Earl Young (athlete)

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Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for the United States
Men's Athletics
Gold	1960 Rome	4x400m relay
Pan American Games
Gold	1963 São Paulo	4x100 metres relay
Gold	1963 São Paulo	4x400 metres relay

Earl Verdelle Young (born February 14, 1941 in San Fernando, California) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

At the Rome Olympics, Earl Young was sixth in 400 m—in a time of 45.9s that matched the former Olympic Record—and ran the second leg in the American 4x400 m relay team,^[1] which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.02.2.^[2]

At the 1963 Pan-American Games, Young won gold medals in both 4x100 m relay and 4x400 m relay.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Associated Press (September 11, 1960). "Tumultuous 1960 Olympics summed us as Russia, Rhubarbs, Rudolph and Reverses". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. Section 4.
↑ Harasta, Cathy (February 19, 2004). Dallas Morning News.

Olympic Champions in Men's 4×400 m relay

1908: United States (Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard)
1912: United States (Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath)
1920: Great Britain (Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler)
1924: United States (Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson)
1928: United States (Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti)
1932: United States (Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr)
1936: Great Britain (Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown)
1948: United States (Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield)
1952: Jamaica (Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden)
1956: United States (Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney)
1960: United States (Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis)
1964: United States (Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr)
1968: United States (Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans)
1972: Kenya (Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang)
1976: United States (Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks)
1980: Soviet Union (Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin)
1984: United States (Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay)
1988: United States (Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon)
1992: United States (Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins)
1996: United States (Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser)
2000: Nigeria (Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama)
2004: United States (Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie)
2008: United States (Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon)
2012: Bahamas (Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4x100 metres

1951: United States (Campbell, Bragg, Attlesey, Voight)
1955: United States (Richard, Williams, Thomas, Bennett)
1959: United States (Norton, Poynter, Woodhouse, Jones)
1963: United States (Young, Cassell, Johnson, Murchison)
1967: United States (Bright, Copeland, Turner, McCullouch)
1971: Jamaica (Daley, Quarrie, Lawson, Miller)
1975: United States (Collins, Edwards, Brown, Merrick)
1979: United States (Glance, Roberson, Wiley, Riddick)
1983: United States (Jackson, Robinson, Quow, Graddy)
1987: United States (Lewis, McNeill, McRae, Glance)
1991: Cuba (Peñalver, Stevens, Aguilera, Lamela)
1995: Cuba (Isasi, Aguilera, Lamela, García)
1999: Brazil (É. Ribeiro, de Oliveira, A. da Silva, C. da Silva)
2003: Brazil (de Lima, É. Ribeiro, A. da Silva, C. da Silva)
2007: Brazil (de Lima, R. Ribeiro, Moraes, Viana)
2011: Brazil (Feitosa, Viana, André, de Barros)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4x400 metres

1951: United States (Brown, Whitfield, Voight, Maiocco)
1955: United States (Mashburn, Spurrier, Lea, Jones)
1959: British West Indies (Mel Spence, Kerr, Mal Spence, Ince)
1963: United States (Cassell, Johnson, Edmunds, Young)
1967: United States (Matthews, E. Taylor, Stinson, Evans)
1971: United States (Smith, Alexander, Newhouse, Turner)
1975: United States (Frazier, R. Taylor, Peoples, Ray)
1979: United States (Darden, Peoples, Frazier, Walker)
1983: United States (Babers, Bradley, Rolle, Carey)
1987: United States (Pierre, Robinzine, Haley, Rowe)
1991: Cuba (Herrera, Pavó, Valentín, Martínez)
1995: Cuba (Crusellas, Téllez, Meña, García)
1999: Jamaica (Clarke, McDonald, McFarlane, Haughton)
2003: Jamaica (Clarke, Spence, Ayre, Campbell)
2007: Bahamas (Williams, Moncur, Mathieu, Brown)
2011: Cuba (Ruíz, Acea, Cisneros, Collazo)

Persondata
Name	Young, Earl
Alternative names
Short description	American sprinter
Date of birth	February 14, 1941
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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