Henry Hawtrey

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Intercalated Games
Gold 1906 Athens 5 miles

Henry Courtenay Hawtrey (June 29, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was a British athlete, winner of 5 miles (8.0 km) run at the 1906 Summer Olympics.

The British were the leading force in the long distance running in early 1900s. Although the most celebrated long distance runner Alfred Shrubb had turned to professional just before the "intercalated" Olympics of 1906, the Britons sent a very good team to Athens.

Henry Hawtrey took the lead after 2 miles (3.2 km) and won easily, beating second-placed runner Johan Svanberg from Sweden by 50 yards (46 m). The Britons used good team work to aid Hawtrey to win, as third-placed Irishman John Daly was disqualified because he blocked the Swedish runner's way several times.

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Olympic Champions in the Men's 5 miles and 10000 metres
As five miles
1906: Henry Hawtrey • 1908: Emil Voigt
As 10,000 metres
1912: Hannes Kolehmainen • 1920: Paavo Nurmi • 1924: Ville Ritola • 1928: Paavo Nurmi • 1932: Janusz Kusociński • 1936: Ilmari Salminen • 1948:  Emil Zátopek • 1952:  Emil Zátopek • 1956: Vladimir Kuts • 1960: Pyotr Bolotnikov • 1964: Billy Mills • 1968: Naftali Temu • 1972: Lasse Virén • 1976: Lasse Virén  • 1980: Miruts Yifter • 1984: Alberto Cova • 1988: Brahim Boutayeb • 1992: Khalid Skah • 1996: Haile Gebrselassie • 2000: Haile Gebrselassie • 2004: Kenenisa Bekele
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Pre-WWI British Olympic champions in men's athletics
1900: Alfred Tysoe (800 m) | 1900 Charles Bennett (1500 m) | 1900 John Rimmer (4000 m steeplechase) | 1900 Charles Bennett, John Rimmer, Sydney Robinson, Alfred Tysoe and 1 Australian, Stanley Rowley (5000 m team race) | 1904 Tom Kiely (all around) | 1906 Henry Hawtrey (five miles) | 1906 Emil Voigt (five miles) | 1906 Cornelius Leahy (high jump) | 1906 Peter O'Connor (triple jump) | 1908 Wyndham Halswelle (400 m) | 1908 Arthur Russell (3200 m steeplechase) | 1908 George Larner (3500 m walk & ten miles walk) | 1908 Tim Ahearne (triple jump) | 1912 Arnold Jackson (1500 m) | 1912 David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth (4x100 m relay)


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