(1964-06-08) June 8, 1964 (age 59) Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater
Ohio State University
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
4x400 m relay
1988 Seoul
400 m
World Championships
1987 Rome
4x400 m relay
1993 Stuttgart
4x400 m relay
1995 Gothenburg
4x400 m relay
1993 Stuttgart
400 m
1995 Gothenburg
400 m
1987 Rome
400 m
World Indoor Championships
1993 Toronto
400 m
Harry Lee Reynolds Jr. (born June 8, 1964), commonly known as Butch Reynolds, is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for 11 years 9 days with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That year, he was the silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics (behind Steve Lewis) and a relay gold medalist. He was falsely accused and banned for drug use for two years by the IAAF; until The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Reynolds due to an apparent drug testing procedural flaw. Reynolds was awarded $27.3 million dollars due to the false accusation damages, but he never received the money.
On his competitive return he became the 1993 World Indoor Champion and won two successive 400 meter silver medals at the World Championships. He also enjoyed success with the 4×400 meter relay team, winning the world title three times in his career with the United States (1987, 1993 and 1995). His team's time of 2:54.29 minutes at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics is the current world record. Reynolds remains the third fastest of all-time in the 400 m after Michael Johnson and Wayde van Niekerk, the current world record holder.
In 2016, he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[1]
^"Butch Reynolds". legacy.usatf.org. USA Track and Field. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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