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Athletics At The 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres middle distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Twenty-one athletes from 11 nations competed. The 1930 Olympic Congress in Berlin had reduced the limit from 4 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes.Official Report, p. 377. The event was won by Tommy Hampson, the fourth consecutive British victory (it would be the last in the streak) and fifth overall British title in the 800 metres. Canada won its first two 800 metres medals with silver (Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter), Alex Wilson) and bronze (Phil Edwards (athlete), Phil Edwards). Background This was the ninth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the medalists from 1928 returned, but three finalists did: fourth-place finisher Phil Edwards (athlete), Phil Edwards of Canada, sixth-place finisher Séra Martin of France, and eighth-place finisher Jean Keller of France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. Completed in 1923, it will become the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times when it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics; the stadium previously hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 27, 1984, a day before the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics. The stadium serves as the home of the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans football team of the Pac-12 Conference. The Coliseum is jointly owned by the State of California's Sixth District Agricultural Association, Los Angeles County, and the city of Los Angeles. It is managed and operated by the Auxiliary Services Department of the University of Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Powell (athlete)
John Vincent "Jack" Powell (2 November 1910 – 27 July 1982) was a British middle-distance running, middle-distance runner. He competed in the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics. He also competed for England at the 1934 British Empire Games, England in the 880 yards at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. Early life and education Born at Harrow, London, a twin (one of six children), Powell was educated at Harrow High School, Harrow County Grammar School, where he was an outstanding athlete, winning inter-school competitions. Although often referred to as "Jack", he preferred to be called "John".Who was Who among English and European Authors 1931–1949, N-Z, Gale Research Company, 1978, p. 1143 Career Powell represented London Athletic Club and was the 1936 AAA champion. As a middle-distance runner, he competed in the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics, as well as in the 880 yards at the 1934 British Empire G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingos Puglisi
Domingos Puglisi (born 4 November 1911, date of death unknown) was a Brazilian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1911 births Year of death missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Brazilian male sprinters Brazilian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Brazil Place of birth missing 20th-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Danz
Max Danz (6 September 1908 – 20 June 2000) was a German middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He graduated from University of Marburg as an MD. He worked during World War II in Berlin in various hospitals and was a prisoner of war for a short time. After the war he set up private practice in his native Kassel, from 1952 onward specialized in internal medicine, combined the local sports clubs to form ''Hessen Kassel'', helped to set up the German Athletics Association The German Athletics Association (German: ''Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband'', DLV) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Germany. Since 2010, Germany's kits are supplied by Nike. See also *German Athletics Championships * East Ge ... (''DLV'') and served as its President from 1949 to 1970. At the same time he was also vice-president of the (West) ''German National Olympic Committee''. After the German athletics team boycotted the 1969 Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie King (Canadian Runner)
Eddie King (18 September 1911 – 8 June 1994) was a Canadian middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 .... He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. References 1911 births 1994 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Canadian male middle-distance runners Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Sportspeople from Alberta People from Flagstaff County {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Turner (athlete)
Edwin Thomas Turner Jr. (September 15, 1912 – August 17, 1967) was an American middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the final. Personal life Turner was born in 1912 and grew up in Casper, Wyoming, the son of a wool buyer. He attended Natrona County High School, where he played in the school's state football championship-winning football team in 1928. He graduated in 1929. Turner attended the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, he served as president of the inter-fraternity council, junior class president, and a member of the Sphinx honor society. He was a candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship. Turner married Ruth Stevenson in 1935. He was an officer in the United States Navy during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Lucílo Iturbe
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Morel (athlete)
René Morel (19 February 1912 – 3 April 1978) was a French middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 .... He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. References 1912 births 1978 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics French male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes from Paris {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermenegildo Del Rosso
Hermenegildo del Rosso (31 May 1908 – 30 May 1981) was an Argentine middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 .... He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1908 births 1981 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Argentine male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Argentina {{Argentina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalle Johannesen
Hjalmar "Hjalle" Johannessen (24 May 1907 – 19 August 1959) was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres, and later a sports writer. He was born in Trondheim, and as an athlete he represented the local club SK Freidig; later Oslo TF. Competition record He became Norwegian 400 metres champion in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1935, and 800 metres champion in 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936 and 1937. His personal best time was 1:52.1 minutes, achieved in September 1935 in Stockholm. In the 400 metres he had 48.6 seconds, achieved in September 1935 at Bislett stadion. After retiring he was a sports editor in the newspaper '' Morgenposten''. In 1946 he married Gunvor Høidal from Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population .... The marriage ended in divorc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Peltzer
Otto Paul Eberhard Peltzer (8 March 1900 – 11 August 1970) was a German middle distance runner who set world records in the 1920s. Over the 800 m Peltzer improved Ted Meredith's long-standing record by 0.3 seconds to 1:51.6 min in London in July 1926. Over the 1000 m he set a world record of 2:25.8 in Paris in July 1927, and over 1500 m Peltzer broke Paavo Nurmi's world record (3:52.6) and set a new one at 3:51.0 in Berlin in September 1926. Peltzer was the only athlete to have held the 800 m and the 1500 m world records simultaneously, until Sebastian Coe matched the feat over fifty years later. Biography Born in Ellernbrook-Drage in Holstein, Peltzer overcame childhood ill-health to become a successful athlete, winning his first German championship at age twenty-two. He started university in Munich in 1918, joining the TSV 1860 club, where he was nicknamed "Otto der Seltsame" (Otto the Strange). He continued in Munich, receiving his doctorate in 1925. In 1926 he was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Hornbostel
Charles Christian Hornbostel (September 26, 1911 – January 13, 1989) was an American middle-distance runner. He made two Olympic finals at 800 meters and once tied the world record at 880 yards. Career As a sophomore at Indiana University, Hornbostel won the 800 meters at the 1932 NCAA Championships in a meeting record time of 1:52.7. As the NCAA Championships were simultaneously an early Olympic tryout meet, he qualified for the Olympic Trials in Stanford, where he placed second behind Edwin Genung and qualified for the team. At the Olympics in Los Angeles Hornbostel won his heat, running 1:52.4 and beating the eventual silver medalist, Alex Wilson of Canada. In the final he placed sixth, again running 1:52.7. Hornbostel repeated as NCAA champion in 1933, beating mile champion Glenn Cunningham by inches as both clocked 1:50.9 for 880 yards. This equalled Ben Eastman's world record from the previous year. Two weeks later Cunningham beat Hornbostel at the national champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
