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Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. [ 2] He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m.
1936 Berlin. Long jump. James Cleveland"Jesse" Owens(September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and fieldathlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [3] Owens specialized in the sprintsand the long jumpand was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history ...
4×100 m relay. Noah Lyles OLY [ 8] (born July 18, 1997) is an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200 m is the American record, and makes him the third fastest of all-time in the event. He is a one-time Olympic champion and six-time ...
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ever, along with Yohan Blake of Jamaica . Gay has won medals in many major international competitions ...
Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m, and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m. [ 3][ 4][ 5] Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m.
Gabrielle Lisa "Gabby" Thomas (born December 7, 1996) [3] is an American track and field athlete in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the current 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018.
Sha'Carri Richardson ( / ʃəˈkæriː / shə-KERREE; [ 3] born March 25, 2000 [ 4]) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters races. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I ...
Melissa Jefferson OLY (born February 21, 2001) is an American track and field sprinter. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres. [2]