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Floyd Wayne Heard (born March 24, 1966 in West Point, Mississippi) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, best known for setting the 1986 world's best year performance in the men's 200 metres. He did so on 1986-07-07 at a meet in Moscow, Soviet Union, clocking 20.12. A year later he won the title in the men's 200 metres at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Heard attended John Marshall High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (graduating 1985) and Texas A&M.[1]
Heard didn't qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but turned things around in 1989, winning the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 20.09, the season's second fastest time. He had occasional success in Europe, with much of the competition coming from his own teammates, before taking second in the World Cup. That year he was ranked number three in the world.[2] He re-emerged in 2000, qualifying 2nd in the US Olympic Trials (19.88),[3] albeit as Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene retired, becoming the oldest American sprinter in history to make his first Olympic Team. Heard placed sixth in 200m semis in Sydney (20.63).
Floyd also owns a still standing World Record as part of the Santa Monica Track Club's scorching performance of 1:18.68 in 1994 in the 4 x 200 meter relay run, set at the Mt. SAC Relays. His teammates in that race were Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, and Carl Lewis.
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| Preceded by Lorenzo Daniel |
Men's 200 m Best Year Performance 1986 |
Succeeded by Carl Lewis |