George Rhoden
George RhodenPersonal information |
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George Vincent Rhoden |
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13 December 1926 (1926-12-13) (age 89) Kingston, Jamaica |
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George Vincent Rhoden (born 13 December 1926 in Kingston)[1] is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952.
Rhoden, who lived in San Francisco, 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, George Rhoden was more successful. He was one of the pre-race favourites in the 400 m as a world record holder. He won 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]
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4 × 400 m |
- 1912
Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath (USA)
- 1920
Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler (GBR)
- 1924
Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson (USA)
- 1928
Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti (USA)
- 1932
Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr (USA)
- 1936
Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown (GBR)
- 1948
Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield (USA)
- 1952
Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956
Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney (USA)
- 1960
Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis (USA)
- 1964
Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr (USA)
- 1968
Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans (USA)
- 1972
Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang (KEN)
- 1976
Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks (USA)
- 1980
Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin (URS)
- 1984
Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay (USA)
- 1988
Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon (USA)
- 1992
Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins (USA)
- 1996
Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser (USA)
- 2000
Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004
Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie (USA)
- 2008
Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012
Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller (BAH)
- 2016
Hall, McQuay, Roberts, Merritt, Clemons, Verburg (USA)
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- 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)
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- 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. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
- 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)
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1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980-1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1992 onwards USA Track & Field | |
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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.
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