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Roll of honour for Blackheath Harriers selected
to compete in the summer olympics

Olympiad Name of athlete Event Performance
1908 TE Hammond 10 mile walk 6th Q/heat round 1 (1hr23)
1908 AH Healey 110m H SF, finished 2nd in heat
1908 SC Schofield 10 mile walk 6th Q/heat 2 (1hr21)
1912 CN Seedhouse 200/400m 3rd 200m SF, DNF 400m SF
1600 med relay Bronze medal in relay
1912 JT Soutter 400/800m Withdrew 800m for personal
reasons
Although I spent most of my 1600m med relay Bronze medal in relay
time at the athletics, meeting 1912 FT Browne 200m
up with various friends in 1912 RG Rice 100/200m 3rd SF 100m, DNF SF 200m
the stadium each day, I did 1920 RA Lindsay 4x400m relay Gold medal
also manage to get to see 1924 HB Stallard 800/1500m 4th 800m final
Gymnastics, Volleyball and Bronze medal 1500m
Triathlon. The Brownlee 1928 RD Bell 1 mile
brothers took gold and silver 1928 H Dauban De Silhouette Javelin DNQ for final round
medals in the Triathlon and 1932 EL Page 100m QF 100m
it was brilliant to witness 4x100m relay Gold medal relay
Yorkshire’s finest showing 1936 CA Wiard 4x100m relay Team 4th heat 2
the way home! Jack Buckner 1936 SC Wooderson 1500m DNF qualifying heats
is the CEO of British 1948 J Braughton 5000m 8th in qualifying heat
Triathlon and he invited 1964 JB "Kipper" Herring 5000m 6th qualifying heat 1 (14.07m)
me to their “after party” at 1968 S Lightman 50k walk 18th in 4h.59m
Copacabana beach, it was a 1968 DA Harris (Mantoura) Breast Stroke
very enjoyable evening. 1972 MT Coomber (Baldwin) 800m 6th in qualifying heat 2
1972 J Watts Discus 24th in final pool (b.53.86m)
The Brazilian people really 1980 B McStravick Decathlon 15th with 7,616 points
came to life when they won 1984 L "Buster" Watson 200m 7th in QF
the football gold, that was 1988 MS Augee (MBE) Shot putt 17th qualifying round (17.31m)
definitely the highlight 1992 MS Augee (MBE) Shot putt 14th qualifying round (17.80m)
for the home nation. The 1988 J Stoute 200m
Brazilians are not generally 1988 S Bailey 800m
big track and field supporters 1992 DJ Marti High Jump 9th in final (1.91m)
but there was an excellent 1996 DJ Marti High Jump 18th but didn't qualify for final
atmosphere in the stadium, 1996 Tawanda Chiwira* 400m Reached QF
even on the occasions when it 2000 J Golding 4x400m relay Selected but didn't run in heats
wasn’t completely full. 2000 MR Steinle Marathon 56th in 2hr 54.42
2000 S Brice Womens Tri Did not finish
I shall look back on my visit 2004 D Grant 4x100m relay
to Rio with many wonderful 2008 M Douglas 100m QF in 100m
memories - it was a great 4x100m relay Team DQ in final
experience and a fantastic 2012 S Overall Marathon 61st in 2h 22.37
Olympic Games. 2012 A Gemili 4x100m relay Team DQ in round 1
2016 A Gemili 200m/4x100m 4th 200m F, Team 5th Final
Bill Foster 2016 GR (Dina) Asher-Smith 200m/4x100 (B) 5th 200m F, Bronze medal relay
* Representing Zimbabwe