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The National Track and Field Hall of Fame was founded in Charleston, West Virginia in 1974. The museum moved to Indianapolis in 1985 when it came under the auspices of USA Track & Field, the national governing body for the sport of track and field in the United States. [5] The Indianapolis museum closed in 1996 when the exhibits were moved for ...
400 m. World Indoor Championships. 1993 Toronto. 400 m. Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds Jr. (born June 8, 1964) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for 11 years 9 days with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That year, he was the silver medalist at ...
USA Track & Field is a Founding Sports Partner of the Sports Museum of America, joining more than 50 other single-sport Halls of Fame, National Governing Bodies, Museums and other organizations across North America to richly celebrate the history, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture.
Standing high jump. Raymond Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens ). This puts him among the most successful Olympians of all time.
O'Brien entered the National Track and Field Hall of Fame of the United States in 1974. Next he was chosen for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984, and then the Univ. of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. [5] After retiring from senior competitions O'Brien worked in the banking and real estate business in Southern California. [2]
In 1979, Hubbard was posthumously inducted into both the National Track and Field Hall of Fame [13] and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor, the latter as part of the second class inducted. [14] He was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. [15]
4 × 100 m relay. Yolanda Gail Devers ( / ˈdiːvərz / DEE-vərz; [ 2] born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was the 1993, 1997 and 2004 world indoor champion in the 60 ...
United States Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame. Coordinates: 38.8328°N 104.8235°W. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame[ 1] is an honor roll of the top American Olympic and Paralympic athletes headquartered at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum, opened in April 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [ 2]