James Hatton

{{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image=James Hatton 1922.jpg | image_size = |caption=James Hatton in 1922 |birth_date= {{birth year|1897}} |birth_place= Retford, Nottinghamshire, England | death_date = | death_place = |sport=Athletics |event=3,000–10,000 m |club= Surrey AC |pb=3000 m – 9:00.6 (1920)<br> 5000 m – 15:29.0 (1922)<br> 10,000 m – 32:13.3e (1920) |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }} '''James Hatton''' also referred to as '''Jack Hatton''' (born 1897, date of death unknown) was a British long-distance runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69122 |title=James Hatton |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref>

== Career == At the 1920 Olympic Games, he finished fifth in the 10,000 m final and tenth in the 3,000 m race, in which Great Britain won the silver team medal. Hatton did not receive a medal because only three best runners from a team were counted; Hatton was fourth.<ref name=r1/>

Hatton finished second behind Walter Monk in the 4 miles event at the 1921 AAA Championships and fourth in the one mile.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19210702/056/0003 |title=Athletics |work=Northern Whig |date=2 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19210704/131/0006 |title=Where Britain leads |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=4 July 1921 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 November 2024 }}</ref> Hatton was the Northern Counties champion over 10 miles in 1920 and 4 miles in 1921; the same year, he won the 3 miles at the Kinnaird international meeting and the 4 miles at the Triangular International.<ref name=r1/>

Hatton emigrated to Australia in 1923 and set several Australian records. He won the NSW state championship in 1926 and was a member of Manly AC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41319988?searchTerm=athlete%20james%20hatton |title=Champion runner retires |work=The West Australian |date=8 July 1937 |via=Trove |access-date=30 November 2024 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatton, James}} Category:1897 births Category:Date of death missing Category:British men long-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Category:English emigrants to Australia Category:English men long-distance runners Category:Sportspeople from Retford