Ödön Bodor (né ''Ödön Krausz''; 24 January 1882,
Kapuvár – 22 January 1927,
Budapest
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) was a
Hungarian athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-dev ...
. He competed at the
1908 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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and at the
1912 Summer Olympics
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in
Stockholm. He was Jewish.
Career
Bodor was born in
Kapuvár. He was a member of the 1908
bronze medal medley relay team.
Bodor ran the final 800 metres of the 1,600 metre race, following
Pál Simon
Pál Simon (31 December 1891 – 15 January 1956) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Simon was a member of the Hungarian medley relay team that won a bronze medal. He was the first runner on th ...
,
Frigyes Wiesner
Frigyes Mezei (né ''Friedrich Wiesner;'' 26 September 1887, Mór – 22 March 1938, Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
Mezei was a member o ...
, and
József Nagy. In the first round, Bodor began his leg three yards behind the Swedish team and had to pass the other runner just to remain in competition. The time for the team in that round was 3:32.6. The final saw a reversal of fortune, however, as the American team was dominant. Bodor began with a five-yard lead over the Germans, however. He was unable to hold on to that lead, and finished inches behind the Germans at 3:32.5 to his opponents' 3:32.4 to receive a bronze rather than silver.
In the 800 metres, Bodor won his first round heat with a time of 1:58.6 to defeat a number of highly regarded athletes including defending champion
James Lightbody
James Davies Lightbody (March 16, 1882 – March 2, 1953) was an American middle distance runner, winner of six Olympic medals (two of which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee following its downgrading o ...
. Bodor was one of four runners to beat Lightbody's record of 1:56.0 in the final, though he was the slowest of the four at 1:55.4.
Bodor also competed in the 1500 metres, though he did not advance past the first round. His heat in that round was full of capable athletes, including defending champion Lightbody (the defending champion in that event as well) and the winner of the heat,
James P. Sullivan. Bodor placed eighth of nine in the field.
Bodor also played football. A midfielder,
starting his career in 1900 at
Újpesti FC.
See also
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List of select Jewish track and field athletes
References
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1882 births
1927 deaths
People from Kapuvár
Újpest FC players
Hungarian male sprinters
Olympic athletes of Hungary
Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Hungarian footballers
Association football midfielders
Hungary international footballers
Sportspeople from Győr-Moson-Sopron County