Dallas Long
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Shot put | |
| Bronze | 1960 Rome | Shot put | |
Dallas Long (born 13 June 1940 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.
He competed for the United States in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the shot put where he won the bronze medal behind fellow Americans Bill Nieder and Parry O'Brien.
He returned four years later to Tokyo for the 1964 Summer Olympics where he finally won the gold medal in the men’s shot put.
| Olympic champions in men's shot put |
|---|
| 1896: Robert Garrett | 1900: Richard Sheldon | 1904: Ralph Rose | 1906: Martin Sheridan | 1908: Ralph Rose | 1912: Patrick McDonald | 1920: Ville Pörhölä | 1924: Clarence Houser | 1928:
John Kuck | 1932: Leo Sexton | 1936: Hans Woellke | 1948: Wilbur Thompson | 1952: Parry O'Brien | 1956: Parry O'Brien | 1960: Bill Nieder | 1964: Dallas Long | 1968: Randy Matson | 1972: Władysław Komar | 1976: Udo Beyer | 1980: Vladimir Kiselyov | 1984: Alessandro Andrei | 1988: Ulf Timmermann | 1992: Mike Stulce | 1996: Randy Barnes | 2000: Arsi Harju | 2004: Yuriy Bilonoh |
Categories: Shot putters | American track and field athletes | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic bronze medalists for the United States | Athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics | Olympic competitors for the United States | People from Arkansas | People from Pine Bluff, Arkansas | United States track and field athletics biography stubs
