| Victor Aitken | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Sport: | Long-distance running |
| Event: | Marathon |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia |
Victor Aitken (23 May 1887 - 31 October 1962) was an Australian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] He was a non-smoker and teetotaller.
Aitken's first notable achievement in athletics was when he came second in the 1905 one-mile walking championship of Victoria and he also came second in the 1907 5-mile championship of Victoria in Ballarat. He them came first in the 7-mile open handicap at Heidelberg and the 10-mile championship of Victoria breaking the record by completing it in 59 minutes and 5 seconds.
In 1908 Aitken was selected as a Marathon representative for the Olympic Games in London and he ran twenty-two and a half miles before retiring due to "sleepiness". A week after arriving home from the Olympics he came sixth in the 10-mile championship. In 1909 he achieved record times in his three and five-mile club races and he broke his own record in the 10-mile championship of Victoria by 19 seconds.[2]