(1926-12-13) 13 December 1926 (age 97) Kingston, Jamaica
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki
400 metres
1952 Helsinki
4x400 metres relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
1950 Guatemala City
800 m
1950 Guatemala City
400 m
1950 Guatemala City
4×100 m relay
1950 Guatemala City
4×400 m relay
George Vincent Rhoden (born 13 December 1926)[1] is a Jamaican retired athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952.
Rhoden was born in Kingston in December 1926. He later moved to San Francisco, California, and 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 win a 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 × 400 m relay team, but when Wint pulled a muscle in the final, their chances at a medal were gone. On 22 August 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 (200 m) in 1951 and in 440 yd (400 m) from 1950 to 1952. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Rhoden was more successful. As a world record holder he was one of the pre-race favourites in the 400 m which he won in a close battle with his compatriot McKenley, who had also been second in the 1948 Olympic 400 m.[2] As the anchor runner of the Jamaican relay team, Rhoden added a second Olympic gold, edging the United States where he lived by a tenth of a second, and setting a new world record (3:03.9).[3]
^Biography and Statistics at Sports Reference Archived 29 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^"RHODEN WINS 400 METER DASH IN 46s". Los Angeles Times. 16 August 1950.
^"Jamaica Gleaner - George Rhoden relives Helsinki Games glory - Sunday | June 29, 2003". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010. Jamaica Gleaner
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Australia 16 October 1936 46 years, 342 days San Juan 23 September 1983 22.3 GeorgeRhoden Jamaica 13 December 1926 45 years, 202 days Gresham 2 July 1972...
García Cuba 48.02A GeorgeRhoden Jamaica 48.19A Ovidio de Jesús Puerto Rico 48.27A 800 metres Frank Prince Panama 1:54.47A GeorgeRhoden Jamaica 1:55.00A...
Mel Patton Southern Cal 20.4y 1950 Charley Parker Texas 21.5y 1951 GeorgeRhoden Jamaica Morgan St 20.7y 1952 Jim Ford Drake 21 1953 Thane Baker Kansas...
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