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Jean Bouin

Jean Bouin

Jean Bouin in 1911
Personal information
Born	21 December 1888 Marseille, France
Died	29 September 1914 (aged 25) Xivray-et-Marvoisin, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800-10,000 m
Club	US Phocéenne, Marseille; Paris Jean-Bouin, Paris
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m – 2:00.4 (1914) 1500 m – 4:14.4 (1911) 5000 m – 14:36.7 (1912) 10,000 m – 30:58.8 (1911)[1]
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm 5000 metres International Cross Country Championships 1909 Derby Individual 1911 Caerleon Individual 1912 Edinburgh Individual 1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge Individual 1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge Team

Alexandre François Étienne Jean Bouin (French: [bwɛ̃]; 21 December 1888 – 29 September 1914) was a French middle-distance runner. He competed in the 1500m at the 1908 Olympics and the 5000m at the 1912 Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 5000m in 1912, behind Hannes Kolehmainen.^[2] His race against Kolehmainen has long been regarded as one of the most memorable moments in running. Kolehmainen and Bouin quickly pulled away from the others, with Bouin leading and Kolehmainen repeatedly trying to pass him. Kolehmainen succeeded only 20 metres from the finish, winning by 0.1 seconds. Both contenders broke the previous world record.^[3][4]

Bouin set three more world records: two in 1911, in the 3,000 m and 10,000 metres, and one in 1913, in the one-hour run (19,021 metres). The next year, he was killed in action during World War I.^[2][5] After that the Stade Jean-Bouin in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, home of the Stade Français rugby union club, was named after him. The French government made a stamp with his picture on it and many games have been held in his honor. A 10 km race under the name of Jean Bouin has taken place every year through the streets of Barcelona since 1920.

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Further reading[edit]

• Media related to Jean Bouin at Wikimedia Commons
• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2006.