Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics  |
||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | |
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 200 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 2590 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 mile team race | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing triple jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| 56 pound weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Triathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. The distance of this race was 40 kilometres. The competition was held on August 30, 1904. 32 athletes from 4 nations competed.
Contents |
[edit] Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Thomas J. HicksUnited States (USA) |
Albert Coray United States (USA)[1] |
Arthur Newton United States (USA) |
[edit] Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | none | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 2'58:50(*) | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978).svg.png){kind=small} Spiridon Louis |
Athens (GRE) | April 10, 1896 (NS) |
(*) Distance was also 40 kilometres
[edit] Results
Lorz stopped running because of exhaustion after nine miles. His manager gave him a lift in his car for the next eleven miles, after which it broke down. Lorz then continued on foot back to the Olympic stadium, where he broke the finishing line tape and was greeted as the winner of the race.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas J. Hicks (USA) |
3'28:53 |
| 2 | Albert Coray (USA)[1] |
3'34:52 |
| 3 | Arthur Newton (USA) |
3'47:33 |
| 4 |  Andarín Carvajal (CUB) |
|
| 5 | Dimitrios Veloulis (GRE) |
|
| 6 | David Kneeland (USA) |
|
| 7 | Henry Brawley (USA) |
|
| 8 | Sidney Hatch (USA) |
|
| 9 |  Len Tau (RSA) |
|
| 10 | Christos Zechouritis (GRE) |
|
| 11 | F. P. Devlin (USA) |
|
| 12 | Jan Mashiani (RSA) |
|
| 13 | John Furla (USA) |
|
| 14 | Andrew Oikonomou (GRE) |
|
| — | Edward P. Carr (USA) |
Did not finish |
| Georgios Drosos (GRE) |
Did not finish | |
| Robert Fowler (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| John Foy (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| William Garcia (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| Charilaos Giannakas (GRE) |
Did not finish | |
| Bertie Harris (RSA) |
Did not finish | |
| Thomas J. Kennedy (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| John Lordon (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| Ioannis Lougkitsas (GRE) |
Did not finish | |
| Georgios Louridas (GRE) |
Did not finish | |
| Samuel Mellor (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| Frank Pierce (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| Petros Pipiles (GRE) |
Did not finish | |
| Guy Porter (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| Michael Spring (USA) |
Did not finish | |
| Georgios Vamkaitis (GRE) |
Did not finish | |
| Frederick Lorz (USA) |
Disqualified |
- ^ a b Coray was French nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database still refers him incorrectly as American.
[edit] Sources
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 14 December 2006. (Polish)
| OLYMPIC MARATHON RACES |
| Men's Competition |
|
Athens 1896 | Paris 1900 | St. Louis 1904 | Athens 1906 | London 1908 | Stockholm 1912 | Antwerp 1920 | Paris 1924 | Amsterdam 1928 | Los Angeles 1932 | Berlin 1936 | London 1948 | Helsinki 1952 | Melbourne 1956 | Rome 1960 | Tokyo 1964 | Mexico City 1968 | Munich 1972 | Montreal 1976 | Moscow 1980 | Los Angeles 1984 | Seoul 1988 | Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996 | Sydney 2000 | Athens 2004 | |
| Women's Competition |
|
Los Angeles 1984 | Seoul 1988 | Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996 | Sydney 2000 | Athens 2004 | |
|
|||||
