Donald Quarrie

Donald Quarrie
Full name	Donald O'Riley Quarrie
nation	Jamaica
birthday	25th February 1951 (age 69)
place of birth	Kingston , Jamaica
size	175 cm
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	10.07 s 100 m 19.86 s ( 200 m )
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 2 × 1 × Pan American Games 3 × 0 × 0 × Commonwealth Games 6 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Montreal 1976 200 m silver Montreal 1976 100 m bronze Moscow 1980 200 m silver Los Angeles 1984 4 × 100 m  Pan American Games gold Cali 1971 100 m gold Cali 1971 200 m gold Cali 1971 4 × 100 m  Commonwealth Games gold Edinburgh 1970 100 m gold Edinburgh 1970 200 m gold Edinburgh 1970 4 × 100 m gold Christchurch 1974 100 m gold Christchurch 1974 200 m gold Edmonton 1978 100 m
last change: September 2, 2016

Donald Quarrie ( Donald O'Riley "Don" Quarrie ; born February 25, 1951 in Kingston ) is a former Jamaican sprinter and Olympic champion .

As a 17-year-old Quarrie was a member of the Jamaican Olympic team in 1968, but was unable to participate due to a training injury. In 1969 he received a scholarship from the University of Nebraska and moved to the United States .

At the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 , he won the gold medal in the 100-meter run ahead of Lennox Miller (JAM) and Hasely Crawford (TRI) and the gold medal in the 200-meter run ahead of Edwin Roberts (TRI) and Charles Asati (KEN ).

A year later he repeated this double success at the Pan American Games in Cali , where he broke the world record set by Tommie Smith over 200 meters on August 3, 1971 with 19.86 s . At the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in 1974 , he again won the gold medal in the 100-meter run, ahead of John Mwebi (KEN) and Ohene Karikari (GHA), and the gold medal in the 200-meter run ahead of George Daniels (GHA) and Bevan Smith (NZL). At the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978 , he won the 100 meter gold medal again from Allan Wells (GBR) and Hasely Crawford.

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montréal , he won the silver medal in the 100-meter run, behind Hasely Crawford and in front of Walerij Borsow (URS), and the gold medal in the 200-meter run in front of Millard Hampton and Dwayne Evans (both USA). At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , he won the bronze medal in the 200-meter run, behind Pietro Mennea (ITA) and Allan Wells (GBR). In his last participation in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay along with his teammates Albert Lawrence , Greg Meghoo and Raymond Stewart , behind the team from the United States and in front of the Team from Canada .

Best times

• 50 m (hall): 5.75 s, February 13, 1977, Montreal
• 60 m (indoor): 6.57 s, January 31, 1977, Portland
• 100 m: 10.07 s, July 24, 1976, Montreal (hand-stopped: 9.9 s, May 22, 1976, Modesto )
• 200 m: 19.86 s, August 3, 1971, Cali

Web links

• Don Quarrie in the database of World Athletics (English)