Great Olympians

Biographies - MET

Joseph-Auguste Métais

Olympic Competitor nr 355

• 1900-05-22-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters round one day one
• 1900-05-23-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters round one day two (Q)
• 1900-05-24-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters round two (R)
• 1900-05-25-10:00? - Fencing - Foil for Masters repêchage - DNQ (0.6)
• 1900-06-11-09:00? - Fencing - Épée for Masters, round one - DNQ (0.18)

Vasilios Metalos

Olympic Competitor nr 2082

• 1904-08-31-15:00? - Tug-of-War - Round One - lost (307.5)

Anastasios Metaxas

B. 1862-02-27, Greece; D. 1937
Shooting (1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1896		1906	1908	1912	HP
Military Rifle	fourth					1600
Free Rifle	fourth		26th			1600.048
Free Rifle, team			fourth			300
Military Revolver			8th			192
Military Revolver, Gras Model			13th			19.2
Free Pistol, 25m			10th			75
Free Pistol, 50m			21st			0.48
Duelling Pistol, au visé			15th			7.5
Dueling Pistol				35th		0.001
Clay Pigeon, single trap			dnf	fourth	fourth	3530
Clay Pigeon, double trap			silver			3000
	3200		3624.228	1500.001	2000	10324.229

Olympic Competitor nr 65

• 1896-04-08-10:30 - Shooting - Military Rifle day one
• 1896-04-09-09:00 - Shooting - Military Rifle - fourth (1600)
• 1896-04-11-09:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle day one
• 1896-04-12-09:00 - Shooting - Free Rifle - fourth (1600)
• 1906-04-23-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver, Gras Model - 13th (19.2)
• 1906-04-23-09:30 - Shooting - Free Pistol, 50m - 21st (0.75)
• 1906-04-24-08:30 - Shooting - Military Revolver - eighth (192)
• 1906-04-24-09:30 - Shooting - Duelling Pistol, au visé - 15th (7.5)
• 1906-04-26-08:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, single trap - DNF (30)
• 1906-04-26-09:30 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, double trap - second (3000)
• 1906-04-26-10:30 - Shooting - Free Pistol, 25m - tenth (75)
• 1906-04-27-08:30 - Shooting - Free Rifle, team - fourth (300)
• 1906-04-28-08:30 - Shooting - Free Rifle - 26th (0.048)
• 1908-07-08-14:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, day one
• 1908-07-09-16:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, day two
• 1908-07-11-14:00? - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, day three - fourth (1500)
• 1912-06-29-09:00 - Shooting - Dueling Pistol - 35th
• 1912-07-02-09:00 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage one - fifth (Q)
• 1912-07-03-09:00 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage two - fourth (Q)
• 1912-07-04-09:00 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, trap, stage three - fourth (2000)

Ralph Metcalfe

USA
Athletics (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

	1932	1936	HP
100 m	silver	silver	8000
200 m	bronze		2560
4 x 100 m Relay		gold	1600
			12160

At Los Angeles, in the 100 m, there was no way to distinguish between the top 2. Nowadays, both runners would have received a gold medal, but back then the judges had to make a decision. It went against Metcalfe. Then in the 200 m, Metcalfe's block were inexplicably set a few meters too far back. After the race, when the error was seen, Metcalfe was offered a re-run. But since Americans had won all three medals, Metcalfe declined. After all, he was young and would get a new chance at Berlin. There he came up against Jesse Owens however, and so Metcalfe would never win an individual gold medal.

Caren Metschuck

Germany
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1980	HP
100 m Butterfly	gold	6400
100 m Free-style	silver	4000
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay	gold	1600
4 x 100 m Medley Relay	gold	1600
		13600

Lothar Metz

Germany
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

	1960	1964	1968	HP
-79 kg	silver			24300
-87 kg		bronze	gold
				24300

Written 2000-11-30 - last modified 2011-08-13

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