Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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The men's marathon was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on 19 July 1900. 13 athletes from five nations competed in the marathon, which used a distance of 40.26 kilometres.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michel Théato Luxembourg (LUX)	Emile Champion France (FRA)	Ernst Fast Sweden (SWE)

The IOC results database shows Théato as representing France and does not credit this medal to Luxembourg.

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Michel Théato	Luxembourg	2:59:45.0
2	Emile Champion	France	3:04:17.0
3	Ernst Fast	Sweden	3:37:14.0
4	Eugène Besse	France	4:00:43.0
5	Arthur Newton	United States	4:04:12.0
6-7	Dick Grant	United States	Unknown
6-7	Ronald MacDonald	Canada	Unknown
—	Auguste Marchais	France	Did not finish
	Johan Nyström	Sweden	Did not finish
	E. Ion Pool	Great Britain	Did not finish
	Frederick Randall	Great Britain	Did not finish
	William Saward	Great Britain	Did not finish
	Georges Touquet-Daunis	France	Did not finish

The marathon race, which began at 2:30 p.m. on a day with temperatures reaching nearly 40 C., wound through the streets of Paris. Thirteen runners started, though only twelve finished the four laps around the track that preceded the road running. Touquet-Daunis led until he withdrew from the competition, at which point Fast took over. Fast had tired himself trying to keep pace with the Frenchman, however, and was passed by Théato and Champion before long. Seven runners finished the race.

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee results database
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.