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LaShawn MERRITT - U.S.A. - 2008 Olympic 400m & 4x400m Gold medals.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 August 2008

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- DATE OF BIRTH
  Friday, 27 June 1986
- PLACE OF BIRTH
  Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.

INTERNATIONAL
U.S.A.
- Event(s)
  200m, 400m, 4x400m
- Championship Performances
  Olympics: 2008 Gold 400m, Gold 4x400m, 2012 bronze 400m, 2016 bronze 400m, 5th 200m, Gold 4x400m.
  Worlds: 2005 Gold 4x400m (res), 2007 silver 400m, Gold 4x400m, 2009 Gold 400m, Gold 4x400m, 2011 Silver 400m, Gold 4x400m, 2013 Gold 400m, 2015 silver 400m Gold 4x400m

LaShawn MERRITT - U.S.A. - 2008 Olympic 400m & 4x400m Gold medals.

LaShawn is pictured above prior to the start of the mens 4x400m relay final at the 2008 Olympic

Games in Beijing. Merritt, who ran the first leg, teamed up with Angelo Taylor, David Neville and

Jeremy Wariner to strike gold for the USA in an Olympic record time of 2.55.39. It completed

a memorable few days for LaShawn who had earlier ran a superb race to win gold in the

individual 400m (see previous below).

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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. 2008 Olympic Games

1. U.S.A. (LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) 2: 55.39 OR
2. Bahamas (Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2: 58.03
3. Russia (Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Korkorin, Denis Alexeev) 2: 58.06
4. GBR (Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney) 2: 58.81
5. Belgium (Kevin Borlee, Jonathan Borlee, Cedric van Branteghem, Arnaud Ghislain) 2: 59.37
6. Australia (Sean Wroe, John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Joel Milburn) 3: 00.02
7. Poland (Rafal Wieruszewski, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kedzia, Marek Plawgo) 3: 00.32

8. Jamaica (Michael Blackwood, Ricardo Chambers, Sanjay Ayre, Lansford Spence) 3: 01.45.

The main photo above shows the athletes in the home straight of the mens 400m final at the 2008

Olympic Games in Beijing. LaShawn (far right) produced a sensational performance to win the gold

medal in a new PB time of 43.75 secs, with the silver going to pre-race favourite Jeremy Wariner

(3rd from the left) and the bronze to David Neville (far left) as the USA completed a clean sweep

of the medals. The middle inset picture shows Merritt as he crosses the line whilst in the left hand

photo the smile says it all as the 22 year old savours his surprise success.


Men's 400m. Final. 2008 Olympic Games
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1. LaShawn MERRITT	USA		43.75
2. Jeremy WARINER	USA		44.74
3. David NEVILLE	USA		44.80
4. Christopher BROWN	BAH		44.84
5. Leslie DJHONE	FRA		45.11
6. Martyn ROONEY	GBR		45.12
7. Renny QUOW	TRI		45.22
8. Johan WISSMAN	SWE		45.39

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26 August 2015
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LaShawn MERRITT - U.S.A. - 2013: World 400 metres champion once again.

13 August 2013
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LaShawn MERRITT - U.S.A. - 2011 Silver medal 400 metres.

30 August 2011
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LaShawn MERRITT - U.S.A. - 2009 World Championships 400m & 4x400m Golds.

23 August 2009
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23 August 2008
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LaShawn MERRITT - U.S.A. - 2007 World Championships 400m silver & relay Gold.

28 August 2007
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