Charles Jenkins Sr.

Charles Jenkins (Charles Lamont "Charlie" Jenkins Sr., born January 7, 1934 in New York City, NY ) is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. His special route was the 400 -meter run,

In 1955, he won the AAU national championships over 440 yards, an indoor world record over 500 yards and the AAU Indoor Championships over 600 yards (the latter also in the years 1957 and 1958 ).

At the Olympic Summer Games 1956 in Melbourne Jenkins won the gold medal in the 400 m, before the German Karl -Friedrich Haas ( silver ) and the two third-placed teams, the Finns Voitto Hellsten (Bronze ) and the Russians Ardalion Ignatiev (bronze). He got another gold medal with the team in the 4 x 400 - meter relay, along with his teammates Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn and Tom Courtney, before the teams from Australia (Silver) and Great Britain (bronze).

Charles Jenkins is the father of Charles "Chip" Jenkins, who was also successful over 400 m.

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