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Ronald Zinn

Personal information

Full name

Ronald Lloyd Zinn

Nickname

Ron

Nationality

American

Born

(1939-05-10)May 10, 1939
Peoria, Illinois

Died

July 7, 1965(1965-07-07) (aged 26)
War Zone D,South Vietnam

Alma mater

United States Military Academy

Occupation

United States Army Captain

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Weight

150 lb (68 kg)

Medal record

Men'sAthletics

Representingthe United States
Pan American Games
	1963 Sao Paulo	20km Walk

Ronald Lloyd Zinn (May 10, 1939 – July 7, 1965) was arace walker from theUnited States, who represented his native country at twoSummer Olympics, starting in 1960. His best finish was sixth place in the men's 20 km walk at the1964 Summer Olympics inTokyo, Japan. He came in third in the 20 km event at the1963 Pan American Games.

Ron Zinn was born inPeoria, Illinois. He graduated from theUnited States Military Academy atWest Point in 1962 and served in theUnited States Army during theVietnam War. Zinn was killed in a firefight inWar Zone D while serving as platoon leader B Company, 2nd Battalion,503rd Infantry Regiment,173rd Airborne Brigade. He held the rank ofLieutenant at the time of his death.^[1]

Camp Zinn, an Army base east ofBien Hoa Air Base, was named in his honor. Additionally, USA Track and Field annually recognizes the top male and female race walker in the country with an award bearing his name.^[2]

References

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^"U.S. Track Star Slain in Vietnam; Lieut. Ronald Zinn, 26, Was Walking-Race Champion".The New York Times. 14 July 1965.
^Kelley, Michael (2002).Where We Were In Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 561.ISBN 1-55571-625-3.

Sources

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Ronald Zinn, CPT, Army, Orland Park IL, 07Jul65 02E030 - The Virtual Wall
Ron Zinn atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2012).The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition.London:Aurum Press. p. 198.ISBN 978-1-84513-695-6.

v t e 1960 USA Olympic track and field team
Men's track and road athletes	John Allen Jim Beatty Alex Breckenridge Frank Budd Dyrol Burleson Lee Calhoun Les Carney Pete Close Phil Coleman Ernie Cunliffe Cliff Cushman Glenn Davis Otis Davis Bill Dellinger Jim Grelle Rudy Haluza Dick Howard Stone Johnson Deacon Jones Hayes Jones John J. Kelley Ron Laird Bruce MacDonald Willie May Gordon McKenzie Bob Mimm Tom Murphy Ray Norton Jerry Siebert Dave Sime Bob Soth Max Truex Jack Yerman Earl Young George Young Ron Zinn
Men's field athletes	Bill Alley Rink Babka Ed Bagdonas Terry Beucher Ralph Boston Don Bragg Al Cantello Dave Clark Dick Cochran Hal Connolly Ira Davis Charles Dumas Dave Edstrom Joe Faust Al Hall Rafer Johnson Dallas Long Ron Morris Phil Mulkey Bill Nieder Parry O'Brien Al Oerter Bo Roberson Bill Sharpe Herman Stokes John Thomas Anthony Watson
Women's track athletes	Shirley Crowder Pat Daniels Martha Hudson Barbara Jones Ernestine Pollards Irene Robertson Wilma Rudolph Jo Ann Terry Lucinda Williams
Women's field athletes	Karen Anderson Barbara Brown Earlene Brown Olga Connolly Jean Gaertner Pamela Kurrell Neomia Rogers Annie Smith Willye White
Coaches	Larry Snyder (head coach) George Eastment (assistant coach) Ralph Higgins (assistant coach) Lloyd "Bud" Winter (assistant coach) Ed Temple (women's head coach) Fran Welch (women's field event coach)

