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{{Short description|Australian sprinter (1931–1960)}}
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* '''1952 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
* '''1953 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
* '''1954 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]];<br/>Men's [[220 yards]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]];<br/>Men's [[Long jump]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
* '''1955 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
* '''1956 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]];<br/>Men's [[220 yards]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
* '''1957 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
* '''1958 Athletics Championships''': Men's [[100-yard dash]] &ndash; [[Gold medal|Gold]]
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*[[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1954 Vancouver]]
*[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff]]
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{{MedalBronze| [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1954 Vancouver]]|[[Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|4 × 110 yards relay]]}}
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'''Hector "Hec" Denis Hogan''' (15 July 1931, [[Rockhampton]]{{spaced ndash}}2 September 1960, [[Brisbane]]) was an Australian [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] who competed mainly in the [[100-yard dash|100 yards]] and [[100 metres]] sprint, where he was seven-times Australian 100 yards champion. He also competed in the [[220 yards]]/[[200 metres]], which he won twice in the Australian Championships, and the [[long jump]] which he won in 1954. He also competed in the [[triple jump]].<ref name=AA/>

In March 1954, he equalled the world record for the 100 yards (9.3 seconds) and 100 metres (10.2 seconds) on a grass track in Sydney. He won [[bronze medal]]s in the 100 yards and [[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 yards relay]] at the [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1954 Commonwealth Games]] in Vancouver. His time for the 100 yards was 9.7 seconds. In the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Commonwealth Games at Cardiff]] he won a bronze for the 4 × 100 yards relay.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sprinter-hector-hec-hogan-the-hero-we-nearly-forgot/news-story/061134076ca761245aa2a4479410bd01?sv=6ad9708695f7d1c751731ffbaffaa77e |title=Sprinter Hector 'Hec' Hogan the hero we nearly forgot |work=[[The Courier-Mail]] |date=2 September 2010 |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=AA/>

He competed for Australia in the [[Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Melbourne]], where he won the bronze medal in the 100 metres.<ref name="Wallechinsky">{{cite book |last1=Wallechinsky |first1=David |author-link1=David Wallechinsky |last2=Loucky |first2=Jaime |year=2012 |title=The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition |page=52 |location=[[London]] |publisher=[[Aurum Press]] |isbn=978-1-84513-695-6}}</ref><ref name=AA>{{cite web |url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete421.htm |title=Australian athletics results for Hec Hogan |publisher=[[Athletics Australia]] |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509011443/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete421.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2008 |author1=James, Paul |author2=Hamilton, Peter |author3=Tarbotton, David}}</ref>

Hogan died on 2 September 1960 of [[Leukemia|leukaemia]],<ref name="Wallechinsky"/> leaving his wife, Maureen, and a son. He was buried in [[Nudgee Cemetery]].<ref name=adb>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hogan-hector-denis-10516 Hogan, Hector Denis (1931–1960)] &mdash; [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]. Retrieved 19 December 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/hec-hogan-was-the-worlds-fastest-man-but-then-stepped-quietly-into-history-leaving-almost-no-trace/news-story/ef8da0c49279f5be9eb190695fde08a9 |title=Hec Hogan was the world's fastest man but then stepped quietly into history leaving almost no trace |last=Kieza |first=Grantlee |date=21 August 2012 |work=[[The Courier-Mail]] |access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref>

Hogan is related to [[Callum Davies (runner)|Callum Davies]], the [[2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships|2023 Australian]] [[1500 m]] and [[5000 m]] champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 UQ Alumni Awards |url=https://stories.uq.edu.au/alumni/2021/alumni-awards-2021/index.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=stories.uq.edu.au |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://commonwealthgames.com/ Official Commonwealth Games site]

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