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Malvin Greston Whitfield (October 11, 1924 – November 19, 2015) was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman. Nicknamed "Marvelous Mal", he was the Olympic champion in the 800 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and a member of the 1948 gold medal team in the 4 × 400 meters relay.
Mal Whitfield was an American middle-distance runner, world-record holder for the 880-yard race (1950–54), for the 1,000-metre race (1953), and, as a member of the U.S. team, for the 4 × 440-yard relay race (1952–56) and the 4 × 880-yard relay race (1952). Whitfield ran for Ohio State University.
Nov 19, 2015 · Whitfield was a US Air Force sergeant who won the 800m in London 1948 and Helsinki 1952, setting three individual world records. He also won the 4x400m gold and a silver in the 4x400m, and coached extensively in Africa.
Biography. Mal Whitfield was the finest 400/800 m runner of his time. Between June 1948 and the end of the 1954 season he lost only three of his 69 races at 800 m/880 y, and during that period he won all his two-lap races in major championships, including five AAU wins, two at the NCAA, two Olympic, and one Pan American Games gold medal.
Nov 20, 2015 · Mal Whitfield, a sleek middle-distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States, at one point as a Tuskegee Airman, and later became an American good-will ambassador...
Nov 22, 2015 · Mal Whitfield was a Tuskegee airman who achieved Olympic glory in the 800 metres in 1948 and 1952 before serving for decades as the US Information Agency’s sports affairs officer....
Nov 20, 2015 · Mal Whitfield, a record-setting middle-distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals in 1948 and 1952 and later spent many years as a U.S. Foreign Service officer and sports ambassador in...
