Harrison Smith

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHarrison Preserved•Smith
Used nameHarrison•Smith
Born5 November 1876 in Winchester, New Hampshire (USA)
Died24 August 1947 in Upper Montclair, New Jersey (USA)
AffiliationsNYAC, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Competing for Yale, Harrison Smith placed second in the 880y in the 1900 Harvard dual meet. He later ran for the NYAC. Smith graduated from Yale in 1900, the same year he competed in England on a combined Harvard-Yale team against Oxbridge.

After college, Smith taught mathematics at the Hackley School for Boys in Tarrytown, New York. He then ran a dairy farm before becoming personnel manager of United Cigar Stores of New York.

Personal Best: 880y – 2:00.6 (1900).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1900 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Harrison Smith
400 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS
800 metres, Men (Olympic) AC h2 r1/2
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) DNS