Athletics - Men's 800 m

800 m

Athina 1896

(6400) Edwin Flack (AUS/1896)
(4000) Dáni Nándor (HUN/1896)
(2560) Dimitrios Golemis (GRE/1896)
(1600) Albin Lermusiaux (FRA/1896)
3rd in heat:
(820) Friedrich Traun (GER/1896)
(820) Georges de la Nézière (FRA/1896)
4th in heat:
(328) George Marshal (GBR/1896)
also competed (4th/5th):
(229) Angelos Fetsis (GRE/1896)
(229) Dimitrios Tomprof (SMY/1896)

Paris 1900

(6400) Alfred Tysoe (GBR/1900)
(4000) John Cregan (USA/1900)
(2560) David Hall (USA/1900)
(1600) Henri Deloge (FRA/1900)
(1000) Spiedl Zoltán (HUN/1900)
(640) John Bray (USA/1900)
semi-finalists. third:
(272) Howard Hayes (USA/1900)
(272) Justus Scraffold (USA/1900)
(272) Harvey Lord (USA/1900)
semi-finalists. fourth:
(68) Maurice Salomez (FRA/1900)
semi-finalists. 4th-5th:
(42.6) Ondrej Pukl (CZE/1900)
(42.6) Edward Mechling (USA/1900)
semi-finalists. 4th-6th:
(29.84) Edward Bushnell (USA/1900)
(29.84) Emilio Banfi (ITA/1900)
(29.84) Harrison Smith (USA/1900)
semi-finalist; 5th:
(17.2) Christian Christensen (DEN/1900)
semi-finalists. 6th-7th:
(2.70) Alexander Grant (USA/1900)
(2.70) Walter Drumheller (USA/1900)

St.Louis 1904

(4800=7800) James Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
(3000=3068) Howard Valentine (USA/1904)
(1920) Emil Breitkreutz (USA/1904)
(1200) George Underwood (USA/1904)
(750=942) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
(480) William Frank Verner (USA/1904)
also competed (7th-13th)
(112.0) George Bonhag (USA/1904)
(112.0) Harvey Cohn (USA/1904)
(112.0) Peter Deer (CAN/1904)
(112.0) Lacey Hearn (USA/1904)
(112.0) John Joyce (USA/1904)
(112.0) John Peck (CAN/1904)
(112=4912) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-06)

Athina 1906

(4800=4912) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-06)
(3000=7800) James Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
(1920) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906)
(1200) Reginald Crabbe (GBR/1906)
(750=789.6) Kristian Hellström (SWE/1906-08)
(480) Charles Bacon (USA/1906)
(300) Eli Parsons (USA/1906)
(192=942) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
third in heats (9th-12th)
(68.25) Ernst Serrander (SWE/1906)
(68.25=3068) Howard Valentine (USA/1904-06)
(68.25) John Horne (GBR/1906)
(68.25) George Wheatley (AUS/1906)
fourth in heats (13th-16th)
(10.88) William Anderson (GBR/1906)
(10.88) Georgios Anastasiadis (EGY/1906)
competed in heat 3 (4th-5th)
(6.46) Pantelis Ektoros (SMY/1906)
(6.46) Hjalmar Mellander (SWE/1906)
competed in heat 4 (4th-6th)
(4.477) Khristos Tsatsanifos (GRE/1906)
(4.477) John McGough (GBR/1906)
(4.477=4.477) Vahran Papazyan (TUR/1906-12)
fifth in heats (17th-19th) (2.04)
competed in heat 2 (5th-7th)
(0.914) Loukas Venizelos (TSL/1906)
(0.914) Michel Soalhat (FRA/1906)
(0.914) James Sullivan (USA/1906)
sixth in heats (20th-22nd)
(0.51) Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)
seventh in heat 2 (23rd) (0.192)

