Athletics - Men's 400 m

400 m

Athina 1896

(6400) Tom Burke (USA/1896)
(4000) Herbert Jamison (USA/1896)
(2560) Charles Gmelin (GBR/1896)
(1600) Fritz Hofmann (GER/1896,1906)
(820) Frantz Reichel (FRA/1896)
(574) Adolphe Grisel (FRA/1896)
(574) Kurt Doerry (GER/1896-1900)
did not start:
Luis Subercaseaux (CHI)
Konstantinos Mouratis (GRE)
Manno Leonidasz (HUN)
Fritz Traun (GER/1896)
Teddy Flack (AUS/1896)
Georges de la Nézière (FRA/1896)
Launceston Elliot (GBR/1896)
Grantley Goulding (GBR/1896)
George Marshall (GBR/1896)
Dáni Nándor (HUN/1896)

Final:

(6400) Tom Burke (USA/1896)
(4000) Herbert Jamison (USA/1896)
(2560) Charles Gmelin (GBR/1896)
(1600) Fritz Hofmann (GER/1896,1906)

Heat One

(Q) Herbert Jamison (USA/1896)
(Q) Fritz Hofmann (GER/1896)
did not qualify:
(574) Adolphe Grisel (FRA/1896)
(574) Kurt Doerry (GER/1896-1900)

Heat Two

(Q) Tom Burke (USA/1896)
(Q) Charles Gmelin (GBR/1896)
did not qualify
(820) Frantz Reichel (FRA/1896)

Paris 1900

(6400) Maxey Long (USA/1900)
(4000) Bill Holland (USA/1900)
(2560) Ernst Schultz (DEN/1900)
(640) Dixon Boardman (USA/1900)
(640) William Moloney (USA/1900)
(640) Harry Lee (USA/1900)
third in heats:
(272) Harvey Lord (USA/1900)
(272) Adrien Faidide (FRA/1900)
(272) Henry Slack (USA/1900)
fourth in heats:
(68) Georges Clément (FRA/1900)
(68) Koppán Pál (HUN/1900)
fourth/fifth in heats:
(42.6) Umberto Colombo (ITA/1900)
(42.6) Speidl Zoltán (HUN/1900)
fifth in heats:
(17.2) Walter Drumheller (USA/1900)
(17.2) Yngvar Bryn (NOR/1900)
did not start:
Frank Jarvis (USA/1900)
Rotolante (ITA)
Norman Pritchard (IND/1900)
Albert Amrhein (GER/1900)
Stan Rowley (AUS/1900)
Walter Tewksbury (USA/1900)
Harrison Smith (USA/1900)
Albert Werkmüller (GER/1900)
Johannes Gandil (DEN/1900)
Albert Witbeck (USA)
Karel Nedvěd (CZE/1900)
Cornelius von Lubowiecki (AUT/1900)

Final:

(6400) Maxey Long (USA/1900)
(4000) Bill Holland (USA/1900)
(2560) Ernst Schultz (DEN/1900)
qualified for final but did not start, because the race was on a sunday
(640) Dixon Boardman (USA/1900)
(640) William Moloney (USA/1900)
(640) Harry Lee (USA/1900)

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

(Q) Maxey Long (USA/1900)
(Q) Harry Lee (USA/1900)
(272) Harvey Lord (USA/1900)
(68) Georges Clément (FRA/1900)
(17.2) Walter Drumheller (USA/1900)

Heat 2

(Q) William Moloney (USA/1900)
(Q) Ernst Schultz (DEN/1900)
(272) Adrien Faidide (FRA/1900)
(68) Koppán Pál (HUN/1900)
(17.2) Yngvar Bryn (NOR/1900)

Heat 3

(Q) Dixon Boardman (USA/1900)
(Q) Bill Holland (USA/1900)
(272) Henry Slack (USA/1900)
(42.6) Umberto Colombo (ITA/1900)
(42.6) Speidl Zoltán (HUN/1900)

St.Louis 1904

(4800=6000) Harry Hillman (unyna-USA/1904-06)
(3000) Frank Waller (uwima-USA/1904)
(1920) Herman Groman (uilca-USA/1904)
(1200) Joseph Fleming (umosm-USA/1904)
(750) Meyer Prinstein (unymi-USA/1904)
(480) George Poage (uwima-USA/1904)
also competed (7th-13th)
(112.0) Clyde Blair (uilca-USA/1904)
(112.0) Percy Molson (cquma-CAN/1904)
(112.0=4913) Paul Pilgrim (unyna-USA/1904-08)
(112.0=142.0) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
(112.0) George Underwood (unyna-USA/1904)
(112.0=114.9) Howard Valentine (unyna-USA/1904-06)
one unknown competitor, who had to start from the second row and is unidentifiable in a photograph of the start.
most probably, one from:
Edwin Clapp (USA)
Frank Davey (USA)
Paul Behrens (USA)
Phillips Comstock (USA)
Frank Lukeman (CAN/1908)
Charles Bacon (unymi-USA/1904-08)
Fay Moulton (umoka-USA/1904)
David Munson (unyna-USA/1904)

