Jimmy Stark

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJames Primrose "Jimmy"•Stark
Used nameJimmy•Stark
Born7 March 1885 in Glasgow, Scotland (GBR)
Died16 June 1929 (aged 44 years 3 months 9 days) in Glasgow, Scotland (GBR)
AffiliationsUniversity of Glasgow, Glasgow (GBR)
NOC Great Britain

Biography

James Stark was Scottish champion at 100 y (1904-05, 1908) and 220 y (1905) and second at 100 y and third at 220 y at the 1905 AAA Championships. In the Scotland vs. Ireland match he won the 100 y (1905-06) and the 220 y (1905). He worked for a firm of Glasgow solicitors.

Personal Bests: 100y – 10.2 (1905); 220y – 22.6 (1905).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Athletics GBR Jimmy Stark
100 metres, Men (Olympic) 3 h4 r2/3
200 metres, Men (Olympic) 3 h11 r1/3