Malvin Greston Whitfield (October 11, 1924 – November 19, 2015) was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman. Nicknamed "Marvelous Mal", he was the Olympic champion in the 800 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and a member of the 1948 gold medal team in the 4 × 400 meters relay. Overall, Whitfield was a five-time ...

Mal Whitfield (born October 11, 1924, Bay City, Texas, U.S.—died November 19, 2015, Washington, D.C.) was an American middle-distance runner, world-record holder for the 880-yard race (1950–54), for the 1,000-metre race (1953), and, as a member of the U.S. team, for the 4 × 440-yard relay race (1952–56) and the 4 × 880-yard relay race ...

Malvin Greston Whitfield (October 11, 1924 – November 18, 2015) was an American former athlete and goodwill ambassador. He was the Olympic champion in the 800 metres at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics .

2015年11月19日 · Mal Whitfield, a Tuskegee airman who won Olympic track and field titles in the 800 meters in 1948 and 1952 and served for decades as a sports affairs officer for the U.S. Information Agency, died Thursday.

2015年11月20日 · Mal Whitfield, a sleek middle-distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States, at one point as a Tuskegee Airman, and later became an American good-will ambassador...

2015年11月18日 · Mal Whitfield was the finest 400/800 m runner of his time. Between June 1948 and the end of the 1954 season he lost only three of his 69 races at 800 m/880 y, and during that period he won all his two-lap races in major championships, including five AAU wins, two at the NCAA, two Olympic, and one Pan American Games gold medal.

Mal Whitfield, or "Marvelous Mal" as he was called, held his share of world records but he was an athlete who ran to win, rather than for time. Competitive at any distance from the 220 to the mile, Whitfield put together a record that included two Olympic 800m crowns, six world records and eight National AAU titles, six of them outdoors.

Mal Whitfield was the finest 400/800 m runner of his time. Between June 1948 and the end of the 1954 season he lost only three of his 69 races at 800 m/880 y, and during that period he won all his two-lap races in major championships, including five AAU wins, two at the NCAA, two Olympic, and one Pan American Games gold medal.

2015年11月19日 · The IAAF is saddened to learn of the death of three-time Olympic champion Mal Whitfield, who died in Washington, USA, on Wednesday (19) at the age of 91. At the London 1948 Olympic Games, Whitfield was then a 24-year-old US Air Force sergeant who had served in World War II and became the first US serviceman to win an Olympic gold medal while on ...

Malvin Greston “Mal” Whitfield was one of the best 400-meter and 800 runners of his time. He won five Olympic medals throughout his career, collecting three golds, one silver and one …