Howard Burnett (athlete)
Jamaican sprinter (born 1961)
Howard McNeal Burnett (born 8 March 1961) is a retired male sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the men's 400 metres during his career. He is a one-time Olympian, making his only appearance in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea), when he won the silver medal with the men's 4 × 400 m relay team. He is an alumnus of NYIT.[1]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Jamaica | |||||
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.30 |
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.96 |
| Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.45 | |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.12 |
References
- ^ "NYIT to reinstate track and field program".
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Howard Burnett". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
- Howard Burnett at World Athletics
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Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- 1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
- 1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
- 1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
- 1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
- 1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
- 1950: Panama (S. LaBeach, McSween, Prince, L. LaBeach)
- 1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
- 1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
- 1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
- 1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
- 1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
- 1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
- 1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
- 1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
- 1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
- 1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
- 1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
- 1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
- 2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
- 2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
- 2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
- 2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)
- 2018: Cuba (Zamora, Chacón, Rojas, Lescay)
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