He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal, an event memorialized by the 1982 hit movie Chariots of Fire. The race winner was Eric Liddell, who had passed up the 100-metre dash, his specialty, because it was being held on Sunday.
After graduating with a degree in engineering, Fitch went to work for a company building Chicago's new Union Station. He found time, however, to compete for the Chicago Athletic Association. After winning the 1923 AAU 440-yard national championship with a time of 50.0 seconds, he was invited to participate in the Olympic tryouts at Harvard the month before the Paris Games. He finished behind Taylor, a Princeton graduate, who set a new world record of 48.1 in the semifinals and was one of nine quartermilers the U.S. took to Paris.
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^"Horatio Fitch". Olympedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
External linksedit
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015.
January 01, 1970
horatio, fitch, horatio, fitch, december, 1900, chicago, illinois, 1985, estes, park, colorado, american, athlete, competed, mainly, metres, olympic, medal, record, athletics, representing, united, states, 1924, paris, metres, 1924, competed, united, states, 1. Horatio May Fitch December 16 1900 Chicago Illinois May 4 1985 Estes Park Colorado was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres 1 Olympic medal record Men s athletics Representing the United States 1924 Paris 400 metres Horatio Fitch 1924 He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal an event memorialized by the 1982 hit movie Chariots of Fire The race winner was Eric Liddell who had passed up the 100 metre dash his specialty because it was being held on Sunday After graduating with a degree in engineering Fitch went to work for a company building Chicago s new Union Station He found time however to compete for the Chicago Athletic Association After winning the 1923 AAU 440 yard national championship with a time of 50 0 seconds he was invited to participate in the Olympic tryouts at Harvard the month before the Paris Games He finished behind Taylor a Princeton graduate who set a new world record of 48 1 in the semifinals and was one of nine quartermilers the U S took to Paris References edit Horatio Fitch Olympedia Retrieved September 16 2021 External links editEvans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Horatio Fitch Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on October 1 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Horatio Fitch amp oldid 1172025148, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
