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Charles BaconMen's athletics Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 1908 London 400 m hurdles Charles Joseph Bacon, Jr. (January 9, 1885 – November 15, 1968) was an American athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and the New York City Police Department. He won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
At the 1904 Summer Olympics he finished ninth in the 1500 metres event.
Two years later at the 1906 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in the 400 metres competition and sixth in the 800 metres event.
Just a month and a half before the 1908 Olympic Games in London, Bacon ran in Philadelphia setting a new unofficial world record of 55.8 in the 400 metre hurdles.
At the Olympic Games in 1908, he and fellow American Harry Hillman went over the last hurdle simultaneously, after which Bacon pulled away on the straight to win in a new world record of 55.0 seconds. This record was recognised by IAAF, thus Bacon became the first world record holder in the 400 metres hurdles. The same year, Bacon set the worlds record for the 440 yards, 10 hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches at Celtic Park, Queens, New York, the home of the Irish American Athletic Club on October 11, 1908.[1]
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References
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909) (PDF). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html.
- Greenberg, Stan (1987). Olympic Games: The Records. London: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-85112-896-3.
- Kieran, John (1977). The Story of the Olympic Games; 776 B.C. to 1976. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company. ISBN 0-397-01168-7.
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Records Preceded by
—Men's 400 m hurdles World Record Holder
July 22, 1908 – June 26, 1920Succeeded by
John NortonOlympic Champions in Men's 400 m Hurdles 1900: Walter Tewksbury (USA) • 1904: Harry Hillman (USA) • 1908: Charles Bacon (USA) • 1920: Frank Loomis (USA) • 1924: Morgan Taylor (USA) • 1928: David Burghley (GBR) • 1932: Bob Tisdall (IRL) • 1936: Glenn Hardin (USA) • 1948: Roy Cochran (USA) • 1952: Charles Moore (USA) • 1956: Glenn Davis (USA) • 1960: Glenn Davis (USA) • 1964: Rex Cawley (USA) • 1968: David Hemery (GBR) • 1972: John Akii-Bua (UGA) • 1976: Edwin Moses (USA) • 1980: Volker Beck (GDR) • 1984: Edwin Moses (USA) • 1988: André Phillips (USA) • 1992: Kevin Young (USA) • 1996: Derrick Adkins (USA) • 2000: Angelo Taylor (USA) • 2004: Félix Sánchez (DOM) • 2008: Angelo Taylor (USA)
Categories:- 1885 births
- 1968 deaths
- American middle distance runners
- American hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- New York City Police Department officers
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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