Denis Shore

Denis Shore ( Denis Victor Shore; born May 24, 1915 in Johannesburg , † April 4, 1963 in Durban ) was a South African sprinter .

At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 , he reached the quarter-finals over 400 m and was eliminated with the South African team in the run-up to the 4-by-400-meter relay .

In 1938 he won bronze over 440 yards at the British Empire Games in Sydney ; over 100 yards and 220 yards he was eliminated in the semifinals.

At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he reached the semi-finals over 400 m and the quarter-finals over 200 m .

Personal bests

• 100 yards: 9.5 s, September 26, 1938, Johannesburg
• 100 m : 10.6 s, 1944
• 220 yards: 21.1 s, November 13, 1937, Johannesburg (corresponds to 21.0 s over 200 m)
• 440 yards: 47.0 s, December 10, 1938, Krugersdorp (corresponds to 46.7 s over 400 m)

Web links

• Denis Shore in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Denis Shore in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )