Harry Kane (born 24 May 1933) is a British former Olympic

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. Born "Harry Cohen" to a Jewish family in England, he set British and Maccabiah Games records during his career.

Biography

Kane set an English inter-country record in the 440 yard hurdles, and matched the Scottish all-comers record. In 1952, at the British Athletic Championships he won the 120 yard hurdles with a time of 15.4, and the 200 yard hurdles with a time of 23.3. At the

1953 Maccabiah Games Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 23 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games, held September 20 to 29, in 18 branches of sports. Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi opened the Games at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, in ...

, Kane won the 400 meter with a games record times of 50.5. In 1954, at the British Athletic Championships he won the 440 yard hurdles with a time of 53.4. In 1954, competing for England, Kane was second in the

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440 yard hurdles, with a time of 53.3. His personal best in the 400 was 51.5, in 1954, setting a British record. In 1954, he was ranked seventh in the world in the 400 hurdles. Kane competed for England in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, in the 400 meter hurdles. In 1957, he was ranked eighth in the world in the 400 hurdles. That year, Kane won a gold medal at the

1957 Maccabiah Games Twenty-one countries sent 980 athletes to compete in the 1957 5th Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletics competition similar to the Olympics. The opening ceremony on September 15, 1957, was held in Ramat Gan Stadium, with athletes para ...

in the quarter mile run, won the 400 meter hurdles, and took a silver medal in the 200 meter hurdles, with a time of 25.3 seconds. In his early athletics career, in May 1949, Kane finished runner up in two flat races in an athletics competition held in Victoria Park, Bethnal Green. Kane finished second in the 220yds sprint to his cousin, Ivor Baylin and Kane finished second to Dove in the 440yds race. Source: Oxford & St Georges senior club 'Snippets' newsletter dated 14 May 1949

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Harry 1933 births Living people British male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Place of birth missing (living people) Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Great Britain English Jews Jewish male athletes (track and field) Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 1957 Maccabiah Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games