Greg Haughton Explained

Gregory Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds.

He was coached by Clyde Hart, an individual who also trained world record-holder Michael Johnson. Individually, Haughton was the bronze medallist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won bronze medals over 400 m at the World Championships in Athletics in 1995 and 2001. He won gold medals at the 2001 Goodwill Games, 1999 Pan American Games, 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He was twice NJCAA Champion and a three-time NCAA 400 metres champion. He won five Jamaican national titles in his career.

As a long-standing member of Jamaica's 4×400 metres relay team, Haughton was crowned 2004 World Indoor Champion, 1998 Commonwealth Champion, 1999 Pan American Games champion. He won Olympic bronze medals in the relay in 2000 and 1996, as well as four silver medals at the World Championships.

Haughton was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1997), George Mason University Hall of Fame (2001), and the Carreras Sports Foundation Male Athlete of the Year (1999–2000). In April 2011 Greg Haughton received the award from the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association for Outstanding Contribution to Track and Field in Jamaica.

Personal bests

DateEventVenueTime
19 May 1996200 metresFairfax, Virginia20.64
9 August 1995400 metresGothenburg, Sweden44.56

Achievements

Representing
1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea15th (h)[1] 400 m47.73
bgcolor=silver 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:06.58
1993Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1st400 m45.35
1st4 × 400 m relay3:02.57
World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany6th400 m45.63
7th4 × 400 m relay3:01.44
1995World ChampionshipsGöteborg, Sweden3rd400 m44.56
2nd4 × 400 m relay2:59.88
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece2nd4 × 400 m relay2:56.75
World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France2nd4 × 400 m relay3:08.11
1998Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuelabgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:03.26
Commonwealth GamesKuala Lampur, Malaysia1st4 × 400 m relay2:59.03
1999Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Manitoba1st400 m44.59
1st4 × 400 m relay2:57.97
World ChampionshipsSevilla, Spain5th400 m45.07
2nd4 × 400 m relay2:59.34
2000IAAF Grand Prix FinalDoha, Qatar3rd400 m45.85
Summer OlympicsSydney, Australia3rd400 m44.70
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Alberta3rd400 m44.98
2nd4 × 400 m relay2:58.39
2002IAAF Grand Prix FinalParis, France2nd400 m44.87
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1st4 × 400 m relay3:05.21

References

Notes and References

  1. Disqualified in the semifinal.