr 1300

• 1900-08-11-11:00 - Swimming - 200 m Backstroke, heats - first (Q)
• 1900-08-12-14:45 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Heats - first (Q1)
• 1900-08-12-15:00 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Finals - first = team first (1600)
• 1900-08-12-15:30 - Swimming - 200 m Backstroke, final - first (9600)

Edward Hore

Olympic Competitor nr 479

• 1900-05-25-13:00 - Sailing - 3-10 ton class (2) - first (1600)
• 1900-08-01-14:00? - Sailing - 10-20 ton class, race one
• 1900-08-05-14:00? - Sailing - 10-20 ton class, race two
• 1900-08-06-14:00? - Sailing - 10-20 ton class, race three - third (1280)

R. Horne

He played cricket for "France" in 1910 so I class him as French

Olympic Competitor nr 1394

• 1900-08-19-11:00 Cricket - day one
• 1900-08-20-11:00 Cricket - day two - lost (2000)

Silke Hörner

Germany
Swimming (2 gold, 1 bronze)

	1988	HP
200 m Breaststroke	gold	6400
100 m Breaststroke	bronze	2560
4 x 100 m Medley Relay	gold	1600
		10560

Horváth

Olympic Competitor nr 725

• 1900-06-23-14:00? - Fencing - Sabre for Masters, round one (Q)
• 1900-06-25-10:00? - Fencing - Sabre for Masters, semi-finals - fifth (195)

Daniel Horton

Olympic Competitor nr 1023

• 1900-07-16-16:00? - Athletics Field - Standing Triple Jump - AC (639)
• 1900-07-16-16:30? - Athletics Field - Triple Jump - AC (224.1)

Louis Hostin

B. 1908-04-21, France
Weight-Lifting (2 gold, 1 silver)

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Light Heavyweight (-82.5 kg)	silver	gold	gold	37800
				37800

Philippe Houben

Olympic Competitor nr 1330

• 1900-08-11-16:30 - Waterpolo - Round One - lost (340)
• 1900-08-12-14:45 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Heats - fourth (Q4)
• 1900-08-12-15:00 - Swimming - 200 m Team Race, Finals - DNS = team third (640)

Clarence "Bud" Houser

B. 1901-09-25, USA
Track and Field (3 gold)

	1924	1928	HP
Discus Throw	gold	gold	19200
Shot Put	gold	-	9600
			28800

The first discus thrower to demonstrate the value of rotating speed in the circle. He was the last man to win two throwing titles at the same Olympics (Shot and Discus).

Andrew Hoy

Australia
Equestrianism - three-day event (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	HP
Three-day Event, Individual	15th	eighth	fifth	11th	silver	57th	7328.75
Three-day Event, Team	fifth	fifth	gold	gold	gold	sixth	10920
							18248.75

Member of the Australian three day event team at Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.
(173 HP)

Chris Hoy

B. 1976-03-23, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Cycling - track (3 gold, 1 silver)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
Olympic Sprint	silver	QF	gold	10288.125
Time Trial		gold		9600
Keirin	dnq		gold	6401.3
Sprint			gold	6400
				32689.425

William Welles "Bill" Hoyt

B. 1875-05-07, Glastonbury, CT, USA; D. 1954-12-01
Athletics (1 gold)

	1896	HP
Pole Vault	gold	9600
110 m Hurdles	fourth	2400
		12000

Olympic Competitor nr 51

• 1896-07-07-14:45? - Athletics Track - 110 m Hurdles heat two - second (Q)
• 1896-04-10-15:30 - Athletics Track - 110 m Hurdles final - DNS (2400)
• 1896-04-10-15:40 - Athletics Field - Pole Vault - first (9600)

Written 2001-01-17 - last modified 2002-10-28

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