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Track & Field

Event		Time
100m	Archie Hahn, USA	11.2
400m	Paul Pilgrim, USA	53.2
800m	Paul Pilgrim, USA	2:01.5
1500m	Jim Lightbody, USA	4:12.0
5 Miles	Henry Hawtrey, GBR	26:11.8
Marathon	Billy Sherring, CAN	2:51:23.6
110m H	Robert Leavitt, USA	16.2
500m Walk	George Bonhag, USA	7:12.6
3000m Walk	György Sztantics, HUN	15:13.2

Event		Mark
High Jump	Con Leahy, GBR/IRE	5- 10
Pole Vault	Fernand Gonder, FRA	11- 5³/4
Long Jump	Meyer Prinstein, USA	23- 7¹/2
Triple Jump	Peter O'Connor, GBR/IRE	46- 2¹/4
Shot Put	Martin Sheridan, USA	40- 5¹/4
Stone Throw	Nicolaos Georgantas, GRE	65- 4¹/2
Discus	Martin Sheridan, USA	136- 0
Greek Discus	Verner Järvinen, FIN	115- 4¹/2
Freestyle Javelin	Eric Lemming, SWE	176-10	WR
Pentathlon	Hjalmar Mellander, SWE	24 pts

Notes: Weight in Stone Throw was 14.08 lbs; spinning not allowed in Greek-style Discus.

Standing		Mark
High Jump	Ray Ewry, USA	5- 1¹/4
Long Jump	Ray Ewry, USA	10-10

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