Archie McDiarmid

{{Short description|Canadian hammer thrower}}

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| birth_place = Balvicar, Scotland

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| country = Canada

| sport = Track and field

| event = Hammer throw

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Archibald McDiarmid (December 8, 1881 – August 11, 1957) was a Canadian track and field athlete born in Balvicar, Scotland who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Archie McDiarmid|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/archie-mcdiarmid-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417232458/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/archie-mcdiarmid-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|work=SR/Olympics|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=8 November 2012}}

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In 1920 he finished fourth in the 56 pound weight throw competition and ninth in the hammer throw event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66160 |title=Archie McDiarmid |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 July 2021}} McDiarmid was the flag-bearer for Canada at the 1920 Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://olympic.ca/2013/08/14/archie-opens-antwerp/ |title=Archie opens Antwerp |date=14 August 2013 |work=Official Canadian Olympic Team Website |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075725/http://olympic.ca/2013/08/14/archie-opens-antwerp/ |archivedate=7 April 2014 |url-status=live }} He finished sixth in the 1930 British Empire Games hammer throw.