Huskers in the Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze 1912 (Stockholm) 100-Meter Dash 0 1 1 Lewis Anderson (USA), 1,500-Meter Run, DNQ
2019 NEBRASKA TRACK & FIELD 79 NCAA CHAMPIONS | 638 ALL-AMERICANS | 29 NCAA TOP-FIVE TEAM FINISHES | 66 OLYMPIANS Medals by Event Huskers in the Olympics Event Gold Silver Bronze 1912 (Stockholm) 100-Meter Dash 0 1 1 Lewis Anderson (USA), 1,500-meter run, DNQ. 200-Meter Dash 1 0 1 4x100-Meter Relay 1 1 0 1936 (Berlin) 4x400-Meter Relay 0 0 1 Sam Francis (USA), shot put, fourth. 1956 (Melbourne) Keith Gardner (Jamaica), 110-meter hurdles, DNQ. 1960 (Rome) Joe Mullins (Canada), 800-meter run, DNQ; Keith Gardner (Jamaica), 4x400-meter relay, third. 1964 (Tokyo) Lynn Headley (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, DNQ. 1968 (Mexico City) Charlie Greene (USA), 100-meter dash, third; 4x100-meter relay, first; Clifton Forbes (Jamaica), 400-meter dash, DNQ; 4x100-meter relay, fourth; Lennox Burgher (Jamaica), triple jump, DNQ. 1972 (Munich) Leighton Priestley (Jamaica), 400-meter dash, DNQ; Garth Case (Jamaica), 400-meter dash, DNQ; Horace Levy (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, DNQ; Donald Quarrie (Jamaica), made 200-meter dash semifinals, injured during semifinal race. 1976 (Montreal) Donald Quarrie (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, second; 200-meter dash, first; Leighton Priestley (Jamaica), 4x400-meter relay, fifth. 1980 (Moscow) Donald Quarrie (Jamaica), made semifinals in 100-meter dash; 200-meter dash, third, 4x100-meter relay, DNQ. 1984 (Los Angeles) Donald Quarrie (Jamaica), made semifinals in 200-meter dash; 4x100-meter relay, second; Dennis Wallace (Jamaica), 4x400-meter relay, DNQ. 1988 (Seoul) Bill Trott (Bermuda), 100-meter dash, DNQ. 1992 (Barcelona) Tamas Molnar (Hungary), 400-meter dash, DNQ; Mark Jackson (Canada), 400-meter hurdles, DNQ. 1996 (Atlanta) Balazs Tolgyesi (Hungary), advanced to semifinals in 1,500-meter run, DNQ; Frank Mensah (Ghana), 110-meter hurdles, DNQ; Dieudonne Kwizera (Burundi), 1,500-meter run, DNQ.
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