Charles Swain (athlete) explained

Charles Swain
Birth Date:16 January 1885
Birth Place:Brisbane, Australia
Death Place:Brisbane, Australia
Sport:Track and field
Club:Toowong Harriers, Toowong, Brisbane
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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, 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Swain. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/charles-swain-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 10 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Charles Swain . Olympedia . 7 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games, 1500 metres. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-1500-metres-round-one.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 10 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Charles SWAIN (Qld). athhistory.imgstg.com. 10 October 2017.

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