Greg Haughton

Gregory Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds.

Greg Haughton

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	4x400 m relay
	1996 Atlanta	4x400 m relay
	2000 Sydney	400 m
World Championships
	1995 Gothenburg	4x400 m relay
	1997 Athens	4x400 m relay
	1999 Seville	4x400 m relay
	2001 Edmonton	4x400 m relay
	1995 Gothenburg	400 m
	2001 Edmonton	400 m
World Indoor Championships
	2004 Budapest	4×400 m relay
	1997 Paris	4×400 m relay
Pan American Games
	1999 Winnipeg	400 m
	1999 Winnipeg	4×400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	4×400 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
	1998 Maracaibo	4×400 m relay
CAC Championships
	1993 Cali	400 m
	1993 Cali	4×400 m relay
Goodwill Games
	2001 Brisbane	400 m
World Junior Championships
	1992 Seoul	4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
	1992 Nassau	400m

He was coached by Clyde Hart, an individual who also trained world record-holder Michael Johnson. Individually, Haughton was the bronze medallist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won bronze medals over 400 m at the World Championships in Athletics in 1995 and 2001. He won gold medals at the 2001 Goodwill Games, 1999 Pan American Games, 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He was twice NJCAA Champion and a three-time NCAA 400 metres champion. He won five Jamaican national titles in his career.

As a long-standing member of Jamaica's 4×400 metres relay team, Haughton was crowned 2004 World Indoor Champion, 1998 Commonwealth Champion, 1999 Pan American Games champion. He won Olympic bronze medals in the relay in 2000 and 1996, as well as four silver medals at the World Championships.

Haughton was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1997), George Mason University Hall of Fame (2001), and the Carreras Sports Foundation Male Athlete of the Year (1999–2000). In April 2011 Greg Haughton received the award from the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association for Outstanding Contribution to Track and Field in Jamaica.

Personal bests

Date	Event	Venue	Time
19 May 1996	200 metres	Fairfax, Virginia	20.64
9 August 1995	400 metres	Gothenburg, Sweden	44.56

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	15th (h)	400 m	47.73
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.58
1993	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	400 m	45.35
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.57
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	400 m	45.63
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.44
1995	World Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	3rd	400 m	44.56
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.88
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:56.75
	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.11
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.03
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1st	400 m	44.59
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.97
	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	5th	400 m	45.07
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.34
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	3rd	400 m	45.85
	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd	400 m	44.70
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Alberta	3rd	400 m	44.98
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.39
2002	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	2nd	400 m	44.87
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.21

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greg Haughton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010.