Edwin Montague
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 April 1885 Lambeth, London, England |
| Died | 28 December 1937 (aged 52) Fulham, London, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400m/440y |
| Club | South London Harriers |
Edwin Herbert Montague (13 April 1885 – 28 December 1937) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
Biography
[edit]Montague finished third in the 440 yards AAA Championships event at the 1903 AAA Championships[2] and second at the 1904 AAA Championships.[3][4] Another third place at the 1905 AAA Championships[5] was followed by him finally winning the 440 yards title at the 1907 AAA Championships.[6][7]
At the 1908 Olympic Games, Montague won his preliminary heat in the 400 metres with a time of 50.2 seconds. He dropped his time to 49.8 seconds in the semifinals, but lost to Wyndam Halswelle who set a new Olympic record at 48.4 seconds in the race. Montague's second-place finish in the semifinals resulted in his not advancing to the final.
He was also a member of the British team which was eliminated in the first round of the medley relay event by the United States.
References
[edit]- ^ "Edwin Montague". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "The Amateur Championships". Leeds Mercury. 6 July 1903. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Amateur Championships". Daily News (London). 4 July 1904. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Amateur Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Champion athletes". Daily Record. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Sporting Life. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources
[edit]- 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 24 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
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