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1900 (Paris) Olympic Games - some results
Track Events - MEN |
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
100 metres | Francis Jarvis USA | 11.0s | John Tewksbury USA | 11.1s | Stanley Rowley Australia | 11.2s |
200 metres | John Tewksbury USA | 22.2s | N. Pritchard India | 22.8s | Stanley Rowley Australia | 22.9s |
400 metres | Maxey Long USA | 49.4s | W. Holland USA | 49.4s | Ernst Schulz Denmark | |
800 metres | Alfred Tysoe GB | 2m 1.4s | John Cregan USA | 2m 3.0s | David Hall USA | |
1500 metres | Charles Bennett GB | 4m 6.0s | H. Deloge France | 4m 6.6s | John Bray USA | |
5000 metres |
| | NOT held
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10000 metres |
| | NOT held
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Marathon (40,260 metres) | Michel Theato France | 2h 59m 45s | Emile Champion France | 3h 4m 25s | Ernst Fast Sweden | 3h 37m 14s |
Steeplechase (2500 metres) | George Orton Canada | 7m 34.4s | Sydney Robinson GB | 7m 38.0s | Jacques Chastanie France | 7m 41.0s |
Field Events - MEN |
| | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
High Jump | Irving Baxter USA | 1.90 m | Patrick Leahy Ireland | 1.78 m | Lajos Gonczy Hungary | 1.75 m |
Long Jump | Alvin Kraenzlein USA | 7.185 m | Myer Prinstein USA | 7.175 m | Patrick Leahy Ireland | 6.95 m |
Pole Vault | Irving Baxter USA | 3.30 m | M.Colkett
USA | 3.25 m | Albert Andersen Norway | 3.20 m |
Shot | Richard Sheldon USA | 14.10 m | Joseph McCracken USA | 12.85 m | Robert Garrett USA | 12.37 m |
Discus | Rudolf Bauer Hungary | 36.04 m | Frantisek Janda Bohemia | 35.14 m | Richard Sheldon USA | 34.50 m |
Javelin |
| | NOT held
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Some of the place-times for events in these games have been lost.
Also there is sometimes disagreement about times (and lengths) given by different authorities for the Silver and Bronze, but not for the Gold. |
There were NO Women's events in these Games
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