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American sprinter
Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American
athlete . He won a gold medal in the 4x400
m
relay at the
1956 Summer Olympics .
Born in
New Rochelle, New York , Jones graduated from
Manhattan College in 1954. He won the 400 m at the
1955 Pan-American Games , where he set a new
world record of 45.4. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning American 4 × 400 m relay team.
Just four months before the
Melbourne
Olympics , Jones broke his own 400 m world record, clocking 45.2 at the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the
US Olympic Trials , thus becoming a main favorite at this event in Melbourne. But in the Olympic 400 m final, Jones was off form, and managed to finish only in a disappointing fifth place, 1.50 seconds behind teammate
Charles Jenkins . A few days later, Jones partly compensated for his disappointment, running the second leg in the gold medal-winning American 4 × 400 m relay team.
References
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 )
1951 :
B. Brown ,
M. Whitfield ,
J. Voight ,
H. Maiocco (
USA )
1955 :
J. Mashburn ,
L. Spurrier ,
J. Lea ,
L. Jones (
USA )
1959 :
Mel Spence ,
G. Kerr ,
Mal Spence ,
B. Ince (
BWI )
1963 :
O. Cassell ,
J. Johnson ,
R. Edmunds ,
E. Young (
USA )
1967 :
V. Matthews ,
E. Taylor ,
E. Stinson ,
L. Evans (
USA )
1971 :
J. Smith ,
D. Alexander ,
F. Newhouse ,
T. Turner (
USA )
1975 :
H. Frazier ,
R. Taylor ,
M. Peoples ,
R. Ray (
USA )
1979 :
T. Darden ,
M. Peoples ,
H. Frazier ,
J. Walker (
USA )
1983 :
A. Babers ,
M. Bradley ,
J. Rolle ,
E. Carey (
USA )
1987 :
R. Pierre ,
K. Robinzine ,
R. Haley ,
M. Rowe (
USA )
1991 :
H. Herrera ,
A. Pavó ,
J. Valentín ,
L. Martínez (
CUB )
1995 :
J. Crusellas ,
N. Téllez ,
O. Mena ,
I. García (
CUB )
1999 :
D. Clarke ,
M. McDonald ,
D. McFarlane ,
G. Haughton (
JAM )
2003 :
D. Clarke ,
L. Spence ,
S. Ayre ,
M. Campbell (
JAM )
2007 :
A. Williams ,
A. Moncur ,
M. Mathieu ,
C. Brown (
BAH )
2011 :
N. Ruíz ,
R. Acea ,
O. Cisneros ,
W. Collazo (
CUB )
2015 :
R. Quow ,
J. Solomon ,
E. Mayers ,
M. Cedenio (
TTO )
2019 :
J. Perlaza ,
D. Palomeque ,
J. Solís ,
A. Zambrano (
COL )
2023 :
L. Carvalho ,
M. Lima ,
D. Hernandes ,
L. Vilar (
BRA )
1906–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1981–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 600 yards (1906–1986), 500 meters (1987–1993) except 600 meters (odd numbered years since 2015)
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