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Weight Throw At The Olympics
The weight throw at the Summer Olympics was contested at the multi-sport event in 1904 and 1920. Part of the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic athletics programme, it was the fourth track and field throwing event to be contested at the Olympics, after the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw. The latter three events, along with the javelin throw (introduced in 1908), are now the only four throwing events on the Olympic programme. Only men competed in the two years that the event was held. Both competitions used the standard implement used in the United States. International participation was limited in the event which was mainly practised in North America. Five of the six entrants in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics were American, but Canadian Étienne Desmarteau topped the podium. Given the lack of interest from other nations, the event was dropped for the next Olympics. It was revived once more for the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, and Swedish and Finnish thrower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 Pound Weight Throw
The men's 56 pound weight throw was a Track and field, track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event was held. It would not appear on the Olympic program again until the 1920 Summer Olympics, which would be the last time the 56 pound (25.4 kg) weight was thrown in the Olympic Games. The competition was held on September 1, 1904. 6 athletes from 2 nations competed. The event was won by Étienne Desmarteau of Canada, one of only two gold medals (out of 25 events) in athletics won by an athlete not from the United States. Americans John Flanagan (hammer thrower), John Flanagan and James Mitchel took second and third, respectively. Background This was the first of two appearances of the event, which was held again only in 1920. The favorites were John Flanagan (hammer thrower), John Flanagan of the United States and Étienne Desmarteau of Canada (making this one of the few athletics events with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Desmarteau
Joseph-Étienne Desmarteau (4 February 1873 – 29 October 1905) was a Canadian Athletics (sport), athlete, winner of the Weight throw, weight throwing event at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Boucherville, Quebec, Desmarteau was member of the Montreal AAA, Montréal Athletic Club was one of the top competitors in the 56 lb (25.4 kg) weight throwing event, which is no longer an Olympic event. In 1902 he had won the American Amateur Athletic Union, AAU championships, beating John Flanagan (hammer thrower), John Flanagan. Flanagan broke the world record in the event prior to the 1904 Olympics, making him one of the favourites for the event along with Desmarteau. To compete in the Olympics, Desmarteau, a fire officer in Montréal, had to ask for a leave of absence to go to St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, but he was denied by his employer. He decided to go anyway, which cost him his job. In St. Louis, his first throw was 34 ft 4 in (10.46 m), enough fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weight Throw At The Olympics
The weight throw at the Summer Olympics was contested at the multi-sport event in 1904 and 1920. Part of the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic athletics programme, it was the fourth track and field throwing event to be contested at the Olympics, after the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw. The latter three events, along with the javelin throw (introduced in 1908), are now the only four throwing events on the Olympic programme. Only men competed in the two years that the event was held. Both competitions used the standard implement used in the United States. International participation was limited in the event which was mainly practised in North America. Five of the six entrants in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics were American, but Canadian Étienne Desmarteau topped the podium. Given the lack of interest from other nations, the event was dropped for the next Olympics. It was revived once more for the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, and Swedish and Finnish thrower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Johan Lind
Carl Johan "Massa" Lind (25 May 1883 – 2 February 1965) was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, missing the 1916 Games that were cancelled due to World War I. Career Lind was selected to represent Sweden in his home Olympics in 1912 in Stockholm. He finished fifth in the hammer throw competition and eighth in the two handed discus throw event. The following year, he won the British AAA Championships title in the hammer throw event at the 1913 AAA Championships. He successfully defended the title three more times in 1914, 1921 and 1922). At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he has won a silver medal in the hammer throw and a bronze medal in the 56 lb weight throw, both times behind Patrick Ryan. At the 1924 and 1928 Games, he competed only in the hammer throw and finished 7th and 14th, respectively. Lind won 17 Swedish titles in the hammer throw (1918–1924), weight throw (1918–19, 1921–1927) and discus throw (1910). In 1912, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Ryan (hammer Thrower)
