Morgan Taylor

athletics
gold	1924	400 meter hurdles
bronze	1928	400 meter hurdles
bronze	1932	400 meter hurdles

Frederick Morgan Taylor (born April 17, 1903 in Sioux City , Iowa , † February 16, 1975 in Rochester , New York ) was an American athlete who was successful in the 400 meter hurdles in the 1920s and early 1930s . After he had set an unofficial world record with 52.6 s in Cambridge on June 14, 1924, he won the final in Paris on July 7 with the same time, which, however, could not be recognized as a world record because he had knocked down a hurdle what was not allowed under the rules of the time. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 he won bronze, and four years later in Los Angeles, where he was the flag bearer of his team, he was able to repeat this success. In the same year he had the honor of opening the list of electronically stopped world records in the 400 meter hurdles after running 55.65 seconds in Los Angeles on July 3, 1932. Although his career was relatively long, he only contested 30 races in total.

successes

Morgan Taylor in Paris in 1924

• World record with 52.0 s on July 4, 1928 in Philadelphia
• Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 : Gold in 52.6 s, ahead of Erik Vilen from Finland in 53.8 s and his compatriot Ivan Riley in 54.1 s
• Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 : Bronze in 53.6 s behind the British Lord Burghley in 53.4 s and his compatriot Frank Cuhel in 53.6 s
• 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles : Bronze in 52.0 s behind the Irishman Bob Tisdall in 51.7 s and his compatriot Glenn Hardin in 51.9 s
• AAU championship:
  • 1924 (440 yds.): 54.5 s
  • 1925 (440 yds.): 53.8 s
  • 1926 (440 yds.): 55.0 s
  • 1928 (400 m): 52.0 s

Web links

• http://usatf.org/athletes/hof/morgantaylor_frederick.asp
• Morgan Taylor in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )