Hasely Joachim Crawford TC is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first Olympic champion. Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, was renamed in his honour in 2001.
Donald O'Riley Quarrie CD is a Jamaican former track and field athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he was the gold medallist in the Olympic 200 meters and silver medallist in the Olympic 100 meters. In all, he competed in five Olympic Games and won four Olympic medals during his career.
Wendell Adrian Mottley ORTT is a Trinidad and Tobago economist, politician and athlete. Mottley served as Senator and member of the House of Representatives with the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and was Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1995. He was a Ivy League sprinter, winning two Olympic medals in 1964.
Darrel Rondel Brown is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres and the 200 metres.
Juan Morales Hechavarría is a former Cuban athlete who competed mainly in 110 metres hurdles. Together with Hermes Ramírez, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968. He was a prominent athlete in the American and Caribbean scene, winning the Central American and Caribbean Championships four times in a row. He was not able to compete for his fifth title as the 1975 event was cancelled due to torrential rain. Alejandro Casañas would eventually take over his role as the leading Cuban hurdler.
Aaron Nigel Armstrong is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. He is the 2008 Olympic champion in 4 × 100 metres relay.
Michael George Raymond Agostini was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was the first athlete from his country to win a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 31 July 1954.
Clifton Bertrand was a Trinidadian sprinter.
John Walton Smith is a former American athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the 400 m event at the 1971 Pan American Games. He remains the world record holder for the 440 yard dash at 44.5 seconds. He set the record while winning the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 26, 1971 while running for the Southern California Striders. The record has stood since then due to metrification in the sport. Contemporary athletes rarely run or are timed officially for the extra 2.34 meters to equal 440 yards.
Esther Julia "Daysi" Duporty Torres is a retired sprinter from Cuba, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She set her personal best (50.61) in the women's 400 metres event on 6 September 1994 in Madrid.
Deborah Sue Armstrong is an American former sprinter. Armstrong competed in the 400 metres (heats) of the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 200 metres (semi-final) and the 4 × 100 metres relay of the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Deon Kristofer Lendore was a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won medals at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoor Championships. Lendore died in a car collision in Texas, United States, on 10 January 2022.
Lalonde Keida Gordon, HBM is a Tobagonian male track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a personal best of 44.52 seconds. He is the third fastest 400 m runner from his country after Machel Cedenio and Ian Morris.
Basil Ince is a former sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Ince represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 440 yards relay, the 440 yards and the 220 yards. He was most successful in the 440 yards, where he cames second in his heat before narrowly being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The following year, Ince represented the British West Indies at the 1959 Pan American Games, participating in the 200 metres, 400 metres, and 4x400 metres relay. He won silver in the 400 metres, and took gold as part of the successful relay team.
Leleith Hodges is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was one of Jamaica's most prominent female runners of the 1970s.
Angela Williams is a retired track and field sprinter. She began running at age 10 after her family moved to Brooklyn, New York. A highly recruited high school athlete, she ran first for Tennessee State University, then later Seton Hall University. She opted to run internationally for her native Trinidad and Tobago, getting her first taste of international competition while still in high school at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games, winning a gold medal in the 4x100 metres relay and an individual silver medal in the 200 metres, Later that year she also ran at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the relay team finishing in 6th place. The next year she also ran the 200 and anchored the relay at the 1983 Pan American Games, winning a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres. And as a 19 year old seasoned veteran, anchored their team in the 4x100 metres relay at the 1984 Olympics. She also ran in the 100 metres making it to the quarterfinal round, but well behind the three American sprinters, Evelyn Ashford Alice Brown would win the Gold and Silver and later set the world record in the relay. She was the third fastest Angela in the 100 metres after Canadians Angela Bailey and Angella Taylor. Four years later she ran in the 1988 Olympics again making it to the quarter-final round in the 100 metres before being eliminated behind eventual silver medalist Ashford and again behind Bailey and Taylor now named Issajenko. In the 200 metres she also made it to the quarter-final round.
Karen Hawkins is an American former track and field sprinter.
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 2 September.
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 2 September.
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 5 and 6 March.
