A picture thread. With occasional unusual Wikipedia detail.
Please note: 1906 "Intercalated Games" do not count!
1. Archie Hahn, USA (60 metres 1904, also 2 more medals, both gold):
http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/images/runner2.jpg
His run in the 200 m final delivered him the gold and a good time, although the latter was flattered, because the race was run on a straight course.
2. Harry Hillman, USA (200 metres hurdles 1904, also 3 more medals, of which 2 gold):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Harry_Hillman.jpg
On April 24, 1909, Hillman and Lawson Robertson set a record that has never been equalled, running the 100 yards (91 m) three-legged race in 11.0 seconds.
3a. Nathaniel Cartmell, USA (first leg of medley relay (200+200+400+800 metres) 1908, also 3 more medals):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Cartmell.jpg
3b. John Taylor, USA (third leg of medley relay 1908):
[Taylor is] notable as the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal.
3c. Mel Sheppard, USA (final leg of medley relay 1908, also 4 more medals, of which 3 gold):
After retiring from sports Sheppard became a lawyer (he was one of the defenders of the Lindbergh child kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann).
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 22 May 2008 23:39 (eighteen years ago)
4. Emil Voigt, GBR (5 miles race, 1908):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Emil_Voigt.jpg
He retired from sports in 1910 [...], and emigrated to Australia, where he set up his own radio station, broadcasting wrestling commentaries.
5. George Larner, GBR (3500 metre walk and 10 mile walk, 1908):
http://www.brightonandhove-ac.com/photos/georgeLarner80x203!.jpg
6. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, GRE (standing long jump 1912, also three more medals):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/1912_Konstantinos_Tsiklitiras.JPG
His career came to a halt in 1913 when he volunteered to fight in the Balkan Wars, where he contracted meningitis and died at the age of 24.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 22 May 2008 23:51 (eighteen years ago)