| Medal record | |||
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 Lee Evans (athlete) |
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| Men's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  United States |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | 400 metres | |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | 4x400m relay | |
Lee Edward Evans (born February 25, 1947) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Athletics, known as Track and Field in the United States has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested 24 for men and 12 for women Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City
Born in Madera, California, Evans was undefeated in high school and won his first AAU championship in 440 yd (402. Madera is a city in and the County seat of Madera County, California, United States. Official NameAmateur Athletic Union of the United States Incorporated (AAU A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United 34 m) in 1966, shortly after graduating. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. He repeated his win in next year and won AAU and NCAA 400 m titles in 1968. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Lee Evans achieved his first world record at 1966, as a member of the US national team which broke the 4 x 400 m relay record at Los Angeles, the first team to better 3 minutes (2:59. A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline usually a Sports event During a relay race, members of a team take turns Running, Orienteering, Swimming, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon, or Skating Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A minute is a Unit of measurement of Time or of Angle. The minute is a unit of Time equal to 1/60th of an Hour or 60 6) for the event. The next year he broke the 4 x 220 yd (201. 17 m) relay world record at Fresno in a time of 1:22. 1.
Evans won the 1968 Olympic trials with a world record 44. 0 and demolished it in Olympic final, winning in time 43. 86. Evans won a second gold as the anchorman on the 4 x 400 m relay team, setting another world record of 2:56. 16. Both the times stood as a world record for 20 years.
After winning the AAU 400 m titles in 1969 and 1972, Evans finished only fourth in the 1972 Olympic trials, but was named a member of the 4 x 400 m relay team once more. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was However, the United States couldn't field a team because Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett were suspended, for a demonstration at a medal ceremony like Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the previous Olympics. Vincent ("Vince" Edward Matthews (born December 16, 1947) is an African American former athlete, winner of two gold Wayne Collett (born 20 October, 1949) was an African American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres For others with a similar name see Tommy Smith. Tommie Smith (born June 5, 1944) is an African American former John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945 in Harlem New York) is an African American former Track and field athlete and professional Evans became a professional after the 1972 season. He was reinstated as an amateur in 1980 and ran a 46. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) 5 in one of his few appearances that year, at the age of thirty-three. Evans went on to head the national athletics programs in six different African Nations before accepting a position as head cross country/track & field coach at the University of South Alabama. The University of South Alabama ( USA) is a public, doctoral-level University in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Upon fulfilling his contract, Evans plans to return to either Africa or Mexico where "you are truly free - not like this fake freedom America has everybody believing in. "
Evans' college and amateur careers as well as his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement is chronicled in Frank Murphy's The Last Protest: Lee Evans in Mexico City.
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