Full name: Malcolm Emanuel Augustus "Mal" Spence
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10" (177 cm)
Weight: 157 lbs (71 kg)
Born: January 2, 1936 in Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica
Country:
Jamaica,
West Indies Federation
Sport: Athletics
Related Olympians: Twin brother of Mel Spence.
Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)
Mal Spence had the following podium finishes at major championships: 1st in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×440 yards Relay (with George Kerr, Laurie Khan, and Mel Spence), 3rd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×440 yards Relay (with George Kerr, Keith Gardner, and the non-Olympian Gerald James); 1st in the 1959 Pan American Games 4×400 metres Relay (with Mel Spence, George Kerr, and the non-Olympian Basil Ince TRI]), 3rd in the 1959 Pan American Games 400 metres, 3rd in the 1963 Pan American Games 4×400 metres Relay (with [Rupert Hoilette, Mel Spence, and the non-Olympian Anthony Carr). In the 440 yards event Mal Spence finished fifth in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, was eliminated in the quarter-finals in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and in the heats in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In all British Empire and Commonwealth Games he competed for Jamiaca and in the Pan American Games he competed for the British West Indies in 1959 and for Jamaica in 1963. Personal Bests: 200 – unknown; 400 – 46.4y (1959). |
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 200 metres | Jamaica | JAM | 6 h5 r1/4 | ||
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 400 metres | Jamaica | JAM | 6 h2 r3/4 | ||
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | Jamaica | JAM | AC | ||
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | Men's 400 metres | West Indies Federation | WIF | 5 h2 r3/4 | ||
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | West Indies Federation | WIF | 3 | Bronze | |
| 1964 Summer | 28 | Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | Jamaica | JAM | 4 |
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Country | Phase | Unit | Rank | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Jamaica | Round One | Heat Five | 6 | 21.7 | 21.86 |
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Country | Phase | Unit | Rank | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Jamaica | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 6 | 47.4 | 47.52 | |
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Jamaica | Quarter-Finals | Heat Two | 2 | QU | 47.4 | 47.42 |
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Jamaica | Round One | Heat Seven | 2 | QU | 48.2 | 48.31 |
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | West Indies Federation | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 5 | 46.8 | 46.99 | |
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | West Indies Federation | Quarter-Finals | Heat One | 3 | QU | 46.9 | 47.00 |
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | West Indies Federation | Round One | Heat Seven | 1 | QU | 47.6 | 47.77 |
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | T(H) | T(A) | ST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Jamaica | JAM | Final | AC | DQ | [3:11.3] | [3:11.50] | ||
| 1956 Summer | 20 | Melbourne | Athletics | Jamaica | JAM | Round One | Heat Three | 2 | QU | 3:11.0 | 3:11.07 | |
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | West Indies Federation | WIF | Final | 3 | 3:04.0 | 3:04.13 | 46,58 | ||
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | West Indies Federation | WIF | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 2 | QU | 3:09.2 | 3:09.34 | |
| 1960 Summer | 24 | Roma | Athletics | West Indies Federation | WIF | Round One | Heat Two | 1 | QU | 3:09.1 | 3:09.28 | |
| 1964 Summer | 28 | Tokyo | Athletics | Jamaica | JAM | Final | 4 | 3:02.3 | 45,4 | |||
| 1964 Summer | 28 | Tokyo | Athletics | Jamaica | JAM | Round One | Heat Three | 3 | QC | 3:05.3 |