 Johnny Hayes in 1908 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Birth name | John Joseph Hayes | |||||||||||
| Born | April 10, 1886 New York City, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | August 25, 1965 (aged 79) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | |||||||||||
| Club | I-AAC, Queens | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best | Marathon – 2:26:04 (1908) (at 24 mile distance)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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John Joseph Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965) was an American athlete, a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hayes' Olympic victory contributed to the early growth of long-distance running and marathoning in the United States.[3][4] He was also the first man to win a marathon at the now official standard distance of 26 miles 385 yards when Olympic officials lengthened the distance to put the finish line in front of the Royal Box (the 1896 and 1904 Olympic marathons had been less than 25 miles long).[5]
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r4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Track and Field Athletics". The World 1910 Almanac and Encyclopedia. New York: Press Publishing Company. 1909. pp. 384–385.
- ^ Whorton, James C. (1992). ""Athlete's Heart": The Medical Debate over Athleticism, 1870–1920". In Berryman, Jack W.; Park, Robert J. (eds.). Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine. University of Illinois Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780252062421.
- ^ "Johnny Hayes". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.