November 15, 2019(2019-11-15) (aged 96) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Weight
152 lb (69 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
100 m, 200 m 110 m, 400 m hurdles
Club
Baldwin-Wallace College
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
100 m – 10.50 (1948) 200 m – 20.8 (1948) 110 mH – 13.6 (1948)[1] 400 mH – 53.7 (1942)[2]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1948 London
100 m
1948 London
4×100 m relay
1952 Helsinki
110 m hurdles
1952 Helsinki
4×100 m relay
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt with Harrison Dillard holding the 1948 London Olympics torch, August 1, 2012.
William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (July 8, 1923 – November 15, 2019) was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952.
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the 20th century and included such World- and Olympic champions as HarrisonDillard, Rod Milburn, Greg Foster, Renaldo Nehemiah, Roger Kingdom, Allen Johnson...
record at Stanford for 63 years until it was broken in 2015 by a freshman, Harrison Williams. In 1952, he was the first person to compete in an Olympics and...
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