Harry Payne (athlete)
| Payne at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 5 September 1892 Oakley, England |
| Died | 5 July 1969 (aged 76) Theydon Bois, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | long-distance |
| Club | Woodford Green AC |
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Harry William Payne (5 September 1892 – 5 July 1969) was a British long-distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and was a two-time national champion.[1] He was born in Bedfordshire.
Athletics
[edit ]On 26 May 1928, Payne debuted at the marathon distance and posted a fourth-place finish at the Polytechnic Marathon (2:54:50.8). Six weeks later on 6 July 1928, he became the British marathon champion after he won the Amateur Athletic Association's marathon in only his second marathon.[2] His performance of 2:34:34 set on the Polytechnic Marathon course was a new British record.[2] The following month, an injured Payne finished 13th in marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam (2:42:29).
At the 1929 AAA Championships, Payne's 2:30:57.6 mark would earn him a second consecutive title[3] [4] and recapture the British marathon record from Sam Ferris – a mark that would stand for 22 years.[nb 1] In 2024, this mark was indicated by World Athletics as a world record.[7] With this performance, Payne was ranked first in the marathon for 1929.[8] [9]
He competed in the marathon at the 1930 British Empire Games for England.[10]
Personal life
[edit ]He was a clerk at the time of the 1930 Games and lived in Woodford Green.[11]
Notes
[edit ]- ^ The International Association of Athletics Federations does not indicate that Payne's mark was a world best performance;[5] however, it does appear as such in a similar list compiled by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians.[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". Gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ a b Martin, David E.; Roger W. H. Gynn (May 2000). The Olympic Marathon . Human Kinetics Publishers. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-88011-969-6.
- ^ "Foreigners held at Bay" . Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships" . Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. p. 565. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ "World Best Progressions- Road". Arrs.net. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Progression of World Athletics Records - Marathon pp. 398-399". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "World Marathon Rankings for 1929". Arrs.net. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Yearly Rankings- Marathon". Arrs.net. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Payne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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