Arthur L. Newton

Arthur L. Newton
Medal record

Men’s athletics
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
	1904 St. Louis	4 mile team
	1904 St. Louis	2590 m steeplechase
	1904 St. Louis	Marathon

Arthur Lee Newton (June 24, 1883 – May 1956) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the distance events. He was born in Upton, Massachusetts and died in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[1]

Biography

He participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 2,500 metre steeplechase finishing 4th and in the marathon finishing 5th.

He also competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, United States in the 4 mile team where he won the gold medal with his teammates George Underwood, Paul Pilgrim, 800 meter silver medalist Howard Valentine, and David Munson. He also won bronze medals in the marathon and 2,590 meter steeplechase.

He was married twice; his second wife was Frieda Muehlichen, and their daughter was Elaine.

References

↑ Arthur Newton. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-08-06.

Database Olympics profile

Olympic champions in men's team race

5000 metre team	1900: Great Britain/Australia Charles Bennett John Rimmer Sidney Robinson Alfred Tysoe Stan Rowley

4 mile team	1904: United States Arthur Newton George Underwood Paul Pilgrim Howard Valentine David Munson

3 mile team	1908: Great Britain Joe Deakin Archie Robertson William Coales

3000 metre team	1912: United States Tell Berna Norman Taber George Bonhag Abel Kiviat Louis Scott 1920: United States Horace Brown Arlie Schardt Ivan Dresser 1924: Finland Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Elias Katz

US National Championship winners in men's 10,000-meter run

1876-1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-79: Not held

1879-1888 NAAAA	1880: James Gifford 1881: W.C. Davies 1882-83: Tom Delaney 1884: Geo. Stonebridge 1885: Peter Skillman 1886-87: Edward Carter 1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888-91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff 1892-93: William Day 1894: Charles Bean 1899: Alex Grant 1900: Arthur Newton 1901: Frank Kanahy 1902: Alex Grant 1903: Not held 1904: John Joyce 1905: Frank Verner 1906: Wm. Nelson 1907: John Daly 1908: Fred Bellars 1909: Harry McLean 1910: William Kramer 1911: George Bonhag 1912: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Harry Smith 1913: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Joie Ray 1914: Ville Kyrönen (FIN) * H.E. Weeks 1915: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Oliver Millard 1916: Joie Ray 1917-19: Charles Pores 1920^OT: Not held 1921-23: Earle Johnson 1924: Ilmar Prim 1925: George Lermond 1926: Phillip Osif 1927: Willie Ritola (FIN) * Russell Payne 1928^OT: Joie Ray 1929-31: Lou Gregory 1932^OT: Tom Ottey 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Eino Pentti 1935: Tom Ottey 1936: Don Lash 1937-38: Eino Pentti 1939: Lou Gregory 1940: Don Lash 1941: Lou Gregory 1942: Joe McCluskey 1943: Lou Gregory 1944: Norm Bright 1945: Ted Vogel 1946-48: Edward O'Toole 1949: Fred Wilt 1950: Horace Ashenfelter 1951-54: Curt Stone 1955: Dick Hart 1956: Max Truex 1957: Doug Kyle 1958: John Macy 1959: 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) * Max Truex 1961: John Gutknecht 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * Peter McArdle 1963-64: Peter McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Tracy Smith 1967: Van Nelson 1968: Tracy Smith 1969-70: Jack Bacheler 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Greg Fredericks 1973: Gordon Minty (GBR) * Ted Castaneda 1974-75: Frank Shorter 1976: Ed Leddy 1977: Frank Shorter 1978-79: Craig Virgin 1980: Rodolfo Gomez Garry Bjorklund

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Alberto Salazar 1982: Craig Virgin 1983: Alberto Salazar 1984: Jon Sinclair 1985: Bruce Bickford 1986-87: Gerard Donakowski 1988: Steve Taylor 1989: Pat Porter 1990: Steve Plasencia 1991: Shannon Butler 1992^OT: Todd Williams

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Todd Williams 1994: Tom Ansberry 1995-96: Todd Williams 1997: Michael Mykytok 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Alan Culpepper 2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi 2001: Abdi Abdirahman 2002: Mebrahtom Keflezighi 2003: Alan Culpepper 2004: Meb Keflezighi 2005: Abdi Abdirahman 2006: Jorge Torres 2007-08: Abdi Abdirahman 2009-15: Galen Rupp

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925-27 and from 1929-31 it was over 6 miles.

US National Championship winners in men's steeplechase

1889–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1889: Albert George (GBR) 1890: William Young 1891–92: Ernie Hjertberg (SWE) 1893–94: George Orton (CAN) 1895: not held 1896–99: George Orton (CAN) 1900: Alexander Grant 1901: George Orton (CAN) 1902: Arthur Newton 1903: not held 1904: John Daly (IRL) 1905: Harvey Cohn 1906–15: not held 1916: Michael Devaney 1917–18: not held 1919: Michael Devaney 1920: Patrick Flynn 1921–22: Michael Devaney 1923: Ville Ritola (FIN) 1924: Marvin Rick 1925: Russell Payne 1926–27: Ville Ritola (FIN) 1928: William Spencer 1929: David Abbott 1930–33: Joe McCluskey 1934: Harold Manning 1935: Joe McCluskey 1936: Harold Manning 1937: Floyd Lochner 1938–40: Joe McCluskey 1941: Forrest Efaw 1942: George DeGeorge 1943: Joe McCluskey 1944: Forrest Efaw 1945: James Wisner 1946: James Rafferty 1947–48: Forrest Efaw 1949: Curt Stone 1950: Warren Druetzler 1951: Horace Ashenfelter 1952: Robert McMullen 1953: Horace Ashenfelter 1954: Bill Ashenfelter 1955: Ken Reiser 1956: Horace Ashenfelter 1957–58: Deacon Jones 1959–60: Phil Coleman 1961: Deacon Jones 1962: George Young 1963: Pat Traynor 1964: Jeff Fishback 1965: George Young 1966–67: Pat Traynor 1968: George Young 1969: Mike Manley 1970: Bill Reilly 1971: Sid Sink 1972: Jim Dare 1973: Doug Brown 1974: Jim Johnson 1975–76: Randy Smith 1977: James Munyala (KEN) 1978–79: Henry Marsh

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Doug Brown 1981–87: Henry Marsh 1988–90: Brian Diemer 1991: Mark Croghan 1992: Brian Diemer

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Marc Davis 1994–97: Mark Croghan 1998–2000: Pascal Dobert 2001: Tom Chorny 2002: Anthony Famiglietti 2003: Steve Slattery 2004–06: Daniel Lincoln 2007: Joshua McAdams 2008: Anthony Famiglietti 2009: Joshua McAdams 2010: Daniel Huling 2011: William Nelson 2012–15: Evan Jager

Notes	2 mile steeplechase in 1889–1919, 1921–27, 1929–31, 1953–55 and 1957; 3000 m steeplechase otherwise. The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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