Jules Ladoumègue
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
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| Silver | 1928 Amsterdam | 1500 metres | |
Jules Ladoumègue (December 10, 1906–March 2, 1973) was a French middle-distance runner.
Ladoumègue was born at La Bastide-Clairence, near Bordeaux. His greatest success was the silver medal over 1,500 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics, in a race won by Harri Larva. Ladoumègue also set several world records. On October 5, 1930 he broke Otto Peltzer's 1500 m record by 1.8 seconds to become the first 1,500-metre runner below 3:50 minutes with a time of 3.49.2 in a race in Paris. Three years later the record was broken by Italian Luigi Beccali. Only two weeks later, Ladoumègue set a 1000 m record at 2:23.6 that stood for eleven years until Rudolf Harbig ran 2:21.5. In October 1931, Ladoumegue became the first French world record holder over the Mile with a time of 4:09.2.
In 1955 Ladoumègue published an autobiography, entitled Dans ma foulée. He died in Paris, Île-de-France in 1973.
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