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Australia. It took officials 45 minutes to decide that Miss Patterson would get the bronze medal; Strickland was placed fourth. Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands, considered the greatest female Olympian of her time, won the race, earning her third gold medal of the 1948 games. In receiving
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in 1949. She served as First Vice
President of the Amateur Athletic Union, Director of the Pacific Southwest Association and the YMCA, Governor of the Western District of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, and a member of the Urban League, NAACP and 1984 Olympic
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Unbeaten as a prep and college competitor, she was a star in the 100- and 200-meter races and 400-meter relay and a national and international champion in the two individual events. She won the 200-meter race at the U.S. Olympic trials in 1948, making her one of nine black
American female track
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Spirit Team. She received the San Diego Woman of the Year and Press Club
Headliner awards. In 1978, she was inducted into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame. Soon after, she was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame at the Superdome.
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She married Ronald Tyler, and settled in San Diego. She was the mother of two sons, Herbert Hunter and Gerald Hunter, and two daughters, Cynthia Lowery and Andrea Nelson. Patterson died on August 23, 1996, in
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the bronze medal, Patterson is distinguished as the United States' first
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Olympic trials (track and field)
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1092:Alice Jackson
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1855:Ward Haylett
1766:Mabel Walker
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1746:Nell Jackson
1690:Bob Richards
1630:Henry Dreyer
1625:Herb Douglas
1610:Martin Biles
1558:Ernest Weber
1533:Fred Sharaga
1493:Bob McMillen
1483:Henry Laskau
1463:George Guida
1453:Don Gehrmann
1448:Barney Ewell
1443:Clem Eischen
1413:Bob Chambers
1156:1993âpresent
930:Wanda Hooker
848:Pamela Jiles
800:Esther Stroy
789:Esther Stroy
778:Diane Kummer
755:Nancy Beeson
648:Vivian Brown
637:Vivian Brown
549:Janet Moreau
493:
450:Nell Jackson
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73:
72:
1911:1996 deaths
1906:1926 births
1705:Guinn Smith
1675:Vern McGrew
1670:Bob Mathias
1620:Jim Delaney
1615:Bill Burton
1605:Bob Bennett
1595:Bill Albans
1538:Roland Sink
1528:Clyde Scott
1513:Bill Porter
1468:Art Harnden
1438:Craig Dixon
1418:Roy Cochran
1398:Herb Barten
1384:Men's track
1295:Crystal Cox
1146:Dyan Webber
1080:Terri Dendy
1004:Marita Koch
822:Linda Cordy
225:Irene Moran
86:New Orleans
60:1948 London
1895:Categories
1685:Boo Morcom
1665:Bob Likins
1600:Bob Beckus
1543:Curt Stone
1508:Mel Patton
1403:Dave Bolen
711:Una Morris
132:References
66:200 metres
1861:Tom Jones
1817:Emma Reed
1741:Mae Faggs
1650:Jim Fuchs
1645:Vic Frank
1573:Fred Wilt
1553:Ted Vogel
1478:Jeff Kirk
1428:John Deni
1393:Dick Ault
912:1980â1992
582:Mae Faggs
560:Mae Faggs
538:Mae Faggs
527:Mae Faggs
516:Mae Faggs
505:Mae Faggs
419:Jean Lane
207:1927â1979
80:Biography
26:athletics
24:Women's
1836:Coaches
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1305:Notes
1125:(3rd)
1082:(3rd)
1050:(2nd)
1018:(2nd)
892:(2nd)
757:(2nd)
725:(2nd)
484:(2nd)
452:(2nd)
387:(2nd)
355:(2nd)
301:(2nd)
269:(2nd)
197:200 m
1291:2004
1280:2003
1269:2002
1258:2001
1247:2000
1236:1999
1225:1998
1214:1997
1203:1996
1192:1995
1181:1994
1170:1993
1142:1992
1131:1991
1099:1990
1088:1989
1056:1988
1024:1987
992:1986
981:1985
970:1984
959:1983
948:1982
937:1981
926:1980
898:1979
866:1978
855:1977
844:1976
833:1975
818:1974
807:1973
796:1972
785:1971
774:1970
763:1969
731:1968
699:1967
688:1966
677:1965
666:1964
655:1963
644:1962
633:1961
622:1960
611:1959
600:1958
589:1957
578:1956
567:1955
556:1954
545:1953
534:1952
523:1951
512:1950
501:1949
490:1948
458:1946
426:1945
415:1941
404:1937
393:1936
361:1935
329:1934
318:1933
307:1932
275:1931
243:1930
232:1929
221:1928
34:the
1580:(r)
1117:JAM
1074:JAM
1042:JAM
1010:GDR
884:BAR
749:JAM
717:JAM
476:POL
444:POL
379:POL
347:POL
293:POL
261:POL
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