Great Olympians

Biographies - MCG

Kathleen Ann "Kathy" McGahey

B. 1960-03-05, Philadelphia, Penn., USA
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1984	HP
Women's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Desmond "Des" McGann

B. 1945-07-21, from Dublin, represented Ireland
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Marathon	42nd	-4.60
		0.00006

Ethel McGary

B. 1907-10-21, New York, NY, USA; D. 1975-05-05
Aquatics - Swimming

	1928	HP
Women's 400 m Freestyle	SF:4th	328
		328

R. McGaw

Olympic Competitor nr 3669

1908-07-14-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Great Britain - eighth (48)

Richard Michael "Rich" McGeagh

B. 1944-03-11, Los Angeles, Cal., USA; D. 2021-09-09
Aquatics - Swimming (1 gold)

	1964	HP
Men's 4x100 metres Medley Relay	(gold)	64
		64

B. 1976-02-24, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cycking - Track (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

1996 2000 2004 2008 HP

Individual Pursuit bronze bronze silver 9th 11088

Team Pursuit bronze QF gold (fourth) 9438.125

20526.125

	1996	2000	2004	2008	HP
Individual Pursuit	bronze	bronze	silver	9th	11088
Team Pursuit	bronze	QF	gold	(fourth)	9438.125
					20526.125

Jimmy McGee

from Athlone, Ireland
Basketball

	1948	HP
Men's Team	23rd	0.128
		0.128

Pamela Denise McGee

B. 1962-12-01, Flint, Mich., USA
Basketball (1 gold)

	1984	HP
Women's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Patrick Lucey "Pat" McGeer

B. 1927-06-29, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Basketball

	1948	HP
Men's Team	9th	80
		80

David McGill

B. 1901-10-25, Victoria, Man., Canada
Athletics

	1924	HP
Men's 5000 m	R1:7th	1.08
		1.08

Knowles Edgar McGill

B. 1942-02-21, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Biathlon

	1968	HP
4 x 7.5 km Relay	dnf	4
		4

The first runner in the relay (George Ede) did not finish his course, which makes this athlete one of those rare true Olympians who nevertheless never actually competed in an Olympic event. (see a list here)

Linda Carol McGill

B. 1945-12-17, represented Australia
Aquatics - Swimming

	1964	HP
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke	R1:20th	1.25
Women's 100 metres Butterfly	R1:22nd	0.5
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley	fifth	1500
Women's 4x100 metres Medley Relay	R1:9th	40
		1541.75

David Lachlan McGillivray

B. 1949-09-30, Sarnia, Ont., Canada
Figure Skating

	1968	HP
Men's Singles	16th	9.6
		9.6

Perry McGillivray

B. 1893-08-05, Chicago, Ill., USA
Aquatics - Swimming & Aquatics - Water Polo (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1912	1920	HP
100 m Freestyle	SF:3rd		400
100 m Backstroke		fourth	2400
4x200 m Free-style Relay	silver	gold	3250
Water Polo		sixth	800
			6850

Olympic Competitor nr 5624

1912-07-06-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-07-13:30 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, quarterfinals - second (Q)
1912-07-09-20:00 - Swimming - Men's 100 m Free-style, semifinals, special heat - third (400)
1912-07-12-19:10? - Swimming - Men's 4x200 m Free-style Relay, round one - first (Q)
1912-07-15-12:45 - Swimming - Men's 4x200 m Free-style Relay, final - second (1000)

Charles McGinnis

B. 1906-10-04, Kansas City, MO, USA; D. 1995-04-29
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1928	HP
Men's High Jump	7th	600
Men's Pole Vault	bronze	3840
		4440

Donna McGinnis

B. 1968-09-23, Edmonton, Alb., Canada
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	1988	HP
Women's 400 m Freestyle	10th		100
Women's 800 m Freestyle	10th		100
Women's 200 m Butterfly		disq	0.0256
Women's 400 m Individual Medley	sixth		640
			840.0256

Richard Anthony "Dick" McGlynn

B. 1948-06-19, Medford, Mass., USA
Ice Hockey (1 silver)

	1972	HP
Men's Team	silver	2000
		2000

Edward Finn "Ted" McGlynn

B. 1931-08-27, Parkes, NSW, Australia; D. 2012-04-24
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's 4x100m Relay	SF:4th	82
		82

John "Johnny" McGonigle

B. 1944-09-14, Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
Boxing

	1968	HP
Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)	R1	1.786
		1.786

John McGough

B. 1881-01-20, Armagh, (now Northern-) Ireland, Great Britain; D. 1967-04-23
Athletics - Track & Field

	1906	1908	HP
Men's 800 metres	R1:ac		4.477
Men's 1500 metres	silver	R1:3rd	3000.995
Men's 5 miles	ac		48.02
			3053.492

Although born (and died) in Ireland, he lived in Scotland from his youth and was a postman in Glasgow - so I count him as British

Olympic Competitor nr 2919

1906-04-25-17:00 - Athletics - 800 m, round one - AC (4.477)
1906-04-25-18:30 - Athletics - 5 miles - AC (48.02)
1906-04-27-16:00 - Athletics - 1500 m, round one - first (Q)
1906-04-30-15:00 - Athletics - 1500 m, final - second (3000)
1908-07-13-16:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1500 m, round one - third (0.995)

David Fisher McGowan

B. 1838-01-10, Perry cty, Penn., USA; D. 1924-09-22
Archery

	1904	HP
Men's Double York Round	11th	48
		48

Olympic Competitor nr 2275

1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double York Round - men - 11th (48)

