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The Hon. Herbert Henry McKenley OM (10 July 1922 – 26 November 2007) was a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total, and won one gold and three silver medals.
He was the National Track and Field Coach of Jamaica from 1954 to 1973 and became one of six inductees in the Jamaica Sports Hall of Fame in 1989. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: To this day he remains the only person to have reached the finals for the Olympic 100m, 200m and 400m.
Nov 27, 2007 · Running the third leg for the team McKenley received the baton more than 12 metres behind, and in one of the most impressive legs of all-time made up that deficit handing over in the lead to individual 400m winner George Rhoden on anchor. McKenley’s split was 44.6 seconds.
Herb McKenley was a legendary runner in Jamaica, winning everything available to him except an individual gold medal. He attended Boston College and won the AAU Championship in 1945 and 1947-48, after finishing as runner-up in 1944 and 1946.
Herb McKenley was the first athlete to clock a sub-46 time for 400M with a world record time of 45.9 secs in 1947 at the US Championships in Milwaukee. At the Helsinki games in 1952, McKenley earned medals in the 100M, 400M and the 4X400M relay, the only athlete in history to medal in all three events at an Olympic games.
Nov 28, 2007 · Herb McKenley, the world’s fastest 400-meter runner more than half a century ago and later the driving force in Jamaica’s climb to track and field glory, died Monday in Kingston,...
Jul 10, 2015 · Herbert Henry “Herb” McKenley OM was a Jamaican sprint runner and the only athlete to reach an Olympic track final in all three of the classic sprint events; 100, 200, and 400 metres. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total and won one gold and three silver medals.
Nov 26, 2007 · Herb McKenley was a legendary runner in Jamaica, winning everything available to him except an individual gold medal. He attended Boston College and won the AAU Championship in 1945 and 1947-48, after finishing as runner-up in 1944 and 1946.
Henry Herbert McKenley. Facts on Jamaica – JIS. No. 5. Professional running is ‘going places’. By Herb McKenley. The Daily Observer, May 18, 1995. p. 38. McKenley hailed as the perfect role model. The Sunday Gleaner, June 11, 1995. p. 3B; Herb McKenley honoured. The Daily Gleaner, October 4, 1985. Olympic order award for Herb McKenley.
Nov 29, 2007 · Herb McKenley, the world's fastest 400-meter runner more than half a century ago and later the driving force in Jamaica's climb to track and field prominence, died Monday in...
