Percy Hodge

Hodge was born in Guernsey, but then moved to Weymouth and Bournemouth, finally settling in Bexhill-on-Sea. He became the National 2 miles steeplechase champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships.^[2][3]

The following year in 1920, he retained his AAA title^[4] despite his shoe falling off in the second lap causing him to stop and lose some 100 yards, yet he won the race by a margin of 75 yards. He also finished ninth at the International Cross Country Championships and helped his team to win first place in 1920.^[5] Shortly after, he was selected for the Olympic Games. The 1920 Summer Olympics were the first to include a (now common) 3000 m steeplechase. This was run on a grass course, unlike later competitions. Percy Hodge was the favourite, easily winning his heat and outrunning the rest of the field. He won the final in a time of 10:00.4, some 100 m ahead of second-placed Patrick Flynn from the United States. Hodge also ran in the heats of the 3000 m team event, in which Great Britain won a silver medal.^[5]

Hodge retained his AAA title again in 1921^[6][7] and 1923.^[8]

• Percy Hodge at Olympics.com
• Percy Hodge at World Athletics
• Percy Hodge at European Athletics
• Percy Hodge at Team GB

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