Achilles Club

For other uses, see Achilles Club (disambiguation).

The Achilles Club is a track and field by and for the past and present representatives of the Oxford^[1] and Cambridge Universities. As of 2025, members have won 19 Olympic gold medals and held 38 World Records.^[2]

Achilles Club

Founded	1920
Ground	Various Iffley Road, Oxford Adams Road, Cambridge
Location	Oxford Cambridge
Website	official website

Membership

Athletes that have competed in the annual varsity match are invited to join the club, in addition to Blues, Half Blues, Cross Country, Marathon, Relay and Field Event Colours, members from Alverstone, Centipedes, Alligators and Millipedes representatives (the varsity second teams), and recommendations by the University Presidents.^[2]

History

Oxford's Iffley Road track

The Cambridge athletics track

The club was formed in 1920.^[3] One of its founding members was Evelyn Montague, who, along with Harold Abrahams, is portrayed in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.^[4]

Olympians

• Athletics Olympians only and English unless stated

Athlete	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
Charles Gmelin (O)	400	1896
George Robertson (O)	discus throw, shot put	1896
Wesley Coe (O)	shot put	1904, 1908
Eric Hussey (O)	110h	1908
Edward Leader (C)	110h, high jump	1908
Norman Hallows (O)	1500, 3 mile team	1908
Christopher Chavasse (O)	400	1908
Edward Ryle (C)	400	1908
Theodore Just (C)	800, medley relay	1908
Harold Holding (O)	800	1908
Walter Henderson (O)	discus, Greek, javelin, slj, shj	1908, 1912
Ernest May (O)	discus, Greek, javelin	1908
Alfred Bellerby (C)	high jump, long jump	1908
Alan Fyffe (O)	hammer	1908
Robert Lindsay-Watson (C)	hammer	1908
Charles Williams (C)	long jump	1908
Wilfred Bleaden (O)	long jump, slj	1908
Lionel Cornish (O)	long jump, slj	1908
Arthur Anderson (C)	100, 200	1912
Arnold Jackson (O)	1500	1912
Philip Noel-Baker (C)	800, 1500	1912
Norman Taber (O)	1500, 3000 team	1912
William Moore (O)	1500, 3000 team	1912
Duncan Macmillan (C)	200	1912
Cyril Porter (O)	3000 team, 5000	1912
Sidney Abrahams (C)	long jump	1912
Bevil Rudd (O)	400, 4x400, 800	1920
Harold Abrahams (C)	100, 200, 4x100, long jump	1920, 1924
William Seagrove (C)	3000 team, 5000	1920, 1924
John Ainsworth-Davis (C)	400, 4x400	1920
Guy Butler (C)	4x400, 400	1920, 1924, 1928
Wilfrid Kent Hughes (O)	400h	1920
Edgar Mountain (C)	800	1920, 1924
Arthur Porritt (O)	100, 200	1924
Lord Burghley (C)	110h, 400h, 4x400	1924, 1928, 1932
Leopold Partridge (C)	110h	1924
Hyla Stallard (C)	800, 1500	1924
Douglas Lowe (C)	4x400, 800, 1500	1924, 1928
Bayes Norton (O)	200	1924
William Stevenson (O)	4x400	1924
George Renwick (O)	4x400	1924
David Johnson (O)	400, 4x400	1924
Wilfrid Tatham (C)	400h, 800	1924, 1928
Ralph Starr (C)	800, 5000	1924, 1928
Clifford Davis (C)	800	1924
Lawrence Roberts (C)	high jump	1924
Robert Dickinson (O)	high jump	1924
