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Dennis Allen Mitchell (born February 20, 1966) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Typical outdoor red rubber track Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ...
The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ...
During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ...
The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
Born in Havelock, North Carolina, Dennis Mitchell placed fourth in 100 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics and missed a probable gold medal in 4x100 m relay race, because the American team was disqualified in the heats, after the pass between Calvin Smith and Lee McNeill was made out of the zone. Havelock is a city located in Craven County, North Carolina. ...
The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ...
Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961) is a former sprint athlete from the United States. ...
In 1989, Mitchell won the NCAA championships in 200 m. In 1991, just a month before the World Championships, Mitchell ran his first world record in 4x100 m relay of 37.67 at Zürich. At the World Championships, Mitchell was again a member of American 4x100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 37.50 in the final. In addition to that, Michell won a bronze medal in 100 m. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. ...
A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ...
Location within Switzerland (help· info) (German pronunciation IPA: ; in English often Zurich, without the umlaut) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...
In 1992, Mitchell won his first US National Championships title in 100 m (he repeated this victory in 1994 and 1996). At the Barcelona Olympics, Mitchell ran his third world record in 4x100 m relay of 37.40 and won again a bronze medal in 100 m. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in Spain. ...
For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...
At the 1993 World Championships, Mitchell won his third bronze at the international championships in individual 100 m and his third gold in relay event with a world record, as this time the American team equalled their own world record of 37.40. The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ...
Mitchell won a gold medal in 100 m at the 1994 Goodwill Games, but injured himself in the heats of 100 m at the 1995 World Championships. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Mitchell was fourth in 100 m and won a silver medal as a member of American 4x100 m relay team. The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ...
The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
In 1998, Mitchell was banned by IAAF for two years after a test showed high levels of testosterone. Dennis Mitchell made his final international appearance at the 2001 World Championships, where he won a gold medal in 4x100 m relay. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ...
Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. ...
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ...
He was not guilty of using drugs/doping in the 90's. | Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay | 1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth 1920 United States Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey 1924 United States Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey 1928 United States Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah & Henry Russell 1932 United States Robert Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff 1936 United States Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff 1948 United States Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton 1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield 1956 United States Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow 1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer 1964 United States Otis Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes 1968 United States Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines 1972 United States Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart 1976 United States Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick 1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev 1984 United States Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis 1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin 1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis 1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey 2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene 2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis | |