Ernest Loney

Ernest Vincent Loney (3 July 1882 – 27 August 1951) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography Loney was originally a member of Stoke AC before becoming a member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club.

Loney represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the fourth round of the 1500 metres, Loney finished first with a time of 4:08.4 to qualify for the final. There, he pace set in an attempt to tire eventual winner Mel Sheppard and did not end up finishing the race.British Olympic Association, The Fourth Olmpiad, p. 60

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