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George Lawrence "Larry" James (November 6, 1947 – November 6, 2008), also known as James Swift, [1] was an American track athlete. At the 1968 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay and a silver in the individual 400 m.
Nov 8, 2008 · G. Larry James, a former champion runner who won gold and silver medals in the racially charged 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, died Thursday, on his birthday, at his home in Galloway, N.J. He was...
1968 Gold and Silver medalist Olympian G Larry James from Villanova.
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A double medalist at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Larry James also set world records and won NCAA titles during his track career.
Nov 8, 2008 · G. Larry James, a middle-distance runner known as “The Mighty Burner” who employed his streaky speed to win gold and silver medals in track at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died of colon cancer at...
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Dec 13, 2008 · George Larry James (b. 6 Nov 1947 Mount Pleasant, New Jersey) died of intestinal cancer on 7 November 2008, his 61st birthday, at his home in Galloway, New Jersey. Previously known as a 400m hurdler and triple jumper, and not even ranked in the world top 100 at 400m in 1967, he made an astonishing breakthrough in 1968 with a 43.9y relay leg at ...
Nov 6, 2008 · Prior to 1968, Larry James was known primarily as a hurdler and triple jumper, but in the Olympic year he concentrated on the one-lap event with astonishing success. Although he was beaten at the Final Trials and the Olympics by Lee Evans, his time of 43.97 at Mexico City ranked as the second-fastest 400m of all time through the mid-80s.
