Madeline Manning
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | 800 m | |
| Silver | 1972 Munich | 4x400 m Relay | |
Madeline Manning (Madeline Manning Mims) (born 11 January 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American athlete.
She is a graduate of Tennessee State University and a famed member of their TigerBelles.
Between 1967 and 1981 she won 10 national titles and set a number of American records. She participiated in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics. She likely also would have participated in the 1980 Games in Moscow, were they not boycotted by the United States. At the 1968 Olympics she was awarded a gold medal in the 800 m, the first and only American woman to win this event. At the 1972 Games in Munich she won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 m relay with teammates Mable Fergerson, Kathy Hammond, and Cheryl Toussaint.
| Olympic champions in women's 800 m |
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1928: Lina Radke | 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova | 1964: Ann Packer | 1968: Madeline Manning | 1972: Hildegard Falck | 1976: Tatyana Kazankina | 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko | 1984: Doina Melinte | 1988: Sigrun Wodars | 1992: Ellen van Langen | 1996: Svetlana Masterkova | 2000: Maria Mutola | 2004: Kelly Holmes |
Categories: 1948 births | Living people | American middle distance runners | American sprinters | Athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics | Olympic competitors for the United States | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | People from Cleveland | United States track and field athletics biography stubs
