Mark Richardson crossing the finish line to lead Great Britain to the 4 x 400 metres relay
gold medal in Buadpest at the 1998 European Championships. The team was Mark Hylton
Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas and Mark Richardson in a time of 2:58.68.
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Men's 400m. Final
European Athletics Championships 1998
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| 1. Iwan THOMAS |
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GBR |
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44.52 |
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CR |
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| 2. Robert MACKOWIAK |
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POL |
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45.04 |
| 3. Mark RICHARDSON |
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GBR |
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45.14 |
| 4. Tomasz CZUBAK |
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POL |
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45.43 |
| 5. Piotr HACZEK |
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POL |
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45.46 |
| 6. Ashraf SABER |
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ITA |
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45.67 |
| 7. David CANAL |
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ESP |
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45.93 |
| Solomon WARISO |
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GBR |
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DSQ |
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Men's 400m. Final
Commonwealth Games 1998
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| 1. Iwan Thomas |
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WAL |
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44.52 |
| 2. Mark RICHARDSON |
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ENG |
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44.60 |
| 3. Sugath Thilakaratne |
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SRI |
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44.64 |
| 4. Jamie Baulch |
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WAL |
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45.30 |
| 5. Arnaud Malherbe |
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RSA |
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45.45 |
| 6. Gregory Haughton |
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JAM |
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45.49 |
| 7. Clarke Davian |
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JAM |
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45.55 |
| 8. Kennedy Ochieng |
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KEN |
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45.56 |
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Mark Richardson competing in the 400 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athens.
Photo G. Herringshaw. ©
Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1996
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1. United States (LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank)2: 55.99
2. Britain (Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch,
Mark RICHARDSON, Roger Black)
2: 56.60
3. Jamaica (M. McDonald, R. Martin, G. Haughton, D. Clarke) 2: 59.42
4. Senegal 3: 00.64
5. Japan 3: 00.76
6. Poland 3: 00.96
7. Bahamas 3: 02.71
8. Kenya DNS
Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. World Athletics Championships 1997
DISQ USA (J. Young, A. Pettigrew*, C. Jones, T. Washington) 2: 56.47 (WL)
The gold medal was originally won by the US team, but the team were
retrospectively disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to
using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
1. GBR (Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark RICHARDSON) 2: 56.65 **
2. JAM (M. McDonald, G. Haughton, D. McFarlane, D. Clarke) 2: 56.75
3. POL 3: 00.26
4. SAF 3: 00.26
5. FRA 3: 01.06
6. ZIM 3: 01.43
7. ITA
** His unofficial split time was 43.5.
He retired from the sport after failing to recover from an Achilles tendon injury
towards the end of 2003 having served a two year ban following a failed
drugs test in 1999.