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Athletics At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on 16 July 1908. 42 throwers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 32. The event was won by Martin Sheridan of the United States, his second consecutive victory in the event (third if the 1906 Intercalated Games are included). The Americans completed their first sweep in the discus throw, with Merritt Giffin taking silver and Bill Horr bronze. Background This was the fourth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning competitors from 1904 were defending champion Martin Sheridan of the United States, bronze medalist Nikolaos Georgantas of Greece, and fourth-place finisher (and 1900 competitor) John Flanagan (hammer thrower), John Flanagan of the United States. Sheridan, who had also won the 1906 Intercalated Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheridan
Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was an Irish Americans, Irish-American athlete and three time Olympic Games gold medallist in discus throw. Born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, he was a participant of both the 1904 Olympic Games, 1904 and the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympic Games, and was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales". He died on 27 March 1918, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, from the Spanish flu, Spanish flu pandemic. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. 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 Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Dearborn
Arthur Kent "Ding" Dearborn (May 27, 1886 – August 28, 1941) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the Greek discus throw event and fifth in the conventional discus throw. He was also a member of the American tug of war team, which was eliminated in the first round First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a .... References External links * 1886 births 1941 deaths American male discus throwers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Olympic tug of war competitors for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Tug of war competitors at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Everett, Massachusetts 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-discusthr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falchenberg
John Falchenberg (12 September 1883 – 5 November 1960) was a Norwegian discus thrower. He represented Kristiania IF and IK Tjalve. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, he competed in the discus final with a throw of unknown length. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1904, 1906-1908 and 1911-1912. In 1904 he became national champion in shot put as well. His personal best throw was 46.48 metres, achieved in August 1926 on Bislett stadion Bislett Stadium () is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here. The original stadi .... References External links * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michalis Dorizas
Michális Dórizas (; 16 April 1886 – 21 October 1957) was a Greek athlete who competed in throwing events at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw in 1908 and a bronze in the stone throw in 1906. In the discus throw, his best achievement was fifth place in 1908; in the shot put, he placed 11th in 1912. Dorizas was born to Greek parents in Constantinople, where he graduated from the Robert College. In 1913, he moved to the United States to study at the University of Pennsylvania. In the U.S., he soon became one of the best heavyweight wrestlers, winning the intercollegiate championships in 1914-1916. He also played as an American football guard for two years and continued to compete in throwing events. During World War I, he served as a U.S. Army Sergeant in France, and after the war as a Greek-Turkish-English interpreter at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris () is the capital and largest city of France. With an esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Collins (athlete)
Michael Collins (15 September 1879 – 23 February 1959) was an Irish athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Biography Collins was born in Currans, County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ..., Ireland but moved to London to work for Pearl Life Assurance. He joined the Polytechnic Harriers. He finished third behind fellow Irishman Denis Horgan in the shot put event at the 1905 AAA Championships and the following year finished fourth at the 1906 AAA Championships. Collins represented the Great Britain team at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, where he participated in the men's discus throw competition. His mark in the event is unknown and he failed to progress and he did not start in the Greek discus throw competition. Collins return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Barrett (Irish Sportsman)
Edward Edmond Barrett (3 November 1877 – 19 March 1932) was an Irish athlete, wrestler and hurler, who won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Biography He was born in Rahela, Ballyduff, County Kerry, Ireland. Barrett played hurling with the local Ballyduff team. He emigrated to London, joined a local hurling club, and was selected for the London GAA team. He was a corner-forward on the London team, which won the 1901 All-Ireland Championship, beating Cork GAA 1–5 to 0–4 in the final. It remains London's only senior All-Ireland hurling Championship title. Barrett also appeared for London in the final of the following year, but this time Cork gained revenge, thrashing London 3–13 to 0–0. Barrett represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal as part of the City of London Police tug-of-war team. He also won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division of the freestyle wrestling competition. Barrett also competed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Avattaneo
Umberto Avattaneo (April 2, 1883 – January 9, 1958) was an Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Biography He was born in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, .... In 1908, he finished tenth in the Greek discus throw event. In the discus throw competition his result is unknown. Achievements See also * Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics References External links *Report on Italian Olympic athletes * 1883 births 1958 deaths Italian male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Athletes from Rome 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Ferenc Jesina
Ferenc Jesina (; 19 August 1887 – 27 November 1951) was a Slovak track and field athlete who competed for Hungary in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of the Trnava Region and the Trnava District. It is the seat o .... In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition as well as in the freestyle javelin throw event but in both competitions his final ranking is unknown. References External links * Sports Reference 1887 births [...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 Slovak–Hungarian Athletics (sport), athlete and Calvinism, 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 Treaty of Trianon, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Welz
Emil Welz (born 5 April 1879, date of death unknown) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he .... He was born in Finsterwalde. In 1908, he finished eleventh in the discus throw competition. He also participated in the freestyle javelin event, but his result is unknown. Four years later he finished 24th in the discus throw competition. References External linkslist of German athletes* 1879 births Year of death missing German male javelin throwers German male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Burroughs
Wilbur Gordon Burroughs Sr. (June 13, 1884 – August 6, 1960) was an American track and field athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He finished eighth in the Greek discus throw event and tenth in the traditional discus throw; his result in the shot put is unknown. He was also a member of the American tug of war team that was eliminated in the first round First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a .... References External links * 1884 births 1960 deaths Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Olympic tug of war competitors for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Tug of war competitors at the 1908 Summer Olympics American male discus throwers American male shot putters 20th-century American spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
