Thomas Green (athlete)

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Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	1932 Los Angeles	50 km walk

Thomas William Green (March 20, 1894 - March 29, 1975) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk.

He competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the gold medal in a time of 4 hours 50 minutes and 10.2 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)