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| Men's 400m. Final. World Athletics Championships 1991 |
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| 1. Antonio PETTIGREW |
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USA |
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44.57 |
| 2. Roger Black |
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GBR |
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44.62 |
| 3. Danny Everett |
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USA |
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44.63 |
| 4. Roberto Hernandez |
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CUB |
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44.86 |
| 5. Andrew Valmon |
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USA |
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45.09 |
| 6. Ian Morris |
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TRI |
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45.12 |
| 7. Susumu Takano |
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JPN |
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45.39 |
| 8. Mark Garner |
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AUS |
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45.47 |
Men's 4x100m. Final. World Athletics Championships 1991
1. GB (R. Black, D. Redmond, J. Regis, K. Akabusi) 2: 57.53 (AR)
2. USA (A. Valmon, Q. Watts, D. Everett,
Antonio PETTIGREW)
2: 57.57
3. Jamaica (P. O'Connor, D. Morris, W. Graham, S. Fagan) 3: 00.10
4. Yugoslavia 3: 00.32
5. Kenya 3: 00.34
6. Germany 3: 00.75
7. Morocco 3: 04.49
8. Cuba 3: 05.33
ANNUAL PROGRESS 400m.
1996 45.19 Atlanta, GA 17 JUN
1995 45.74 Sacramento, CA 16 JUN
1994 44.43 Knoxville, TN 18 JUN
1993 44.45 Eugene, OR 19 JUN
1992 44.71 Zürich 19 AUG
1991 44.36 New York, 15 JUN
1990 45.26 Lausanne 12 JUL
1989 44.27 Houston, 17 JUN (Personal best)
1988 45.36 Tallahassee, 28 MAY
| Antonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters.
While attending St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, he was a four-time NCAA Division II champion in the 400 meter race. He came to prominence at the 1991 World Championships, where he won the 400 m gold medal and a silver medal in the 4 x 400 meters relay. See photo above.
In 2008 prosecution documents related to the trial of coach Trevor Graham listed Pettigrew as one of Graham's athletes to have used performance-enhancing drugs. Pettigrew then admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs and testified against Graham at his trial in May 2008. Although IAAF rules currently do not retroactively alter results more than eight years after the event, Pettigrew returned the medals he won in that period. The 2000 Sydney Olympics 4 × 400 m relay U.S. team was stripped of their medals after Pettigrew admitted that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.
He received a two-year athletics ban in 2008 although he had already retired from the track.
Pettigrew was found dead in the back seat of his locked car in Chatham County, North Carolina, on August 10, 2010, and evidence of sleeping pills was found by police. On October 13, an autopsy report stated that he had committed suicide by overdosing on a medication containing diphenhydramine.
Pettigrew was an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at the time of his death.
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