Harold Whitlock

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Men’s athletics
Olympic medal record
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, his time was 4 hours 30 minutes 42 seconds.

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 50 km walk

1932: Thomas Green • 1936: Harold Whitlock • 1948: John Ljunggren • 1952: Giuseppe Dordoni • 1956: Norman Read • 1960: Don Thompson • 1964: Abdon Pamich • 1968: Christoph Höhne • 1972: Bernd Kannenberg • 1976: not disputed • 1980: Hartwig Gauder • 1984: Raúl González • 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko • 1992: Andrey Perlov • 1996+2000+2004: Robert Korzeniowski

v • d • e Inter-war British Olympic champions in men's athletics

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)