Ernest Webb

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Silver 1908 London 3500 metre walk
Silver 1908 London 10 mile walk
Silver 1912 Stockholm 10 kilometre walk

Ernest James Webb (April 25, 1874 - February 24, 1937) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 10 mile walk.

He competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 10 mile walk where he won the Silver medal behind fellow Brit George Larner. The two of them repeated this in the 3500 metre walk giving Ernest Webb his second silver medal of the games. Four years later he returned to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden where he competed in the inaugral 10 kilometre walk and finished off with his third olympic silver behind Canada's George Goulding.