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Russian Empire At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports. Medalists Silver * Amos Kash, Nikolai Melnitsky, Pavel Voyloshnikov and Grigori Panteleimonov — Shooting, Men's Team 30m military pistol * Martin Klein — Wrestling, Greco-Roman middleweight Bronze * Mart Kuusik — Rowing, Men's single sculls * Esper Beloselsky, Ernest Brasche, Nikolai Puschnitsky, Aleksandr Rodionov, Iosif Schomaker, Philipp Strauch and Karl Lindholm — Sailing, Men's 10m class * Haralds Blaus — Shooting, Men's Trap Aquatics Swimming Four swimmers competed for Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in swimming. None of the Russian swimmers took part in the semifinals of any event; Baimakov had advanced unopposed from the quarterfinals in the 400 metre breaststroke, but did not start in the semifinals. ''Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.'' ; Men Athletics 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Olympic Committee
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC; russian: Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), Olimpiyskiy komitet Rossii (OKR); Full name: All-Russian united social union "Olympic Committee of Russia", russian: Общероссийский союз общественных объединений «Олимпийский комитет России», Obshcherossiyskiy soyuz obshchestvennykh ob"yedineniy «Olimpiyskiy komitet Rossii») is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. History Russia's Olympic Committee was founded in 1911 by representatives of Russian Sports Societies at a meeting in Saint Petersburg, in the premises of the Imperial Russian Society for Saving on the Water (Sadovaya Street 50), when the Statute was adopted and members of the committee were elected. The first chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee was Vyacheslav Sreznevsky. By decision of the Constituent Assembly on 1 December 1989, the All-Russian Olympic Committee was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Brasche
Ernst Konrad Otto Brasche (russian: Эрнест Браше, transcribed ''Ernest Braše'', 27 November 1873 – 12 November 1933) was an Estonian physician, sport sailor, and chess player who participated as part of the Imperial Russian sailing team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Nynäshamn, Sweden. Brasche and his team members took a bronze medal in the 10 Metre regatta. Biography Ernst Brasche was born in Reval (now, Tallinn) to Baltic German parents Johann Heinrich Brasche, a Lutheran clergyman, and Anna Wilhelmine Hoffmann. In 1893, he graduated from Gustav Adolf Gymnasium and in 1894, enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu, graduating in 1899. During the Russo-Japanese War, he was a doctor in the Russian Red Cross Society service in Harbin. After the war, he stayed in Saint Petersburg, where he was a doctor there during the First World War from 1915 until 1918. In 1918, he came back to Estonia with his family. During the Estonian War of In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ... event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. Germany swept the medals in the event. The competition was held from Sunday July 7, 1912 to Friday July 12, 1912. Twenty-four swimmers from eleven nations competed. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. The Germans also took the Olympic record, with Lützow breaking it in the first heat and Bathe then proceeding to set it even higher each of the three times he raced. His gold medal winning time in the final, 3:01.8, stood as the Olympic record at the end. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Baimakov
Georgy Baimakov (born 1 June 1894, date of death unknown) was a Russian swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke and men's 400 metre breaststroke events at 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 .... References External links * 1894 births Year of death missing Male swimmers from the Russian Empire Russian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic competitors for the Russian Empire Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Saint Petersburg {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. At the 1904 and 1906 Olympics a one-mile freestyle contest was held. The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Wednesday July 10, 1912. Nineteen swimmers from eleven nations competed. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. George Hodgson George Ritchie Hodgson (October 12, 1893 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian competition swimmer of the early 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history. Hodgson won the two longer freestyle swimming gold ... set a new world record with a 22:23.0 in the qualifying round and improved his own record in the final to 22:00.0. Results Quarterfinals The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall. Quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904. The competition was held from Thursday July 11, 1912 to Sunday July 14, 1912. Twenty-six swimmers from 13 nations competed. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the first heat Harold Hardwick set a new Olympic record with 5:36.0 minutes. In the fifth heat Cecil Healy improved the Olympic record with 5:34.0 minutes. In the first semi-final George Hodgson George Ritchie Hodgson (October 12, 1893 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian competition swimmer of the early 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history. Hodgson won the two longer freestyle swimming gold ... set a world record with 5:25.4 minutes and in the final he improved his record again with 5:24.4 minutes. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Avksentyev
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (name), Paul (derived from the Greek language, Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname *Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian *Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Trap
The men's trap (originally called ''clay bird shooting'') was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1900. The competition was held from Tuesday, 2 July 1912 to Thursday, 4 July 1912. Each nation could send up to 12 shooters.Official Report, p. 1065. Sixty-one sport shooters from eleven nations competed. The event was won by James Graham of the United States. Silver went to Alfred Goeldel of Germany and bronze to Haralds Blaus of the Russian Empire. Each of the nations on the podium was making its debut in the event. Graham also received Lord Westbury's Cup, a challenge prize instituted in 1908. Background This was the third appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF Olympic trap event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1924 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1952 to 2016; it was open to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haralds Blaus
Harald "Harry" Blau (German: ''Harald "Harry" Carl Adolf Blau'', Latvian: ''Haralds Kārlis Ādolfs Blaus'', russian: Гарольд Карлович Блау; 6 February 1885 – 4 June 1944) was a Latvian sport shooter of Baltic German origin who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics representing the Russian Empire. He won the bronze medal in the trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ... event. He also competed in the 100 metre running deer, single shots event finishing 20th and as part of the 100 metre running deer, single shots team finishing fifth. References External linksprofile 1885 births 1944 deaths Latvian male sport shooters Male sport shooters from the Russian Empire Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors for the Russian E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1912 consisted of a total of four sailing classes (disciplines). For each class two races were scheduled from 19 July 1912 to 22 July 1912 off the coast of Nynäshamn at the Baltic Sea. Venue When Sweden was assigned to host the 1912 Olympic Games two cities wanted to be the venue for the sailing program. Gothenburg and Stockholm. Gothenburg claimed that it was a much shorter passage for the oversees entries (about ) than it was to Stockholm. Stockholm however got the sailing program because of then all Olympic events should be in the same vicinity. As specific location Nynäshamn, about from Stockholm was chosen. The Royal Swedish Yacht Club was requested to organize the sailing event. Discussions took place whether ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Lindholm
Karl Lindholm (russian: Карл Линдхолм) (5 May 1860 – 4 February 1917) was a sailor from the Grand Duchy of Finland, who participated as part of the Russian imperial sailing team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Nynäshamn, Sweden. He then lived in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, and this team of the local yacht club was his team. Lindholm and his six team members took a bronze medal for the Russian Empire in the 10 Metre regatta. Lindholm was born in Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; .../Åbo, and he was a Swedish-speaking Finn. References Sources * * 1860 births 1917 deaths Male sailors (sport) from the Russian Empire Finnish people of Swedish descent People from the Russian Empire of Swedish descent Sailors at the 1912 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Strauch (sailor)
Philipp Strauch (8 August 1862 – 3 November 1924) was a sailor from the Russian Empire, who represented his native country at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Nynäshamn, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... Strauch took the bronze in the 10 Metre. References Sources * * 1862 births 1924 deaths Male sailors (sport) from the Russian Empire Sailors at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 10 Metre Olympic competitors for the Russian Empire {{Russia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
