Douglas Gordon Arthur Lowe (August 7, 1902 – March 30, 1981) was a British athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games. August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...

Born in Manchester, Douglas Lowe attended Harrow and Highgate School and excelled immediately as a middle distance runner, winning the Public Schools' 880 yd (805 m) title in 1920. Later, at Pembroke College in Cambridge, where he studied law, he played football and won the 880 yd (805 m) against Oxford in 1922 and 1923, and both the mile (1609 m) and the quarter-mile (402 m) race against them in 1924. Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... Alternative meanings: Harrow, London, a place in the London Borough of Harrow; Harrow School, a famous public school in the United Kingdom; The Harrow, a fantasy and horror magazine. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates 194 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Lowe won the gold medal in a new European record time of 1:52.4, beating the British favourite, Henry Stallard, who had suffered a leg injury. The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... , The Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is an international symbol of the city. ...

Lowe was a British champion in 440 yd (402 m) and 880 yd (805 m) in 1927 and 1928. In Amsterdam at the Olympic Games Lowe won 800 m in a personal best performance at 1:51.8, a full second ahead of any of the world class competitors in the race. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Lowe retired from athletics at the end of the 1928 season and took up law at the Inner Temple in London. He became Secretary of the Amateur Athletics Association from 1931 to 1938. He was made a judge in 1964 after a distinguished legal career, and was made Recorder at the Crown Court. The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England, to which barristers belong and where they are called to the Bar. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Crown Court and County Court in Oxford. ...

Douglas Lowe died in Cranbrook, Kent. Cranbrook is a village in the Tunbridge Wells borough of Kent in South East England. ...