Patrick James Ryan (20 January 1883 – 13 February 1964) was an Irish American hammer thrower. He competed for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the hammer throw and a silver in the 56-pound weight throw. In 1913 he established the first world record in the hammer throw, which stood as a world record for 25 years and as an American record for 40 years. Ryan was part of Irish weight throwers known as the Irish Whales. Biography Born in County Limerick, Ireland, Ryan won his first Irish hammer title in 1902, beating the great Tom Kiely. In 1910 Ryan emigrated to the United States of America. After placing third in the 1911 AAU championship in his first year he improved to take second place in 1912, and won the title in 1913. With the exception of 1918 when he was in Europe with the American Armed Forces he won the AAU title every year from then up to and including 1921, when he retired. While in New York City Ryan worked as a labour forema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics (sport), athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920, to August 23, 1920. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations 509 athletes from 25 nations competed. Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Estonia, Monaco, New Zealand, and Spain competed for the first time. References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1920 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, 1920 Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics 1920 in athletics (track and field), O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mitchell (athlete)
James Sarsfield Mitchel (born Mitchell; January 30, 1864 – July 3, 1921) was an Irish-born American field athlete who competed in the 1904 Olympics. He was one of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales." Biography Mitchell was born in Emly, County Tipperary, Ireland, Mitchell won the shot put and hammer throw titles at the 1887 AAA Championships. The following year he successfully defended his hammer tile at the 1888 AAA Championships. He competed in events organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and was in the GAA's 1888 American Invasion Tour, where he won a gold and two silver medals at the national championships of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America. Like many of the GAA team, Mitchell remained in New York City rather than returning to Ireland at the end of the tour. Mitchel represented New York Athletic Club at the 1904 Olympics in St Louis, Missouri. In the 56 lb weight throw he won the bronze med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Flanagan (hammer Thrower)
John Joseph Flanagan (sometimes spelled ''Flannigan''; January 28, 1868 – June 3, 1938) was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908. Biography John Flanagan was born in the townland of Ballinvreena and raised in Kilbreedy East, near Martinstown in County Limerick, Ireland. John was the first son of Ellen Kinkead and Michael Flanagan (married Feb 1867), then a farm steward for the Gabbett's of Kilmallock. As was often the case in those times his mother Ellen went home to her birth family, the Kinkeads of Ballinvreena, to have her first child. He became the British hammer throw champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1896 AAA Championships. He emigrated to the United States of America in 1896. At that time he already held the world record for the hammer throw. He competed for both the New York Athletic Club and the Irish American Athletic Club, and was part of a group of Irish-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested. A total of 74 medals (25 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze) were awarded. Multi-event competitions, the all-around and triathlon, were introduced, along with a 56-pound weight throw, while the short steeplechase was lengthened slightly from 2500 to 2590 metres, the team race was lengthened from 5000 meters to 4 miles (), and the long steeplechase was dropped. In all, the 25 events featured in 1904 were two more than were held in 1900. A track was built specifically for the Games on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The track was a cinder track mile (536.448m) in length, with one long straightaway. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations 233 athletes from 11 nations competed. This figure includes the athletic triathlon event, which some sources exclude. * * * * * * * * * * * Marathon The marathon is widely regarded as one of the most bizarre events of the Games. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie McDiarmid
Archibald McDiarmid (December 8, 1881 – August 11, 1957) was a Canadians, Canadian Track and field, track and field athlete born in Balvicar, Scotland who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he finished fourth in the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 pound weight throw, 56 pound weight throw competition and ninth in the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw, hammer throw event. McDiarmid was the flag-bearer for Canada at the 1920 Olympics. He finished sixth in the 1930 British Empire Games hammer throw. References 1881 births 1957 deaths Canadian male hammer throwers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games Scottish emigrants to Canada Sportspeople from Argyll and Bute Olympic weight throwers {{Canada-hammerthrow-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after Tournai and Couvin. With a population of 565,039, it is the List of most populous municipalities in Belgium, most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million people, the country's Metropolitan areas in Belgium, second-largest metropolitan area after Brussels. Definitions of metropolitan areas in Belgium. Flowing through Antwerp is the river Scheldt. Antwerp is linked to the North Sea by the river's Western Scheldt, Westerschelde estuary. It is about north of Brussels, and about south of the Netherlands, Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe after Rotterdam and List of world's busiest container ports, within the top 20 globally. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC, Belgium's bid to host the 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron Édouard de Laveleye, president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and of the Royal Belgian Football Association. No fixed host city was proposed at the time. The 1916 Summer Olympics, to have been held in Berlin, capital of the German Empire, were cancelled due to World War I. When the Olympic Games resumed after the war, Antwerp was awarded hosting the 1920 Summer Games as a tribute to the Belgian people. The Aftermath of World War I, aftermath of the war and the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 affected the Olympic Games not only due to new states being created, but also by sanctions against the nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
