Charles Greene
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Charles Greene ( Charles Edward "Charlie" Greene ; born March 21, 1945 in Pine Bluff , Arkansas ) is a former American sprinter and Olympic champion .
Greene won gold over 100 yards at the US Championships of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1966 and gold over 100 meters in 1968 and broke the world record twice. In the qualifying runs, he set Armin Hary's world record of 10.0 s, and in the semifinals he ran 9.9 s, the same time as Jim Hines and Ronnie Ray Smith at the same event.
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he won the bronze medal in the 100-meter run behind the Americans Jim Hines (gold) and the Jamaican Lennox Miller (silver) and the team gold medal in the 4-by-100-meter Relay together with his teammates Mel Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith and Jim Hines, ahead of the teams from Cuba (silver) and France (bronze).
Web links
- Charles Greene in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Charles Greene in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Entry in the Hall of Fame of USA Track & Field
1912: Jacobs , Macintosh , d'Arcy , Applegarth ( GBR )
| 1920: Paddock , Scholz , Murchison , Kirksey ( USA )
| 1924: Hussey , Clarke , Murchison , LeConey ( USA ) | 1928: Wykoff , Quinn , Borah , Russell ( USA ) | 1932: Kiesel , Toppino , Dyer , Wykoff ( USA ) | 1936: Owens , Metcalfe , Draper , Wykoff ( USA ) | 1948: Ewell , Wright , Dillard , Patton ( USA ) | 1952: Smith , Dillard , Remigino , Stanfield ( USA ) | 1956: Baker , King , Morrow , Murchison ( USA ) | 1960: Cullmann , Hary , Mahlendorf , Lauer ( EUA ).svg){kind=small}
| 1964: Drayton , Ashworth , Stebbins , Hayes ( USA )
| 1968: Greene , Pender , Smith , Hines ( USA ) | 1972: Black , Taylor , Tinker , Hart ( USA ) | 1976: Glance , Jones , Hampton , Riddick ( USA ) | 1980: Muravjow , Sidorow , Aksinin , Prokofjew ( URS )
| 1984: Graddy , Brown , Smith , C. Lewis ( USA ) | 1988: Bryshin , Krylow , Muravjow , Sawin ( URS ) | 1992: C. Lewis , Mitchell , Burrell , Marsh ( USA ) | 1996: Esmie , Gilbert , Surin , Bailey ( CAN )
| 2000: Drummond , Williams , B. Lewis , Greene ( USA ) | 2004: Gardener , Campbell , Devonish , Lewis-Francis ( GBR )
| 2008: Bledman , Burns , Callender , Thompson ( TRI )
| 2012: Carter , Frater , Blake , Bolt ( JAM )
| 2016: Powell , Blake , Ashmeade , Bolt ( JAM )
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| SURNAME | Greene, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greene, Charles Edward; Greene, Charlie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sprinter and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pine Bluff , Arkansas |