C2 Jack Butler
Centurions
Jack Butler C2
Olympic walker, late 19th century and early 20th Century record holder and winner of the classic London to Brighton race
Jack Butler, C2
John "Jack" Butler (1871 – 3 October 1959) British racewalker.
Affiliations: Herne Hill Harriers, Mitcham also Polytechnic Harriers
CGBR Great Britain
After placing second in the AAA (Amateur Athletics Association) 4 mile walk for three successive years (1898-1900) Jack Butler was the winner of the 7-mile walk in 1901 and 1903.
He was at his best over longer distances than those in the Olympic programme, and was the winner the London-Brighton-London walk in 1902 and again in 1903 which was the Centurion qualifying race.
In October 1897, he broke the British record for every distance from 14 to 21 miles (20 miles in 2-49:26) and in June 1905; again in one race, he added the records up to 50 miles (7-52:27) also set records for all the hour intervals from four to eight hours.
Personal Bests: 7 mile walk 52:58.0 (1902); 10 mile walk 1-17:30.0 (1905).
[reference: sports reference website]
Jack competed in both the mens 3500 metres walk and 10,000 metres walk at the 1908 Summer Olympics and came 5th with a time of 16:17:0 (see results below)
He competed in Round 1, Heat 2 of the men's 10,000 metres walk, but did not finish.
results from the 1908 Olympic Games - Round 1 Heat 3