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British athlete Not to be confused with Edwin Montagu.

Edwin Montague
Personal information
Born13 April 1885
Lambeth, London, England
Died28 December 1937 (aged 52)
Fulham, London, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m/440y
ClubSouth London Harriers

Edwin Herbert Montague (13 April 1885 – 28 December 1937) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography

Montague finished third in the 440 yards AAA Championships event at the 1903 AAA Championships and second at the 1904 AAA Championships. Another third place at the 1905 AAA Championships was followed by him finally winning the 440 yards title at the 1907 AAA Championships.

At the 1908 Olympic Games, Montague won his preliminary heat in the 400 metres with a time of 50.2 seconds. He dropped his time to 49.8 seconds in the semifinals but lost to Wyndam Halswelle, who set a new Olympic record at 48.4 seconds in the race. Montague's second-place finish in the semifinals prevented him from advancing to the final.

He was also a member of the British team, which was eliminated in the first round of the medley relay event by the United States.

References

  1. "Edwin Montague". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. "The Amateur Championships". Leeds Mercury. 6 July 1903. Retrieved 3 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The Amateur Championships". Daily News (London). 4 July 1904. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. "Amateur Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 3 July 1905. Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Champion athletes". Daily Record. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "AAA Championships". Sporting Life. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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 24 July 2006.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2006.

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