Longhorns Men's Olympians
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Longhorns Men’s Olympians BY NAME BY YEAR Dylan Armstrong __________________________________2008, 2012 1948 LONDON Patrik Bodén ________________________________________ 1992 Jerry Thompson: The three-time NCAA two-mile champion qualified for the USA team and Peter Borglund ___________________________________1988, 1992 competed in the 5,000 meters, but did not reach the finals. Mark Boswell ____________________________________2000, 2004 Mike Burley ________________________________________ 1976 1952 HELSINKI Brendan Christian ___________________________________2004, ’08 Paul Craig _________________________________________ 1976 Dean Smith: A member of the 1952 USA team, Smith became the Longhorns’ first Olympic medal winner at the Games. He ran the first leg on the gold medal-winning 400m relay Ryan Crouser ________________________________________ 2016 team (40.1). He also placed fourth in 100m in 10.4. Bishop Dolegiewicz ____________________________________ 1976 Richard Duncan ___________________________________1996, 2000 Marquise Goodwin ____________________________________ 2012 1956 MELBOURNE Winthrop Graham _________________________________1988, 1992 Eddie Southern: A member of the USA team, Southern set an Olympic record of 50.1 in Owen Hamilton ___________________________________1980, 1984 the 400m hurdles prelims. He went on to become the Horns’ second Olympic medalist, Trey Hardee _____________________________________2008, 2012 receiving a silver medal for finishing second to fellow American Glenn Davis in the 400m hurdles. Oskar Jakobsson___________________________________1976, 1980 Johnny “Lam” Jones ___________________________________ 1976 Du’aine Ladejo ______________________________________ 1992 1976 MONTREAL Samyr Laine ________________________________________ 2012 Johnny Lam Jones: Jones earned a spot on the USA team before starting his freshman year Kamiel Maase _______________________________________ 2008 at Texas. He earned a gold medal as the second leg of the 400m relay team (38.33). He Andra Manson _______________________________________ 2008 also was sixth in the 100m (10.27). Leo Manzano ____________________________________2008, 2012 Paul Craig: One of five Longhorns competing for the Canadian team at the Montreal Games, Craig advanced to the semifinals in the 1,500m. He ran a 3:41.0 in the semis, Desmond Morris __________________________________1980, 1984 but did not qualify for the final. Marvin Nash ________________________________________ 1976 Bishop Dolegiewicz: A member of the Canadian squad, Dolegiewicz competed in the dis- Byron Robinson ______________________________________ 2016 cus, but did not place. Patrick Sang _____________________________________1988, 1992 Marvin Nash: Ran the second leg of Canada’s eighth place 400m relay team (39.47). Ian Seale __________________________________________ 1976 Hugh Spooner: Ran the first leg of Canada’s 400m relay team that finished eighth (39.47). Oddur Sigurdsson __________________________________1980, 1984 Ian Seale: Ran a 47.0 leadoff leg for Canada’s 1,600m relay team that finished just short of Dean Smith ________________________________________ 1952 a medal, taking fourth in the finals (3:02.6). Karl Smith _________________________________________ 1984 Mike Burley: A member of the USA modern pentathlon team, but did not place. Eddie Southern ______________________________________ 1956 Oskar Jakobsson: Competing for Iceland in the javelin, his throw of 238-9 did not qualify Hugh Spooner _______________________________________ 1976 for the finals. Pablo Squella _______________________________________ 1988 Ian Stapleton _______________________________________ 1980 1980 MOSCOW Jerry Thompson ______________________________________ 1948 Oskar Jakobsson: In his second Olympic appearance, Jakobsson placed 11th in the shot put Einar Vihjalmsson ______________________________ 1984, 1988, 1992 (62-6 3/4). He qualified in the discus, but did not reach the finals. Dag Wennlund ___________________________________1988, 1992 Owen Hamilton: A member of the Jamaican team, he qualified for the semifinals in the Jamal Wilson _______________________________________ 2016 800m where his time of 1:47.6 missed the finals by one place. Desmond Morris: Competing for Jamaica, Morris qualified in the high jump, but did not reach the finals. Oddur Sigurdsson: A member of the Iceland team, Sigurdsson competed in the 400m. Ian Stapleton: Running on Jamaica’s 1,600m relay team, Stapleton helped them advance to the semifinals, but they did not make the final. 