Carlos Luis Zbinden Brito (born 2 December 1976) is a retired Chilean athlete who specialised in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. [1] He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics without advancing to the semifinals.
His personal best in the event is 49.72 seconds, set in Alcorcón in 1998, a former national record.
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG KStJ, styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. He won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Puerto Rico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 80 competitors, 73 men and 7 women, took part in 74 events in 12 sports.
Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was the nation's ninth appearance out of twelve editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1952 Summer Olympics its sixth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee, 123 athletes, who competed in 77 events in 15 sports They brought home five medals: 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. The flag bearer was Delfo Cabrera, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.
Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 156 competitors took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.
Cédric Marie Carlos Thérèse Van Branteghem is a former Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Martin Jellinghaus is a retired West German former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Arismendy Peguero Matos is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres. He was born in La Romana.
Carlos Johelín Santa Ramírez is a sprinter from the Dominican Republic who specializes in the 400 metres.
Carlos Conceição Lopes, GOIH is a former Portuguese paralympian athlete who competed mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Carlos Alberto da Silva is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held in Mexico City, Mexico. The final was won by 0.23 seconds by Tommie Smith in a time of 19.83, a new world record. However, the race is perhaps best known for what happened during the medal ceremony – the Black Power salute of Smith and bronze medallist John Carlos. The background, consequences, and legacy of the salute carried forward into subsequent Olympics and is perhaps the single most memorable event from these Olympics.
The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The competition was held between 16–18 of October. Times are listed as both hand timing and automatic timing. Hand timing was the official time used in the 1968 Olympics. Fifty-five athletes from 36 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Lee Evans of the United States, the fourth consecutive and 11th overall title in the event by an American. The Americans swept the podium, the second time a podium sweep occurred in the men's 400 metres.
The 2013 Pan American Junior Championships was held at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in Medellín, Colombia, from 23 to 25 August. The competition was originally scheduled for 2–4 August in Lima, Peru. Lima was ruled out as the host and the dates were also amended in April, due to the clash with the 2013 World Games in Cali and its proximity to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
Fritz Zbinden was a Swiss racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1950 Tour de France.
Zbinden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Athletics, for the 2017 Bolivarian Games, took place at the Bureche Athletics Stadium in Santa Marta, Colombia from 21 to 25 November. A total of 47 events were contested, divided between the sexes bar the men's 50 kilometres walk.
Ruedi Zbinden is a Swiss former footballer and is now Sportdirector of FC Basel.
José Carlos Villarreal Peinado is a Mexican middle-distance runner. He is the 2019 Pan American Games champion at 1500 meters.
Julien-François Zbinden was a Swiss composer and jazz pianist.
Leandro José Zbinden is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Étoile Carouge.