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Encyclopedia > Melvin Pender

Melvin "Mel" Pender, Jr. (born October 31, 1937) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... The metre (American spelling: meter), symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968. ...


Mel Pender took up athletics in the army, where his incredible quickness was noticed in camp football games and he was selected to the 1964 Olympic Team. But in Tokyo, Pender was hampered by injury and managed to finish only sixth in 100 m. The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Japan. ... Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. ...


At the Mexico Olympics, Pender finished sixth in 100 m and ran the second leg in the American 4x100 m relay team that won the gold medal and set a new world record of 38.19. For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ...


After his athletics career Pender earned a bronze star in Vietnam and worked as the head track coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Chapel at West Point The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point and USMA, is a U.S. military academy and former Army fort. ... Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ...

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

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Melvin Pender - definition of Melvin Pender in Encyclopedia (421 words)
Mel Pender took up athletics in the army, where his incredible quickness was noticed in camp football games and he was selected to the 1964 Olympic Team.
But in Tokyo, Pender was hampered by injury and managed to finish only seventh in 100 m.
At the Mexico Olympics, Pender finished sixth in 100 m and ran the second leg in the American 4x100 m relay team that won the gold medal and set a new world record of 38.19.
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