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Encyclopedia > Commodore Cochran

Commodore Shelton Cochran (January 20, 1902 - 1969) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics.


As a Mississippi State University student, Commodore Cochran won the NCAA championships in 440 yd in 1922 and 1923.


At the Paris Olympics, Cochran ran the opening leg in American 4x400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.16.0.


After his running career, Cochran coached his younger brother Roy Cochran, who won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x400 m relay
1912 United States Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath
1920 Great Britain Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler
1924 United States Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson
1928 United States George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti
1932 United States Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr
1936 Great Britain Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown
1948 United States Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield
1952 Jamaica Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden
1956 United States Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, James Mashburn, Tom Courtney
1960 United States Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis
1964 United States Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr
1968 United States Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans
1972 Kenya Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang

1976 United States Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks
1980 Soviet Union Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin
1984 United States Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay
1988 United States Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds
1992 United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis
1996 United States LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank
2000 United States Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson
2004 United States Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson

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Roy Cochran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (525 words)
Cochran played football and was an one-man track team in the high school.
Cochran wanted to go to Tulane University with a football scholarship, but was persuaded by his older brother Commodore, who won a gold medal at 1924 Summer Olympics in 4x400 m relay, to go to University of Indiana with a track scholarship.
Cochran took up athletics again at Southern Cal and won his second AAU title in 400 m hurdles in 1948, thus qualifying to the Olympics.
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