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Harry William Payne (5 September 1892 – 5 July 1969) was a British long-distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and was a two-time national champion. He was born in Bedfordshire.

Athletics

On 26 May 1928, Payne debuted at the marathon distance and posted a fourth-place finish at the Polytechnic Marathon (2:54:50.8). Six weeks later on 6 July 1928, he won the Amateur Athletic Association's marathon championship in only his second marathon. His performance of 2:34:34 set on the Polytechnic Marathon course was a new British record. The following month, an injured Payne finished 13th in marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam (2:42:29).

At the 1929 AAA championships, Payne's 2:30:57.6 mark would earn him a second consecutive title and recapture the British marathon record from Sam Ferris – a mark that would stand for 22 years.In 2024, this mark was indicated by World Athletics as a world record. With this performance, Payne was ranked first in the marathon for 1929.

He competed in the marathon at the 1930 British Empire Games for England.

Personal life

He was a clerk at the time of the 1930 Games and lived in Woodford Green.

Notes

1. The International Association of Athletics Federations does not indicate that Payne's mark was a world best performance; however, it does appear as such in a similar list compiled by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians.

References

1. "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". Gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
2. ^ Martin, David E.; Roger W. H. Gynn (May 2000). The Olympic Marathon. Human Kinetics Publishers. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-88011-969-6.
3. "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. p. 565. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
4. "World Best Progressions- Road". Arrs.net. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
5. "Progression of World Athletics Records - Marathon pp. 398-399". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
6. "World Marathon Rankings for 1929". Arrs.net. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
7. "Yearly Rankings- Marathon". Arrs.net. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
8. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
9. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Payne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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