George Young (British athlete)
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George Young (19 April 1885 – 2 June 1952) was a British track and field athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the 400 metres, Young won his preliminary heat with a time of 52.4 seconds. He advanced to the semifinals, where he finished fourth in his four-man heat and did not advance to the final.[1]
References
- ^ "George Young". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
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