David Curtiss Munson

Athletics competitor
David Munson
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis 4 mile team race

David Curtiss Munson (May 19, 1884 – September 17, 1953) was an American athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]

He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the 4 mile team where he won the gold medal with his team mates Arthur Newton, George Underwood, Paul Pilgrim and Howard Valentine.

In the 1500 metres event he finished fourth. He also participated in the 2590 metre steeplechase competition where he finished sixth.

He won back-to-back one-mile run titles at the outdoor IC4A championships in 1904 and again in 1905, and set the world record in the mile-and-a-half run in Madison Square Garden in 1905.

Munson graduated from Cornell University in 1906 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society, the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University. He was inducted into the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.

References

  1. ^ "David Munson". Olympedia. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

External links

  • David Munson at databaseOlympics.com
  • David Munson at Cornell University Athletics Hall of Fame
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1876–78
New York Athletic Club
  • 1876M: Harold Lambe (CAN) * Cornelius Vought
  • 1877M: Richard Morgan
  • 1878M: Thomas Smith
1879–88
NAAAA
  • 1879M: Henry Pellatt (CAN) * William Duffy
  • 1880–83M: Harry Fredericks
  • 1884M: Percy Madeira
  • 1885M: George Gilbert
  • 1886–87M: Edward Carter
  • 1888MNote 1: Thomas Conneff
1888–1979
Amateur Athletic Union
1980–92
The Athletics Congress
1993-onwards
USA Track & Field
Notes
  • Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
  • M: Denotes that the race was run over a mile rather than 1500 m
  • OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
  • 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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