Athina 1906

(4800=4913) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)
(3000=7800) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906-08)
(1920) Nigel Barker (AUS/1906)
(1200=6000) Harry Hillman (USA/1904-06)
(750) Charles Bacon (USA/1904-08)
(480) Fay Moulton (USA/1906)
(300) William Anderson (GBR/1906)
(192) Marc Bellin du Coteau (FRA/1906)
third in Repêchage:
(120) Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)
did not start in Repêchage:
(30=142.0) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
(30) Lawson Robertson (USA/1906)
(30) Jim Lightbody (USA/1906)
third in round one:
(8.07) Aage Petersen (DEN/1906)
(8.07) John Horne (GBR/1906)
(8.07) George Queyrouze (USA/1906)
(8.07) Martin Beckmann (GER/1906)
third/fourth:
(4.289) Ioannis Demestichas (tsl-GRE/1906)
(4.289) Dimitrios Siantis (GRE/1906)
third/fifth:
(2.884) Pantelis Ektoros (smy-GRE/1906)
(2.884) Sotirios Anastasopoulos (tsl-GRE/1906)
(2.884=114.9) Howard Valentine (USA/1904-06)
fourth in round one:
(0.507) Eli Parsons (USA/1906)
(0.507=13.41) Géo Malfait (FRA/1906-12)
(0.507) Karl Lampelmayer (AUT/1906)
(0.507) Reginald Reed (GBR/1906)
did not start:
Charlie Parsons (USA)
E. Parousis (egy-GRE/1906)
G. Sotiriadis (GRE)
N. Nikoloudakis (GRE)
Ken Cornwallis (GBR)
Reginald MacPherson (GBR)
Raoul Matet (FRA)
Georges Lenerue (FRA)
George Blake (AUS/1906)
Felix Kwieton (AUT/1906)
Sidney Abrahams (GBR/1906,12)
Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
Pericle Pagliani (ITA/1906)
(-=0.925) Roberto Penna (ITA/1908)
Meyer Prinstein (USA/1900-06)
Dad Wheatley (AUS/1906)
Robert Schöffthaler (AUT/1906)
Otto Bock (DEN/1906)
Georgios Kesar (smy-GRE/1906)
Nikolaos Mourmouris (con-GRE/1906)
Patestos Patestidis (smy-GRE/1906)
Evangelos Volanakis (crt-GRE/1906)
Michail Giannarakis (crt-GRE/1906)
Georgios Zinon (CYP/1906)
Hellmich Miksa (HUN/1906)
Hjalmar Mellander (SWE/1906)
William Schick (USA/1906)

Final:

(4800=4913) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)
(3000=7800) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906-08)
(1920) Nigel Barker (AUS/1906)
(1200=6000) Harry Hillman (USA/1904-06)
(750) Charles Bacon (USA/1906)
(480) Fay Moulton (USA/1906)
(300) William Anderson (GBR/1906)
(192) Marc Bélin du Coteau (FRA/1906)

Repêchage

(Q) William Anderson (GBR/1906)
(Q) Marc Bélin du Coteau (FRA/1906)
(120) Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)
did not start:
(30=142.0) Johannes Runge (GER/1904-06)
(30) Lawson Robertson (USA/1906)
(30) Jim Lightbody (USA/1906)

Round One

Heat One

(Q) Harry Hillman (USA/1906)
(QR) William Anderson (GBR/1906)
(8.07) Aage Petersen (DEN/1906)
(0.507) Eli Parsons (USA/1906)

Heat Two

(Q) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1906)
(QR) Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)
(4.289) Ioannis Demestikhas (tsl-GRE/1906)
(4.289) Dimitrios Siantis (GRE/1906)

Heat Three

(Q) Nigel Barker (AUS/1906)
(QR) Jim Lightbody (USA/1906)
(8.07) John Horne (GBR/1906)
(0.507=13.41) Géo Malfait (FRA/1906-12)

Heat Four

(Q) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906)
(QR) Lawson Robertson (USA/1906)
(2.884) Pantelis Ektoros (smy-GRE/1906)
(2.884) Sotirios Anastasopoulos (tsl-GRE/1906)
(2.884=114.9) Howard Valentine (USA/1904-06)