Arthur Willis (C)	high jump	1924
Malcolm Nokes (O)	hammer	1924, 1928
Chris Mackintosh (O)	long jump	1924
James Campbell (C)	pole vault	1924
Rex Woods (C)	shot put	1924, 1928
George Weightman-Smith (C)	110h	1928
Wilfrid Kalaugher (O)	110h, triple jump	1928
Vernon Morgan (O)	3000 steeplechase	1928
Edward Smouha (C)	4x100	1928
John Rinkel (C)	400m, 4x400	1928
Roger Leigh-Wood (O)	400m, 4x400	1928
Tom Livingstone-Learmonth (C)	400h	1928
Lance Percival (O)	400h	1928
Colin Gordon (O)	high jump	1928
Howard Ford (C)	Decathlon	1928
Carl van Geyzel (C)	high jump	1928
James Cohen (C)	long jump	1928
Reg Revans (C)	long jump	1928
Laurence Bond (C)	pole vault	1928
Robert Howland (C)	shot put	1928
Roland Harper (O)	110h	1932
Jerry Cornes (O)	1500	1932, 1936
Norwood Hallowell (O)	1500	1932
Jack Lovelock (O)	1500	1932, 1936
Tommy Hampson (C)	800, 4x400	1932
Bob Tisdall (C)	400h, decathlon	1932
Alan Pennington (O)	100, 200, 4x100	1936
John Thornton (C)	110h	1936
Ashleigh Pilbrow (O)	110h	1936
Vane Ivanović (C)	110h	1936
Gordon Brown (C)	400m, 4x400	1936
Peter Ward (C)	5000	1936, 1948
Josef Klein (C)	Decathlon	1936
Helge Sivertsen (O)	discus	1936
Robert Kennedy (C)	high jump	1936
Richard Webster (C)	pole vault	1936, 1948
Eric Prabhakar (O)	100, 200	1948
Raymond Barkway (O)	110h	1948
John Fairgrieve (C)	200	1948
Geoffrey Tudor (O)	3000 steeplechase	1948
Peter Curry (O)	3000 steeplechase	1948
Morville Chote (C)	javelin	1948
Harry Askew (C)	long jump	1948
Peter Hildreth (C)	110h	1952, 1956, 1960
Roger Bannister (O)	1500	1952
Nicolas Stacey (O)	200, 4x400	1952
Chris Brasher (C)	3000 steeplechase	1952, 1956
Alan Dick (O)	4x400	1952
Angus Scott (C)	400h	1952
Christopher Chataway (O)	5000	1952, 1956
Tim Anderson (C)	pole vault	1952
Ian Boyd (O)	1500	1956
Derek Johnson (O)	4x400, 800	1956
Bob Shaw (O)	400h	1956
Tom Farrell (C)	400h, 800	1956, 1960
Barclay Palmer (O)	shot put	1956
Herb Elliott (C)	1500	1960
Michael Palmer (C)	3000 steeplechase	1960
John Metcalf (O)	400h	1960
Bruce Tulloh (C)	5000	1960
Ranjit Bhatia (O)	5000	1960
Donal Smith (O)	800	1960
Mike Parker (C)	110h	1964, 1968
Adrian Metcalfe (O)	400, 4x400	1964
Wendell Mottley (C)	400, 4x400	1964
Mike Hogan (O)	400h	1964
John Boulter (O)	800, 1500	1964, 1968
Michael Ralph (O)	triple jump	1964
Euric Bobb (C)	4x400	1968
Martin Winbolt-Lewis (C)	400, 4x400	1968
David Hemery (O)	400h, 4x400	1968, 1972
Tim Johnston (C)	Marathon	1968
Jon Ridgeon (C)	110h, 400h	1988, 1996
Richard Nerurkar (O)	10000, marathon	1992, 1996
Tim Berrett (O)	20k walk, 50k walk	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Andy Baddeley (C)	1500	2008, 2012
Mara Yamauchi (O)	marathon	2008, 2012
Hatti Dean (O)	3000M steeplechase injured	2008
Julia Bleasdale (C)	5000m, 10,000m	2012
Claire Hallissey (C)	marathon	2012
Louise Shanahan (C)	800m	2020

(key: O=Oxford C=Cambridge slj=standing long jump, shj=standing high jump)