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.
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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 )
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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