2006-06-13 07:19:26 · 7 answers · asked by chriswright38 6 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Poage got bronze in the 400-meter hurdles but on the same Day Joseph Stadler won a Silver in the Standing High Jump, Who won it First?
2006-06-13 07:39:26 · update #1
OK, it breaks down like this:
In 1904, George Poage became the first "black runner" to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the 400 metres hurdles, but on the same day Joseph Stadler became the first "black athlete to win an Olympic medal", with a silver in the standing high jump behind the great Ray Ewry.
Many sites still list Poage as being the first...
2006-06-14 07:52:15 · answer #1 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Poage in 1904 in the 400-meter hurdles
2006-06-13 07:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Coleman Poage 1904
2006-06-13 07:24:42 · answer #3 · answered by noseyone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Coleman Poages won the first medal in 1904, and John Baxter "Doc" Taylor won the first GOLD medal in 1908.
2006-06-13 07:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by jehovahrapha777 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Poage was the first official African-American to win a MEDAL, but John Baxter Taylor was the first to win a GOLD medal.
2006-06-26 07:07:20 · answer #5 · answered by Morgan C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George C. Poage
2006-06-26 13:00:26 · answer #6 · answered by Supermom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JOHN BAXTER IN 1908
2006-06-13 07:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by mauro r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