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Athletics At The 1906 Intercalated Games
At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, 21 competitive events in athletics were held. A total of 65 medals (21 gold, 23 silver, 21 bronze) were awarded. Now called the ''Intercalated Games'', the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The marathon distance was 41.775 km according to a contemporary Greek newspaper. The pentathlon event in the 1906 Games consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 metre run, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match. A stone throw was held with a 6.4 kg weight. Medal summary Postcards of athletics in the 1906 Olympics A number of postcards, then at its peak, were published by various printhouses. The following were printed in Corfu, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Summer Olympics
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games (), held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May 1906, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Kingdom of Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Journal of Olympic History, Volume 10, December 2001/January 2002, ''The 2nd International Olympic Games in Athens 1906'', by Karl Lennartz However, the medals that were distributed to the participants during these games were later not officially recognised by the IOC and are not displayed with the collection of Olympic medals at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Sherring
William John Sherring (September 18, 1877 – September 5, 1964) was a Canadian athlete of English and Irish descent, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Olympic Games (later called "Intercalated Games"). During the decade of the early 1900s, Sherring, from Hamilton, Ontario was acknowledged to be a world class marathoner. He had won a second place behind a fellow countryman Jack Caffery at the Boston Marathon in 1900. He also had won the Hamilton Around the Bay Road Race on two occasions. In 1906, Sherring – an athlete of St. Patrick's Athletic Club – was chosen to represent Canada in the Athens Olympic Games. However, it was left up to him, a working man with meager resources (he was a brakeman at the Grand Trunk Railway), to finance his journey to Athens. Sherring managed to collect an amount claimed to be between $45 and $90 (a clearly insufficient amount to travel to Athens), which he then bet on a horse named ''Cicely'' which won with good odds. He arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themistoklis Diakidis
Themistoklis Diakidis (; August 22, 1882 – May 8, 1944) was a Greek track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. Diakidis was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that merged in 1923 with Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. He competed for Greece in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ..., where he won the bronze medal jointly with the American Bert Kerrigan. References External links * 1882 births 1944 deaths Greek male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Sportspeople from the South Aegean People from Symi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajos Gönczy
Lajos Gönczy (24 February 1882 – 3 December 1915)Lajos Gönczy's profile at the Hungarian Olympic Committee was a Hungarian er. He participated in in , the |
Con Leahy
Cornelius "Con" Leahy (27 April 1876 – 18 December 1921) was an Ireland, Irish Athletics (sport), athlete, who won medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympic Games for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain. Biography Leahy was born in Creggane, outside Bruree, on the County Limerick-County Cork border, to Thomas Leahy and Mary McDonough. He was one of seven brothers, all of whom were sportsmen. His brother Patrick Leahy (athlete), Patrick won the British high jump record in 1898 and went on to win Olympic medals in 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900. Another brother, Timothy, also jumped competitively. Leahy won four consecutive List of British champions in high jump, British high jump title after winning the AAA Championships from the 1905 AAA Championships to the 1908 AAA Championships. In 1906, Leahy, Peter O'Connor (athlete), Peter O'Connor and John Daly, were entered for the Intercalated Games in Athens by the Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Saridakis
Georgios Saridakis (, born 1885, date of death unknown) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre walk. He competed for a Greece in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ... in the 3000 metre walk where he won the bronze medal. References List of Greek athletes 1885 births Year of death missing Greek male race walkers Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games Sportspeople from İzmir Smyrniote Greeks {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Müller (athlete)
Hermann Müller may refer to: * Hermann Müller (German botanist) (1829–1883), German botanist with whom Darwin corresponded * Hermann Müller (Swiss botanist) (1850–1927), Swiss botanist * Hermann Müller (cyclist) (1911–?), German cyclist * Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876) (1876–1931), German Social Democratic politician and twice chancellor of Germany * Hermann Müller (politician, born 1935) (1935–2013), German politician, mayor of Idstein * Hermann Müller (racewalker) (1885–1947), German race walker * Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967), American geneticist and educator, Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine * Paul Hermann Müller Paul Hermann Müller, also known as Pauly Mueller (12 January 1899 – 13 October 1965), was a Swiss chemist who received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the cont ... (1899–1965), Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Sztantics
György Sztantics () ( Szabadka, 19 August 1878 – Szabadka, 10 July 1918) was a Hungarian athlete (ethnic Bunjevac from today's Serbia) who competed mainly in the 3000 metre walk. He competed for Hungary at the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ... in the 3000 metre walk where he won the gold medal. References 1878 births 1918 deaths Hungarian male race walkers Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games Bunjevci Sportspeople from Subotica {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Spetsiotis
Konstantinos Spetsiotis (; 1883 – March 5, 1966) was a Greek track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metre walk. He competed for Greece in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ... in the 1500 metre walk where he won the bronze medal. References list of Greek athletes 1883 births 1966 deaths Greek male race walkers Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Linden
Donald Stacey Linden (March 3, 1877 – March 13, 1964) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metre walk. He competed for Canada in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ... in the 1500 metre walk where he won the silver medal. References * 1877 births 1964 deaths Canadian male race walkers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games {{Canada-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bonhag
George Valentine Bonhag (January 31, 1882 – October 30, 1960) was an American athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and the New York City Police Department. He competed in distance events, both racewalking and running, at the 1904, 1908 and 1912 Olympics and at the 1906 Intercalated Games. An announcement in the August 6, 1904, issue of ''The New York Times'' indicated that the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union would hold a "special five-mile race" at Celtic Park on August 13, 1904, with the eight top finishers receiving a paid trip to compete in the marathon at the Olympic Games in St. Louis on August 30, 1904. Bonhag, listed as representing the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association, was named as one of 19 "probable competitors" in the event. At the 1904 Summer Olympics he competed in 800 m running but his result is unknown. At the 1906 Intercalated Games he placed fourth over 5 miles and sixth over 1500 m. Disappointed and high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Duncker
Vincent Duncker (9 November 1884 – unknown) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles. He competed for Germany in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ... in the 110 metre hurdles where he won the Bronze medal. 1884 births Year of death missing German male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games Place of birth missing 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
