Percy Hodge

Percy Hodge

Percy Hodge at the 1920 Olympics
Personal information
Born 26 December 1890
Saint Sampson, Guernsey
Died 27 December 1967 (aged 77)
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England
Alma mater Yale University
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Steeplechase
Club Surrey AC, Kingston-upon-Thames
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 440 yd – 50.2 (1917)
800 m – 1:58.5e (1921)
Mile – 4:32.6 (1916)
3000 mS – 10:00.4 (1920)
2 mile Steeplechase – 10:57.2 (1921)

Percy Hodge (26 December 1890 27 December 1967) was a British athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

The 1920 Summer Olympics were the first to include a (now common) 3000 m steeplechase. This was run on a grass course, unlike later competitions. Percy Hodge was the favourite, easily winning his heat and outrunning the rest of the field. He won the final in a time of 10:00.4, some 100 m ahead of second-placed Patrick Flynn from the United States. Hodge also ran in the heats of the 3000 m team event, in which Great Britain won a silver medal.[1]

Hodge was born in Guernsey, but then moved to Weymouth and Bournemouth, finally settling in Bexhill-on-Sea. He was an AAA champion in 2 miles steeplechase from 1919 to 1921 and in 1923. In 1920 his shoe fell off in the second lap causing him to stop and lose some 100 yards, yet he won the race by a margin of 75 yards. He also finished ninth at the International Cross Country Championships and helped his team to win a first place earlier in 1920.[1]

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