Great Olympians

Biographies - McG

R. McGaw

Olympic Competitor nr 3669

• 1908-07-14-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Great Britain - eighth (48)

Bradley McGee

Australia
Cycling - track (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

	1996	2000	2004	2008	HP
Individual Pursuit	bronze	bronze	silver	9th	11088
Team Pursuit	bronze	QF	gold	(fourth)	9438.125
					20526.125

Perry McGillivray

Olympic Competitor nr 5624

• 1912-07-06-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-07-13:30 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, quarterfinals - second (Q)
• 1912-07-09-20:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, semifinals, special heat - third (400)
• 1912-07-12-19:10? - Swimming - Men's 4x200 m Free-style Relay, round one - first (Q)
• 1912-07-15-12:45 - Swimming - Men's 4x200 m Free-style Relay, final - second (1000)
• 1920 1600 + 2400 (100A)
• bonus 650

+wat 20

John McGough

Olympic Competitor nr 2919

• 1906-04-25-17:00 - Athletics - 800 m, round one - AC (4.477)
• 1906-04-25-18:30 - Athletics - 5 miles - AC (48.02)
• 1906-04-27-16:00 - Athletics - 1500 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1906-04-30-15:00 - Athletics - 1500 m, final - second (3000)
• 1908-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - third (0.995)

Although born (and died) in Ireland, he lived in Scotland from his youth and was a postman in Glasgow - so I count him as British

David McGowan

Olympic Competitor nr 2275

• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double York Round - men - 11th (48)

Matthew John McGrath

B.1878-12-18, Ireland; D.1941-01-29 - USA National
Track and Field , Tug-of-War (1 gold, 2 silver)

	1908	1912	1920	1924	bonus	HP
Hammer Throw	silver	gold	fifth	silver	5400	27000
	4500	9600	1500	6000	5400	27000
Tug of War	fifth					375
						27375

One of three Irishmen who emigrated to the USA in search of Hammer glory (together with John Flanagan and 1920 gold medal winner Pat Ryan). He managed silver medals with a 16 year interval ! At 45, he was the oldest medal winner in any Athletics contest.
In Stockholm, the shortest of his six throws was 4 meters longer than the throw that won second place.

Olympic Competitor nr 3517

• 1908-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualifying - second (Q)
• 1908-07-14-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, final - second (4500)
• 1908-07-17-14:30 - Tug-of-War - Round One - lost (375)
• 1912-07-14-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualification - first (Q)
• 1912-07-14-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, final - first (9600)

Frank McGurk

Olympic Competitor nr 4852

• 1908-10-27-14:15? - Boxing - Bantamweight (-52.6 kg), round one - lost (1215)

Written 2001-05-20 - last modified 2011-08-15

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