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Edgar Mountain

Edgar Mountain in 1921
Personal information
Born	2 April 1901 Camberwell, London, Great Britain
Died	30 April 1985 (aged 84) Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 m
Club	Surrey AC, Kingston-upon-Thames; University of Cambridge
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m – 1:53.8e (1920)

Edgar Donald Mountain (2 April 1901 – 30 April 1985) was a British middle-distance runner, who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Mountain, born Camberwell, London was educated at Sutton Valence School.

Mountain finished third behind Bevil Rudd in the 880 yards event at the 1920 AAA Championships. The following month at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium, he represented Great Britain in the 800 metres event and finished fourth, setting a British junior record.

Mountain became the National 880 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1921 AAA Championships and successfully defended his title the following year at the 1922 AAA Championships. He finished runner-up to Cecil Griffiths in the 880 yards in 1923.

He represented Great Britain for a second time at the 1924 Summer Olympics. After the 1924 Olympics, Mountain settled in South Africa and later became a specialist in South African geological formations and professor at Rhodes University. He discovered several minerals, and one them, mountainite, bears his name.

References

1. ^ Edgar Mountain. sports-reference.com
2. Edgar Mountain. trackfield.brinkster.net
3. "Edgar Mountain". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
4. "O.S. Sportsmen". The Suttonian. 34 (5): 54. 1988.
5. "The Athletic Championships". Weekly Dispatch (London). 4 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Athletics". Newcastle Journal. 5 July 1920. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "AAA Championships". Daily Mirror. 1 July 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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

• 1901 births
• 1985 deaths
• British male middle-distance runners
• Olympic athletes for Great Britain
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• English emigrants to South Africa
• People educated at Sutton Valence School
• People from Camberwell
• Athletes from the London Borough of Southwark
• English male middle-distance runners
• 20th-century English sportsmen