Manlio Legat (30 August 1889 – 17 December 1955) was an Italian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

in the

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...

and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He did not finish the decathlon, after failing to start the high jump, the fourth of the ten events. He finished tied 23rd in pole vault qualifying, and finished 29th in long jump, with the shortest distance recorded.

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* 1889 births 1955 deaths Italian decathletes Italian male pentathletes Italian male pole vaulters Italian male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic decathletes {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub

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