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湯姆斯·伯克
Thomas Burke

湯姆斯·伯克
个人资料
出生	1875年1月15日 美國马萨诸塞州波士頓
逝世	(1929-02-14) 1929年2月14日 美國马萨诸塞州波士頓
母校	波士頓大學法學院
身高	1.83米（6英尺0英寸）
体重	66公斤（146英磅）
运动
运动	田徑
项目	100公尺、200公尺、400公尺、800公尺
俱乐部	波士頓田徑協會
成绩与头衔
个人最好成绩	100公尺：11.2（1895年） 200公尺：22.6（1897年） 400公尺：48.5（1896年） 800公尺：1:55.9（1897年）
奖牌记录 男子田徑 代表美國 奧林匹克運動會 1896年 雅典 100公尺 1896年 雅典 400公尺

湯姆斯·埃德蒙·"湯姆"·伯克（Thomas Edmund "Tom" Burke，1875年1月15日—1929年2月14日）是一名美國田徑運動員，主攻短跑項目。他曾經獲得1896年夏季奧林匹克運動會田徑比賽100公尺及400公尺冠軍。

人物

伯克就讀於波士頓大學法學院時嶄露不俗的短跑能力，曾贏得業餘田徑聯盟440碼冠軍。1896年，他參加夏季奧林匹克運動會，跌破眾人眼鏡擊敗眾家好手，以12.0秒獲得100公尺冠軍。當時他的蹲姿起跑Burke, a student at Boston University School of Law, was a reputed runner in the 400 meters and 440 yards, having won the AAU title (440 yards) in 1895. He had no such reputation for the first event he entered in the inaugural modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896. With many top sprinters absent, Burke surprisingly won the 100 meters. He was also noted for his "crouch start", which was uncommon at that time but in standard use now. His time in the final was 12.0 seconds. In the preliminary heat, he had an even better time – 11.8 seconds.

At the same Olympics, Burke also won the 400 meters, his top event. His times for that event were 58.4 seconds in the preliminary heats and 54.2 seconds in the final, in both of which Burke finished first.

Later in his career, Burke specialized in the longer distances, winning IC4A titles in the 440 and 880 yards events. In 1897, he was one of the initiators of the annually held Boston Marathon, inspired by the success of the marathon event at the 1896 Olympics.

Burke later became a lawyer, but was also an athletics coach and a part-time journalist, writing for The Boston Journal and the Boston Post.

Further reading

• Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime. The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition. London: Aurum Press. 2012: 43–44, 77. ISBN 978 1 84513 695 6.