Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games

At the

(IOC).

The marathon distance was 41.775 km according to a contemporary Greek newspaper. The pentathlon event in the 1906 Games consisted of a standing long jump, discus throw (ancient style), javelin throw, 192 metre run, and a

stone throw

was held with a 6.4 kg weight.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Archie Hahn (USA)	11.2	Fay Moulton (USA)	1 yd behind winner	Nigel Barker  (AUS)	1 ft behind runner-up
400 metres details	Paul Pilgrim (USA)	53.2	Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)	4 yd behind winner	Nigel Barker  (AUS)	2 yd behind runner-up
800 metres details	Paul Pilgrim (USA)	2:01.5	Jim Lightbody (USA)	2 ft behind winner	Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)	10 yd behind runner-up
1500 metres details	Jim Lightbody (USA)	4:12.0	John McGough (GBR)	4:12.6	Kristian Hellström (SWE)	4:13.4
5 miles details	Henry Hawtrey (GBR)	26:11.8	John Svanberg (SWE)	26:19.4	Edward Dahl (SWE)	26:26.2
Marathon details	Billy Sherring  Canada	2:51:23.6	John Svanberg (SWE)	2:58:20.8	William Frank (USA)	3:00:46.8
110 metre hurdles details	Robert Leavitt (USA)	16.2	Alfred Healey (GBR)	1 ft behind winner	Vincent Duncker (GER)	almost same time as runner-up
1500 metres walk details	George Bonhag (USA)	7:12.6	Donald Linden  Canada	7:19.8	Konstantinos Spetsiotis (GRE)	7:22.0
3000 metres walk details	György Sztantics (HUN)	15:13.2	Hermann Müller  (GER)	15:20.0	Georgios Saridakis (GRE)	15:33.0
High jump details	Con Leahy (GBR)	1.775 m	Lajos Gönczy (HUN)	1.750 m	Themistoklis Diakidis (GRE)  Herbert Kerrigan (USA)	1.725 m
Standing high jump details	Ray Ewry (USA)	1.560 m	Léon Dupont (BEL)  Lawson Robertson (USA)  Martin Sheridan (USA)	1.400 m	Not awarded
Pole vault details	Fernand Gonder (FRA)	3.500 m OR	Bruno Söderström (SWE)	3.400 m	Edward Glover (USA)	3.350 m
Long jump details	Myer Prinstein (USA)	7.200 m	Peter O'Connor (GBR)	7.025 m	Hugo Friend (USA)	6.960 m
Standing long jump details	Ray Ewry (USA)	3.300 m	Martin Sheridan (USA)	3.095 m	Lawson Robertson (USA)	3.050 m
Triple jump details	Peter O'Connor (GBR)	14.075 m	Con Leahy (IRE)	13.980 m	Thomas Cronan (USA)	13.700 m
Shot put details	Martin Sheridan (USA)	12.325 m	Mihály Dávid (HUN)	11.830 m	Eric Lemming (SWE)	11.260 m
Discus throw details	Martin Sheridan (USA)	41.460 m WR	Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE)	38.060 m	Verner Järvinen (FIN)	36.820 m
Greek discus throw details	Verner Järvinen (FIN)	35.170 m	Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE)	32.800 m	István Mudin (HUN)	31.910 m
Javelin throw details	Eric Lemming (SWE)	53.900 m	Knut Lindberg (SWE)	45.170 m	Bruno Söderström (SWE)	44.920 m
Stone throw details	Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE)	19.925 m	Martin Sheridan (USA)	19.035 m	Michalis Dorizas (GRE)	18.585 m
Pentathlon details	Hjalmar Mellander (SWE)	24 pts	István Mudin (HUN)	25 pts	Eric Lemming (SWE)	29 pts

Postcards of athletics in the 1906 Olympics

A number of postcards, then at its peak, were published by various printhouses. The following were printed in Corfu, Greece, by the Aspiotis brothers.

• 
  100 metres run
• 
  800 metres run. Winner Pilgrim
• 
  1000 metres run
• 
  1500 metres run
• 
  Pole vault
• 
  Pole vault winner Gonder
• 
  Long jump
• 
  Long jump
• 
  Shot Put. Sheridan winner
• 
  Javelin

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	11	6	6	23
2	Great Britain (GBR)	3	5	1	9
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	4	5	11
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	1	5
5	Greece (GRE)	1	2	4	7
6	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
7	Finland (FIN)	1	0	1	2
8	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
9	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
11	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		21	23	21	65

References