Heat Five

(Q) Charles Bacon (USA/1906)
(QR) Marc Bélin du Coteau (FRA/1906)
(8.07) George Queyrouze (USA/1906)
(0.507) Karl Lampelmayer (AUT/1906)

Heat Six

(Q) Fay Moulton (USA/1906)
(QR) Johannes Runge (GER/1906)
(8.07) Martin Beckmann (GER/1906)
(0.507) Reginald Reed (GBR/1906)

London 1908

(4800=7800) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906-08)
did not compete in re-run:
(1920) William Robbins (USA/1908)
(1920) John B. Taylor (USA/1908)
disqualified in first final:
(1200) John Carpenter (USA/1908)

Final:

(4800=7800) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906-08)
did not compete in re-run:
(1920) William Robbins (USA/1908)
(1920) John B. Taylor (USA/1908)
disqualified in first final:
(1200) John Carpenter (USA/1908)
did not start:
Vincent Duncker (GER/1906)

Semifinals

Heat One

(Q) John Carpenter (USA/1908)
(430.5) Charles Davies (GBR/1908)
(68.25) Ned Merriam (USA/1908)
(12.9) G. W. Young (GBR/1908)

Heat Two

(Q) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906-08)
(430.5) Edwin Montague (GBR/1908)
(68.25=99.37) George Nicol (GBR/1908-12)
(12.9) William Prout (USA/1908)

Heat Three

(Q) John B. Taylor (USA/1908)
(430.5) Horace Ramey (USA/1908)
(68.25) Edward Ryle (GBR/1908)
(12.9=13.41) Géo Malfait (FRA/1906-12)

Heat Four

(Q) William Robbins (USA/1908)
(430.5) Lou Sebert (CAN/1908)
(68.25) John Atlee (USA/1908)

Round One (2nd=16/29 - 3rd=30/35 - 4th=36-37)

Heat One

(Q) Edwin Montague (GBR/1908)
(0.925=4913) Paul Pilgrim (USA/1904-08)

Heat Three

(Q) Edward Ryle (GBR/1908)

Heat Four

(Q) John B. Taylor (USA/1908)
(0.925) Roberto Penna (ITA/1908)
(-2.32) Sven Låftman (SWE/1908)

Heat Five

(Q) George Nicol (GBR/1908-12)
(0.925) Oscar Guttormsen (NOR/1908)

Heat Six

(Q) Géo Malfait (FRA/1908)
(0.925) Don Buddo (CAN/1908)

Heat Seven

(Q) William Robbins (USA/1908)
(0.925) Nagy József (HUN/1908)
(-2.32) Noel Chavasse (GBR/1908)
(-3.39) Victor Henny (NED/1908)

Heat Eight

(Q) William Prout (USA/1908)
(0.925) Christopher Chavasse (GBR/1908)

Heat Nine

(Q) Horace Ramey (USA/1908)
(0.925) Arthur Astley (GBR/1908)

Heat Ten

(Q) Lou Sebert (CAN/1908)
(0.925) Massimo Cartasegna (ITA/1908)
(-2.32) Victor Jacquemin (BEL/1908)

Heat Eleven

(Q) John Atlee (USA/1908)
(0.925=0.925) Alan Patterson (GBR/1908-12)
(-2.32) Giuseppe Tarella (ITA/1908)

Heat Twelve

(Q) Charles Davies (GBR/1908)
(0.925) Cornelis den Held (NED/1908)

Heat Thirteen

(Q) Ned Merriam (USA/1908)
(0.925) R. C. Robb (GBR/1908)

Heat Fourteen

(Q) John Carpenter (USA/1908)
(0.925) Otto Trieloff (GER/1908)
(-2.32) Arvid Ringstrand (SWE/1908)
(-3.39) Henk van der Wal (NED/1908)

Heat Fifteen

(Q) Wyndham Halswelle (GBR/1906-08)
(0.925) Fred de Selding (USA/1908)
(-2.32) Bram Evers (NED/1908)

Heat Sixteen

(Q) G. W. Young (GBR/1908)
(0.925) Jacobus Hoogveld (NED/1908)
did not start:
Knut Lindberg (SWE/1906-12)
Karl Lampelmayer (AUT/1906)
Kristian Hellström(SWE/1906-08)

Stockholm 1912

(6400) Charles Reidpath (USA/1912)
(4000) Hanns Braun (GER/1912)
(2560) Ed Lindberg (USA/1912)
(1600=1928) Ted Meredith (USA/1912-20)
(1000) Carroll Haff (USA/1912)

Semifinals (second = 6-10 = 311.2 - third = 11-15 = 31.12 - fourth = 16-20 = 3.112 - fifth = 21-25 = 0.311 - sixth = 26-29 = 0.036)