1984 LOS ANGELES Owen Hamilton: In his second Olympic appearance for Jamaica, Hamilton advanced to the 800m quarterfinals. Desmond Morris: Competing in his second Olympics for Jamaica in high jump, Morris did not advance to the finals. Einar Vilhjalmsson: Competing for Iceland, Vilhjalmsson placed sixth in the javelin finals with a toss of 267-8. Oddur Sigurdsson: A member of the Iceland team, Sigurdsson reached the quarterfinals in the 400m. Karl Smith: A member of the Jamaican team, Smith reached the 400m hurdles semifinals. TEXAS TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY RECORD BOOK Longhorns Men’s Olympians BY YEAR 1988 SEOUL Andra Manson: Competing for the United States, Manson just missed qualifying for the final in the high jump. He posted a clearance of 2.25 meters, which ended up being the Peter Borglund: A member of the Swedish team, he was ninth in the javelin (256-7). minimum height to advance, but he was unable to move on due to misses. Winthrop Graham: Won a silver medal as a member of Jamaica’s 1,600m relay team and Leo Manzano: Competing for the United States, Manzano finished 12th in the second heat narrowly missed another medal in his specialty, the 400m hurdles. Graham placed fifth of the 1,500-meter semifinals. He advanced to the semis by placing sixth in his quarter- in that event, clocking an all-time Southwest Conference best of 48.04. final heat in 3:36.67. Patrick Sang: Competing for Kenya, he came in seventh in the steeplechase (8:15.22). Pablo Squella: Competing for Chile, Squella advanced to the quarterfinals in the 800m. Einar Vihjalmsson: Competed in the javelin for Iceland, but did not make the final. 2012 LONDON Dag Wennlund: Competing in his first Olympics for Iceland, he was eighth in the javelin Dylan Armstrong: Competing for Canada, Armstrong finished fifth in the shot put finals with (256-7). a toss of 68-8 (20.93). He posted a mark of 67-2.75 (20.49m) on his third and final attempt, which was good for third in the second of two qualifying flights of the prelims. He was 1992 BARCELONA seventh among the 12 competitors in the prelims. Marquise Goodwin: A member of the United States team, Goodwin finished 10th in the Winthrop Graham: Competing for his native Jamaica in his second Olympics, Graham won long jump with a leap of 25-7.25. He needed just one attempt in the qualifying round a silver medal, the second in his career, in the 400m hurdles(47.66). to reach the finals. Goodwin leapt 26-7.25 (8.11m) in his first-ever attempt in Olympic Patrick Sang: A member of the Kenyan team, Sang won a silver medal in the steeplechase, competition. That was the top mark in Group A and was one of just two automatic quali- clocking 8:09.55. fiers for the finals. He leapt a career-best 27-4 (8.33m) on his final attempt at the U.S. Du’aine Ladejo: Competing for Great Britain, Ladejo became the Horns’ fifth Olympic med- Olympic Trials to earn a spot on the Olympic Team. Goodwin was the first collegian to alist earning a bronze medal as a member of its 1,600m relay squad. win both the Olympic Trials and the NCAA Outdoor long jump competition in the same Einar Vihjalmsson: A member of the Iceland team, Vihjalmsson was one of four former Horns year since 1960. He was also the first-ever Longhorn to reach the long jump final at the competing in the javelin. He did not qualify for the final, but his toss of 258-2 was good for Olympics. 14th place. Trey Hardee: Competing for the United States, Hardee won a silver medal in the decathlon, Dag Wennlund: Competing for Iceland in the javelin, Wennlund did not make the final, but becoming the first Longhorn to medal in the event and seventh to medal at the Olympics. his throw of 255-6 ranked 15th. Hardee, who posted 8,671 points, was in second place from wire-to-wire behind fellow Patrik Bodén: A member of the Swedish team, Boden did not advance to the javelin final, American Ashton Eaton who was in reach of the Olympic record (8,893 by Roman Sebrle but his toss of 254-11 was good for 16th place. of the Czech Republic in 2004), but still managed an impressive tally of 8,869. Eaton and Peter Borglund: Competing for Sweden, Borglund did not make the finals. He threw the Hardee became the first Americans to go one-two in the Olympic decathlon since Milton javelin for 245-2. Campbell and Rafer Johnson in 1956. Samyr Laine: Competing for the Haiti, Laine finished finished 11th in the triple jump fi- 1996 ATLANTA nals with a mark of 54-7.50 (16.65m) on his second attempt. He advanced to the finals Richard Duncan: Competing for Canada, Duncan finished 34th in the long jump with a by finishing sixth in Group A of the qualifying round. Laine leapt 55-2 (16.81m) on his leap of 24-11 3/4. second of three attempts and was one of seven qualifiers out of the first of two groups. Leo Manzano: Competing for the United States, Manzano won a silver medal in his specialty, 2000 SYDNEY the 1500 meters with a time of 3:34.79. Manzano came from the middle of the pack over Mark Boswell: Competing for Canada, Boswell finished in a sixth-place tie in the high jump the last 100 meters to become the first American to medal in the 1500 at the Olympics with a clearance of 7-7.25. since Jim Ryun in the 1968 Mexico City games. He was also just the fourth American med- Richard Duncan: Competing in his second Olympics for Canada, Duncan finished in 16th alist in the 1,500 since the 1920 Olympics (Bo McMillen - silver in the 1952 Olympics in place in Group I qualifying in the long jump (24-11.25).