Frank Loomis

Frank Loomis

Frank Loomis at the 1920 Olympics
Personal information
Born	August 22, 1896 Saint Paul, Minnesota,United States
Died	April 4, 1971 (aged 74) New Port Richey, Florida,United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m hurdles
Club	Chicago AA
Achievements and titles
Personalbest	400 mH – 54.0 (1920)
Medal record RepresentingtheUnited States Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp 400 m hurdles

Frank Farmer Loomis Jr.(August 22, 1896 – April 4, 1971) was an Americanathlete,winner of 400 m hurdles at the1920 Summer OlympicsinAntwerp.His brother, Jo Gilbert Loomis, was a substitute sprinter at the same Olympics.

Loomis went to school in Evanston until 1914. Upon meeting his future Oregon High School teammateSherman Landers,he transferred toOregon, Illinois,to continue training with him. Together, they began a rise that would take them to the 1920 Olympic Games. Although Loomis was anAAUchampion in 220 yd (200 m) hurdles in 1917 and 1918 and in 440 yd (400 m) hurdles in 1920, the main favorite in Antwerp wasJohn Norton,who had run a newworld recordof 54.2 just two months before the Olympics. Despite that, Loomis won the400 m hurdlesfinal easily in a new world record of 54.0, beating Norton to second place by 0.6 seconds.

Landers-Loomis Field in Oregon, Illinois, is named partially in his honor.