James Lintott

James Lintott

Personal information
Born	29 March 1886 Wallington, London, England
Died	21 April 1963 (aged 77) Croydon, London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	middle-distance
Club	Ranelagh Harriers, Richmond

James Frederick Lintott (born 29 March 1886 in Wallington, London, died 21 April 1963 in Croydon) was a British athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Lintott finished third in the 880 yards event behind Arthur Astley at the 1906 AAA Championships. ^{[3] [4]}

At the 1908 Olympic Games, Lintott represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics and placed second in his semifinal heat of the 800 metres, not advancing to the final. He stayed close to winner Mel Sheppard, finishing at 1:58.8 to Sheppard's 1:58.0 before the American runner broke the world record and won the gold medal in the final. ^[1]

References

1. "James Lintott". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
2. "The Olympic Games, British Representatives" . The Sportsman. 12 June 1908. Retrieved 10 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Amateur Championships" . Bristol Times and Mirror. 9 July 1906. Retrieved 19 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

Sources

• "James Lintott". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
• 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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2006.

External links

• James Lintott at Olympedia