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Lou Jones
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Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jones graduated from Manhattan College in 1954. He won the 400 m at the 1955 Pan-American Games, where he set a new world record of 45.4. He was also a member of the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team.
Just four months before the Melbourne Olympics, Jones broke his own 400 m world record, clocking 45.2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the US Olympic Trials, thus becoming a main favorite at this event in Melbourne. But in the Olympic 400 m final, Jones was off form, and managed to finish only in a disappointing fifth place, 1.50 seconds behind teammate Charles Jenkins. A few days later, Jones partly compensated for his disappointment, running the second leg in the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team.
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- 1912: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
- 1920: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
- 1924: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
- 1928: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
- 1932: Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
- 1936: Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
- 1948: Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
- 1952: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956: Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
- 1960: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
- 1964: Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
- 1968: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
- 1972: Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
- 1976: Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
- 1980: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
- 1984: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
- 1988: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
- 1992: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
- 1996: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
- 2000: Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
- 2008: LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012: Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
- 2016: Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
- 2020: Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)
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- 1951: B. Brown, M. Whitfield, J. Voight, H. Maiocco (USA)
- 1955: J. Mashburn, L. Spurrier, J. Lea, L. Jones (USA)
- 1959: [[File:Template:Country flag PASO alias BWI|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Mel Spence, G. Kerr, Mal Spence, B. Ince (BWI)
- 1963: O. Cassell, J. Johnson, R. Edmunds, E. Young (USA)
- 1967: V. Matthews, E. Taylor, E. Stinson, L. Evans (USA)
- 1971: J. Smith, D. Alexander, F. Newhouse, T. Turner (USA)
- 1975: H. Frazier, R. Taylor, M. Peoples, R. Ray (USA)
- 1979: T. Darden, M. Peoples, H. Frazier, J. Walker (USA)
- 1983: A. Babers, M. Bradley, J. Rolle, E. Carey (USA)
- 1987: R. Pierre, K. Robinzine, R. Haley, M. Rowe (USA)
- 1991: H. Herrera, A. Pavó, J. Valentín, L. Martínez (CUB)
- 1995: J. Crusellas, N. Téllez, O. Mena, I. García (CUB)
- 1999: D. Clarke, M. McDonald, D. McFarlane, G. Haughton (JAM)
- 2003: D. Clarke, L. Spence, S. Ayre, M. Campbell (JAM)
- 2007: A. Williams, A. Moncur, M. Mathieu, C. Brown (BAH)
- 2011: N. Ruíz, R. Acea, O. Cisneros, W. Collazo (CUB)
- 2015: R. Quow, J. Solomon, E. Mayers, M. Cedenio (TTO)
- 2019: J. Perlaza, D. Palomeque, J. Solís, A. Zambrano (COL)
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