Eugène Marc Antoine Besse (17 November 1881 in Paris – 20 February 1919 in Paris)[1] was a French track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Besse competed in the marathon. He placed fourth with a time of 4:00:43 over the 40.26 kilometre course.

References

  • Eugène Besse at the French Athletics Federation (in French)
  • Eugène Besse at Olympics.com
  • Eugène Besse at Olympedia
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at Archived 2006-02-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.


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