Lance Deal

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Lance Deal
Montana State University
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Hammer throw: 82.52 (1996)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Hammer throw
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Hammer throw
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Hammer throw

Lance Earl Deal (born August 21, 1961, in

Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed in the 1988, 1992, and 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

In the hammer throw finals at the 1996 Olympic Games, only the top eight competitors after three throws were awarded three additional throws. Deal fouled his first two throws; his third equaled the eighth longest throw of the competition. However, he was only in ninth place, because the other competitor had a second legal throw. The announcer initially stated that, on the basis of that tiebreaker, Deal was out of the rest of the competition. The officials corrected the error, however; IAAF rules do not call for breaking ties in this case. So Deal advanced, and on his sixth and final throw, won the silver medal behind Balázs Kiss of Hungary.

Later in the season, he threw 82.52 m (270 ft 8+34 in) to win the IAAF Grand Prix Final. 24 years later, in 2020, that throw was ratified as the American Masters M35 record.[2] That mark would also be a World Record if it is ever ratified by WMA.

Deal graduated from

Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. He currently works at the University of Oregon as the Director of Track & Field Venues and Program Support. He was the throws coach (for discus, hammer, javelin, and shot put) at the University of Oregon
until 2010. Deal is married and has one daughter.

Deal was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame on September 25, 2007.[3][4] He was also inducted into the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2014, he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[5]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing the  United States
1988
Olympic Games
Seoul, South Korea
17th 73.66 m
1991
World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
13th 72.90 m
1992 Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
7th 76.84 m
1993 World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
9th 76.20 m
1995
Pan American Games
Mar del Plata, Argentina
1st 75.64 m
World Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
5th 78.66 m
1996
Olympic Games
Atlanta, Georgia
, United States
2nd 81.12 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final
Milan, Italy
1st 82.52 m
1999
Pan American Games
Winnipeg, Canada
1st 79.61 m
World Championships
Seville, Spain
13th 75.29 m
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
16th 75.61 m

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lance Deal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Masters Track & Field Records by USATF - Flipsnack".
  3. ^ "Deal, Shanley inducted to Oregon Sports Hall of Fame". Eugene Register-Guard. August 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-03.[dead link]
  4. ^ "2007 Oregon Hall of Fame inductees". OregonLive.com. August 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  5. USATF
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