Heat One

Charles Reidpath (USA/1912)
(311.2) Hec Edmundson (USA/1912)
(31.12=99.37) George Nicol (GBR/1908-12)
(3.112) Wiesner-Mezei Frigyes (HUN/1908-12)
(0.311) Charles Poulenard (FRA/1912)
did not start
(0.036) Johan Dahlin (SWE/1912)

Heat Two

Ed Lindberg (USA/1912)
(311.2) Eric Lindholm (SWE/1912)
(31.12) Charles Lelong (FRA/1912)
did not finish
(0.036) Cyril Seedhouse (GBR/1912)
(0.036) Jacques Person (ger-FRA/1912)
(0.036) Algernon Wells (GBR/1912)

Heat Three

Ted Meredith (USA/1912-20)
(311.2) Mel Sheppard (USA/1908-12)
(31.12) George Patching (RSA/1912)
(3.112) Knut Stenborg (SWE/1908-12)
(0.311) Ole Jacob Pedersen (NOR/1912)
did not finish
(0.036) Ernest Henley (GBR/1912)

Heat Four

Carroll Haff (USA/1912)
(311.2) Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
(31.12) Szerelemhegyi Ervin (HUN/1912)
did not finish
(0.311) James Rosenberger (USA/1912)
(0.311) Ernest Haley (GBR/1912)
did not start
(0.036) Yahiko Mishima (JPN/1912)

Heat Five

Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
(115.1) Paul Zerling (SWE/1912)
(115.1) James Soutter (GBR/1912)
(115.1) Ira Davenport (USA/1912)
disqualified
(0.311) Donnell Young (USA/1912)

Round One (third in heat 30-40= -2.25 - 4th = 41-46 = -4.27 - 5th = 47-48 = -5.33 - 6th = 49 = -5.16)

Heat One

James Rosenberger (USA/1912)
Charles Poulenard (FRA/1912)
(-2.25) Wladyslaw Ponurski (aut-UKR/1912)
did not finish
(-4.27) Claude Ross (anz-AUS/1912)

Heat Two

Ernest Haley (GBR/1912)
Mel Sheppard (USA/1908-12)

Heat Three

Hanns Braun (GER/1908-12)
Ted Meredith (USA/1912-20)
(-2.25) Armando Cortesão (POR/1912)

Heat Four

Paul Zerling (SWE/1912)
Yahiko Mishima (JPN/1912)

Heat Five

Charles Lelong (FRA/1912)
Donnell Young (USA/1912)
(-2.25) Déván István (HUN/1912)
(-4.27) Gösta Möller (SWE/1912)

Heat Six

Knut Stenborg (SWE/1908-12)

Heat Seven

Carroll Haff (USA/1912)
Emilio Lunghi (ITA/1908-12)
(-2.25) Max Herrmann (GER/1912)

Heat Eight

Wiesner-Mezei Frigyes (HUN/1908-12)
Johan Dahlin (SWE/1912)
(-2.25=13.41) Géo Malfait (FRA/1906-12)

Heat Nine

Eric Lindholm (SWE/1912)
Ole Jacob Pedersen (NOR/1912)
(-2.25) Heinrich Burkowitz (GER/1912)
(-4.27) Václav Labík-Gregan (CZE/1912)

Heat Ten

Ed Lindberg (USA/1912)
James Soutter (GBR/1912)
(-2.25) Franco Giongo (ITA/1912)

Heat Eleven

Hec Edmundson (USA/1912)
Ernest Henley (GBR/1912)
(-2.25) Mel Brock (CAN/1912)
(-4.27) Pyotr Gayevsky (rus-BLR/1912)

Heat Twelve

George Nicol (GBR/1908-12)
Ira Davenport (USA/1912)
(-2.25) Tom Gallon (CAN/1912)
(-4.27) Erich Lehmann (GER/1912)
(-5.33) Georges Rolot (FRA/1912)
(-5.16) Bodor Ödön (HUN/1908-12)

Heat Thirteen

Jacques Person (ger-FRA/1912)
Algernon Wells (GBR/1912)

Heat Fourteen

Cyril Seedhouse (GBR/1912)
Szerelemhegyi Ervin (HUN/1912)
disqualified
(-2.25) Alex Pedersen (NOR/1912)

Heat Fifteen

George Patching (RSA/1912)
Charles Reidpath (USA/1912)
(-2.25) Heinrich Wenseler (GER/1912)
(-4.27=0.925) Alan Patterson (GBR/1908-12)
(-5.33) Robert Schurrer (FRA/1912)

1920

Written 2000-12-13 - last modified 2023-12-22

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