Malcolm R. McGowan

B. 1955-10-24, London, England, Great Britain
Rowing (1 silver)

	1980	1984	HP
Men's Eights	silver	fifth	2500
			2500

Mickey McGowan

B. 1900-06-19, Montr&eacte;al, Québ., Canada; D. 1977-12-29
Boxing

	1924	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57.2 kg)	R1	1.991
		1.991

Roy McGowan

B. 1939-11-21, Newtonards, NI, Great Britain, represented Ireland
Shooting

	1984	HP
Trap	53rd	-6.38
		0.000000384

Dennis Robert McGrane

B. 1962-07-07, Denver, Col., USA
Ski Jumping

	1984	1988	HP
Men's Normal Hill	33rd	43rd	0.0025856
Men's Large Hill	53rd		0.000000256
Men's Team		10th	25
			25.002585856

John McGrane

B. 1953-10-12, Glasgow, Scotland, represented Canada
Football

	1976	HP
Men's Team	R1:3rd	38.96
		38.96

(Charles) Felix McGrath

B. 1963-03-13, Princeton, NJ, USA
Alpine Skiing

	1988	HP
Men's Giant Slalom	13th	25.6
Men's Slalom	dnf	-17.16
Men's Combined	dnf	-7.64
		25.600000064

George McGrath

B. 1885-09-19, London, England, Great Britain; D. 1956-08-06
Hockey (1 gold)

	1920	HP
Men's Team	gold	3200
		3200

Kevin Robert McGrath

B. 1946-03-16, from NSW, represented Australia
Freestyle Wrestling

	1964	HP
Men's Bantamweight (-57 kg)	18th	3.84
		3.84

Matthew John McGrath

B.1878-12-18, Ireland; D.1941-01-29 - USA National
Track and Field , Tug-of-War (1 gold, 2 silver)

1908 1912 1920 1924 bonus HP

Hammer Throw silver gold fifth silver 5400 27000

4500 9600 1500 6000 5400 27000

Tug of War fifth 375

27375

	1908	1912	1920	1924	bonus	HP
Hammer Throw	silver	gold	fifth	silver	5400	27000
	4500	9600	1500	6000	5400	27000
Tug of War	fifth					375
						27375

One of three Irishmen who emigrated to the USA in search of Hammer glory (together with John Flanagan and 1920 gold medal winner Pat Ryan). He managed silver medals with a 16 year interval ! At 45, he was the oldest medal winner in any Athletics contest.
In Stockholm, the shortest of his six throws was 4 meters longer than the throw that won second place.

Olympic Competitor nr 3517

1908-07-14-10:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualifying - second (Q)
1908-07-14-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, final - second (4500)
1908-07-17-14:30 - Tug-of-War - Round One - lost (375)
1912-07-14-13:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, qualification - first (Q)
1912-07-14-15:30 - Athletics (track & field) - Hammer Throw, final - first (9600)

Gerard Michael "Mick" McGrath

B. 1947-11-28, from Sydney, represented Australia
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Triple Jump	QU:20th	1.5
		1.5

Robert Bilsland "Bobby" McGregor

B. 1944-04-03, Falkirk, Scotland, Great Britain
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)

	1964	1968	HP
Men's 100 metres Freestyle	silver	fourth	5600
Men's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay	7th	fourth	500
Men's 4x200 metres Freestyle Relay	R1:7th	R1:4th	31.4
Men's 4x100 metres Medley Relay	8th	R1:3rd	104
			6235.4

David McGregor

B. 1909-02-07, represented Great Britain
Aquatics - Water Polo

	1936	HP
Men's Team	8th	128
		128

Guy Dalrymple McGregor

B. 1930-07-11, Whangarei, New Zealand
Hockey

	1956	1960	HP
Men's Team	sixth	(fifth)	640
			640

Jim McGregor

B. 1887, Ladybrand, Free State, by 1920 in South Africa; D. 1950-04-20
Boxing

	1920	HP
Light Heavyweight (-79.4 kg)	R1	162
		162

William McGregor

B. 1949-12-03, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Judo

	1972	HP
Men's Half-Middleweight (-70 kg)	R1	0.933
		0.933

Verne Voorhees "Vern" McGrew, Jr.

B. 1929-12-07, Big Spring, Texas, USA; D. 2012-01-09
Athletics

	1948	HP
Men's High Jump	16th	9.6
		9.6

Brenda McGrory

B. 1956-04-29, represented Ireland
Aquatics - Swimming

	1972	HP
Women's 100 m Butterfly	21st	0.64
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	16th	1.6
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	14th	4
		5.24

Walter McGuffie

B. 1916-12-07, Manchester, England, Great Britain; D. 1996-04-08
Greco-Roman Wrestling

	1948	HP
Men's Flyweight (-52 kg)	11th	96
		96

Finbar Patrick "Barry" McGuigan

B. 1961-02-08, Clones, Ireland
Boxing

	1980	HP
Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)	R2	79.13
		79.13

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" McGuinness

B. 1920-06-24, Montréal, Québ., Canada
Equestrianism - Eventing

	1952	HP
Three−Day Event, Individual	29th	0.02
Three−Day Event, Team	dnf	0.4
		0.42

Dennis John McGuire

B. 1939-06-06; from NSW, represented Australia
Canoeing - Kayak Sprint

	1964	HP
Men's Kayak Fours 1000 metres	9th	80
		80

Edith McGuire

B. 1944-06-03, Atlanta, Geor., USA
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 silver)

	1964	HP
100 m	silver	4000
200 m	gold	6400
4 x 100 m Relay	silver	1000
		11400

Frank McGurk

Olympic Competitor nr 4852

1908-10-27-14:15? - Boxing - Bantamweight (-52.6 kg), round one - lost (1215)

Written 2001-05-20 - last modified 2024-10-14

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