Edward Duffy (athlete)
Introduction


**Edward John Duffy** (6 June 1883 – 19 October 1918\) was a South African [athlete](/wiki/Sport_of_athletics "Sport of athletics"). He competed at the [1908 Summer Olympics](/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics "1908 Summer Olympics") in [London](/wiki/London "London").

He was born in [Ryno](/wiki/Ryno%2C_South_Africa "Ryno, South Africa"), [North West](/wiki/North_West_%28South_African_province%29 "North West (South African province)") and died in [Johannesburg](/wiki/Johannesburg "Johannesburg").

Duffy was a semifinalist (top 17\) in the [100 metres](/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres "Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres") at the 1908 Olympic Games, winning the first heat with a time of 11 3⁄5 seconds. Duffy took third place in semifinal 3, losing to [James Rector](/wiki/James_Rector_%28athlete%29 "James Rector (athlete)"), the eventual [silver medalist](/wiki/Silver_medal "Silver medal").

Duffy lost in the preliminary heats of the [200 metres](/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metres "Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres"), placing second to [Harold Huff](/wiki/Harold_Huff "Harold Huff"). His time was 23\.2 seconds, .4 slower than Huff.


Who won the silver medal in the 100 metres event at the 1908 Olympic Games?