Clyde Edwards

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Clyde Edwards
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Xalapa 400 m
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Bridgetown 400m

Clyde Edwards is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

He became Central American and Caribbean junior champion in 1976. [1]

At the 1984 Olympic Games he finished sixth in the 4 x 400 metres relay, together with teammates Richard Louis, David Peltier and Elvis Forde. Their time of 3:01.60 minutes is still the Barbadian record. [2] Edwards also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1984 Olympics.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
1976 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20)
Xalapa, México 1st400 m48.28
1977 CARIFTA Games (U20) Bridgetown, Barbados 1st400 m47.68
1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Medellín, Colombia 5th200 m 21.23
4th400 m 46.14
Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 27th (h)200 m 21.85
11th (sf)400 m 47.62
1979 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 7th400 m 46.66
World Cup Montreal, Canada 5th4 × 400 m relay 3:02.39 1
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 11th (sf)4 × 100 m relay 40.18
6th4 × 400 m relay 3:01.60

1Representing the Americas

References