Malcolm Nokes

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	1924 Paris	Hammer throw

Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes MC MA BSc (born May 20, 1897 – died November 22, 1986) was an English schoolteacher, soldier, research scientist and Olympic athlete. As an athlete he mainly competed in the hammer throw.

He competed for Great Britain and Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he won the bronze medal in the men's hammer throw event. He won the gold medal for England in the 1930 and 1934 British Empire Games.

He was a graduate of Oxford University where he studied chemistry and wrote a thesis on metaphenetidine. MC Nokes served in the Great War in the Royal Artillery in the trenches and then as an observer in the Royal Flying Corps. He was awarded a Military Cross for his service in the Great War, becoming MC Nokes MC. In the Second World War he served as an officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve while a schoolmaster.

He taught chemistry at Malvern College and later at Harrow School, where he was appointed Head of Science. Later he worked at Harwell and then in the CENTO laboratory in Iran.

His publications include: Simple Experiements in the theory of flight. London, 1941: William Heinemann. Modern Glass-working and laboratory techniques. Science in education. London, 1949: Macdonald. Demonstrations in modern physics. London, 1952: William Heinemann.

He married Elizabeth, and is survived by two sons.