Athletics at the Inter-Allied Games
Inter-Allied Games | |
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Dates | June 22 to July 6, 1919 |
Host city | Paris, France |
Venue | Stade Pershing |
Events | 24 (20 medal events) |
The athletics competition at the Inter-Allied Games was held at the Stade Pershing from 22 June to 6 July 1919 in Paris, France. The event was open to all military personnel from countries that were among the Allies of World War I.[1]
The athletics competition consisted of 24 men's events, 20 of which counted towards the team scores. The standard international judging rules were applied, with field event results measured in metres, and the winner of the track event being timed by three judges separately. The 10-kilometre cross country running competition (not a medal event here) covered natural landscapes around the Joinville-le-Pont with a start and finishing point within the stadium. The reduced-distance 16,000 m marathon was organised similarly, except the extra-stadium course were the local streets in the area.[2]
The Americans, headed by team captain and Olympic medallist Richard Byrd and featuring a number of college-level athletes, clearly topped the points table with 92 compared to runner-up France with 12. Points were assigned on a by-event basis of one point for third, two points for second, and three points for first. The gathering marked a key development of the sport of track and field within France, as American personnel and YMCA sports coaches both coached and exhibited the various common American events at that time.[2]
The foremost track athletes at the games were
An unorthodox addition to the
Medal summary
Men
- † The pentathlon consisted of the following five events: 200 metres, long jump, shot put, discus throw, and 1500 metres.[2]
Team points standing
Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Winners | Runner-up | 3rd-placers | Points total |
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1 | United States | 18 | 17 | 7 | 92 |
2 | France | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
3 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 17 | 17 | 15 | 49 |
- NB: Cross country, grenade throwing, and the Army of Occupation events did not count towards the team standings.
References
- ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
- ^ a b c d e Full text of The inter-allied games, Paris, 22nd June to 6th July, 1919. Albert R Mann, Cornell University Library.
- Medalists
- Inter-Allied Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-30.