Henry Pankhurst

Henry Pankhurst
Personal information
Born	1884; Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Died	9 May 1921; Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Salford Harriers

Henry John Pankhurst (1884 – 9 May 1921) was a British track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.^[1]

Biography

Pankhurst finished second behind Claude Jupp in the 220 yards event at the 1906 AAA Championships.^[2]^[3]

At the 1980 Olympic Games, he competed in the 100 metres. Pankhurst took second place in his first round heat with a time of 11.5 seconds, just behind Harold Huff, who won with 11.4 seconds. Pankhurst did not advance to the semifinals.

Pankhurst did not advance to the semifinals in the 200 metres, placing third in his preliminary heat.

References

^ "Henry Pankhurst". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ "Amateur Championships". Bristol Times and Mirror. 9 July 1906. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

Sources

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 20 July 2006.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 July 2006.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henry Pankhurst". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.