James P. Stark Explained
| Jimmy Stark |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 16 June 1929 (aged 44) |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprints |
| Club: | University of Glasgow |
James Primrose Stark (7 March 1885 - 16 June 1929) was a British & Scottish athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
Biography
Stark born in Glasgow, won two medals at the AAA Championships. He finished second behind John Morton in the 100 yards event and third in the 220 yards event at the 1905 AAA Championships.[2] [3]
At the Olympic Games in 1908 he competed in the 100 metres, Stark won his first round heat with a time of 11.8 seconds to advance to the semifinals. There, he took third place in his race and was eliminated from further competition. He took third place in his preliminary heat of the 200 metres, not advancing to the semifinals.
Sources
- Profile
- Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
- Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Athletics 1908 . Herman's Full Olympians . 20 July 2006 . 27 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html . dead .
- Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 20 July 2006 . pl . 14 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014230806/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . dead .
Notes and References
- Web site: James P. Stark . Olympedia . 5 March 2021.
- News: Amateur Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1905 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2024.
- Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 18 August 2024.
