born: 9 february 1905
deceased: 22 october 1981
birthplace: stamford (great britain)
nationality: great britain
sport: athletics
attendance at the olympic games
paris 1924
amsterdam 1928
los angeles 1932
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
silver: 1
lord of the hurdles
lord david george brownlow cecil burghley was one of the most popular winners of the 1928 games. heir to the marquess of exeter, he first appeared in the olympics in 1924, when he was eliminated in the first round of the 110m hurdles. in 1927, during his last year at cambridge, he caused a sensation by running around the great court at trinity college in the time it took the trinity clock to toll 12 o'clock. a completely distorted version of this event was presented in the film chariots of fire, in which the feat is credited to harold abrahams. for this reason, lord burghley, who was then 76 years old, reportedly refused to view the film.
at the 1928 olympics, burghley won the 400m hurdles. burghley was an extremely colorful character, who once set another unusual record by racing around the upper promenade deck of the ocean liner queen mary in 57 seconds, dressed in street clothes. he is believed to be the first hurdler to place matchboxes on hurdles and practice knocking over the matchboxes with his lead foot without touching the hurdle.
burghley was elected to parliament in 1931, but was granted a leave of absence to compete in the 1932 olympics in los angeles, where he placed fourth in the 400m hurdles. he later served as president of the british amateur athletic association for 40 years, president of the international amateur athletic federation for 30 years and as a member of the international olympic committee for 48 years. he was also chairman of the organizing committee of the 1948 olympics.
生日：1905年2月9日
逝世：1981年10月22日
出生地：斯坦福， 英国
国籍: 英国
项目: 田径
参加奥运会时间：
1924年法国巴黎夏季奥运会
1928年荷兰阿姆斯特丹夏季奥运会
1932年美国洛杉矶夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌1 枚
银牌1 枚
跨栏爵士
大卫-乔治-伯利爵士是1928年奥运会所有获奖者中最有名的一位。他是英国第六世埃克斯特侯爵。1924年，他首次出现在奥运会赛场，但110米栏比赛的第一轮中就被罚出场。
1928年，他再次参加在荷兰阿姆斯特丹的夏季奥运会并且获得400米栏冠军。
1931年，埃克斯特侯爵被选为英国议员，第二年，英国议会特别批准他假期，允许他参加1932年的美国洛杉矶夏季奥运会，在这届奥运会上，他获得了400米栏第四。退役后，埃克斯特侯爵曾担任英国业余田径协会主席长达四十年之久，也曾担任国际业余田联主席达三十年，他同时还是英国1948年奥运会组委会主席。