Kirk Baptiste

Kirk Baptiste
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	June 20, 1962; Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 24, 2022 (aged 59)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track
Event	Sprints
College team	Houston
Club	Athletics West; Santa Monica Track Club
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Indoor Championships

Kirk Baptiste (June 20, 1962 – March 24, 2022) was an American track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 200 metres. He was born in Beaumont, Texas. He competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metres with a time of 19.96 seconds. This was the first time anyone had broken 20 seconds and come second in the race. He decided to forgo his final season of eligibility at the University of Houston after his successful junior year.^[1] Baptiste was diagnosed with HIV in the 1990s, spending a decade abusing drugs to escape. In 2006 he began treatment at "A Caring Safe Place" in Houston.^[2]

References

^ "Two-time NCAA 200-meter track champion Kirk Baptiste has decided..." United Press International. August 14, 1985. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2006_4056734/a-caring-safe-place-facility-offers-a-second-chanc.html ^{[dead link]}

External links

Kirk Baptiste at Olympedia
Kirk Baptiste at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirk Baptiste". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.

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[1] "Two-time NCAA 200-meter track champion Kirk Baptiste has decided..." United Press International. August 14, 1985. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[2] ttp://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2006_4056734/a-caring-safe-place-facility-offers-a-second-chanc.html ^{[dead link]}

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v t e 1984 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1984 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin
Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Ed Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki
Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Sutfin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker
Coaches	—

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 100-meter dash and 100-yard dash
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Charles McIvor 10.5 1877: William Wilmer 10.5 1878: Fred Saportas 10.0w
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: Beverly Value 10 3⁄8 1880-81: Lon Myers 10.4 10 1⁄4 1882-83: Arthur Waldron NT 10 1⁄4 1884-86^ro: Malcolm Ford 10.8* 10.6 10.4 1887: Charles Sherrill 10.4 1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 10.4
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 10.0 1889-90: John Owen 10.4 9.8 1891: Luther Cary 10.2 1892: Harry Jewett 10.0 1893: Charles Stage 10.2 1894: Tom Lee 10.2 1895-97: Bernie Wefers 10.0w 10.2 9.8 1898: Frank Jarvis 10.0 1899: Arthur Duffey 10.0 1900: Maxie Long 10.0 1901: Frank Sears 9.8 1902: Pat Walsh 10.0 1903: Archie Hahn 10.2 1904: Lawson Robertson 10.5 1905: Charles Parsons 9.8 1906: Charles Seitz 10.2 1907: Harold Huff 10.2 1908: William Hamilton 10.2 1909: William Martin 10.2 1910: James Rosenberger 10.2 1911: Gwin Henry 10.0 1912-13: Howard Drew 10.0 10.4 1914-15: Jo Loomis 10.2 9.8w 1916-17: Andy Ward 10.0 10.2 1918: Arthur Henke 10.0 1919: William Hayes 10.2 1920^OT: Loren Murchison 10.0 1921: Charley Paddock 9.6 1922: Robert McAllister 10.0 1923: Loren Murchison 10.1 1924: Charley Paddock 9.6 1925: Frank Hussey 9.8 1926: Charley Borah 9.8 1927: Chester Bowman 9.6 1928^OT: Frank Wykoff 10.6 1929-30: Eddie Tolan 10.0 9.7 1931: Frank Wykoff 9.5 1932^OT: Ralph Metcalfe 9.5 1933-34: Ralph Metcalfe 10.5 10.4 1935: Eulace Peacock 10.2w 1936: Jesse Owens 10.4 1937: Perrin Walker 10.7 1938: Ben Johnson 10.7 1939: Clyde Jeffrey 10.2w 1940: Harold Davis 10.3 1941: Barney Ewell 10.3 1942-43: Harold Davis 10.5 10.3 1944: Buddy Young 10.5 1945: Barney Ewell 10.3 1946-47: Bill Mathis 10.7 10.5 1948: Barney Ewell 10.6 1949: Andy Stanfield 10.3 1950: Art Bragg 10.4 1951: Jim Golliday 10.3 1952: Dean Smith 10.5 1953-54: Art Bragg 9.5 9.5 1955-56: Bobby Morrow 9.5 10.3 1957: Leamon King 9.7 1958: Bobby Morrow 9.4 1959-60: Ray Norton 10.5 10.5 1961: Frank Budd 9.2 1962-64: Bob Hayes 9.3 9.1w 10.3 1965: George Anderson 9.3 1966: Charles Greene 9.4 1967: Jim Hines 9.3 1968: Charles Greene 10.0w 1969-70: Ivory Crockett 9.3 9.3 1971: Del Meriwether 9.0w 1972: Robert Taylor 10.2 1973-74: Steve Williams 9.4 9.9 1975^G1: Steve Williams 10.21 1976^G2: Robert Woods 10.44 1977^G1: Steve Williams 10.24 1978: Clancy Edwards 10.14w 1979: James Sanford 10.07
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Stanley Floyd 10.19 1981-83: Carl Lewis 10.13 10.11 10.27 1984: Sam Graddy 10.28 1985: Kirk Baptiste 10.11 1986: Carl Lewis 9.91w 1987: Mark Witherspoon 10.04 1988: Emmit King 10.04 1989: Leroy Burrell 9.94 1990: Carl Lewis 10.05 1991: Leroy Burrell 9.90 1992^OT: Dennis Mitchell 10.09
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Andre Cason 9.85w 1994: Dennis Mitchell 10.13 1995: Michael Marsh 10.23 1996^OT: Dennis Mitchell 9.92 1997: Maurice Greene 9.90 1998: Tim Harden 9.88w 1999: Dennis Mitchell 9.97w 2000^OT: Maurice Greene 10.01 2001: Bernard Williams 9.95w 2002: Maurice Greene 9.88w 2003: Bernard Williams 10.11 2004^OT: Maurice Greene 9.91 2005: Justin Gatlin 10.08 2006-08^OT: Tyson Gay 9.93 9.84 9.68w 2009: Mike Rodgers 9.91w 2010-11: Walter Dix 10.04 9.94 2012^OT-13: Justin Gatlin 9.80 9.75 2014: Mike Rodgers 10.09 2015: Tyson Gay 9.87 2016^OT: Justin Gatlin 9.80 2017: Justin Gatlin 9.95 2018: Noah Lyles 9.88 2019: Christian Coleman 9.99 2021^{2020 OT}: Trayvon Bromell 9.80 2022: Fred Kerley 9.77 2023: Cravont Charleston 9.95 2024: Noah Lyles 9.83
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance: Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31 ro: In 1886 the event was won after a run-off *: Penalized one yard for false start G1: Race was won by Don Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest G2: Race was won by Chris Garpenborg (Sweden) competing as a guest

