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Millard Hampton

Full name: Millard Frank Hampton, Jr.
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)
Born: July 8, 1956 in Fresno, California, United States
Affiliations: UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles (USA)
Country: USA United States
Sport: Athletics

Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver (2 Total)

Biography

Millard Hampton of UCLA set a career 200 m best of 20.10 in winning the 1976 Final Trials. He had earlier won the AAU title and, apart from placing only fifth in the California Relays in May, his second place to Don Quarrie of Jamaica at the Olympics was Hampton's only defeat of the season. Hampton won a relay gold medal at Montréal and continued competing until 1980, when he placed second at the TAC championships.

Personal Bests: 100 – 10.33 (1977); 200 – 20.10 (1976).

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics Men's 200 metres United States USA 2 Silver
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay United States USA 1 Gold

Men's 200 metres

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T(A) L
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States Final 2 20.29 4
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States Semi-Finals Heat One 2 QU 20.69 4
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States Quarter-Finals Heat Three 2 QU 20.83 8
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States Round One Heat One 1 QU 21.11 1

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank T(A) L
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States USA Final 1 38.33 2
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States USA Semi-Finals Heat One 1 QU 38.51 8
1976 Summer 20 Montréal Athletics United States USA Round One Heat One 1 QU 38.76 4