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Charles Edward Swain (16 January 1885 – 9 February 1974) was an Australian athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London on the Australasia team, a combined squad of competitors from Australia and New Zealand.
Born in Brisbane, Swain participated in the 1500 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London. He was drawn in a heat with five other runners, but Swain was one of the four athletes who did not finish the race and qualify for the final.
Swain was a member of the Toowong Harriers in Brisbane, and his best race at the National Track and Field events came in the 1909–10 season when he was runner-up in the 880-yard race.
References
Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
External links
Charles Swain at Australian Athletics Historical Results
Charles Swain at Olympedia