v t e 1964 USA Olympic track and field team
Men's track and road athletes	Gerry Ashworth Mike Brodie Dyrol Burleson Henry Carr Ollan Cassell Rex Cawley Willie Davenport Bill Dellinger Paul Drayton Buddy Edelen Tom Farrell Jeff Fishback Morgan Groth Billy Hardin Bob Hayes T. J. Jackson Hayes Jones Ron Laird Mike Larrabee Ron Larrieu Gerry Lindgren Jay Luck Bruce MacDonald Pete McArdle Chris McCarthy Billy Mills Oscar Moore Jack Mortland Tom O'Hara Mel Pender Jim Ryun Bob Schul Jerry Siebert Dick Stebbins Ulis Williams George Young Ron Zinn Vic Zwolak
Men's field athletes	Ralph Boston Ed Burke Ed Caruthers Hal Connolly Frank Covelli Ira Davis Dick Emberger Kent Floerke Al Hall Fred Hansen Paul Herman Russ Hodge Gayle Hopkins Dallas Long Randy Matson Parry O'Brien Al Oerter Billy Pemelton John Pennel John Rambo Ed Red Bill Sharpe Phil Shinnick Jay Silvester John Thomas Les Tipton Dave Weill
Women's track athletes	Rosie Bonds Vivian Brown Sandy Knott Edith McGuire Lacey O'Neal Cherrie Sherrard Janell Smith Debbie Thompson Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Willye White
Women's field athletes	RaNae Bair Estelle Baskerville Earlene Brown Terri Brown Olga Connolly Jo Ann Grissom Eleanor Montgomery Martha Watson Willye White Pat Winslow
Coaches	Bob Giegengack (men's head coach) Edward P. Hurt (men's assistant coach) Payton Jordan (men's assistant coach) Charles Walter (men's assistant coach) Ed Temple (women's head coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men'sracewalking (1500 m walk, mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 5000 m walk, 3 miles walk)
Mile walk (1500 m walk)	1907:Sam Liebgold 1908:Sam Liebgold 1909:Sam Liebgold 1920:Joseph Pearman 1921:Richard Remer 1922:William Plant 1923:William Plant 1924:William Plant 1925:Alexander Zellar 1926:Harry Hinkel 1927:William Plant 1928:Harry Hinkel 1929:Harry Hinkel 1930:Michael Pecora 1931:William Carlson 1932:Michael Pecora 1933:William Carlson 1934:Charles Eschenbach 1935: Henry Cieman (CAN),Charles Eschenbach (2nd) 1936:Charles Eschenbach 1937:Nat Jaeger 1938:Otto Kotraba 1939:Otto Kotraba 1940:Charles Eschenbach 1941:Nat Jaeger 1942:Al Cicerone 1943: Sune Carlsson (SWE),Joe Medgyesi (2nd) 1944:Joe Medgyesi 1945:Joe Medgyesi 1946:Joe Medgyesi 1947:Ernie Weber 1948:Henry Laskau 1949:Henry Laskau 1950:Henry Laskau 1951:Henry Laskau 1952:Henry Laskau 1953:Henry Laskau 1954:Henry Laskau 1955:Henry Laskau 1956:Henry Laskau 1957:Henry Laskau 1958:John Humcke 1959:John Humcke 1960: Frank Sipos (HUN),Jack Blackburn (2nd) 1961:Ronald Zinn 1962:Ronald Zinn 1963:Ronald Zinn 1964:Ron Laird 1965:Ronald Zinn 1966:Rudy Haluza 1967:Don DeNoon 1968:Ron Laird 1969:Dave Romansky 1970:Dave Romansky 1971:Ron Laird 1972:Dave Romansky 1973:Ron Daniel 2005:Tim Seaman 2006:Tim Seaman
3000 m walk (2 miles walk)	1913:Dick Gifford 1914:Richard Remer 1915:Edward Renz 1916: George Goulding (CAN),Edward Renz (2nd) 1917:Richard Remer 1918:Richard Remer 1919:Edward Renz 1974:Larry Walker 1975:Ron Daniel 1976:Ron Laird 1977:Todd Scully 1978:Todd Scully 1979:Todd Scully 1980:Todd Scully 1981:Ray Sharp 1982:Jim Heiring 1983:Ray Sharp 1984:Jim Heiring 1985:Jim Heiring 1986:Jim Heiring 2005:Tim Seaman 2006:Tim Seaman 2011:Patrick Stroupe 2012:Trevor Barron 2013:Tim Seaman 2015:Nick Christie 2016:John Nunn 2017:John Nunn 2018:Nick Christie 2019:Nick Christie 2020:Nick Christie 2023:Nick Christie 2024:Nick Christie
5000 m walk (3 miles walk)	1907:Sam Liebgold 1908:Sam Liebgold 1909:Sam Liebgold 1910:Sam Liebgold 1911:Frank Kaiser 1987:Tim Lewis 1988: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN),Tim Lewis (2nd) 1989:Tim Lewis 1990: Tim Berrett (GBR),Doug Fournier (2nd) 1991:Doug Fournier 1992:Gary Morgan 1993:Allen James 1994:Jonathan Matthews 1995:Allen James 1996:Allen James 1997:Allen James 1998:Tim Seaman 1999:Tim Seaman 2000:Tim Seaman 2001:Tim Seaman 2002:Tim Seaman 2003:Tim Seaman 2004:Tim Seaman 2005:Tim Seaman 2006:Tim Seaman 2007:Tim Seaman 2008:Matthew Boyles 2009:Tim Seaman 2010:Tim Seaman
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by theAmateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted underThe Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted byUSA Track & Field.Distances have varied as follows: Mile walk all years except 1933-1939 when 1500 m walk was contested, 2 miles walk until 1986 (3000 m walk since except for odd years since 2015), 3 miles walk until 1911 (5000 m walk since).