Byron Dyce

Byron Dyce

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1948-03-27) 27 March 1948 (age 77) Jamaica
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	middle-distance
Club	New York University Violets
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing   Jamaica Pan American Games 1971 Cali 800 metres Central American and Caribbean Games 1970 Panama City 1500 metres

Byron Dyce (born 27 March 1948) is a Jamaican former middle-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. ^[1] He is still the current Jamaican National Record holder in the Mile and 1000 metres. He still holds the NYU school record in the Indoor 800 metres. ^[2]

Dyce finished second behind Steve Ovett in the 800 metres event at the British 1974 AAA Championships. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

The Millrose Games have named their annual collegiate Distance medley relay in his honor. ^[6] Dyce, who ran for NYU, is considered a legend among New York track and field circles. After receiving his Ph.D. degree at the University of Florida, he is currently a mathematics professor at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida. ^[7]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Jamaica
1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	5th	1500 m	3:46.61
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	10th (sf)	800 m	1:47.2
			27th (h)	1500 m	3:54.65
1970	Central American and Caribbean Games	Panama City, Panama	1st	1500 m	3:45.8
	British Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	6th (sf)	800 m	1:49.7
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.4
1971	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	800 m	1:49.7
			1st	1500 m	3:46.1
	Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	3rd	800 m	1:48.42
			18th (h)	1500 m	4:25.10
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	16th (h)	800 m	1:48.0
			48th (h)	1500 m	3:45.9
1975	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	800 m	1:58.1
			3rd	1500 m	3:49.4

Personal bests

Outdoors

• 800 metres – 1:45.2h (Knoxville 1969)
• 1000 metres – 2:17.0h (Copenhagen 1973) NR
• 1500 metres – 3:40.0h (Oslo 1975)
• Mile – 3:57.34 (Stockholm 1974) NR

Indoors

• 800 metres – 1:50.6h (Boston 1970)
• 1500 metres – 3:40.7h (New York 1974) NR
• Mile – 4:02.8h (Detroit 1971)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Byron Dyce". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
2. "NYU" (PDF). NYU Athletics. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
3. "Athletics results" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 14 July 1974. Retrieved 30 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
5. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
6. "Videos - Byron Dyce College Mens DMR - Millrose Games 2012".
7. "NYU Great Byron Dyce Loses School Record". ny.milesplit.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015.