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Douglas Gordon Arthur Lowe (7 August 1902 – 30 March 1981) was a British double Olympic Games champion, winning gold medals in 1924 and 1928. On both occasions he set British 800-metres records of 1:52.4 and 1:51.8 respectively, the latter also being an Olympic record. [3]
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- 7 August 1902, Manchester, England
- 70 kg (154 lb)
- 30 March 1981 (aged 78), Cranbrook, Kent, England
Douglas Lowe was the first man to retain an Olympic 800 metres title and he surprisingly won his first Olympic gold medal in 1924, before he had won an AAA title. At Highgate School, Lowe won the Public Schools half-mile in 1920 and while at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he won a blue for soccer and athletics.
Douglas Lowe was the first man to retain an Olympic 800 metres title and he surprisingly won his first Olympic gold medal in 1924, before he had won an AAA title. At Highgate School, Lowe won the Public Schools half-mile in 1920 and while at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he won a blue for soccer and athletics. He finished third in the 880 yards ...
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When Great Britain’s Douglas Lowe won the men’s 800m gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris, he probably was not given the credit he deserved because of an injury which hit the overwhelming favourite.
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Athletics. (1294 IOC) Ovett and Coe swapping world records with every run stirred the British imagination like seldom before but at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris it was another pair of British runners who were aiming to stealing the limelight.
The defending champion, Douglas Lowe, was back, and won the AAA title a few weeks before the 1928 Olympics. He would be challenged by German Otto Peltzer , who set the 880 yard record in 1926, and Frenchman Séra Martin , who had broken the 800 standard a few weeks before the Olympics.