London 1908

(4800=8800) Melvin Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
(3000=3130) Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
(1920=2560) Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
(1200=1200) Bodor Ödön (HUN/1908-12)
(750) Theodore Just (GBR/1908)
(480) John Halstead (USA/1908)
(192) Clarke Beard (USA/1908)
(192) Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford (GBR/1908)
second in heat (9-16)
(39.56) George Butterfield (GBR/1908)
(39.56) James Lintott (GBR/1908)
(39.56) John Lee (GBR/1908)
(39.56) Harry Coe (USA/1908)
(39.56) Arthur Astley (GBR/1908)
(39.56) Andreas Breynck (GER/1908)
(39.56) Joseph Bromilow (USA/1908)
(39.56=789.6) Kristian Hellström (SWE/1906-08)
third in heat (17-23)
(1.120=22.19) Evert Björn (SWE/1908-12)
(1.120) R. Irving Parkes (CAN/1908)
(1.120) George Morphy (IRL/1908)
(1.120) Lloyd Jones (USA/1908)
(1.120) Donald Buddo (CAN/1908)
(1.120) Harold Holding (GBR/1908)
(1.120) Harvey Sutton (AUS/1908)
fourth in heat (24-27)
(0.068=7800) James Lightbody (USA/1904-08)
(0.068) Nagy József (HUN/1908)
(0.068) M. Oscar Quarg (GER/1908)
(0.068) Francis Sheehan (USA/1908)
did not finish
(-3.19) Frederick Ashford (GBR/1908)
(-3.19) Hendrik van der Wal (NED/1908)
(-3.19) Stefanos Dimitrios (GRE/1908)
(-3.19) L. J. Manogue (GBR/1908)
(-3.19) Charles French (USA/1908)
(-3.19) Edward Dahl (SWE/1908)
(-3.19) F. G. Danielson (SWE/1908)
(-3.19) Ary Vosbergen (NED/1908)
(-3.19) Horace Ramey (USA/1908)
(-3.19) Fredrik Svanstrom (FIN/1908)
(-3.19) Bram Evers (NED/1908)

Stockholm 1912

(6400) Ted Meredith (USA/1912)
(4000=8800) Melvin Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
(2560) Ira Davenport (USA/1912)
(1600) David Caldwell (USA/1912)
(1000) Melville Brock (CAN/1912)
(640=2560) Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
(400) Clarence Edmundson (USA/1912)
(256) Herbert Putnam (USA/1912)
fifth in semi-final
(130) Lindsay Tait (CAN/1912)
(130=3130) Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
sixth in semi-final
(52) Percy Mann (GBR/1912)
sixth-ninth
(21.07) Harlan Holden (USA/1912)
(21.07) Ernest Henley (GBR/1912)
(21.07=22.19) Evert Björn (SWE/1912)
(21.07) Armando Luzarte-Cortesao (POR/1912)
seventh in semi-final (20.8)
eight in semi-final (8.2)
ninth in semi-final (3.28)
did not finish
(3.28) Frederick Hulford (GBR/1912)
did not finish. or maybe even did not start
(3.28) James Soutter (GBR/1912)
qualified for semi-final. but did not start
(3.28) John Paul Jones (USA/1912)
third in heats (19-27)
(0.473) Walter McClure (USA/1912)
(0.473) Ole Jacob Pedersen (NOR/1912)
(0.473) Oscar Larsen (NOR/1912)
(0.473) Charles Poulenard (FRA/1912)
(0.473=1200) Bodor Ödön (HUN/1908-12)
(0.473) Richard Yorke (GBR/1912)
(0.473) Erich Lehmann (GER/1912)
(0.473) John Victor (ZAF/1912)
(0.473) Erik Frisell (SWE/1912)
(0.473) Thomas Halpin (USA/1912)
fourth in heats (28-36)
(-2.75) Eric Lindholm (SWE/1912)
(-2.75) Guido Calvi (ITA/1912)
(-2.75) Richard "Willi" Jahn (GER/1912)
(-2.75) Julius Person (GER/1912)
(-2.75) Karl Haglund (SWE/1912)
fifth in heats (37-42)
(-3.17) Joseph Caulle (FRA/1912)
(-3.17) Dmitry Nazarov (RUS/1912)
fifth-eighth
(-4.49) Franticek Facínek-Forgács. (SVK/1912)
(-4.49) Federico Mueller (CHI/1912)
(-4.49) Aleksandr Yelizarov (RUS/1912)
(-4.49=4.477) Vahran Papazyan (TUR/1906-12)
sixth in heats (43-45) (-4.17)
seventh in heats (46-47) (-5.52)
eighth in heat (48) (-5.26)
did not finish
(-5.26) Leopoldo Palma (CHI/1912)
(-5.26) Robert Burton (GBR/1912)
(-5.26) Zdenek Mestecký (CZE/1912)
(-5.26=1.000) Philip Noel-Baker (GBR/1912-20)
(-5.26) János Antal (HUN/1912)
(-5.26) Leopolds Villemson (LAT/1912)
(-5.26) Alan Patterson (GBR/1912)
(-5.26) Radóczy Károly (HUN/1912)
(-5.26) Lauri Pihkala (FIN/1912)

1920

Written 2000-12-13 - last modified 2003-03-31

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