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Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
Marc Burns (born 7 January 1983) is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago specializing in the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2]
Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics , he was disqualified from his 100 metres heat due to a false start, thus failing to make it through to the second round.[3]
Marc Burns placed second in the men's 100 metres dash at the Bislett Games IAAF Golden League meet in Oslo in July 2005, in preparation for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics . At the 2005 World Championships he won (together with Kevon Pierre , Jacey Harper and Darrel Brown ) a silver medal. Later that year he won the World Athletics Final .[4]
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal over 100 metres.
He was a finalist in the 100 m final at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka .
At the London Grand Prix he ran a season's best time of 9.97 seconds coming second behind former world record holder Asafa Powell.
In the
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won the silver medal in the men's 4 × 100 m relay. He was also part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games .[6]
Burns was coached most of his professional career by Henry Rolle .
Personal bests
Outdoor
Distance
Time
Wind
Location / Date
100 m
9.96 s
+ 1.0 m/s
Port-of-Spain
/ 25 June 2005
200 m
20.57 s
—
Hermosillo / 21 May 2005
Indoor
Distance
Time
Location / Date
60 m
6.55 s
Birmingham /19 February 2011
References
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1912 : David Jacobs , Henry Macintosh , Victor d'Arcy , Willie Applegarth (GBR )
1920 : Charley Paddock , Jackson Scholz , Loren Murchison , Morris Kirksey (USA )
1924 : Loren Murchison , Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey , Al LeConey (USA )
1928 : Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charley Borah , Henry Russell (USA )
1932 : Bob Kiesel , Emmett Toppino , Hector Dyer , Frank Wykoff (USA )
1936 : Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff (USA )
1948 : Barney Ewell , Lorenzo Wright , Harrison Dillard , Mel Patton (USA )
1952 : Dean Smith , Harrison Dillard , Lindy Remigino , Andy Stanfield (USA )
1956 : Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow (USA )
1960 : Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Martin Lauer (EUA )
1964 : Paul Drayton , Gerry Ashworth , Richard Stebbins , Bob Hayes (USA )
1968 : Charles Greene , Mel Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith , Jim Hines (USA )
1972 : Larry Black , Robert Taylor , Gerald Tinker , Eddie Hart (USA )
1976 : Harvey Glance , Lam Jones , Millard Hampton , Steve Riddick (USA )
1980 : Vladimir Muravyov , Nikolay Sidorov , Aleksandr Aksinin , Andrey Prokofyev (URS )
1984 : Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis (USA )
1988 : Viktor Bryzhin , Vladimir Krylov , Vladimir Muravyov , Vitaliy Savin (URS )
1992 : Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis , James Jett (USA )
1996 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN )
2000 : Jon Drummond , Bernard Williams , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene , Tim Montgomery , Kenny Brokenburr (USA )
2004 : Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR )
2008 : Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Emmanuel Callender , Richard Thompson , Aaron Armstrong (TTO )
2012 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Bailey-Cole (JAM )
2016 : Asafa Powell , Yohan Blake , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Jevaughn Minzie , Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM )
2020 : Lorenzo Patta , Marcell Jacobs , Fausto Desalu , Filippo Tortu (ITA )
1926: Mexico (Ahumada , Gómez , Ramírez , Aguilar )
1930: Cuba (Torriente , Rodríguez , Alfonso , Seino )
1935: Cuba (Rodríguez , Acosta , Torriente , Verrier )
1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas , Guerra , Malavé , Vázquez )
1946: La Beach
)
1950: Cuba (Fortún , Farrés , Mazorra , Wilson )
1954: Jamaica (LaBeach , Rhoden , Gardner , Laing )
1959: Venezuela (Bonas , Murad , Esteves , Romero )
1962: Venezuela (Herrera , Murad , Romero , Esteves )
1966: Jamaica (Clayton , McNeil , Headley , Fray )
1970: Cuba (Ramírez , Montes , Morales , Triana )
1974: Cuba (Triana , Montes , Bandomo , Leonard )
1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel , Crawford , Husbands , Serrette )
1982: Cuba (Lara , Casañas , Peñalver , Saborit )
1986: Cuba (Lara , Peñalver , Querol , Simón )
1990: Cuba (Simón , Peñalver , Stevens , Isasi )
1993: )
1998: )
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos , Morillo , Sainfleur , Báez )
2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano , Kwidama , Duzant , Martina )
2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo , Burns , Callender , Bledman )
2014: Cuba (Ruíz , Mena , Luis , Carrero )
2018: Barbados (Brathwaite , Burke , Ellis , Hoyte )
2023: Trinidad and Tobago (Hosten , Benjamin , Harrison Jr. , Augustine )
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