Henry Stallard

Henry Stallard (actually Hyla Bristow Stallard, born April 28, 1901 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, † October 21, 1973 in Hartfield, East Sussex ) was a British middle-distance runner, who was successful in the early 1920s.

Education and work

Stallard studied medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and later worked in London as an ophthalmologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital and at Moorfields Eye Hospital. In 1972 he was appointed president of the British Society of Ophthalmology.

Sports career

Henry Stallard occurred while Oxbridge Sports Day first appearance, where he three times in a row - was victorious over the mile - 1920, 1921 and 1922. Also in the British National Championships he was three times on the podium:

In 1921 he was runner-up over 1 mile, where he, like the winner Albert Hill remained below the previous national record and in 4:14,2 min improved his personal best by about eight seconds.

At a launch in 1926, he resigned, after he had recently a patient at his hospital donated blood.

In 1924 he took part in the Olympic Games in Paris, where he went to the start about 800 m and 1500 m. About 800 m he won both the pre-and the intermediate run. In the final he ran with 1:53,0 min personal best, but had the misfortune to be referenced by the contemporaneous American Enck Schuyler centimeters in fourth place. Worse still for him in advance about 1500 m. Although he was in 4:11,8 min first, but withdrew it a stress fracture in his right foot. Despite this handicap, he went to the finals. Here triumphed in the Finn Paavo Nurmi, the minute the Swiss Willy Schärer 1.4 seconds left in the Olympic record time of 3:53,6 behind. Henry Stallard ran with the courage of despair - a pain- killing injection had been denied him - and made the impossible: He pushed the Olympic champion in the 800 meters, his compatriot Douglas Lowe, from the medals and placed with 3:55,6 min a British country record. For this he was rewarded with the bronze medal.

Henry Stallard was 1.86 m tall and weighed 72 kg.

Records

  • Junior record over 1 mile in 4:27,5 min ( 1920)
  • British record over 1500 m in 3:55,6 min ( 1924)
  • World record in the 4 x 880 y at the Penn Relays (1920 )

Personal best

  • 440 y: 50.0 s, 1925
  • 800 m: 1:53,0 min, 1924
  • 1500 m: 3:55,6 min, 1924
  • 1 miles: 4:14,2 min, 1921
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Mile run Albert Hill (athlete) Douglas Lowe (athlete)
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