Horace Ramey
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Horace Patton Ramey (born February 12, 1885, Virginia; died September 15, 1974, Sun City, Arizona) was an American athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Ramey won his preliminary heat of the 400 metres with a time of 51.0 seconds, advancing to the semifinals. There, he placed second to John Taylor in his semifinal heat. Ramey's time was 50.5 seconds; Taylor's was less than a second faster at 49.8 seconds. Ramey did not advance to the final.
In the 800 metres, Ramey did not finish his semifinal heat and did not advance to the final.
[edit] References
- 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. Retrieved on 25 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 25 July 2006. (Polish)
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