Henry Carr

Henry Carr ( born November 27, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan ) is a former American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.

Carr was one of the strongest runners in the 1960s. Even in high school he was an extraordinary sprinter before he was during his studies at Arizona State University star. He won three national titles, set a new world record over 200 meters, 220 yards and 4 x 440 yards on. In 1963, he won the NCAA Championship over 200 meters and set in the same year a new world record over 200 meters at 20.4 seconds, and a more than 220 yards on in 20.3 seconds. In 1964, he increased his services again and set a new world record for 220 yards on in 20.2 seconds. In the years 1963 and 1964 he led over 200 meters at the world rankings.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, he won the 200 - meter dash gold medal, ahead of his compatriot Paul Drayton and Edwin Roberts of Trinidad and Tobago as well as the team gold medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay, along with Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee and Ulis Williams, ahead of the teams from the United Kingdom and Trinidad and Tobago.

After his playing days as a sprinter he became a professional football player with the New York Giants. From 1965 to 1967 he was a total of 37 times used in regular games, but never ran on as a starter.

List of Olympic champion in athletics

1912: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath | 1920: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth -Davis, Guy Butler | 1924 Commodore Cochran, William Stevenson, Oliver MacDonald, Alan Helffrich | 1928: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti | 1932: Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr | 1936: Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown | 1948: Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield | 1952: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden | 1956: Charles Jenkins, Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney | 1960: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis | 1964: Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr | 1968: Vince Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans | 1972: Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang | 1976: Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie parks | 1980: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolai Tschernezki, Viktor Markin | 1984: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay | 1988: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Harry Reynolds | 1992: Andrew Valmont, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson Steve Lewis | 1996: Alvin Harrison, LaMont Smith, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank | 2000: Udo- Obong Enefiok, Clement Chukwu, Jew Monye, Sunday Bada | 2004: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson | 2008: LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner | 2012: Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller

List of Olympic champion in athletics

Man
Americans
Olympic gold medalist ( Athletics )
Olympian (United States)
Sprinter (United States)
Football player (United States)
Born in 1942

4 × 400 metres relay American Football Don Quarrie Michael Marsh (athlete) Michael Johnson (sprinter) Guy Butler (athlete) William Stevenson (athlete) George Baird (athlete) Emerson Spencer Bill Roberts (athlete) Earl Young (athlete) Lee Evans (athlete) Robert Ouko (athlete) Nikolay Chernetskiy Steve Lewis (sprinter) Enefiok Udo-Obong Jude Monye David Neville (athlete) Chris Brown (athlete)

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