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Dan Ahearn (né Daniel William Ahearne; April 12, 1888 – December 20, 1942) was an Irish and later American track and field athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He competed for the U.S. Olympic team in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Athea, Ireland and was the younger brother of Tim Ahearne. Ahearn immigrated with his family to the United States in 1909 where the "e" from Ahearne was dropped. He was not naturalized before 1912 because he was not allowed to compete in the 1912 Summer Olympics when he did not hold the U.S. citizenship.

He won the National Amateur Athletic Union junior broad jump championship in 1908. In 1909 Ahearn established several new records for the hop, skip, and jump, but the Amateur Athletic Union threw them out on technicalities. In July 1909, Ahearn succeeded in getting his name on the record books by creating a new record for the two hops and jump, doing the distance of 50 feet 2 inches.

In 1910, at the games of the "First Regiment Irish Volunteers held at Celtic Park, Long Island City...Dan Ahearn, the jumper of the Winged Fist Club, lowered the world's record (in the triple jump) of 50 feet 1/2 inch, held by D. Shanahan, the Irish Jumper."

In 1920 he finished sixth in the Olympic triple jump competition. Ahearn held the world record in the triple jump until 1924. He was later a policeman in Chicago and died there aged 54.

Notes

1. "Dan Ahearn". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. 1910 Mecca Cigarettes Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter Series trading card.
3. New York Times, August 15, 1910
4. "World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

References

• Greenberg, Stan (1987). Olympic Games: The Records. London: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-85112-896-3.
• Kieran, John (1977). The Story of the Olympic Games; 776 B.C. to 1976. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company. ISBN 0-397-01168-7.
• Athlétisme L'Equipe Magazine n°14 January 1970 in France.

External links

• Dan Ahearn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Daniel Ahearne at Olympics.com
• Irish America Archives - NYU
• Winged Fist Organization

v t e 1920 USA Olympic track and field team
Track/road/cross country athletes	Harold Barron Max Bohland George Bretnall (r) Hal Brown Tom Campbell Jimmy Connolly George Cornetta Bob Crawford Edward Curtis Charles Daggs Gus Desch Michael Devaney Ivan Dresser Earl Eby Robert Emery Fred Faller Patrick Flynn Clifford C. Furnas Albert Hulsebosch Charles Hunter Earl Johnson Morris Kirksey Carl Linder Frank Loomis Thomas Maroney Charles Mellor Ted Meredith Loren Murchison Feg Murray John Norton Joseph Organ Charley Paddock Amisoli Patasoni Joseph Pearman William Plant Joie Ray Richard Remer Winfred Rolker Arthur Roth Arlie Schardt (t) George Schiller Jackson Scholz Donald Scott Frank Shea Larry Shields Walker Smith Albert Sprott Lewis Watson Ray Watson Allen Woodring William Yount
Field/combined event athletes	Dan Ahearn Milton Angier William Bartlett Basil Bennett George Bihlman Everett Bradley Sol Butler Howard Cann Robert J. Dunne Everett Ellis Frank Foss Kaufman Geist Harry Goelitz Brutus Hamilton Clarence Jaquith Eldon Jenne Carl Johnson Edward Knourek Sherman Landers Richmond Landon Robert LeGendre James Lincoln Harry Liversedge Jack Mahan Pat McDonald James McEachern Matt McGrath Jack Merchant Harold Muller John Murphy Edwin Myers Gus Pope Edward Roberts Pat Ryan Dink Templeton Arthur Tuck Eugene Vidal Walter Whalen Kenneth Wilson
Coaches and trainers	Jack Moakley (head coach) Bill Hayward (associate coach) Lawson Robertson (associate coach) Michael J. Ryan (associate coach)

• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 1888 births
• 1942 deaths
• Irish male triple jumpers
• American male triple jumpers
• Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• World record setters in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes from County Limerick
• Irish male long jumpers
• American male long jumpers
• Irish emigrants to the United States