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{{Short description|German athlete (1885–1947)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|GER|empire}} [[German Empire|Germany]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's medley relay|Medley relay]]}}
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'''Hans Eicke''' (1 December 1885 – 22 August 1947) was a German athlete. He competed at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70216 |title=Hans Eicke |work=Olympedia |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Eicke was born and died in Berlin. Eicke was a member of the [[silver medal]] German medley relay team. He was the second runner on the squad, running the second 200 metres. He followed [[Arthur Hoffmann (athlete)|Arthur Hoffmann]] and was followed by [[Otto Trieloff]] and [[Hanns Braun]].

The team dominated the first round, defeating the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] team easily with a time of 3:43.2. In the final, though, the Germans could not match the [[United States|American]] team. Eicke was seven yards behind the leading American and one behind the second-place [[Hungary|Hungarian]] when he started his 200 and had not caught the Hungarian when he finished it. However, the German team moved into second place at the end of the race, giving Eicke a silver medal. Eicke also competed in the 100 metres, placing third in his first round heat with a time of 11.6 seconds to be eliminated without advancing to the semifinals.

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
* {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | title = Athletics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 15 July 2006 | archive-date = 27 September 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | url-status = dead }}
* {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 15 July 2006 |language=pl}}

==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221142859/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EICKEHAN01 |title=Hans Eicke on databaseOlympics.com}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ei/hans-eicke-1}}
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[[Category:1885 births]]
[[Category:1947 deaths]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Germany]]
[[Category:German male sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]