Margaret Bailes

Margaret Bailes ( born January 23, 1951 in New York City ) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

At the age of 16 years, starting for the Oregon Track Club Bailes 1967 finished in the championships of the Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU) in fifth in the 200 -meter run. The following year she was AAU champion in the 100 -meter run and identified a well to the existing world record of 11.1 seconds. About 200 meters she finished second behind Wyomia Tyus. In the U.S. knockouts located Bailes qualified as the winner in the 200 -meter run and as second in the 100 meters for participation in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.

There she won along with Barbara Ferrell, Mild Save Cute and Wyomia Tyus in the 4 x 100 -meter relay gold medal ahead of Cuba and the Soviet Union. The U.S. team made ​​it in the first round with 43.4 seconds ( electronic timing: 43.50 seconds ) a world record and raised him in the final 42.8 seconds ( electronic timing: 42.88 seconds ). In addition, Bailes finished third in 100 - meter race in fifth place and in the 200 meter race in seventh. By season's end, she ended her brief and successful athletic career at the age of only 17 years.