Albin Georges Lermusiaux (9 August 1874 – 20 January 1940) was a French

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and

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who competed at the

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Career

In total Lermusiaux competed in four different events at the

, he won his preliminary heat of the

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with a time of 2:16.6, he withdrew from the final which was to take place three days later but decided to save himself for the

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which was taking place a day after the 800 metres final. In the

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event, which was conducted in a single race, Lermusiaux led from the start, but in the final straight was passed by

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and Arthur Blake, and finished third. On 10 April, Lermusiaux along with another 16 runners competed in the

, up to the 20 km mark the

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was leading the race, but with the poor roads, heat and uphill grade runners started to drop out, Lermusiaux staggered to a stop and received an alcohol rub by an attendant, when he tried to resume he knew he would not finish so withdrew at the 32 km mark. Lermusiaux also competed in the military rifle shooting event, Lermusiaux's place and score are unknown, but it is known he was not among the top 13 in the 42-man competitions. Domestically Lermusiaux was affiliated with

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and won the French championships in cross country (1895) and 1500 m (1896) and set national records, which were at the time also European records over 1500 m (in 1895 at 4:18.4 and in 1896 at 4:10.4), 1 mile (in 1895 at 4:37.4), and 3000 m (in 1895 at 9:22.4).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lermusiaux, Albin Olympic athletes of France Olympic shooters of France Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Shooters at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France French male middle-distance runners French male marathon runners French male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters 1874 births 1940 deaths Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis