Nándor János Dáni (born 2 July 1871 in
Budapest
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,
Austria-Hungary
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; died 31 December 1949 in Budapest, Hungary) was a
Hungarian athlete. He competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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.
Dáni competed in the 800 metres, taking second place in his preliminary heat to advance to the final. There, he again finished behind
Edwin Flack
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of
Australia, the same runner who had beaten him in the first round. Dáni's time in the final was 2:11.8, less than a second behind Flack's 2:11.0 time.
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1871 births
1949 deaths
Athletes from Budapest
Hungarian male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Hungary
Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics
19th-century sportsmen
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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