Great Olympians

Biographies - JAR

Henri Jardin

Olympic Competitor nr 2899

• 1906-04-25-16:30 - Athletics - Standing Long Jump - ninth (180)
• 1908-07-20-14:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Standing Long Jump, qualifying - AC (43.04)
• 1908-07-23-14:30? - Athletics (track & field) - Standing High Jump, qualifying - AC (0.877)

J.A. Jardine

Olympic Competitor nr 1875

• 1904-07-11-13:00? - Basketball - Match 4 - won
• 1904-07-11-16:00? - Basketball - Match 7 - won (*)
• 1904-07-12-13:00? - Basketball - Match 10 - lost - Final Rankings - second (1500)

(*) team rosters not certainly known

Jardinier

Olympic Competitor nr 1096

• 1900-07-29-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day one
• 1900-07-30-14:00? - Gymnastics - Individual combined, day two - AC

Johan Jarlén

Olympic Competitor nr 3861

• 1908-07-15-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Sweden - first (1200)

Tyyne Järvi

Olympic Competitor nr 6138

• 1912-07-08-19:30 - Swimming - Women's 100 m Free-style, round one, heat one - fifth (0.718)

Akkiles Järvinen

B. 1905-09-19, Jyväskylä, Finland; D. 1943-03-07
Track & Field - Decathlon (2 silver)

	1928	1932	1936	HP
Decathlon	silver	silver	dnf	12000.038
				12000.038

Venne "Verner" Järvinen

B. 1870-03-04, Finland; D. 1941-01-31
Athletics (1 gold, 2 bronze)

	1906	1908	1912	HP
Discus Throw, Greek style	gold	bronze		6720
Discus Throw, freestyle	bronze	fourth	15th 10	3170
Discus Throw, two-handed			12th
Shot Put	comp	comp		190.6
Stone Throw	comp			253.1
Javelin Throw	fifth			1125
Javelin Throw, freestyle		comp.		8.528
	8260.1	3157.168	50	11467.268

Olympic Competitor nr 2818

• 1906-04-25-09:30 - Athletics - Discus Throw, freestyle - third (1920)
• 1906-04-26-17:00 - Athletics - Javelin Throw - fifth (1125)
• 1906-04-27-16:00 - Athletics - Stone Throw - AC (253.1)
• 1906-04-27-16:30 - Athletics - Shot Put - AC (162)
• 1906-05-01-15:00 - Athletics - Discus Throw, Greek style - first (4800)
• 1908-07-15-11:40? - Athletics (track & field) - Javelin Throw, freestyle, pool five - AC (8.528)
• 1908-07-16-11:40? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, freestyle, qualifying, pool six - fourth (1200)
• 1908-07-16-15:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Shot Put, qualifying, pool two - AC (28.64)
• 1908-07-18-14:40 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, Greek style, qualifying - third (Q)
• 1908-07-18-16:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, Greek style, final - third (1920)
• 1912-07-12-10:00? - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, qualifying, group two - 15th (10)
• 1912-07-13-14:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Discus Throw, two-handed, qualification - 12th (40)

Frank Jarvis

Olympic Competitor nr 817

• 1900-07-14-10:30 - Athletics Track -  100 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1900-07-14-10:45 - Athletics Track -  100 m, semi-finals - first (Q)
• 1900-07-14-11:15 - Athletics Track -  100 m, final - first (6400)
• 1900-07-16-16:00? - Athletics Field - Standing Triple Jump - AC (639)
• 1900-07-16-16:30? - Athletics Field - Triple Jump - AC (224.1)

John Arthur Jarvis

B. 1872-02-24, Leicester, England, Great Britain; D. 1933-05-09
Swimming & Waterpolo (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

	1900		1906	1908	bonus	HP
100 m Freestyle	(gold)					0
400 m Free-style			bronze			1920
1000 m Freestyle	gold				2503.75	12518.75
1500 m Free-style				SF:3
1 mile Free-style			silver
4000 m Freestyle	gold					6400
4x250 m Free-style Relay			bronze			480
Swimming	12800		5400	615	2503.75	21318.75
Waterpolo	gold					3200
						24518.75

The 100 m event at Paris is not listed in all sources, but seems to have been a separate, official event (Information supplied by the IASF, according to the Hungarian authors) The event is notably completely absent in Mallon.

Olympic Competitor nr 1262

• 1900-08-11-07:45 - Swimming - 1000 m Freestyle, heats - first (Q)
• 1900-08-11-16:30 - Waterpolo - Round One - won (Q)
• 1900-08-12-14:00 - Swimming - 1000 m Freestyle, final - first (6400)
• 1900-08-12-16:00 - Waterpolo - Semi-Final - won (Q)
• 1900-08-12-18:00? - Waterpolo - Final - won (3200)
• 1900-08-15-07:30 - Swimming - 4000 m Freestyle, heat one - first (Q)
• 1900-08-15-15:30 - Swimming - 4000 m Freestyle, final - first (6400)
• 1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - second (3000)
• 1906-04-27-10:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style - third (1920)
• 1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - third (480)
• 1908-07-21-14:30 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-23-15:45 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, semifinals - third (615)

Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2011-08-14

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