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Jamaican Olympic athlete
George Rhoden
Full name George Vincent Rhoden Born (1926-12-13 ) 13 December 1926 (age 97)
Kingston, Jamaica
George Vincent Rhoden (born 13 December 1926)
[1] is a Jamaican retired
athlete , winner of two
Olympic gold medals in 1952.
Rhoden was born in
Kingston in December 1926. He later moved to
San Francisco, California , and was one of the successful long sprinters from Jamaica in the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with
Arthur Wint and
Herb McKenley . He competed in the
1948 Summer Olympics , but did not win a medal, being eliminated in the heats of the 100 m and the semi-final of the 400 m. He was also a member of the heavily favoured Jamaican 4 × 400 m relay team, but when Wint pulled a muscle in the final, their chances at a medal were gone. On 22 August 1950 at
Eskilstuna ,
Sweden , Rhoden set a new
world record in 400 m of 45.8 s. He also won the
AAU championships in 400 m from 1949 to 1951 and as a
Morgan State University student, won the
NCAA championships in 220 yd (200 m) in 1951 and in 440 yd (400 m) from 1950 to 1952. He was a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
At the
1952 Summer Olympics in
Helsinki , Rhoden was more successful. As a world record holder he was one of the pre-race favourites in the 400 m which he won in a close battle with his compatriot McKenley, who had also been second in the 1948 Olympic 400 m.
[2] As the anchor runner of the Jamaican relay team, Rhoden added a second Olympic gold, edging the
United States by a tenth of a second, and setting a new world record (3:03.9).
[3]
Competition record
References
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Medley 4 × 400 m
1912 :
Mel Sheppard ,
Edward Lindberg ,
Ted Meredith ,
Charles Reidpath (
USA )
1920 :
Cecil Griffiths ,
Robert Lindsay ,
John Ainsworth-Davis ,
Guy Butler (
GBR )
1924 :
Commodore Cochran ,
Alan Helffrich ,
Oliver Macdonald ,
William Stevenson (
USA )
1928 :
George Baird ,
Emerson Spencer ,
Fred Alderman ,
Ray Barbuti (
USA )
1932 :
Ivan Fuqua ,
Ed Ablowich ,
Karl Warner ,
Bill Carr (
USA )
1936 :
Freddie Wolff ,
Godfrey Rampling ,
Bill Roberts ,
Godfrey Brown (
GBR )
1948 :
Arthur Harnden ,
Cliff Bourland ,
Roy Cochran ,
Mal Whitfield (
USA )
1952 :
Arthur Wint ,
Leslie Laing ,
Herb McKenley ,
George Rhoden (
JAM )
1956 :
Charles Jenkins Sr. ,
Lou Jones ,
Jesse Mashburn ,
Tom Courtney (
USA )
1960 :
Jack Yerman ,
Earl Young ,
Glenn Davis ,
Otis Davis (
USA )
1964 :
Ollan Cassell ,
Mike Larrabee ,
Ulis Williams ,
Henry Carr (
USA )
1968 :
Vincent Matthews ,
Ron Freeman ,
Larry James ,
Lee Evans (
USA )
1972 :
Charles Asati ,
Munyoro Nyamau ,
Robert Ouko ,
Julius Sang (
KEN )
1976 :
Herman Frazier ,
Benny Brown ,
Fred Newhouse ,
Maxie Parks (
USA )
1980 :
Remigijus Valiulis ,
Mikhail Linge ,
Nikolay Chernetskiy ,
Viktor Markin (
URS )
1984 :
Sunder Nix ,
Ray Armstead ,
Alonzo Babers ,
Antonio McKay (
USA )
1988 :
Danny Everett ,
Steve Lewis ,
Kevin Robinzine ,
Butch Reynolds ,
Antonio McKay ,
Andrew Valmon (
USA )
1992 :
Andrew Valmon ,
Quincy Watts ,
Michael Johnson ,
Steve Lewis ,
Darnell Hall ,
Charles Jenkins Jr. (
USA )
1996 :
LaMont Smith ,
Alvin Harrison ,
Derek Mills ,
Anthuan Maybank ,
Jason Rouser (
USA )
2000 :
Clement Chukwu ,
Jude Monye ,
Sunday Bada ,
Enefiok Udo-Obong ,
Nduka Awazie ,
Fidelis Gadzama (
NGR )
