George Hill

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGeorge Neville•Hill
Used nameGeorge•Hill
Born26 February 1891 in Christchurch, Canterbury (NZL)
Died29 November 1944 in Auckland, Auckland (NZL)
AffiliationsAuckland AA, Auckland (NZL)
NOC Australasia
Nationality New Zealand

Biography

George Hill was one of three New Zealanders who competed for Australasia at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 and was the only one of the three not to win a medal. The others were Malcolm Champion and Tony Wilding. Hill was the New Zealand national mile champion for three years to 1912 and the three-mile champion in the 1910-11 and 1911-12 seasons. He also won the Australasian one- and three-miles titles in 1911.

Personal Bests: 3 miles – 14:53.0 (1912); 5000 – unknown; 10000 – unknown.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1912 Summer Olympics Athletics ANZ NZL George Hill
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS
5,000 metres, Men (Olympic) 4 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men (Olympic) AC h3 r1/2