American sprinter
Lucinda Williams
Williams at the 1960 Olympics
Full name Lucinda Williams Adams Born August 10, 1937 (1937-08-10 ) (age 87)Savannah, Georgia , U.S. Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) Weight 51 kg (112 lb) Sport Athletics Event Sprint Club TSU Tigers, Nashville Personal best(s) 100 m – 11.7 (1960) 200 m – 23.4 (1959)[ 1] [ 2]
Lucinda Williams (later Adams , born August 10, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals of the individual 100 m and 200 m events in 1956 and 1960. She earned three gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games in these three events.[ 1] In 1994 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame .[ 3]
1928 : Bobbie Rosenfeld , Ethel Smith , Jane Bell , Myrtle Cook (CAN )
1932 : Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch , Annette Rogers , Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA )
1936 : Harriet Bland , Annette Rogers , Betty Robinson , Helen Stephens (USA )
1948 : Xenia Stad-de Jong , Netti Witziers-Timmer , Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs , Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED )
1952 : Mae Faggs , Barbara Jones , Janet Moreau , Catherine Hardy (USA )
1956 : Shirley Barbara de la Hunty , Norma Croker , Fleur Mellor , Betty Cuthbert (AUS )
1960 : Martha Hudson , Lucinda Williams , Barbara Jones , Wilma Rudolph (USA )
1964 : Teresa Ciepły , Irena Kirszenstein , Halina Górecka , Ewa Kłobukowska (POL )
1968 : Barbara Ferrell , Margaret Bailes , Mildrette Netter , Wyomia Tyus (USA )
1972 : Christiane Krause , Ingrid Mickler , Annegret Richter , Heide Rosendahl (FRG )
1976 : Marlies Göhr , Renate Stecher , Carla Bodendorf , Bärbel Wöckel (GDR )
1980 : Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr (GDR )
1984 : Alice Brown , Jeanette Bolden , Chandra Cheeseborough , Evelyn Ashford (USA )
1988 : Alice Brown , Sheila Echols , Florence Griffith Joyner , Evelyn Ashford , Dannette Young (USA )
1992 : Evelyn Ashford , Esther Jones , Carlette Guidry , Gwen Torrence , Michelle Finn (USA )
1996 : Gail Devers , Inger Miller , Chryste Gaines , Gwen Torrence , Carlette Guidry (USA )
2000 : Savatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson , Debbie Ferguson , Eldece Lewis (BAH )
2004 : Tayna Lawrence , Sherone Simpson , Aleen Bailey , Veronica Campbell , Beverly McDonald (JAM )
2008 : Olivia Borlée , Hanna Mariën , Élodie Ouédraogo , Kim Gevaert (BEL )
2012 : Tianna Madison , Allyson Felix , Bianca Knight , Carmelita Jeter , Jeneba Tarmoh , Lauryn Williams (USA )
2016 : Tianna Bartoletta , Allyson Felix , Tori Bowie , English Gardner , Morolake Akinosun (USA )
2020 : Briana Williams , Elaine Thompson-Herah , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Shericka Jackson , Natasha Morrison , Remona Burchell (JAM )
2024 : Melissa Jefferson , Twanisha Terry , Gabrielle Thomas , Sha'Carri Richardson (USA )
1926–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
OT : 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
Distance :The event was over 220 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-3, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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