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Abrahams at the 1924 Olympics. Harold Maurice Abrahams CBE (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.
Harold Abrahams (born Dec. 15, 1899, Bedford, England—died Jan. 14, 1978, London) was a British athlete who won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Abrahams was born into an athletic family; his older brother Sidney represented Great Britain in the Olympics in 1912.
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Thanks to the film Chariots of Fire and its memorable soundtrack by Vangelis, everyone knows the story of British sprinters Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, the respective winners of gold in the 100m and 400m at the Games of the VIII Olympiad.
Harold Abrahams leans into Olympic gold - Men's 100m - Athletics - Paris 1924 Olympic Games. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe British athlete Harold Abrahams was a...
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After an interval of two weeks, he won the 100 yards and long jump at the AAA Championships and then went to Paris for the Olympic Games. Following a near-disaster at the start of the semi-finals for the 100 metres, he ran magnificently in the final to beat the American Jackson Scholz by two feet.
The stories of British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams are known to many through the 1981 Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. As the movie tells it, Liddell was boarding a boat to the 1924 Paris Olympics when he discovered that the qualifying heats for his event, the 100-metre.
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May 7, 2024 · Relive the epic story of Team GB and gold medallist Harold Abrahams at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as the long jumper attempted to win the 100m event.
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