Athletics - Men's 800 m

Athina 1896

(6400) Teddy Flack (AUS/1896)
(4000) Dáni Nándor (HUN/1896)
(2560) Dimitrios Golemis (GRE/1896)
(1600) Albin Lermusiaux (FRA/1896)
third in heats:
(820) Fritz Traun (GER/1896)
(820) Georges de la Nézière (FRA/1896)
fourth in heats:
(328) George Marshall (GBR/1896)
fourth/fifth in heats:
(229) Dimitri Tombrof (smy-GRE/1896)
(229) Angelos Fetsis (GRE/1896)
did not start:
Luis Subercaseaux (CHI)
Zaborszky István (HUN)
Fritz Hofmann (GER/1896,1906)
Frantz Reichel (FRA/1896)
Kurt Doerry (GER/1896-1900)
Tom Burke (USA/1896)

Final:

(6400) Teddy Flack (AUS/1896)
(4000) Dáni Nándor (HUN/1896)
(2560) Dimitrios Golemis (GRE/1896)
(1600) Albin Lermusiaux (FRA/1896)

(Q) Teddy Flack (AUS/1896)
(Q) Dáni Nándor (HUN/1896)
did not qualify:
(820) Fritz Traun (GER/1896)
(328) George Marshall (GBR/1896)

(Q) Albin Lermusiaux (FRA/1896)
(Q) Dimitrios Golemis (GRE/1896)
did not qualify:
(820) Georges de la Nézière (FRA/1896)
(229) Dimitri Tombrof (smy-GRE/1896)
(229) Angelos Fetsis (GRE/1896)

Paris 1900

(6400) Alfred Tysoe (GBR/1900)
(4000) John Cregan (USA/1900)
(2560) Dave Hall (USA/1900)
(1600) Henry Deloge (FRA/1900)
(1000) Speidl Zoltán (HUN/1900)
(640) John Bray (USA/1900)
third in heats:
(272) Howard Hayes (USA/1900)
(272) Justus Scrafford (USA/1900)
(272) Harvey Lord (USA/1900)
fourth in heats:
(68) Maurice Salomez (FRA/1900)
fourth/fifth in heats:
(42.6) Ondřej Pukl (CZE/1900)
(42.6) Edward Mechling (USA/1900)
fourth/fifth/sixth in heats:
(29.84) Edward Bushnell (USA/1900)
(29.84) Emilio Banfi (ITA/1900)
(29.84) Harrison Smith (USA/1900)
fifth in heats:
(17.2) Christian Christensen (DEN/1900)
sixth/seventh in heats:
(2.70) Alex Grant (CAN/1900)
(2.70) Walter Drumheller (USA/1900)
did not start:
Cornelius von Lubowiecki (AUT/1900)
Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
William Moloney (USA/1900)
George Wood (USA)

Final:

(6400) Alfred Tysoe (GBR/1900)
(4000) John Cregan (USA/1900)
(2560) Dave Hall (USA/1900)
(1600) Henri Deloge (FRA/1900)
(1000) Speidl Zoltán (HUN/1900)
(640) John Bray (USA/1900)

Heat 1

(Q) Dave Hall (USA/1900)
(Q) Alfred Tysoe (GBR/1900)
(272) Howard Hayes (USA/1900)
(68) Maurice Salomez (FRA/1900)
(17.2) Christian Christensen (DEN/1900)
(2.70) Alex Grant (USA/1900)
(2.70) Walter Drumheller (USA/1900)

Heat 2

(Q) Henri Deloge (FRA/1900)
(Q) Speidl Zoltán (HUN/1900)
(272) Justus Scraffold (USA/1900)
(29.84) Edward Bushnell (USA/1900)
(29.84) Emilio Banfi (ITA/1900)
(29.84) Harrison Smith (USA/1900)

Heat 3

(Q) John Cregan (USA/1900)
(Q) John Bray (USA/1900)
(272) Harvey Lord (USA/1900)
(42.6) Ondrej Pukl (CZE/1900)
(42.6) Edward Mechling (USA/1900)

St.Louis 1904

(4800=7800) Jim Lightbody (uilca-USA/1904-08)
(3000=3068) Howard Valentine (unyna-USA/1904-06)
(1920) Emil Breitkreutz (uwima-USA/1904)
(1200) George Underwood (unyna-USA/1904)
(750=942) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
(480) Bill Verner (uilca-USA/1904)
also competed (7th-13th)
(112.0) George Bonhag (unyni-USA/1904-12)
(112.0) Harvey Cohn (unyni-USA/1904-08)
(112.0) Peter Deer (cquma-CAN/1904)
(112.0) Lacey Hearn (uilca-USA/1904)
(112.0) Johnny Joyce (USA/1904)
(112.0) James Peck (cquma-CAN/1904)
(112=4912) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)
did not start:
Harry Kiener (USA)
Will Gunn (NZL)
Charles Bacon (unymi-USA/1904-08)
David Munson (unyna-USA/1904)

