Pam Marshall

{{short description|American sprinter}}

{{About|the American sprinter|the archaeologist and historian|Pamela Marshall (archaeologist)}}

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{{MedalGold |1987 Rome|4 × 100 m relay}}

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Pam Marshall (born August 16, 1960) is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the sprint relay and finished fourth in the 200 m final at the 1987 World Championships. She won the 200 m at the 1986 Goodwill Games and was a three-time US champion. Her 200 m best of 21.93 secs in 1988, ranked her 10th on the world all-time list at that time, and (as of 2021) still ranks her in the all-time top 30.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprintes/200-metres/outdoor/women/senior |work=World Athletics |title=All-time lists:200 metres Women| accessdate=27 June 2021}}

Career

Marshall attended and competed for Long Beach City College.{{Cite web |title=Long Beach City College |url=https://www.lbccvikings.com/hallofchampions/2006/marshall_pam |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Long Beach City College |language=en}}

Marshall competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m Relay. Her best result was anchoring the U.S. 4 × 100 m relay team to the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships Rome Italy, in a time of 41.58 CR which still ranks as one of the fastest times ever.

She clocked an impressive 10.11 for her final 100 m which saw her bring the team home almost half a second ahead of the GDR team anchored by Marlies Göhr (10.41 secs). Pam came 8th in the 100 m and fourth in the 200 m at the same Championship.

She went on to make the USA Olympic team over 200 m the following season, however due to injury did not get past the preliminary rounds.

Competition record

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colspan=6|Representing {{USA}}
1986

|Goodwill Games

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|22.12

rowspan=3|1987

|rowspan=3|World Championships

|rowspan=3|Rome, Italy

|8th

|100 m

|11.19

4th

|200 m

|22.18

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m

|41.58 (CR)

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|DNF (heats)

|200 m

|—

colspan=6|National Championships
rowspan=2|1984

|US Championships

|San Jose, California

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|200 m

|22.67

US Olympic Trials

|Los Angeles, California

|DNF (semis)

|200 m

|22.78 (quarter-final)

rowspan=2|1985

|rowspan=2|US Championships

|rowspan=2|Indianapolis, Indiana

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|100 m

|11.21

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|200 m

|22.39

rowspan=2|1986

|rowspan=2|US Championships

|rowspan=2|Eugene, Oregon

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.85w

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|22.24w

rowspan=2|1987

|rowspan=2|US Championships

|rowspan=2|San Jose, California

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|100 m

|10.99w

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|21.6hw

1988

|US Olympic Trials

|Indianapolis, Indiana

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|200 m

|21.93

Personal bests

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EventTimePlaceDate
100 m11.01 sLausanne15 September 1987
200 m21.93 sIndianapolis, IN23 July 1988
400 m49.99 sWestwood, CA17 May 1986

References

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