Hasely Crawford made his international debut at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, where he made it to the 100 metres final. Later that same year, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, where he finished third in the 100m final behind Don Quarrie (Jamaica). At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Crawford finished second in his semi-final and was looking like a probable medallist, but he suffered a hamstring pull in the latter part of the race which caused him to withdraw from the final. Hasely featured only fleetingly in the world lists between then and the next Olympic Games, although he did record a wind-assisted and hand timed 9.8sec over 100m in 1975. He did not compete in the 1974 Commonwealth Games but in 1975 he finished second in the 100m at the Pan-American Games in Mexico City and won the US national collegiate 100yd title in 9.35sec at Provo. Without doubt his greatest moment came the following year at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Crawford won his semi-final in 10.22sec, and then later that day, he won the final in a career best time of 10.06sec, beating Quarrie by a mere 0.01sec. Hasely became a national hero following his Olympic victory and his life changed quite dramatically, although he continued to compete for a long time afterwards (he is pictured above in London the year after his Olympic success). He won the bronze medal in the 100m at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in a time of 10.09sec and was also a member of Trinidad's 4x100m relay team which won the silver medal. He competed at two more Olympic Games, in 1980 and 1984, but on both occasions he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 100m. (Ron Casey)