Michael McDonald (runner)

Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Michael McDonald

Personal information
Birth name	Michael L. McDonald
Born	17 March 1975 Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay 1996 Atlanta 4x400 m relay World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay 1999 Sevilla 4x400 m relay 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 4x400 m relay 1995 Mar del Plata 4x400 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1994 Port of Spain 400 m CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1993 Fort-de-France 800m 1993 Fort-de-France 4x400m relay 1994 Bridgetown 400m 1994 Bridgetown 4x400m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 1991 Port of Spain 800m 1991 Port of Spain 1500m

Career

He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay with his teammates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.

A brother of Beverly McDonald, he won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 4 × 400 metres relay event and broke the Commonwealth Games record.

Notes

Both at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece, and at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held in Sevilla, Spain, the Jamaica 4 × 400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Therefore, the silver medal was later awarded to the team from Jamaica.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1991	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	800 m	1:56.02
			3rd	1500 m	4:20.8
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	800 m	1:58.59
1993	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	1st	800 m	1:51.43
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.26
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	4th	200 m	21.75
			1st	400 m	47.02
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.47
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	400 m	46.2
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	400m	45.83
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.12
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	8th	400 m	46.21
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.11
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.88
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	12th (sf)	400 m	45.48
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.42
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	13th (sf)	400 m	45.74
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:56.75 NR
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.03 GR
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	400 m	45.21
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.97 GR
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	22nd (qf)	400 m	45.87
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.34
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.85 (h)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd (h)	400 m	45.02^1
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.40

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

External links

• Michael McDonald at World Athletics
• Michael McDonald at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Picture of Michael McDonald[1]

References

1. Shaw, Ezra / Allsport (5 July 2001), Michael McDonald #61 of Jamaica runs during the Men's 400m Event for the IAAF World Championships at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Getty Images, retrieved 5 April 2012