Talk:Charilaos Vasilakos

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Bammesk in topic 1896 marathon dates – disambiguation

Date of Death

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Are you sure about 1969 being the year of Vasilakos' death? I remember reading about it in the papers in Greece and, as I left the country in 1968, can't see how it could've been 1969. What are your sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irlandos (talkcontribs) 11:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

It was 1964 according to a newspaper report on his death, on 2 Dec 1964. The athlete died on December 1, 1964.Lemur12 (talk) 19:12, 6 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

1896 marathon dates – disambiguation

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Martin and Gynn describe all aspects of the 1896 Olympic marathon.[1] At the time Greece used the Julian calendar. Greek Olympic Committee still uses Julian dates for the 1896 Olympics.[2][3] The Greeks held two qualifying marathons in order to select their runners.[4]

All sources agree that the Olympic race was on April 10 Gregorian (March 29 Julian).[5][6][7][8] Some sources place the first qualifying race on March 10 with no qualification,[9][8] and some specify the date as "March 10 according to the old calendar" meaning Julian[10][11][12] which is March 22 Gregorian.[13] One source places the first qualifying on March 10 Gregorian (February 27 Julian)[4] and in this regard it contradicts other sources.

As for the second qualifying, all sources agree that it was 2 weeks after the first qualifying.[9][13][4] Also per Spyridon Louis the second qualifying was four to six days prior to the Olympic race.[14][15] Therefore the first qualifying was on March 22 Gregorian (March 10 Julian) and the second qualifying was on April 5 Gregorian (March 24 Julian) – as noted by Bijkerk and Young.[13]

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Citations

  1. ^ Martin & Gynn 2000, p. 9–23, chapter 1.
  2. ^ Greek Olympic Committee 1, Olympic history.
  3. ^ Greek Olympic Committee 2, committee history.
  4. ^ a b c Martin & Gynn 2000, p. 12.
  5. ^ Olympic Marathon 1896, sansimera.gr.
  6. ^ Athens 1896, Olympic.org.
  7. ^ Benyo & Henderson 2002, p. 251.
  8. ^ a b Unkown Olympian, protinews.gr.
  9. ^ a b Benyo & Henderson 2002, p. 250.
  10. ^ Papachristou 2005.
  11. ^ Katsigiannis 2014.
  12. ^ Adamopoulou 2015.
  13. ^ a b c Bijkerk & Young 1999, p. 27, annotation 3.
  14. ^ Greek Olympic Committee 3, Spyridon Louis.
  15. ^ Bijkerk & Young 1999, p. 24.
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Bammesk (talk) 02:43, 14 May 2015 (UTC)Reply