Emil Voigt (athlete)

Emil Robert Voigt ( born January 31, 1883 in Ardwick, † October 16, 1973 in Auckland, New Zealand ) was a British track and field athlete, whose parents came from Germany.

Emil Voigt won his heat in a 5- mile run in 26:13,4 minutes with half a minute ahead at the Olympic Games 1908. The final was won by Voigt in 25:11,2 minutes ten seconds ahead of his compatriot Edward Owen.

At the British Championships Amateur Athletic Association Voigt won the 4- mile run in 1908 and 1909., 1910, he was AAA champion over a mile.

1911 Emil Voigt emigrated to Australia, where he established a radio station. For 12 years he was chairman of the Australian Federation of Broadcasting Stations. In 1948 he moved from Australia to New Zealand.

5 - mile run

While it was held at the Olympic Games from 1896 to 1904 no route between 1,500 -meter run and marathon race, a run over five miles was aligned with the interludes in 1906 and at the Olympic Games in 1908, which corresponds to a metric distance of 8046.57 feet. From the Olympic Games in 1912 then the 5000 -meter run and the 10,000 - meter race were held.

Swell

  • Ian Buchanan: British Olympians, London, 1991, ISBN 0-85112-952-8
  • Ekkehard to Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics, Berlin 1999, published via German Society for Athletics documentation eV
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