Francis Lane

Francis Adonijah "Frank" Lane ( born September 23, 1874 † February 17, 1927 ) was a participant of the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 and won the first contest of the first Olympic Games of the modern era.

The U.S. Student Francis Lane (March 25, *) ran in front of 60,000 spectators at the first day of competition April 6 after 12.5 seconds first in the first elimination race over 100 meters to the finish line. In the 100 m final race, he finished with the Hungarian Alajos Szokolyi third in 12.6 seconds. Olympic silver (1896 was the first place winner, a silver medal and an olive branch ) over 100 m was 12.0 sec at the American Thomas Burke and the bronze medal for the runner-up to Fritz Hofmann from Germany with 12.2 seconds the timekeeper for the 100 m run stopped just the time for the two first. The remaining times were only estimated.

The U.S. student at Princeton University was one of four students of the team of the University of Princeton. The sports team consisted of Francis Lane, Robert Garrett, Albert Tyler and Herbert Jamison.

Results / standings at the Olympics

In Greece * 1896 was the Julian calendar valid