Lou Jones (athlete)

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Lou Jones

Personal information

Born

January 15, 1932
New Rochelle, New York, USA

Died

February 3, 2006 (aged 74)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	4x400 metres relay
Pan American Games
	1955 Mexico City	400 metres
	1955 Mexico City	4×400 metres relay

Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American

athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Born in

world record

of 45.4. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning American 4 × 400 m relay team.

Just four months before the

US Olympic Trials, thus becoming a main favorite at this event in Melbourne. But in the Olympic 400 m final, Jones was off form, and managed to finish only in a disappointing fifth place, 1.50 seconds behind teammate Charles Jenkins

. A few days later, Jones partly compensated for his disappointment, running the second leg in the gold medal-winning American 4 × 400 m relay team.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lou Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
"Olympic gold medallist Louis Jones of New Rochelle dies" Westchester Journal News 7 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2007)
Lou Jones 1932-2006 Teacher, coach, Olympic athlete

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medley

1908: William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m

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)

v t e Pan American Champions in men's 400 metres
USA ) USA ) 1959: George Kerr (BWI) USA ) USA ) USA ) USA ) USA ) USA ) USA ) 1991: Roberto Hernández (CUB) 1995: Norberto Téllez (CUB) 1999: Greg Haughton (JAM) 2003: Mitch Potter (USA) 2007: Chris Brown (BAH) 2011: Nery Brenes (CRC) 2015: Luguelín Santos (DOM) 2019: Anthony Zambrano (COL) 2023: Lucas Vilar (BRA)

Pan American Champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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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)

600-yard dash
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1906–7: E.B. Parsons 1908–9: Mel Sheppard 1910: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: not held 1913: Abel Kiviat 1914–5: Tom Halpin 1916: Bill Bingham 1917: Earl Eby 1918: Marvin Gustavson 1919: Jack Sellars 1920: Earl Eby 1921: F. L. Murray 1922: Sid Leslie 1923: Earl Eby 1924: Walter Mulvihill 1925: Vincent Lally 1926: Horatio Fitch 1927: George Leness 1928–31: Phil Edwards (CAN) 1932: Alex Wilson (CAN) 1933–5: Milton Sandler 1936–7: Eddie O'Brien 1938: Jimmy Herbert 1939–40: Charles Belcher 1941: Jimmy Herbert 1942: Roy Cochran 1943: Lewis Smith 1944: Robert Ufer 1945–6: Elmore Harris 1947: George Guida 1948–9: Dave Bolen 1950–1: Hugo Maiocco 1952: Charles Moore 1953: Mal Whitfield 1954: Reggie Pearman 1955: Charles Jenkins 1956: Lou Jones 1957–8: Charles Jenkins 1959: Josh Culbreath 1960: Tom Murphy 1961: Eddie Southern 1962: Bill Crothers 1963: Jack Yerman 1964: Charles Buchta 1965: Jack Yerman 1966: Theron Lewis 1967: Jim Kemp 1968–70: Martin McGrady 1971: Andrzej Badenski 1972: Lee Evans 1973: Fred Newhouse 1974–5: Wes Williams 1976–7: Fred Sowerby (ANT) 1978: Stan Vinson 1979: Mike Solomon (TTO)
1981–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Mark Enyeart 1981: Mike Solomon (TTO) 1982: Fred Sowerby (ANT) 1983: Eugene Sanders 1984: Mark Rowe 1985–6: Elvis Forde (BAR) 1987: Ian Morris (TTO) 1988: Ken Lowery 1989: Mark Rowe 1990: David Patrick 1991: Andrew Valmon 1992: Mark Everett
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Mark Everett 1994-2014: not held 2015: Casimir Loxsom 2017: Erik Sowinski 2019: Donavan Brazier
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 600 yards (1906–1986), 500 meters (1987–1993) except 600 meters (odd numbered years since 2015)

v t e 1956 USA Olympic track and field team
Men's track and road athletes	Horace Ashenfelter Thane Baker Don Bowden Lee Calhoun Phil Coleman Nick Costes Tom Courtney Josh Culbreath Glenn Davis Jack Davis Bill Dellinger Elliott Denman Dick Hart James Hewson Charles Jenkins Deacon Jones Lou Jones Johnny Kelley Leamon King (r) Henry Laskau Jim Lea Bruce MacDonald Jesse Mashburn (r) Gordon McKenzie Bobby Morrow Ira Murchison Joel Shankle Leo Sjogren Eddie Southern Arnie Sowell Lonnie Spurrier Andy Stanfield Curt Stone Dean Thackwray Max Truex Jerome Walters Adolf Weinacker Ted Wheeler
Men's field athletes	Ken Bantum Greg Bell John Bennett Milt Campbell Phil Conley Hal Connolly Ira Davis Charles Dumas Benjamin Garcia Fortune Gordien Bob Gutowski Al Hall Rafer Johnson Des Koch George Mattos Bill Nieder Parry O'Brien Al Oerter Phil Reavis Bob Richards Bill Sharpe George Shaw Vern Wilson Cy Young
Women's track athletes	Isabelle Daniels Constance Darnowski Meredith Ellis Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews (r) Barbara Mueller Irene Robertson Wilma Rudolph Lucinda Williams
Women's field athletes	Karen Anderson Earlene Brown Paula Deubel Ann Marie Flynn Pam Kurrell Marjorie Larney Margaret Matthews Mildred McDaniel Lois Testa Amelia Wershoven Willye White
Coaches	Jim Kelly (men's head coach) Frank Anderson (men's assistant coach) Bob Giegengack (men's assistant coach) Jess Mortensen (men's assistant coach) Nell Jackson (women's head coach) Boo Morcom (women's field event coach)