John W. Morton (runner)

For other people named John Morton, see John Morton (disambiguation).

John Morton
Personal information
Born13 February 1879
Handsworth, West Midlands, England
Died5 September 1950 (aged 71)
Brighton, England
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprints
ClubSouth London Harriers

John William Morton (13 February 1879 – 5 September 1950) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography

Morton, born in Handsworth, West Midlands[1] became the National 100 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1904 AAA Championships.[2] He would go on to win the title for four consecutive years from 1904 to 1907,[3][4] in addition to being the highest placed British athlete at the 1908 AAA Championships.[5][6]

He competed in the 100 metres event at the 1908 Olympic Games. Morton won his first round heat with a time of 11.2 seconds to advance to the semifinals. There, he placed third and last in his race, not advancing to the final.

Morton placed second in his preliminary heat of the 200 metres with a time of 23.1 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals.

In 1910, Morton was the editor for "How to Run 100 Yards" issued by Spalding Athletic Library.[7]

References

  1. ^ "John W. Morton". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Championships". Daily News (London). 4 July 1904. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Champion athletes". Daily Record. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships". Sporting Life. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Amateur Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Library of Congress. Spalding. [1] Archived 27 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Dec 19, 2020

Sources

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  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
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