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American sprinter
Alonzo C. Babers
Babers in 1984
Born October 31, 1961 (1961-10-31 ) (age 62)Montgomery, Alabama , U.S.
Alonzo C. Babers (born October 31, 1961) is an
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The international athletics career of Alonzo Babers consisted of a spectacular rise to fame, followed by a decisive and abrupt end. Up to the end of 1982, Babers's best time in 400 m was 45.9, but he rapidly improved on that during 1983, running a best time of 45.07, but at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki he finished in a disappointing sixth place in the 4 × 400 m relay .
Babers continued his rapid improvement in 1984. At the
Los Angeles, he won his semi-final in a personal best of 44.95. Later, in the final, he ran another personal best of 44.86 to qualify to the Olympic team. At the
Los Angeles Olympic Games he further lowered his personal best to 44.75 when he won his quarter-final. In the Olympic final, Babers ran 44.27 to win the gold medal. In the
4 × 400 m relay , United States (Babers ran the third leg) won the gold medal easily in 2:57.91.
While training for and competing in the 1984 Olympics, Babers held the rank of Lieutenant in the
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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 )
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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 )
1959: West Germany (Grawitz , Quantz , Klappert , Oberste )
1961: West Germany (Hoppe , Schöll , Graßhoff , Grawitz )
1963: Great Britain (Metcalfe , Boulter , Campbell , Steane )
1965: Italy (Bianchi , Iraldo , Frinolli , Bello )
1967: West Germany (Müller , Röper , Krüsmann , Thiemann )
1970: United States (Ulan , Colglazier , Turner , James )
1973: United States (Bond , Schultz , Lutz , Jenkins )
1975: Poland (Hewelt , Pietrzyk , Gondek , Szlendak )
1977: United States (Jennings , Smith , Dale , Andrews )
1979: United States (Taylor , Kerr , Harris , McCoy )
1981: Soviet Union (Zolotaryev , Fedotov , Burakov , Markin )
1983: United States (Nix , Tabron , Babers , Wiley )
1985: Cuba (Martínez , Peñalver , Ramos , Hernández )
1987: United States (Pierre , Daniel , Patrick , Robinzine )
1989: Jamaica (O'Connor , Morris , Davis , Burnett )
1991: United States (Wilson , Cannon , Irvin , Luke )
1993: United States (Jones , Payne , Lyles , Turner )
1995: United States (Hayden , Byrd , Morris , Maybank )
1997: United States (Terry , Wheeler , Davis , Woodward )
1999: United States (Berrian , Couts , Brew , Davis )
2001: United States (White , Gerding , Couts , Pierce )
2003: Ukraine (Demchenko , Zyukov , Horbenko , Tverdostup )
2005: Poland (Wieruszewski , Dąbrowski , Kędzia , Klimczak )
2007: Poland (Bańka , Klimczak , Kędzia , Dąbrowski )
2009: Australia (Troode , Cole , Thomas , Wroe , Watkins , Burstow )
2011: Russia (Sigalovsky , Buryak , Vazhov , Kruglyakov )
2013: Russia (Dyldin , Buryak , Kashefrazov , Krasnov )
2015: Dominican Republic (J. Santos , Cuesta , Mercedes , L. Santos )
2017: Dominican Republic (J. Santos , L. Charles , A. Charles , L. Santos )
2019: Mexico (Vega , Jiménez , Ramírez , Mendoza )
2021: Turkey (Çanakçi , Ençü , Akçam , Nezir )
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