Athletics at the 1906 Summer Olympics

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At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, 21 events in athletics were contested. Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.

[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Flag of the United States Archie Hahn (USA) Flag of the United States Fay Moulton (USA) Flag of Australia Nigel Barker (AUS)
400 metres Flag of the United States Paul Pilgrim (USA) Flag of the United Kingdom Wyndham Halswelle (GBR) Flag of Australia Nigel Barker (AUS)
800 metres Flag of the United States Paul Pilgrim (USA) Flag of the United States Jim Lightbody (USA) Flag of the United Kingdom Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)
1500 metres Flag of the United States Jim Lightbody (USA) Flag of the United Kingdom John McGough (GBR) Flag of Sweden Kristian Hellström (SWE)
5 miles Flag of the United Kingdom Henry Hawtrey (GBR) Flag of Sweden Johan Svanberg (SWE) Flag of Sweden Edward Dahl (SWE)
Marathon Flag of Canada Billy Sherring (CAN) Flag of Sweden Johan Svanberg (SWE) Flag of the United States William Frank (USA)
110 metre hurdles Flag of the United States Robert Leavitt (USA) Flag of the United Kingdom Alfred Healey (GBR) Flag of Germany Vincent Duncker (GER)
1500 metre walk Flag of the United States George Bonhag (USA) Flag of Canada Donald Linden (CAN) Flag of Greece Konstantin Spetsiotis (GRE)
3000 metre walk Flag of Hungary György Sztantics (HUN) Flag of Germany Hermann Müller (GER) Flag of Greece Georgios Saridakis (GRE)
High jump Flag of the United Kingdom Con Leahy (GBR) Flag of Hungary Lajos Gönczy (HUN) Flag of Greece Themistoklis Diakidis (GRE)
Flag of the United States Herbert Kerrigan (USA)
Standing high jump Flag of the United States Ray Ewry (USA) Flag of Belgium Léon Dupont (BEL) none awarded
Flag of the United States Lawson Robertson (USA)
Flag of the United States Martin Sheridan (USA)
Pole vault Flag of France Fernand Gonder (FRA) Flag of Sweden Bruno Söderström (SWE) Flag of the United States Edward Glover (USA)
Long jump Flag of the United States Myer Prinstein (USA) Flag of the United Kingdom Peter O'Connor (GBR) Flag of the United States Hugo Friend (USA)
Standing long jump Flag of the United States Ray Ewry (USA) Flag of the United States Martin Sheridan (USA) Flag of the United States Lawson Robertson (USA)
Triple jump Flag of the United Kingdom Peter O'Connor (GBR) Flag of the United Kingdom Con Leahy (GBR) Flag of the United States Thomas Cronan (USA)
Shot put Flag of the United States Martin Sheridan (USA) Flag of Hungary Mihály Dávid (HUN) Flag of Sweden Eric Lemming (SWE)
Discus throw Flag of the United States Martin Sheridan (USA) Flag of Greece Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE) Flag of Finland Verner Järvinen (FIN)
Discus throw,
ancient style
Flag of Finland Verner Järvinen (FIN) Flag of Greece Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE) Flag of Hungary István Mudin (HUN)
Javelin throw Flag of Sweden Eric Lemming (SWE) Flag of Sweden Knut Lindberg (SWE) Flag of Sweden Bruno Söderström (SWE)
Stone throw (6.4 kg) Flag of Greece Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE) Flag of the United States Martin Sheridan (USA) Flag of Greece Michalis Dorizas (GRE)
Pentathlon [1] Flag of Sweden Hjalmer Mellander (SWE) Flag of Hungary István Mudin (HUN) Flag of Sweden Eric Lemming (SWE)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The pentathlon event in the 1906 Games consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 metre run, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the United States United States 11 6 6 23
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain and Ireland 3 5 1 9
3 Flag of Sweden Sweden 2 4 5 11
4 Flag of Hungary Hungary 1 3 1 5
5 Flag of Greece Greece 1 2 4 7
6 Flag of Canada Canada 1 1 0 2
7 Flag of Finland Finland 1 0 1 2
8 Flag of France France 1 0 0 1
9 Flag of Germany Germany 0 1 1 2
10 Flag of Belgium Belgium 0 1 0 1
11 Flag of Australia Australia 0 0 2 2