Earl Jones (athlete)
![]() Jones (#248) leading the men's 800 m event at the 1984 U.S. Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||
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Born | July 17, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (age 60)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle Distance | ||||||||||||||
College team | Eastern Michigan | ||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Monica Track Club | ||||||||||||||
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Earl Jones (born July 17, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former middle distance runner who won an 800 meters bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He finished third behind Joaquim Cruz and Sebastian Coe with a time of 1:43.83 minutes.
Earlier that summer at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Jones won the 800 meters, just barely nudging out Johnny Gray as both men ran a time of 1:43.74, beating Rick Wohlhuter's American Record. In 1985, Jones won the 800 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championship (in 1:45.12) and in 1986 he further improved his personal best to 1:43.62 minutes at a meeting in Zürich.
In 1986 Jones joined the sub 4:00 mile club with a 3:58.76 record mile at Westwood in May. Jones attended Eastern Michigan University (finishing second in the 800 meters to Joaquim Cruz in the 1984 NCAA championships and first in the 800 in 1985) and Taylor Center High School in Taylor, MI (class of 1982).
References
[edit]- Earl Jones at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Earl Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- American male middle-distance runners
- Track and field athletes from Chicago
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- Eastern Michigan University alumni
- Eastern Michigan Eagles men's track and field athletes
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportspeople
- United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs