Quincy Hall

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Quincy Hall
Quincy Hall Budapest 2023.jpg
Hall at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest
Personal information
Born (1998-07-31) July 31, 1998 (age 26)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Education University of South Carolina
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)400m, 400m hurdles
Club Nike
Adidas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 43.40 (Paris, 2024)
400m hurdles: 48.10 (Eugene, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 400 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Budapest 400 m
NACAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Freeport 4×400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Freeport4×400 mixed relay
NACAC U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Querétaro 400 m hurdles
Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Trujilo 400 m hurdles

Quincy Hall (born July 31, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres and 400m hurdles. [2] He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres event.

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Early life

From Kansas City, Missouri, Hall participated in track, football and wrestling at Raytown South High School. [3] He is the son of Milton and Iecia Hall, has a brother, Milton, and a sister, Breanna, both of whom also ran track. [4] Hall is a 2016 state champion in the 400 meters where he set a Missouri State High School Activities Association MSHSAA state record in 46.82s. [5]

Hall also attended the College of the Sequoias in California. In 2017, he was the California Community College Athletic Association champion in the 4x400m relay, 400m and 400m hurdles leading the team to a state title at 2017 CCCAA State Track and Field Championships. [6] [7]

Quincy Hall earned 7 California Community College Athletic Association National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors. [8]

Career

In 2017, competing at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships, held in Peru, Hall won the 400m hurdles in a new personal best time, and a new championship record time, 49.02 seconds. He set a new meet record at the 2017 Stanford Invitational race over 400m, of 45.32. In 2018, he won at the Stanford Invitational again, this time over 400m hurdles. [9] [10]

A student at the University of South Carolina, Hall achieved success in 2019, winning the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 400m hurdles. [11] That year, he also won the NACAC U23 Championship in the 400m hurdles. [12]

At the 2022 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Hall lowered his 400m hurdles personal best time to 48.10s. [13] At the 2022 NACAC Championships, he won gold in the inaugural mixed 4x400 relay contested at the event. [14] He was also a member of the triumphant men's 4x400m relay team at the event. [15]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, Hall reached the final of the 400m competition with the fourth fastest time. In the final, he ran a new personal best time of 44.41s to finish third. [16] [17]

Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hall ran a personal best time of 44.37 to win a bronze medal in the 400 metres final. [18] [19]

Hall won the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on June 2, 2024. [20] On July 12, 2024, he ran a world-leading and personal best time of 43.80 at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco. [21]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Hall came from behind to win gold in the 400m, in 43.40 seconds. [22] [23] His sprint is the fifth-fastest all-time, making him the fourth-fastest person in the 400m event in history, across all competitions. [24]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeWind (m/s)Notes
2023 2023 World Championships National Athletics Centre 3rd 400m 44.37
1st 4×400 m relay 2:57.31 WL
2024 2024 Summer Olympics Stade de France 1st 400m 43.40

Track records

As of 16 September 2024, Hall holds the following track records for 400 metres.

LocationTimeDateNotes
Fayetteville, Ark. 44.6011/05/2019
Saint-Denis, Paris 43.4007/08/2024
Xiamen 44.3802/09/2023Track record shared with Kirani James
of Grenada from the same race.

Personal life

Hall is the son of Milton and Iecia Hall. He has a brother, Milton, and a sister, Breanna. He also has a half-brother, Jaylin Hall, a sister named Corinthia Hall, and a half-brother, Langston Hall. His daughter, A’Lani Hall, was born in October 2021. [25]

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