Harold Whitlock
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1936 Berlin | 50 kilometre walk | |
Hector Harold Whitlock (December 16, 1903 - December 27, 1985) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the gold medal.
| Olympic champions in men's 50 km walk |
|---|
| Thomas Green | Harold Whitlock | John Ljunggren | Giuseppe Dordoni | Norman Read | Don Thompson | Abdon Pamich | Christoph Höhne | Bernd Kannenberg | Hartwig Gauder | Raúl González | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Andrey Perlov | Robert Korzeniowski (three times) |
| Inter-war British Olympic champions in men's athletics |
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| 1920: Albert Hill (800 m & 1500 m) | 1920 Percy Hodge (3000 m steeplechase) | 1924: Harold Abrahams (100 m) | 1924: Eric Liddell (400 m) | 1924 & 1928 Douglas Lowe (800 m) | 1928 David Burghley (400 m hurdles) | 1932 Thomas Hampson (800 m) | 1932 Thomas Green (50 km walk) | 1936 Harold Whitlock (50 km walk) |
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