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Athletics At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greek Discus Throw
The men's Greek-style discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on 18 July 1908. In the Greek-style event, throwers hurled the discus from atop a rectangular platform raised above the ground. Throwing style was strictly prescribed by the rules of the event. The event had been contested at the 1906 Summer Olympics The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ..., but was not held again after 1908. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 32. Results References Sources * Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908). * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically a {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheridan
Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was a three time Olympic Games gold medallist. He was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, and died in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, a very early casualty of the 1918 flu pandemic. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. He was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales". Career At 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) and 194 lbs (88 kg), Sheridan was the best all-around athlete of the Irish American Athletic Club, and like many of his team mates, served with the New York City Police Department (from 1906 until his death in 1918). Sheridan was so well respected in the NYPD, that he served as the Governor's personal bodyguard when the governor was in New York City. A five-time Olympic gold medalist, with a total of nine Olympic medals, Sheridan was called "one of the greatest figures that ever represented this country in inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platt Adams
Platt Adams (March 23, 1885 – February 27, 1961) was an American athlete. He competed in various events at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in jumping events in 1912.Platt Adams sports-reference.com Biography Adams was born in Belleville, New Jersey. He had a brother, Ben Adams, also an Olympic athlete. In 1908 he finished fifth in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mór Kóczán
Móric "Mór" Kóczán (; also known under the pseudonym Miklós Kovács; 8 January 1885 – 30 July 1972) was a Hungarian athlete and Calvinist pastor. Specialized for the throwing events, his best results came in the javelin throw, having won five Hungarian championship titles between 1911 and 1918. Kóczán competed for Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. He produced his best performance in 1912 by winning the bronze medal in the javelin throw event. Following World War I, after the borders of Hungary were redrawn, Kóczán, together with hundreds of thousands of ethnic Hungarians, found himself in the newly created Czechoslovakia. In 1920 he became Czechoslovak champion in the javelin throw and four years later represented the country at the Olympics, where he finished in 23rd place. Besides athletics, he did not forget his pastoral duties and he also urged the local communities to take part in sports. In 1948 he was deported to Hungary and lived t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest May (athlete)
Ernest Edmund Bedford May (14 September 1878 Bartlow, Cambridgeshire – 5 January 1952) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born at Edale and died in Ellingham. He attended Haileybury School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was an Anglican clergyman, Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford and a Minor Canon of Durham Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, County Durham, England. It is the seat of t .... In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, in the javelin throw event, and in the hammer throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown. References External linksErnest May Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.profile 1878 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Lemming
Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming (22 February 1880 – 5 June 1930) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in the javelin throw, which he won at the 1906–1912 Games, and in which he set multiple world records between 1899 and 1912. His last record, measured at 62.32 m, was ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations as the first official world record. Javelin throw was not part of the 1900 Olympics, where Lemming finished fourth in the hammer throw, high jump and pole vault. At the 1906 Intercalated Games he won a gold medal in the javelin throw and three bronze medals, in the shot put, tug of war and ancient pentathlon, which consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 m run, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match. He also finished fourth in the discus throw and stone throwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Alan Leeke
Henry Alan Leeke (15 November 1879 – 29 May 1915) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Biography Leeke was the only son of Henry Leeke, also an athlete, and grandson of William Leeke, a Waterloo veteran."A Notable Athlete", ''The Times'' Thursday, 23 February 1922, p. 15, col. 4 He was born in Weston, Staffordshire. As his father did before him, Leeke represented Cambridge University in the hammer and shot put, and was English Amateur Champion for both events."Biographies and Services", ''The Times'', Wednesday 2 June 1915, p. 8 col. 4 He was associated with the London Athletic Club. One of the first British athletes to throw the discus, he set a British record in 1908. During the 1908 Olympic Trials, Leeke threw the javelin 135-8 (41.37m) in the freestyle event. In 1898 he married Catherine Herbert, younger daughter of Charles G. Fullerton. They had one son and one daughter, and resided in Hill, Warwickshire. Shortly after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imre Mudin
Imre Mudin (8 November 1887 – 23 October 1918) was a Hungarian teacher, track and field athlete and soldier. An all-around sportsman, he won national titles in shot put, discus throw and javelin throw as well. Mudin was present at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics, achieving his best result, a sixth place in shot put at the latter one. From 1914 he fought in World War I for the Austro-Hungarian Army. He died in the battle for the control of the Monte Grappa massif on the Italian front. His brother István Mudin was also an athlete and the flagbearer of Hungary at the 1908 Olympic Games. Early life He was born in Kétegyháza, Kingdom of Hungary to Albert Mudin, a hatmaker, who was originally from France, and Róza Hécsel. Imre was the youngest of six siblings, with two sisters (Mária and Sarolta) and three brothers (Albert, István and Béla Albert). Except István, all of his siblings died before reaching the adulthood. Mudin attended the element ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Henderson (athlete)
Walter Edward Bonhote Henderson (21 June 1880 – 2 September 1944) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Leeds and died in Chelsea, London Chelsea is an affluent area in west London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area. Chelsea histori .... In 1908 he finished eighth in the standing high jump competition. He also participated in the standing long jump event, in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, and in the freestyle javelin throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown. Four years later he finished 32nd in the discus throw competition. References External linksWalter Henderson ''Track Stats'', May 2009profile 1880 births 1944 deaths Sportspeople from Leeds English ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Luntzer
György Luntzer (; also spelled Luncser; sk, Juraj Luntzer; August 23, 1886 – March 1942) was a Hungarian track and field athlete and sport wrestler. A three-time Hungarian Athletics Championships winner in the discus throw, he also participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics, achieving his best result in 1908 by finishing seventh in the discus throw event. Sports achievements Born in Pozsony (present-day Bratislava), Luntzer competed for his hometown club Pozsonyi Torna Egylet. His first major international appearance came in 1906, when he took part at the Intercalated Games, where he competed in four events (discus throw, Greek-style discus throw, javelin throw and pentathlon). Luntzer finished fifth in Greek-style discus throw and tenth in pentathlon, while his other results are unknown. Two years later at the 1908 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the discus throw competition. He also participated in the Greek discus throw competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Garrels
John Carlyle Garrels (November 18, 1885 – October 21, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in the 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, shot put, and as a fullback and end in American football. Garrels won the silver medal in the men's 110 metres hurdles and a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. On at least four occasions, he broke world's records in the discus throw and 110 metres hurdles, though the Amateur Athletic Union declined to recognize the record on each occasion. He was also a starting left end and fullback for the 1904, 1905, and 1906 Michigan Wolverines football teams. In 1911, the famed trainer and U.S. Olympic track and field coach Mike Murphy rated Garrels as one of the four athletes in the preceding 30 years "who towered head and shoulders above any other athletes of their time." In 1932, Keene Fitzpatrick, who trained multiple Olympic gold medalists, called Garrels the best all-around athlete he ever handled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folke Fleetwood
Folke Fredrik Fleetwood (15 November 1890 – 4 February 1949) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... In 1908 he participated in the Greek discus throw competition and in the discus throw event but in both competitions his final ranking is unknown. Four years later he finished seventh in the two handed discus throw competition and 28th in the discus throw event. References External linksprofile 1890 births 1949 deaths Swedish male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Flaxman
Alfred Edward Flaxman (1 October 1879 – 1 July 1916) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire and was killed in action in Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. In 1908, he participated in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, and in the standing high jump event but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown. Flaxman was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a second lieutenant with the South Staffordshire Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 26. His remains were not recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
