| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1912 Stockholm | 4x100m relay | |
Henry Maitland Macintosh (June 10, 1892, Kelso - July 26, 1918) was a Scottish athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Athletics, known as Track and Field in the United States has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1912 in These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Kelso (known locally as Kelsae) is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, located where the rivers Tweed and Teviot Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International During a relay race, members of a team take turns Running, Orienteering, Swimming, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon, or Skating The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1912 in
Macintosh was educated at Glenalmond College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Glenalmond College (formerly known as Trinity College Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent Boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Corpus Christi College (full name The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary, often shortened to simply Corpus) is a College of the University At the Stockholm Olympics, Henry Macintosh was eliminated in the first round of 100 m and did not finish in the semifinal of 200 m. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games As the Second leg in the British 4x100 m relay team, he won a gold medal, in spite of finishing second after United States in the semifinal. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the United States was later disqualified for a fault in passing the baton, the same mistake was made in the final by world record holder and main favourite German team. A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline usually a Sports event Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
Commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Macintosh died at age 26, from wounds sustained during the Second Battle of the Somme, in 1918. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was an Infantry Regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. During the First World War, the Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought on the Western Front from the end of the summer in the basin of