Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Millard Frank•Hampton, Jr. |
Used name | Millard•Hampton |
Born | 8 July 1956 in Fresno, California (USA) |
Measurements | 180 cm / 75 kg |
Affiliations | UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles (USA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 2 |
Millard Hampton of UCLA set a career 200 m best of 20.10 in winning the 1976 Final Trials. He had earlier won the AAU title and, apart from placing only fifth in the California Relays in May, his second place to Don Quarrie of Jamaica at the Olympics was Hampton’s only defeat of the season. Hampton won a relay gold medal at Montréal and continued competing until 1980, when he placed second at the TAC championships.
Personal Bests: 100 – 10.33 (1977); 200 – 20.10 (1976).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1976 Summer Olympics | Athletics | ![]() |
Millard Hampton | |||
200 metres, Men (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) | United States | 1 | Gold |