Mel Spence (2 January 1936 – 28 October 2012)[1] was a Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of Mal Spence, an Olympic sprint medalist.[2]
He was a relay silver medalist at the 1955 Pan American Games and was runner-up in the individual 400 m event at the 1963 Pan American Games.[3] He was part of the winning Jamaican 4×400 metres relay team at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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- 1951: United States (Brown, Whitfield, Voight, Maiocco)
- 1955: United States (Mashburn, Spurrier, Lea, Jones)
- 1959: British West Indies (Mel Spence, Kerr, Mal Spence, Ince)
- 1963: United States (Cassell, Johnson, Edmunds, Young)
- 1967: United States (Matthews, E. Taylor, Stinson, Evans)
- 1971: United States (Smith, Alexander, Newhouse, Turner)
- 1975: United States (Frazier, R. Taylor, Peoples, Ray)
- 1979: United States (Darden, Peoples, Frazier, Walker)
- 1983: United States (Babers, Bradley, Rolle, Carey)
- 1987: United States (Pierre, Robinzine, Haley, Rowe)
- 1991: Cuba (Herrera, Pavó, Valentín, Martínez)
- 1995: Cuba (Crusellas, Téllez, Meña, García)
- 1999: Jamaica (Clarke, McDonald, McFarlane, Haughton)
- 2003: Jamaica (Clarke, Spence, Ayre, Campbell)
- 2007: Bahamas (Williams, Moncur, Mathieu, Brown)
- 2011: Cuba (Ruíz, Acea, Cisneros, Collazo)
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- 1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
- 1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
- 1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
- 1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
- 1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
- 1950: Panama (S. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
- 1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
- 1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
- 1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
- 1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
- 1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
- 1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
- 1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
- 1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
- 1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
- 1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
- 1993: Cuba (Meña, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
- 1998: Cuba (Meña, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
- 2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
- 2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
- 2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Spence, Mel |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Olympic sprint athlete |
| Date of birth |
2 January 1936 |
| Place of birth |
Jamaica |
| Date of death |
28 October 2012 |
| Place of death |
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