Athina 1906

(4800=4912) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)
(3000=7800) Jim Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
(1920) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906)
(1200) Reginald Crabbe (GBR/1906)
(750=789.6) Kristian Hellström (SWE/1906-08)
(480) Charles Bacon (USA/1904-08)
(300) Eli Parsons (USA/1906)
(192=942) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
third in round one:
(68.25) Ernst Serrander (SWE/1906)
(68.25) Howard Valentine (USA/1904-06)
(68.25) John Horne (GBR/1906)
(68.25) Dad Wheatley (AUS/1906)
fourth in round one:
(10.88) William Anderson (GBR /1906)
(10.88) Georgios Anastasiadis (egy-GRE/1906)
fourth/sixth:
(4.477) Christos Tsatsanifos (GRE/1906)
(4.477) John McGough (GBR/1906-08)
(4.477=4.477) Vahran Papazyan (TUR/1906,12)
fifth/sixth:
(6.46) Pantelis Ektoros (smy-GRE/1906))
(6.46) Hjalmar Mellander (SWE/1906)
fifth-seventh:
(0.914) Loukas Venizelos (tsl-GRE/1906)
(0.914) Michel Soalhat (FRA/1906)
(0.914) James Sullivan (USA/1906-08)
seventh in round one:
(0.51) Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)
did not start:
G. Sofochleous (GRE)
Jan Dvoräk (CZE)
N. Nikoloudakis (GRE)
Ken Cornwallis (GBR)
Reginald MacPherson (GBR)
Raoul Matet (FRA)
George Blake (AUS/1906)
Felix Kwieton (AUT/1906)
Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
Pericle Pagliani (ITA/1906)
Roberto Penna (ITA/1908)
(-=-3.32) Edward Dahl (SWE/1906-08)
(-=112.0) George Bonhag (USA/1904-06)
(-=112.0) Harvey Cohn (USA/1904-08)
Nigel Barker (AUS/1906)
Marc Bellin du Coteau (FRA/1906)
Ioannis Demestichas (tsl-GRE/1906)
Dimitrios Kantzias (GRE/1906)
Alkiviadis Tzelepopoulos (con-GRE/1906)
Evangelos Volanakis (crt-GRE/1906)
Michail Giannarakis (crt-GRE/1906)
Hellmich Miksa (HUN/1906)

Final:

(4800=4912) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)
(3000=7800) Jim Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
(1920) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906)
(1200) Reginald Crabbe (GBR/1906)
(750=789.6) Kristian Hellström (SWE/1906-08)
(480) Charles Bacon (USA/1904-08)
(300) Eli Parsons (USA/1906)
(192=942) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)

Heat One

(Q) Jim Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
(Q) Charles Bacon (USA/1904-08)
(68.25) Ernst Serrander (SWE/1906)
(10.88) William Anderson (GBR /1906)

Heat Two

(Q) Kristian Hellström (SW/1906-08)
(Q) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906)
(68.25) Howard Valentine (USA/1904-06)
(10.88) Georgios Anastasiadis (egy-GRE/1906)
(0.914) Loukas Venizelos (tsl-GRE/1906)
(0.914) Michel Soalhat (FRA/1906)
(0.914) James Sullivan (USA/1906-08)

Heat Three

(Q) Reginald Crabbe (GBR/1906)
(Q) Eli Parsons (USA/1906)
(68.25) John Horne (GBR/1906)
(6.46) Pantelis Ektoros (smy-GRE/1906))
(6.46) Hjalmar Mellander (SWE/1906)
(0.51) Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)

Heat Four

(Q) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)
(Q) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
(68.25) Dad Wheatley (AUS/1906)
(4.477) Khristos Tsatsanifos (GRE/1906)
(4.477) John McGough (GBR/1906-08)
(4.477=4.477) Vahran Papazyan (TUR/1906,12)

London 1908

(4800=8800) Mel Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
(3000=3130) Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
(1920=2560) Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
(1200=1200) Bodor Ödön (HUN/1908-12)
(750) Theodore Just (GBR/1908)
(480) John Halstead (USA/1908)
(192) Clarke Beard (USA/1908)
(192) Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford (GBR/1908)

Round One (2nd=9/16 (39.56) - 3rd=17/24 (0.995) - 4th=25/31 (0.028) - 5th=32/35 (-2.17) - 6th=36/38 (-3.32))

Heat One

(Q) Bodor Ödön (HUN/1908)
(39.56) George Butterfield (GBR/1908)
(0.995=22.07) Evert Björn (SWE/1908-12)
(0.028=7800) Jim Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
did not finish
(-3.32) Murray Ashford (GBR/1908)
(-3.32) Henk van der Wal (NED/1908)

Heat Two

(Q) Mel Sheppard (USA/1908)
(39.56) James Lintott (GBR/1908)
(0.995) Irving Parkes (CAN/1908)

Heat Three

(Q) John Halstead (USA/1908)
(39.56) John Lee (GBR/1908)
(0.995) George Morphy (IRL/1908)
(0.028) Nagy József (HUN/1908)

Heat Four

(Q) Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908)
(39.56) Harry Coe (USA/1908)
(0.995) Lloyd Jones (USA/1908)
did not finish
(-2.17) Stylianos Dimitriou (GRE/1908)
(-2.17) Larry Manogue (IRL/1908)

