Frederick Blackett

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Frederick Blackett
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1900-01-17)17 January 1900 Bethnal Green
Died	17 May 1979(1979-05-17) (aged 79) London Borough of Enfield
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres hurdles
Club	Surrey AC

Frederick Joseph Blackett (17 January 1900 – 17 May 1979) was a British hurdler who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Career

Blackett finished second behind Wilfrid Tatham in the 440 yards hurdles event at the 1924 AAA Championships.^[3]^[4]^[5] Shortly afterwards he was selected for the British team at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris and reached the final of the 400 metres hurdles event but was disqualified for two false starts.

The following year Blackett finished third behind Ivan Riley in the 440 yards hurdles event at the 1925 AAA Championships.^[6]^[7]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fred Blackett Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Frederick Blackett". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ "To-day's Athletics". Gloucestershire Echo. 21 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Athletic Championships". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 23 June 1924. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
^ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 18 July 1925. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "New Holders". Daily News (London). 20 July 1925. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

v t e 1924 Great Britain Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Harold Abrahams H. B. Stallard John Benham Frederick Blackett Halland Britton David Burghley Guy Butler Arthur Clark Ernest Clark Charles Clibbon David Cummings Cyril Ellis Arthur Farrimond Sam Ferris Fred Gaby Gordon Goodwin Ernie Harper Eric Harrison Harry Houghton Charles Johnston Herbert Johnston Ernest Letherland Eric Liddell Douglas Lowe Thomas Matthewman Bertram Macdonald Jack McKenna Albert Mills Evelyn Montague Edgar Mountain Sidney Newey Wilfred Nichol Leopold Partridge Walter Porter Walter Rangeley George Renwick Richard Ripley Lancelot Royle Frank Saunders William Seagrove Arthur Sewell Sonny Spencer Ralph Starr Wilfrid Tatham Edward Toms Gordon Watts George Webber Eddie Webster Joseph Williams Dunky Wright
Men's field athletes	Charles Beckwith James Campbell Jock Dalrymple Henri Dauban de Silhouette Robert Dickinson Jack Higginson Crawford Kerr Harold Langley Chris MacKintosh Malcolm Nokes John Odde Donald Slack Percy Spark Arthur Willis Rex Woods

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