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Michael Marsh
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1967-08-04) August 4, 1967 (age 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
College teamUCLA Bruins
ClubSanta Monica Track Club
Medal record
Men's athletics (track and field)
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 200 metres
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 metres relay
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 4×100 metres relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo 4x100 metres relay

Michael Lawrence Marsh (born August 4, 1967) is a retired American sprinter, the 1992 Olympic champion in the 200 m.

Biography

Marsh was born in Los Angeles, and attended high school at Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California where he was overshadowed by Henry Thomas, who he joined on numerous championship relays. Marsh, Thomas, Michael Graham and Sean Kelly joined to bring Hawthorne the National High School Record in the 4 × 400 m relay set at the Texas Relays. The team joined to celebrate the silver anniversary of the record in 2010. When Thomas was sidelined with an appendix attack, requiring surgery just before the qualification cycle, Marsh won the 1985 CIF California State Meet in the 200 m. He continued running with Thomas at UCLA, his best achievement was a third place at the NCAA Championships. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.

Although Marsh could compete with the national class sprinters, he did not manage to qualify for an international event until 1991, when he qualified for the American relay team for the 1991 World Championships. Marsh ran in the heats on a team that set the Championship record, but not in the final, which was won by the Americans in World Record time. The next year, Marsh posted a time of 9.93s into a wind of 0.6 m/s at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, which using a widely accepted wind/altitude correction calculator adjusted to the fastest ever intrinsic 100 m time recorded at that time in history. That was the second of what became a trend, a succession of eight early season outstanding 100 m marks set by Marsh at the Mt. SAC Relays. Marsh was elected into the Mt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame in 2003.

At the 1992 US Olympic Trials, Marsh disappointingly finished fourth in the 100 m, not enough for individual qualification, but sufficient to make the relay team. In the 200 m, he placed second to Michael Johnson and qualified for the Barcelona Olympics,.

In Barcelona, Marsh surprised all observers in his semi-final. He cruised through the race, simply securing qualification for the final. His qualifying time, however, was 19.73, just one hundredth of a second slower than the standing world record (and it was the American Record). This run was remarkable for the fact that he eased off ten metres from the line, stating in later interviews that he hadn't realised how fast he was running and wanted to save some energy for the final, which was to be held only a few hours later. See the race. Unofficial split analysis from video of that run indicates he would have run faster than the world record at the time, Pietro Mennea's altitude-assisted 19.72s, if he hadn't eased off. An improvement of this record was anticipated for the final, but Marsh could not live up to those expectations. He did win the race however, beating early leader Frankie Fredericks of Namibia. He did set a world record in the final of the 4 x 100 m, as the American team completed the race in 37.40.

As the reigning Olympic champion, he surprisingly did not medal in the 200 m at the 1993 World Championships, placing fourth. His 1994 season went without a win, but he did lead off the Santa Monica Track Club's 4 × 200 m relay at the Mt. SAC Relays when the team of Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard and Carl Lewis set a world record in the event that would stand until 2014. He returned strongly in 1995. He won the national championships in the 100 m, and represented his country in that event at the World Championships. There, he disappointed, finishing fifth in the final. The disappointment was complete when the relay team failed to finish the heats after a bad exchange.

In 1996, Marsh managed to qualify for all three sprint events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and he reached the final of all three. In the 100 m, he placed fifth and in his attempt to retain his 200 m title (which was taken by Johnson in a new world record time) he finished last. The American relay team, with Marsh as the third runner, was heavily favoured to take the 4 x 100 m title, but they were surprised by the Canadian team in the final, and had to settle for silver.

He again qualified for the 100 m final at the 1997 World Championships, where he placed last due to a foot injury that required immediate surgery.

In 2021 he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.


Track records

As of September 2024, Marsh holds the following track records for 100 metres and 200 metres.


100 metres

Location Time Windspeed
m/s 		Date
Raleigh, North Carolina 10.01 + 0.2 17/06/2000
San Jose, California 9.99 + 2.2 30/05/1992


200 metres

Location Time Windspeed
m/s 		Date Notes
Barcelona 19.73
PB		 – 0.2 05/08/1992 Former sea-level WR,
Olympic record and AR
Sestriere 19.79 + 4.0 21/07/1992

References

  1. "Hawthorne's 25-year-old national mark in 4x400 relay stands test of time - the Daily Breeze". www.dailybreeze.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. "California State Meet Results – 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  3. "Mike Marsh". www.mtsacrelays.com.
  4. DOWNEY, MIKE (August 7, 1992). "Barcelona '92 OLYMPICS / DAY 13 : Marsh Swamps 200 Field : Track and field: It's slower than his semifinal time, but he won't throw back the gold medal" – via LA Times.
  5. "USA Track & Field | USATF announces 2021 Hall of Fame class".

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Preceded byUnited States Michael Johnson Men's 200 m Best Year Performance
1992 		Succeeded byNamibia Frankie Fredericks
Olympic champions in men's 200 metres
Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay
World University Games champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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1876–1878
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  • Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
  • OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
  • 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Distance: Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31
  • ro: In 1886 the event was won after a run-off
  • *: Penalized one yard for false start
  • G1: Race was won by Don Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest
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  • OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
  • 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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