Danny McFarlane

Danny McFarlane

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Jamaica
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	4x400 m relay
	2004 Athens	400 m hurdles
World Championships
	1995 Gothenburg	4x400 m relay
	1997 Athens	4x400 m relay [1]
	1999 Sevilla	4x400 m relay [1]
	2001 Edmonton	4x400 m relay [1]
	2003 Paris	4x400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
	2003 Birmingham	4x400 m relay [1]
	2001 Lisbon	400 m
	2001 Lisbon	4x400 m relay
Pan American Games
	1999 Winnipeg	4x400 m relay

Danny D. McFarlane, OD (born 14 June 1972) is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. Having won five medals at the World Championships in Athletics and an Olympic bronze medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 metres team, McFarlane has also won in individual competition: he took an Olympic silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

In the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, he equalled Tim Berrett's record for most appearances at the competition, having competed in every Championships since 1993.^[2]

2009

The veteran sprinter gained qualification to the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with a run of 48.54 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles at the Jamaican national championships, taking second behind Isa Phillips.^[3]

Personal bests

• 400 metres hurdles – 48.00 (2004)
• 400 metres – 44.90 (1995)

Major achievements

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
2. ↑ Statistics book, Berlin 2009. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-13.
3. ↑ Foster, Anthony (2009-06-28). Bolt 9.86 and Fraser 10.88; Walker and Phillips excel over hurdles – JAM Champs , Day 2

External links

• Danny McFarlane profile at IAAF
• IAAF "Focus on Athletes" article