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Encyclopedia > George Rhoden

Vincent George Rhoden (born December 13, 1926) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952.


Rhoden, who lived in San Francisco, was one of the successful long sprinters from Jamaica in the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not medal, being eliminated in the heats of the 100 m and the semi-final of the 400 m. He was also a member of the heavily favoured Jamaican 4 x 400 m relay team, but when Wint pulled a muscle in the final, their chances at a medal were gone. On August 22, 1950 at Eskilstuna, Sweden, Rhoden set a new world record in 400 m of 45.8 s. He also won the AAU championships in 400 m from 1949 to 1951 and as a Morgan State University student, won the NCAA championships in 220 yd in 1951 and in 440 yd from 1950 to 1952.


At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, George Rhoden was more successful. He was one of the pre-race favourites in the 400 m as a world record holder. He won a close battle with his compatriot McKenley, who had also been second in the 1948 Olympic 400 m. As the anchor runner of the Jamaican relay team, Rhoden added a second Olympic gold, edging the United States by a tenth of a second, and setting a new world record (3:03.9).

Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 400 m

Tom Burke | Maxey Long | Harry Hillman | Paul Pilgrim | Wyndham Halswelle | Charles Reidpath | Bevil Rudd | Eric Liddell | Ray Barbuti | Bill Carr | Archie Williams | Arthur Wint | George Rhoden | Charlie Jenkins | Otis Davis | Michael Larrabee | Lee Evans | Vincent Matthews | Alberto Juantorena | Viktor Markin | Alonzo Babers | Steve Lewis | Quincy Watts | Michael Johnson (twice) | Jeremy Wariner

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


  Results from FactBites:
 
Jamaica Gleaner - George Rhoden relives Helsinki Games glory - Sunday | June 29, 2003 (912 words)
Rhoden won the 440 yards dash, beating teammate Herb McKenley into second, and anchored the mile relay team to victory ahead of the mighty United States.
Rhoden was again a part of that historic achievement, having anchored Jamaica to glory.
Rhoden said Wint had forgotten his and he reluctantly gave his to him.
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