Harold Abrahams
The story of the British sprinter of the 1920s immortalised in Chariots Of Fire
In 1924, the British sprinter, Harold Abrahams, won the 100 metres at the Paris Olympics - a famous victory depicted in the film, Chariots of Fire. Simon Watts tells his story using interviews in the BBC archives.
(Photo: Harold Abrahams winning the 1924 Olympics. Credit: Getty Images)