2004 :
Otis Harris ,
Derrick Brew ,
Jeremy Wariner ,
Darold Williamson ,
Andrew Rock ,
Kelly Willie (
USA )
2008 :
LaShawn Merritt ,
Angelo Taylor ,
David Neville ,
Jeremy Wariner ,
Kerron Clement ,
Reggie Witherspoon (
USA )
2012 :
Chris Brown ,
Demetrius Pinder ,
Michael Mathieu ,
Ramon Miller (
BAH )
2016 :
Arman Hall ,
Tony McQuay ,
Gil Roberts ,
LaShawn Merritt ,
Kyle Clemons ,
David Verburg (
USA )
2020 :
Michael Cherry ,
Michael Norman ,
Bryce Deadmon ,
Rai Benjamin ,
Trevor Stewart ,
Randolph Ross ,
Vernon Norwood (
USA )
1926:
Mexico (
Ahumada ,
Gómez ,
Ramírez ,
Aguilar )
1930:
Cuba (
Torriente ,
Rodríguez ,
Alfonso ,
Seino )
1935:
Cuba (
Rodríguez ,
Acosta ,
Torriente ,
Verrier )
1938:
Puerto Rico (
Villodas ,
Guerra ,
Malavé ,
Vázquez )
1946:
Panama (
Loney ,
Thomas ,
Clarke ,
La Beach )
1950:
Cuba (
Fortún ,
Farrés ,
Mazorra ,
Wilson )
1954:
Jamaica (
LaBeach ,
Rhoden ,
Gardner ,
Laing )
1959:
Venezuela (
Bonas ,
Murad ,
Esteves ,
Romero )
1962:
Venezuela (
Herrera ,
Murad ,
Romero ,
Esteves )
1966:
Jamaica (
Clayton ,
McNeil ,
Headley ,
Fray )
1970:
Cuba (
Ramírez ,
Montes ,
Morales ,
Triana )
1974:
Cuba (
Triana ,
Montes ,
Bandomo ,
Leonard )
1978:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Noel ,
Crawford ,
Husbands ,
Serrette )
1982:
Cuba (
Lara ,
Casañas ,
Peñalver ,
Saborit )
1986:
Cuba (
Lara ,
Peñalver ,
Querol ,
Simón )
1990:
Cuba (
Simón ,
Peñalver ,
Stevens ,
Isasi )
1993:
Cuba (
Simón ,
I. García ,
Isasi ,
Aguilera )
1998:
Cuba (
A. García ,
Ortiz ,
I. García ,
Pérez )
2002:
Dominican Republic (
Matos ,
Morillo ,
Sainfleur ,
Báez )
2006:
Netherlands Antilles (
Mariano ,
Kwidama ,
Duzant ,
Martina )
2010:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Sorrillo ,
Burns ,
Callender ,
Bledman )
2014:
Cuba (
Ruíz ,
Mena ,
Luis ,
Carrero )
2018:
Barbados (
Brathwaite ,
Burke ,
Ellis ,
Hoyte )
2023:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Hosten ,
Benjamin ,
Harrison Jr. ,
Augustine )
1926:
Mexico (
A. García ,
C. García ,
Moraila ,
Iturbe )
1930:
Mexico (
Álvarez ,
de Anda ,
Iturbe ,
Moraila )
1935:
Cuba (
Vázquez ,
Hernández ,
Fernández ,
Gómez )
1938:
Panama (
Scott ,
Edgardo ,
Chevans ,
Baker )
1946:
Jamaica (
McKenley ,
Woodstock ,
Rhoden ,
Wint )
1950:
Panama (
S. LaBeach ,
McSween ,
Prince ,
L. LaBeach )
1954:
Jamaica (
Laing ,
LaBeach ,
Gardner ,
Rhoden )
1959:
Puerto Rico (
F. Rivera ,
M. Rivera ,
de Jesús ,
Rodríguez )
1962:
Jamaica (
Mel Spence ,
Williams ,
Mal Spence ,
Kerr )
1966:
Jamaica (
Forbes ,
Mel Spence ,
Myton ,
Hoilette )
1970:
Cuba (
Olivera ,
Díaz ,
J. García ,
Álvarez )
1974:
Cuba (
E. García ,
Gutiérrez ,
Álvarez ,
Juantorena )
1978:
Jamaica (
Barriffe ,
Heywood ,
Brown ,
Cameron )
1982:
Cuba (
Pavó ,
Reyté ,
Ramos ,
Juantorena )
1986:
Cuba (
Peñalver ,
Pavó ,
Valentín ,
Stevens )
1990:
Jamaica (
Clarke ,
Burnett ,
McCrea ,
Morris )
1993:
Cuba (
Mena ,
Herrera ,
Martínez ,
Téllez )
1998:
Cuba (
Mena ,
Crusellas ,
Hevia ,
Téllez )
2002:
Dominican Republic (
Matos ,
Santa ,
Peralta ,
Sánchez )
2006:
Jamaica (
Ayre ,
Green ,
Chambers ,
Steele )
2010:
Jamaica (
Thompson ,
Green ,
Cato ,
Fothergill )
2014:
Cuba (
Collazo ,
Acea ,
Pellicier ,
Lescay )
2018:
Cuba (
Zamora ,
Chacón ,
Rojas ,
Lescay )
1876-1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980-1992The Athletics Congress 1992 onwardsUSA Track & Field Notes
Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .