George Rhoden

Vincent George Rhoden ( born December 13, 1926) is a former Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion.

Rhoden was in the 1940s and 1950s, a successful sprinter from Jamaica along with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley. He was already part of the XIV Olympic Summer Games 1948 in London, but could not in the 100 - meter race still in the 400 -meter run to reach the final round. He was also a member of the Jamaican 400 - meter relay team, which was eliminated by a muscle tear of Arthur Wint and therefore had to give up the chance of a medal. On August 22, 1950 Rhoden in Eskilstuna, Sweden ran for 400 yards set a new world record with a time of 45.8 s He also won the AAU championships in 400 - meter race in the years 1949 to 1951 and as a student of Morgan State University, the NCAA championships over 220 yards in 1951 and 440 yards in 1950 and 1952.

In the XV. Summer Olympics 1952 in Helsinki won Rhoden the gold medal in the 400 -meter run before also coming from Jamaica Herb McKenley ( silver ) and the Americans Ollie Matson ( Bronze) as well as the team gold medal in the 4 x 400 -meter relay race, along with his teammates Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing and Herb McKenley, before the teams from the USA ( silver) and from Germany (bronze). The Jamaican team presented during this run a new world record with a time of 3:03,9 min.