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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics.There were a total number of 1005 participating athletes from 80 countries. The men's 50 kilometres walk competition was dropped from the Olympic athletics programme, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932.
The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The competition was held on 25 July 1976 and 26 July 1976. [1] There were 45 competitors from 33 nations. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.06 seconds by Don Quarrie of Jamaica.
100 metres details: Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago: 10.06 Don Quarrie Jamaica: 10.08 Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union: 10.14 200 metres details: Don Quarrie Jamaica: 20.23 Millard Hampton United States: 20.29 Dwayne Evans United States: 20.43 400 metres details: Alberto Juantorena Cuba: 44.26 Fred Newhouse United States: 44.40 Herman Frazier ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Dwayne Eugene Evans (born October 13, 1958) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 200 meters.. He competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres event.
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
Bednarek finished with a time of 19.62 seconds after winning his semifinal heat on Wednesday.Bednarek's silver in the 200 meters follows his seventh-place finish in the 100 meters on Sunday ...
Millard Frank Hampton Jr. (born July 8, 1956) is an American former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1] Born in Fresno, California, Millard Hampton was an AAU champion in 200 m in 1976.