Harvey Hurd Lord (August 13, 1878 in

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– May 3, 1920 in

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) was an American

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

who competed at the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

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, France. Lord competed in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He placed third in his first-round (semifinals) heat and did not advance to the final. He also competed in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

, again finishing third in his semifinal heat to not advance to the final. His daughter is the writer

Eda Lord Eda Hurd Lord (July 30, 1907 – October 22, 1976) was an American writer and longtime companion of writer Sybille Bedford. Early life Eda Lord was born in Durango, Mexico on July 30, 1907. Her father, Harvey Lord, was managing a mine there, bu ...

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* * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically a

. * 1878 births 1920 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States American male sprinters Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois Track and field athletes from Illinois Chicago Maroons athletes 19th-century American sportsmen {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub