Quincy Watts

Most 400-meter runs under 44 seconds

rank	Track and field athlete	number
1.	Michael Johnson	22nd
2.	Jeremy Wariner	9
	LaShawn Merritt	9
4th	Kirani James	7th
5.	Wayde van Niekerk	6th
6th	Harry Reynolds	4th
	Quincy Watts	4th
	Isaac Makwala	4th
As of May 6, 2018

Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970 in Detroit , Michigan ) is a retired American athlete and Olympic champion .

Watts graduated from the University of Southern California , where he was not only an excellent track and field athlete, but also a football player . He was also a good basketball player during his time in high school . When he started training as a sprinter, he first specialized in 100 and 200 meters, but his coach John Smith persuaded him to do the 400-meter distance, where he finally celebrated his successes. At the 1991 World Championships he reached second place in the 4 x 400 meter relay race and first place in 1993 .

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Spain , he undercut the 1968 Olympic record set by Lee Evans in the semifinals and won the final with a new Olympic record in 43.50 s. This meant the gold medal for him, silver went to the previous Olympic champion Steve Lewis and bronze to the Kenyan Samson Kitur . He won another gold medal with the team in the 4 x 400 meter relay with his teammates Andrew Valmon , Michael Johnson and Steve Lewis, ahead of the teams from Cuba (silver) and Great Britain (bronze). At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he was no longer used after various injury problems.

Web links

• Quincy Watts in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )