George Goulding

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George Goulding (1912)

Full name George Henry Goulding
nation Canada 1868Canada Canada
birthday November 17, 1885
place of birth Kingston upon Hull ,  UK
date of death 3rd February 1966
Place of death Toronto ,  Canada
Career
discipline Long distance running ; Go
society Central YMCA Toronto
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Stockholm 1912 10,000 m walking

George Henry Goulding (born November 17, 1885 in Kingston upon Hull , England , † February 3, 1966 in Toronto ) was a Canadian athlete .

At the Olympic Games in 1908 , George Goulding competed in three disciplines. In walking over 3500 meters, he finished fourth. In walking over 10 miles, he gave up in the preliminary fight. In the marathon , he finished 22nd in 3:33:26 hours.

Four years later at the Olympic Games in 1912 , he won the preliminary battle in the 10,000-meter track in front of the Briton Ernest Webb . In the final, Webb was the only one who could reasonably follow Goulding's pace and won silver. Goulding won gold in 46: 28.4 minutes, the first official world record on this route.

literature

  • Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .
  • Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV

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George Goulding at the 1912 Olympics
personal data
SURNAME Goulding, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goulding, George Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston upon Hull
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1966
Place of death Toronto