- Alajos Szokolyi
Alajos Szokolyi or "Alajos Szokoly" (in Slovak: Alojz Sokol) (
June 19 ,1871 –September 9 ,1932 ) was a Slovak/Hungarian athlete from theKingdom of Hungary . He competed in the1896 Summer Olympics .Szokolyi competed in the 100 metres. He came in second in the heats, with a time of 12.75, and advanced to the final. There, Szokolyi was one of three athletes to come in at 12.6 seconds. The officials ruled that he and
Francis Lane of theUnited States , who had beat Szokolyi in the heats, had finished in a dead heat for third place;Alexandros Khalkokondilis ofGreece was ruled to have been slightly behind them. Szokolyi and Lane are currently considered to split thebronze medal for the event (no medals were awarded at the 1896 Olympics) by theInternational Olympic Committee .Szokolyi placed fourth in the
triple jump , with a best effort of 11.26 metres.He also ran the 110 metres hurdles. Sources differ as to whether Szokolyi placed second or third in his preliminary heat, with most claiming that he was in second until hitting the final hurdle and stumbling, allowing
Frantz Reichel to pass him and take second place.External links
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/utilities/multimedia/photo_uk.asp?EntIdProv=8&EntId=1136&LinkName=ATHENS&Direct=0 IOC Olympic Museum Collections]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=1&sp=ATH 1896 Summer Olympics]
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