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 200-meter dash
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Not held 1877: Edward Merritt 1878: Wm. Willmer
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879–81: Lon Myers 1882–83: Henry Brooks 1884: Lon Myers 1885–86: Malcolm Ford 1887–88^{Note 1}: Fred Westing
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 1889: John Owen 1890: Fred Westing 1891: Luther Cary 1892: Harry Jewett 1893: Charles Stage 1894: Tommy Lee 1895–97: Bernie Wefers 1898: James Maybury 1899: Maxie Long 1900: William Edwards 1901: Frank Sears 1902: Pat Walsh 1903: Archie Hahn 1904: William Hogenson 1905: Archie Hahn 1906: Ralph Young 1907: Harold Huff 1908: W.F. Keating 1909: Waring Dawbarn 1910: Gwin Henry 1911: John Nelson 1912: Alvah Meyer 1913: Howard Drew 1914: Irving Howe 1915: Robert Morse 1916–17: Andy Ward 1918: Loren Murchison 1919: Henry Williams 1920^OT-21: Charley Paddock 1922: Al LeConey 1923: Loren Murchison 1924: Charley Paddock 1925: Jackson Scholz 1926: Tom Sharkey 1927–28^OT: Charley Borah 1929: Eddie Tolan 1930: George Simpson 1931: Eddie Tolan 1932^OT-36: Ralph Metcalfe 1937: Jack Weiershauser 1938: Mack Robinson 1939: Barney Ewell 1940–43: Harold Davis 1944: Charles Parker 1945: Elmore Harris 1946–47: Barney Ewell 1948: Lloyd La Beach (PAN) * Cliff Bourland 1949: Andy Stanfield 1950: Robert Tyler 1951: James Ford 1952–53: Andy Stanfield 1954: Art Bragg 1955: Rod Richard 1956: Thane Baker 1957: Ollan Cassell 1958: Bobby Morrow 1959–60: Ray Norton 1961–63: Paul Drayton 1964: Henry Carr 1965: Adolph Plummer 1966: Jim Hines 1967–68: Tommie Smith 1969: John Carlos 1970: Ben Vaughn 1971: Don Quarrie (JAM) (^USA Larry Black) 1972: Chuck Smith 1973: Steve Williams 1974–75: Don Quarrie (JAM) (^USA Reggie Jones – both years) 1976: Millard Hampton 1977: Derald Harris 1978: Clancy Edwards 1979: Dwayne Evans
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: LaMonte King 1981: Jeff Phillips 1982: Calvin Smith 1983: Carl Lewis 1984: Brady Crain 1985: Kirk Baptiste 1986: Floyd Heard 1987: Carl Lewis 1988: Larry Myricks 1989: Floyd Heard 1990–92^OT: Michael Johnson
1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Marsh 1994: Ron Clark 1995–96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Jon Drummond 1998: Gentry Bradley 1999: Maurice Greene 2000^OT: John Capel 2001: Shawn Crawford 2002–03: Darvis Patton 2004^OT: Shawn Crawford 2005: Justin Gatlin 2006: Wallace Spearmon 2007: Tyson Gay 2008^OT: Walter Dix 2009: Shawn Crawford 2010: Wallace Spearmon 2011: Walter Dix 2012^OT: Wallace Spearmon 2013: Isiah Young 2014: Curtis Mitchell 2015–16^OT: Justin Gatlin 2017–18: Ameer Webb 2019: Noah Lyles 2021^{2020 OT}-22: Noah Lyles 2022:Erriyon Knighton
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. *USA: Leading American athlete