Frank Lukeman

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	1912 Stockholm	Pentathlon

Francis Lawrence "Frank" Lukeman (born June 20, 1886 in Montreal, Québec — 1946), was a Canadian athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

In Stockholm, Lukeman finished fourth in the Pentathalon but was awarded the Bronze medal in the Pentathalon after Jim Thorpe of the U.S. was disqualified from the Gold medal (Thorpe's disqualification was eventually overturned but Ferdinand Bie of Norway was allowed to retain his Gold as were James Donahue (USA) and Lukeman permitted to retain their Silver and Bronze medals respectively).

In the 100 metres, Lukeman took first place in his first round heat with a time of 3.2 seconds. He advanced to the semifinals and won!

He won in his preliminary heat of the 200 metres, placing first overall.

Lukeman served in the Canadian Army in World War I. He returned to Montreal after the war.

He died in 1946.

[edit] References

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). Athletics 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 20 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 20 July 2006. (Polish)

Persondata
NAME	Lukeman, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Canadian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	1887
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1946
PLACE OF DEATH