Gyula Richárd Kellner (April 11, 1871, in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

– July 28, 1940, in

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, Kingdom of Hungary) was a Hungarian athlete. He competed at the

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. Kellner was one of 17 athletes to start the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

race (the first modern Olympic marathon). He finished in fourth place, but when the third-place finisher, Spiridon Belokas, was found to have covered a portion of the race by carriage, Kellner was awarded third place. His time was 3:06.35.

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* 1871 births 1940 deaths Athletes from Budapest Hungarian male marathon runners Hungarian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub