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American athlete
Ron Freeman
Full name Ronald John Freeman III Born June 12, 1947 (1947-06-12 ) (age Elizabeth, New Jersey , U.S. Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 82 kg (181 lb) Sport Athletics Event 400 m Club Arizona State Sun Devils, Phoenix Personal best(s) 220 yd – 21.2 (1963)
Ronald John Freeman III (born June 12, 1947 in
athlete. At the
1968 Summer Olympics , Freeman won a gold medal in the 4×400 m
relay and a bronze medal in the 400 meters.
[1] Freeman ran the second leg on the American 4×400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new
world record of 2.56.16. His relay leg time (43.2s) was the fastest 4x400 meter relay leg ever run and his time stood for more than 25 years.
Raised in Elizabeth, Freeman attended Thomas Jefferson High School .[2]
Awards In August 2017, Freeman received the Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development in recognition of his community service efforts and work with youth.[3]
Notes
^ Freeman ran the fastest 400 meter relay leg in the history of the Olympic Games which stood for more than 25 years.
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Ron Freeman" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. ^ Denman, Elliott. "From Banishment to the Hall" , Armory Track, December 7, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2020. "the Hudson and down the ‘pike there was Ron Freeman at Thomas Jefferson High School n Elizabeth, N.J."
^ "Ten Athletes Selected to Receive The Foundation for Global Sports Development's 2017 Athletes in Excellence Award" . aroundtherings.com . Retrieved 2017-08-09 .
Medley 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 )
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