Ondřej Pukl (28 May 1876 in
Křenična – 9 February 1936 in
Prague
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was a
Bohemian
track and field athlete who competed at the
1900 Summer Olympics in
Paris
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France
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Pukl competed in the
800 metres
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. He placed fourth or fifth in his first-round (semifinals) heat and did not advance to the final.
In the
1500 metres
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, Pukl finished somewhere in the bottom third of the nine-man, single-round race.
References
External links
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* De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically a
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1876 births
1936 deaths
Czech male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Bohemia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics
People from Příbram District
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