(Q) Clarke Beard (USA/1908)
(39.56) Arthur Astley (GBR/1908)
(0.995) Don Buddo (CAN/1908)
(0.028) Oskar Quarg (GER/1908)
did not finish
(-3.32) Charles French (USA/1908)
(-3.32) Edward Dahl (SWE/1906-08)

Heat Six

(Q) Theodore Just (GBR/1908)
(39.56) Andreas Breynck (GER/1908)
did not finish
(0.028) Gösta Danielson (SWE/1908)
(0.028) Arie Vosbergen (NED/1908)

Heat Seven

(Q) Hanns Braun (GER/1908)
(39.56) Joseph Bromilow (USA/1908)
(0.995) Harold Holding (GBR/1908)
did not finish
(-3.32) Horace Ramey (USA/1908)
(-3.32) Fredrik Svanström (FIN/1908)
(-3.32) Bram Evers (NED/1908)

Heat Eight

(Q) Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford (GBR/1908)
(39.56=789.6) Kristian Hellström(SWE/1906-08)
(0.995) Harvey Sutton (anz-AUS/1908)
(0.028) Frank Sheehan (USA/1908)

Stockholm 1912

(6400) Ted Meredith (USA/1912-20)
(4000=8800) Mel Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
(2560) Ira Davenport (USA/1912)
(1600) David Caldwell (USA/1912)
(1000) Mel Brock (CAN/1912)
(640=2560) Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
(400) Hec Edmundson (USA/1912)
(256) Herbert Putnam (USA/1912)

Heat One

Ted Meredith (USA/1912-20)
Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
Mel Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
Herbert Putnam (USA/1912)
(130) Jack Tait (CAN/1912)
(52) Percy Mann (GBR/1912)
did not finish
(8.2) Frederick Hulford (GBR/1912)
(8.2) James Soutter (GBR/1912)
did not start
(3.28) John Paul Jones (USA/1912)

Mel Brock (CAN/1912)
Hec Edmundson (USA/1912)
David Caldwell (USA/1912)
Ira Davenport (USA/1912)
(130=3130) Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
(21.07) Armando Cortesão (POR/1912)
(21.07) Harlan Holden (USA/1912)
(21.07) Evert Björn (SWE/1908-12)
(21.07) Ernest Henley (GBR/1912)

Round One third in heats (19-27 = 0.473) fourth in heats (28-36 = -2.75) fifth in heats (37-42 = -3.17) sixth (43-45 = -4.17) seventh (46-47 = -5.52) eighth (48 = -5.26)

Heat One

David Caldwell (USA/1912)
Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
(0.473) Walter McClure (USA/1912)
(-2.75) Eric Lindholm (SWE/1912)
(-3.17) Joseph Caullé (FRA/1912)

Heat Two

Percy Mann (GBR/1912)
Herbert Putnam (USA/1912)
(0.473) Ole Jacob Pedersen (NOR/1912)
(-2.75) Leopoldo Palma (CHI/1912)

Heat Three

John Paul Jones (USA/1912)
Armando Cortesão (POR/1912)
(0.473) Oscar Larsen (NOR/1912)
(-2.75) Guido Calvi (ITA/1912)

Heat Four

Hec Edmundson (USA/1912)
Jack Tait (CAN/1912)
(0.473) Charles Poulenard (FRA/1912)
(-2.75) Richard Jahn (GER/1912)
(-3.17) Robert Burton (GBR/1912)

Heat Five

Ira Davenport (USA/1912)
Frederick Hulford (GBR/1912)
(0.473=1200) Bodor Ödön (HUN/1908-12)
(-2.75) Jacques Person (ger-FRA/1912)
(-3.17) Dmitry Nazarov (RUS/1912)
(-5.52) Zdenek Mestecký (CZE/1912)
(-5.52=1.300) Philip Baker (GBR/1912-20)

Heat Six

Harlan Holden (USA/1912)
Evert Björn (SWE/1908-12)
(0.473) Richard Yorke (GBR/1912)
(-2.75) Karl Haglund (SWE/1912)
(-4.49) Frantisek Forgács (hun-SVK/1912)
(-4.49) Federico Mueller (CHI/1912)
(-4.49) Aleksandr Yelizarov (RUS/1912)
(-4.49=4.477) Vahran Papazyan (TUR/1906,12)

Heat Seven

James Soutter (GBR/1912)
Mel Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
(0.473) Erich Lehmann (GER/1912)
(-2.75) Antal János (HUN/1912)

Heat Eight

Mel Brock (CAN/1912)
Ted Meredith (USA/1912-20)
(0.473) John Victor (RSA/1912)
(-2.75) Alan Patterson (GBR/1912) DNF

Heat Nine

Ernest Henley (GBR/1912)
Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
(0.473) Erik Frisell (SWE/1912)
(0.473) Thomas Halpin (USA/1912)
(-4.17) Radóczy Károly (HUN/1912) DNF
(-4.17) Lauri Pihkala (FIN/1912) DNF

Written 2000-12-13 - last modified 2023-12-22

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