American sprinter
Reggie Witherspoon
Birth name Reginald Edwin Witherspoon Born May 31, 1985 (1985-05-31 ) (age 39)
Reginald Edwin "Reggie" Witherspoon (born May 31, 1985, in Pasadena, California ) is an American sprinter. He competed for University of Florida and later Baylor University . He was part of the USA's gold medal-winning team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after running in the heats. Witherspoon also held the Indoor National High School Record at 400 m, which was held by William Reed, with his time of 46.11 seconds at the 2003 National Scholastic Indoor Championships in New York.
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Medley 4 × 400 m
1912 : Mel Sheppard , Edward Lindberg , Ted Meredith , Charles Reidpath (USA )
1920 : Cecil Griffiths , Robert Lindsay , John Ainsworth-Davis , Guy Butler (GBR )
1924 : Commodore Cochran , Alan Helffrich , Oliver Macdonald , William Stevenson (USA )
1928 : George Baird , Emerson Spencer , Fred Alderman , Ray Barbuti (USA )
1932 : Ivan Fuqua , Ed Ablowich , Karl Warner , Bill Carr (USA )
1936 : Freddie Wolff , Godfrey Rampling , Bill Roberts , Godfrey Brown (GBR )
1948 : Arthur Harnden , Cliff Bourland , Roy Cochran , Mal Whitfield (USA )
1952 : Arthur Wint , Leslie Laing , Herb McKenley , George Rhoden (JAM )
1956 : Charles Jenkins Sr. , Lou Jones , Jesse Mashburn , Tom Courtney (USA )
1960 : Jack Yerman , Earl Young , Glenn Davis , Otis Davis (USA )
1964 : Ollan Cassell , Mike Larrabee , Ulis Williams , Henry Carr (USA )
1968 : Vincent Matthews , Ron Freeman , Larry James , Lee Evans (USA )
1972 : Charles Asati , Munyoro Nyamau , Robert Ouko , Julius Sang (KEN )
1976 : Herman Frazier , Benny Brown , Fred Newhouse , Maxie Parks (USA )
1980 : Remigijus Valiulis , Mikhail Linge , Nikolay Chernetskiy , Viktor Markin (URS )
1984 : Sunder Nix , Ray Armstead , Alonzo Babers , Antonio McKay (USA )
1988 : Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Butch Reynolds , Antonio McKay , Andrew Valmon (USA )
1992 : Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson , Steve Lewis , Darnell Hall , Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA )
1996 : LaMont Smith , Alvin Harrison , Derek Mills , Anthuan Maybank , Jason Rouser (USA )
2000 : Clement Chukwu , Jude Monye , Sunday Bada , Enefiok Udo-Obong , Nduka Awazie , Fidelis Gadzama (NGR )
2004 : Otis Harris , Derrick Brew , Jeremy Wariner , Darold Williamson , Andrew Rock , Kelly Willie (USA )
2008 : LaShawn Merritt , Angelo Taylor , David Neville , Jeremy Wariner , Kerron Clement , Reggie Witherspoon (USA )
2012 : Chris Brown , Demetrius Pinder , Michael Mathieu , Ramon Miller (BAH )
2016 : Arman Hall , Tony McQuay , Gil Roberts , LaShawn Merritt , Kyle Clemons , David Verburg (USA )
2020 : Michael Cherry , Michael Norman , Bryce Deadmon , Rai Benjamin , Trevor Stewart , Randolph Ross , Vernon Norwood (USA )
2024 : Christopher Bailey , Vernon Norwood , Bryce Deadmon , Rai Benjamin , Quincy Wilson (USA )
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