George Rhoden

Vincent George Rhoden (born December 13, 1926 ) is a former Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion .

Rhoden was a successful sprinter from Jamaica in the 1940s and 1950s along with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley . He was already at the XIV Olympic Games in London in 1948 , but could not reach the final round in either the 100-meter run or the 400-meter run . He was also a member of the Jamaican 400-meter relay , which was eliminated by Arthur Wint due to a muscle tear and thus had to give up the chance for a medal. On August 22, 1950, Rhoden ran a new 400 meter world record in Eskilstuna , Sweden, with a time of 45.8 seconds. He also won the AAU 400-meter championships in 1949-1951 and, as a student at Morgan State University, the NCAA championships over 220 yards in 1951 and over 440 yards in 1950 and 1952.

At the XV. At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki , Rhoden won the gold medal in the 400-meter run in front of Herb McKenley (silver), also from Jamaica, and the American Ollie Matson (bronze), as well as the team gold medal in the 4-by-400-meter relay race, together with his teammates Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing and Herb McKenley, ahead of the teams from the USA (silver) and from Germany (bronze). The Jamaican team set a new world record in this run, with a time of 3: 03.9 min.

Web links

• George Rhoden in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )