Charles Swain (athlete)

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]

Charles Swain

Personal information
Born	(1885-01-16)16 January 1885 Brisbane, Australia
Died	9 February 1974(1974-02-09) (aged 89) Brisbane, Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Track and field
Club	Toowong Harriers, Toowong, Brisbane

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 unfortunately Swain was one of the four athletes who didn't finish the race so didn't qualify for the final.[2]

Swain was a member of the Toowong Harriers in Brisbane,[1] 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.[3]

References

1. "Charles Swain". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
2. "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games, 1500 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
3. "Charles SWAIN (Qld)". athhistory.imgstg.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2006.