American sprinter
Margaret Bailes
Personal information Full name Margaret Johnson Bailes Born January 23, 1951 (1951-01-23 ) (age
Margaret Johnson Bailes (born January 23, 1951) is an Americanathlete who competed in the100 and200 meters .
Margaret Johnson Bailes was born inthe Bronx . When she was five, she moved toEugene, Oregon with her family after her father, Albert "Duke" Johnson, decided it would be a good place to raise his children.[ 1]
When Bailes was 9, a chance attendance as a spectator to anathletics event atHayward Field led her to meet Wendy Jerome, the wife ofHarry Jerome . Wendy Jerome saw that Bailes had talent and soon became her coach.[ 1]
She competed for the United States in the1968 Summer Olympics held inMexico City ,Mexico in the 4 × 100 meters where she won the gold medal with her teammates 100 m silver medalistBarbara Ferrell ,Mildrette Netter and Olympic 100 m championWyomia Tyus .
Bailes still holds the all-time Oregon state high school records for 100 meters (11.29s) and 200 meters (22.95s), set in 1968 while she was a student atChurchill High School inEugene, Oregon .[ 2] Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.[ 3]
1928 :Bobbie Rosenfeld ,Ethel Smith ,Jane Bell ,Myrtle Cook (CAN ) 1932 :Mary Carew ,Evelyn Furtsch ,Annette Rogers ,Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA ) 1936 :Harriet Bland ,Annette Rogers ,Betty Robinson ,Helen Stephens (USA ) 1948 :Xenia Stad-de Jong ,Netti Witziers-Timmer ,Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs ,Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED ) 1952 :Mae Faggs ,Barbara Jones ,Janet Moreau ,Catherine Hardy (USA ) 1956 :Shirley Barbara de la Hunty ,Norma Croker ,Fleur Mellor ,Betty Cuthbert (AUS ) 1960 :Martha Hudson ,Lucinda Williams ,Barbara Jones ,Wilma Rudolph (USA ) 1964 :Teresa Ciepły ,Irena Kirszenstein ,Halina Górecka ,Ewa Kłobukowska (POL ) 1968 :Barbara Ferrell ,Margaret Bailes ,Mildrette Netter ,Wyomia Tyus (USA ) 1972 :Christiane Krause ,Ingrid Mickler ,Annegret Richter ,Heide Rosendahl (FRG ) 1976 :Marlies Göhr ,Renate Stecher ,Carla Bodendorf ,Bärbel Wöckel (GDR ) 1980 :Romy Müller ,Bärbel Wöckel ,Ingrid Auerswald ,Marlies Göhr (GDR ) 1984 :Alice Brown ,Jeanette Bolden ,Chandra Cheeseborough ,Evelyn Ashford (USA ) 1988 :Alice Brown ,Sheila Echols ,Florence Griffith Joyner ,Evelyn Ashford ,Dannette Young (USA ) 1992 :Evelyn Ashford ,Esther Jones ,Carlette Guidry ,Gwen Torrence ,Michelle Finn (USA ) 1996 :Gail Devers ,Inger Miller ,Chryste Gaines ,Gwen Torrence ,Carlette Guidry (USA ) 2000 :Savatheda Fynes ,Chandra Sturrup ,Pauline Davis-Thompson ,Debbie Ferguson ,Eldece Lewis (BAH ) 2004 :Tayna Lawrence ,Sherone Simpson ,Aleen Bailey ,Veronica Campbell ,Beverly McDonald (JAM ) 2008 :Olivia Borlée ,Hanna Mariën ,Élodie Ouédraogo ,Kim Gevaert (BEL ) 2012 :Tianna Madison ,Allyson Felix ,Bianca Knight ,Carmelita Jeter ,Jeneba Tarmoh ,Lauryn Williams (USA ) 2016 :Tianna Bartoletta ,Allyson Felix ,Tori Bowie ,English Gardner ,Morolake Akinosun (USA ) 2020 :Briana Williams ,Elaine Thompson-Herah ,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,Shericka Jackson ,Natasha Morrison ,Remona Burchell (JAM ) 2024 :Melissa Jefferson ,Twanisha Terry ,Gabrielle Thomas ,Sha'Carri Richardson (USA )
Qualification Men's Men's Women's track and Women's Coaches
1923–1979 1980–1992 1993–present Notes OT : 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .Distance : The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929 to 1931, 1955, 1957 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, 1965 to 1966, 1969 to 1970 and 1973 to 1974.
