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Also Known As Harold Maurice Abrahams
Born December 15, 1899 • Bedford • England
Died January 14, 1978 (aged 78) • London • England
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Bob Hayes (left, foreground) winning the 100-metre dash at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Bob Hayes
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Wyomia Tyus anchoring the U.S. 4 × 100-metre relay team, which won the gold medal in world record time at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City.
Wyomia Tyus
American athlete
Mary Rand
British athlete
Ben Johnson
Canadian athlete
Usain Bolt at the 2016 Olympics
Usain Bolt
Jamaican athlete
2023 world champion
Sha’Carri Richardson
American athlete
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican sprinter
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
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Olympic track-and-field champion Fanny Blankers-Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
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Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey
Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
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Evelyn Ashford
Evelyn Ashford
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Griffith Joyner, Florence
Florence Griffith Joyner
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Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow
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Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
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Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
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Stanisława Walasiewicz
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Betty Cuthbert
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