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Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (born January 15, 1932 - died February 3, 2006) is a former American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, Lou Jones won the 400 m at the 1955 Pan-American Games, where he set a new world record of 45.4. He was also a member of the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team.
Lou Jones was a local favorite around his neighborhood in New ROchelle, where the children would call him "popeye".
Just four months before the Melbourne Olympics, Jones ran over his 400 m world record, clocking 45.2 at Los Angeles at the US Olympic Trials, thus becoming a main favourite at this event in Melbourne.
But in the Olympic 400 m final, Jones was off form, and managed to finish only in a disappointing fifth place, 1.50 seconds behind fellow teammate Charlie Jenkins. A few days later, Jones partly compensated his disappointment, running the second leg in the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team.
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- 1912 United States: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath • 1920 Great Britain: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler • 1924 United States: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson • 1928 United States: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti • 1932 United States: Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr • 1936 Great Britain: Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown • 1948 United States: Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield • 1952 Jamaica: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden • 1956 United States: Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney • 1960 United States: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis • 1964 United States: Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr • 1968 United States: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans • 1972 Kenya: Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang • 1976 United States: Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks • 1980 Soviet Union: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin • 1984 United States: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay • 1988 United States: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds • 1992 United States: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis • 1996 United States: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank • 2000 Nigeria: Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong • 2004 United States: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson
