The main photo above shows Andre during the heats of the 100m at the 1993 World Championships
in Stuttgart. The inset picture shows Cason (lane 6) crossing the line behind Great Britain's
Linford Christie to take the silver medal in a time of 9.92 secs. Andre was also part of the USA team
which swept to victory in the 4x100m, as indeed he was two years earlier in Tokyo.
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. World Athletics Championships 1991
1. USA (
A. Cason, L. Burrell, D. Mitchell, C. Lewis)
37.50 (
WR)
2. France (M. Moriniere, D. Sangouma, J.-C. Trouabal, B. Marie-Rose) 37.87
3. GB (T. Jarrett, J. Regis, D. Braithwaite, L. Christie) 38.09
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. World Athletics Championships 1993
1. USA (Jon Drummond,
Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell)
37.48
2. GBR (Colin Jackson, Tony Jarrett, John Regis, Linford Christie) 37.77
3. Canada (Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Atlee Mahorn) 37.83
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Men's 100m Final
World Athletics Championships 1993
|
| 1. Linford Christie |
|
GBR |
|
9.87 |
| 2. Andre Cason |
|
USA |
|
9.92 |
| 3. Dennis Mitchell |
|
USA |
|
9.99 |
| 4. Carl Lewis |
|
USA |
|
10.02 |
| 5. Bruny Surin |
|
CAN |
|
10.02 |
| 6. Frankie Fredericks |
|
NAM |
|
10.03 |
| 7. Daniel Effiong |
|
NGR |
|
10.04 |
| 8. Raymond Stewart |
|
JAM |
|
10.18 |
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Andre Cason set an Indoor 60m world record of 6.41 on 14th February 1992
which stood until 1998, when Maurice Greene ran 6.39.
ANNUAL PROGRESS 100 metres.
1998 10.16 +1.2 Athens 02 MAY
1994 9.98 +1.6 Knoxville 15 JUN
1993 9.92 +0.3 Stuttgart 15 AUG
1991 9.99 +1.5 Koblenz 11 SEP
1988 10.08 0.0 Tallahassee 24 JUN