Talk:Charilaos Vasilakos

Date of Death
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 (talk • contribs) 11:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


 * 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)

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

All sources agree that the Olympic race was on April 10 Gregorian (March 29 Julian). Some sources place the first qualifying race on March 10 with no qualification, and some specify the date as "March 10 according to the old calendar" meaning Julian which is March 22 Gregorian. One source places the first qualifying on March 10 Gregorian (February 27 Julian) 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. Also per Spyridon Louis the second qualifying was four to six days prior to the Olympic race. 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.


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Bammesk (talk) 02:43, 14 May 2015 (UTC)