Karl Warner

Karl Warner (Karl DeWitt Warner, born June 23, 1908 in Woodbury, Connecticut; † September 5, 1995 in Rochester, New York) was an American sprinter and Olympic champion who successfully in the early 1930s in the 400 -meter run had.

In 1933 he was U.S. vice- champion. He started for Yale University.

At the Olympic Games 1932 in Los Angeles, Warner was involved in two world records in the 4 x 400 - meter relay:

  • August 6, 1932: 3:11,4 min. The previous record, set at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, had been standing at 3:14,2 min.
  • August 7, 1932: 3:08,2 min ( gold medal ). This world record is one of the most durable in the history of athletics, because until 1952 he was the Jamaican quartet to 3:03,9 min screwed.

The U.S. relay ran at two world records in the occupation of Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Warner and Bill Carr.

Woodbury (Connecticut) 400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath Cecil Griffiths Guy Butler (athlete) Commodore Cochran William Stevenson (athlete) Oliver MacDonald Alan Helffrich George Baird (athlete) Emerson Spencer Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts (athlete) Godfrey Brown Arthur Harnden Arthur Wint Leslie Laing George Rhoden Jesse Mashburn Jack Yerman Earl Young (athlete) Otis Davis Ollan Cassell Ulis Williams Henry Carr Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans (athlete) Robert Ouko (athlete) Julius Sang Herman Frazier Benny Brown Maxie Parks Remigijus Valiulis Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Danny Everett Steve Lewis (sprinter) Kevin Robinzine Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson (sprinter) Alvin Harrison LaMont Smith Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank Enefiok Udo-Obong Jude Monye Sunday Bada Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville (athlete) Chris Brown (athlete) Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller
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