Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held from July 6, 1912 to July 8, 1912.

48 runners from 16 nations competed. Including all three medalists from 1908, Olympic champion Mel Sheppard, the silver medalists Emilio Lunghi, and the bronze medalist Hanns Braun.

1 Medalists
2 Records
3 Results
4 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ted Meredith United States (USA)	Mel Sheppard United States (USA)	Ira Davenport United States (USA)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:52.8(*)	Mel Sheppard	London (GBR)	July 21, 1908
World Record	1:52.1(**)	Emilio Lunghi	Montreal (CAN)	September 15, 1909
Olympic Record	1:52.8(***)	Mel Sheppard	London (GBR)	July 21, 1908

(*) unofficial

(**) 880 yards (= 804.68 m)

(***) This track was 536.45 metres=¹⁄₃ mile in circumference.

The world record of 1:52.8, which had seemed fairly safe through the first two rounds of competition, was broken by all three medalists and tied by the fourth-place runner in the final. Mel Sheppard, the previous record-holder, and Ira Davenport beat the old record by .8 seconds at 1:52.0, taking silver and bronze behind Ted Meredith and his new record of 1:51.9. This record became the first official world record for the 800 metres.

[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

All heats were held on Saturday, July 6, 1912.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:58.6	QS
2	Emilio Lunghi (ITA)		QS
3	Walter McClure (USA)
4	Eric Lindholm (SWE)	2:01.5
5	Joseph Caulle (FRA)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Percy Mann (GBR)	1:56.0	QS
2	Herbert N. Putnam (USA)		QS
3	Jacob Pedersen (NOR)
4	Leopoldo Palma (CHI)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	John Jones (USA)	2:01.8	QS
2	Armando Luzarte-Cortesão (POR)		QS
3	Oscar Larsen (NOR)
4	Guido Calvi (ITA)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Clarence Edmundson (USA)	1:56.5	QS
2	John Tait (CAN)		QS
3	Charles Poulenard (FRA)
4	Richard Jahn (GER)	2:02.0
—	Robert Burton (GBR)	Did not finish

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:59.0	QS
2	Frederick Hulford (GBR)		QS
3	Ödön Bodor (HUN)
4	Julius Person (GER)
5	Dmitry Nazarov (RUS)
—	Zdeněk Městecký (BOH)	Did not finish
—	Philip Noel-Baker (GBR)	Did not finish

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harlan Holden (USA)	1:58.1	QS
2	Evert Björn (SWE)		QS
3	Richard Yorke (GBR)
4	Karl Haglund (SWE)	2:01.2
5-7	Ferenc Forgács (HUN)
	Aleksandr Yelizarov (RUS)
	Federico Mueller (CHI)
—	Vahran Papazyan (TUR)	Did not finish

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	James Soutter (GBR)	2:00.4	QS
2	Mel Sheppard (USA)		QS
3	Erich Lehmann (GER)
—	János Antal (HUN)	Did not finish
—	Leopolds Villemson (RUS)	Did not finish

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Brock (CAN)	1:57.0	QS
2	Ted Meredith (USA)		QS
3	John Victor (RSA)
—	Alan Patterson (GBR)	Did not finish

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Ernest Henley (GBR)	1:57.6	QS
2	Hanns Braun (GER)		QS
3	Erik Frisell (SWE)	1:59.2
4	Thomas Halpin (USA)	1:59.2
—	Lauri Pihkala (FIN)	Did not finish
—	Károly Radóczy (HUN)	Did not finish

[edit] Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Sunday, July 7, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Ted Meredith (USA)	1:54.4	QF
2	Hanns Braun (GER)	1:54.6	QF
3	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:54.8	QF
4	Herbert Putnam (USA)	1:55.0	QF
5	John Tait (CAN)
6	Percy Mann (GBR)
—	Frederick Hulford (GBR)	Did not finish
	James Soutter (GBR)	Did not finish
	John Jones (USA)	Did not start

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Brock (CAN)	1:55.7	QF
2	Clarence Edmundson (USA)	1:55.8	QF
3	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:55.9	QF
4	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:55.9	QF
5	Emilio Lunghi (ITA)
6-9	Evert Björn (SWE)
	Ernest Henley (GBR)
	Harlan Holden (USA)
	Armando Luzarte-Cortesão (POR)

[edit] Final

The final took place on Monday, July 8, 1912.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ted Meredith (USA)	1:51.9 WR
2	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:52.0
3	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:52.0
4	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:52.8
5	George Brock (CAN)	1:53.0
6	Hanns Braun (GER)	1:53.0
7	Clarence Edmundson (USA)
8	Herbert Putnam (USA)

[edit] References

Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 27 August 2006. (Polish)