Charles Swain (athlete)

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Charles Swain
Personal information
Born(1885-01-16)16 January 1885
Brisbane, Australia
Died9 February 1974(1974-02-09) (aged 89)
Brisbane, Australia
Sport
Country Australia
SportTrack and field
Club

Charles Edward Swain (16 January 1885 – 9 February 1974) was an Australian athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London on the Australasia team, a combined squad of competitors from Australia and New Zealand.[1][2]

Born in Brisbane, Swain participated in the 1500 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, he was drawn in a heat with five other runners, but Swain was one of the four athletes who did not finish the race and qualify for the final.[3]

Swain was a member of the Toowong Harriers in Brisbane,[1] and his best race at the National Track and Field events came in the 1909–10 season when he was runner-up in the 880-yard race.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Charles Swain". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Charles Swain". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games, 1500 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Charles SWAIN (Qld)". athhistory.imgstg.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  • 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. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2006.


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