Best Olympic Finishes Ever By Michiganders

MEN

100
GOLD – Ralph Craig (Detroit Central) 1912
GOLD – Eddie Tolan (Detroit Cass Tech) 1932

200
GOLD – Ralph Craig (Detroit Central) 1912
GOLD – Eddie Tolan (Detroit Cass Tech) 1932
GOLD – Henry Carr (Detroit Northwestern) 1964

400
No MI competors

800
BRONZE – Earl Jones (Taylor Center) 1984

1500
5th – Hobbs Kessler (Ann Arbor Skyline) 2024

Steeple
BRONZE – Brian Diemer (GR South Christian) 1984

5000
BRONZE – Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc) 2024

10,000
BRONZE – Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc) 2024

Marathon
9th – Jack Bacheler (Birmingham Seaholm) 1972
9th – Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 2008

110H
GOLD – Bill Porter (Jackson) 1948
GOLD – Hayes Jones (Pontiac Central) 1964

400H
GOLD – Rex Cawley (Farmington) 1964

20K Walk
19th – Goetz Klopfer (Bloomfield Hills) 1972

35/50K Walk
7th – Adolf Weinacker (Detroit Eastern) 1956

4 x 100
GOLD – Loren Murchison (Detroit Eastern) 1920
GOLD – Loren Murchison (Detroit Eastern) 1924
GOLD – Lorenzo Wright (Detroit Miller) 1948

4 x 400
GOLD – Fred Alderman (Lansing Central) 1928
GOLD – Henry Carr (Detroit Northwestern) 1964
GOLD – Darnell Hall (Detroit Pershing) 1992

High Jump
7th – John “Pinky” Patterson (Detroit University) 1908

Pole Vault
SILVER – Frank Nelson (Detroit University) 1912

Long Jump
6th – John McLean (Menominee) 1900

Triple Jump
No MI competitors

Shot
BRONZE – John Garrels (Detroit Central) 1908

Discus
12th – Alex Rose (Ogemaw Heights) 2024

Hammer
No MI competitors

Javelin
5th – Lee Bartlett (Union City) 1932

Decathlon
BRONZE – Ken Doherty (Detroit Western) 1928

M/W Mixed Relay
BRONZE – Taylor Manson (East Lansing) 2021

WOMEN

100
No MI competitors

200
6th in semi – Anavia Battle (Wayne Memorial ) 2021

400
No MI competitors

800
7th in semi – Geena Gall (Grand Blanc) 2012

1500
8th in semi – Francie Kraker (Ann Arbor) 1972

Steeple
No MI competitors

5000
No MI competitors

10,000
No MI competitors

Marathon
No MI competitors

100H
BRONZE – Kim Turner (Detroit Mumford) 1984

400H
SILVER – Judi Brown (East Lansing) 1984
SILVER – Anna Cockrell (Detroit Country Day MS) 2024

Walks
No MI competitors

4 x 100
No MI competitors

4 x 400
No MI competitors

High Jump
No MI competitors

Pole Vault
No MI competitors

Long Jump
No MI competitors

Triple Jump
No MI competitors

Shot
18th in qualifying – Tia Brooks (East Kentwood) 2012

Discus
24th in qualifying – Penny Neer (North Adams) 1992

Hammer
No MI competitors

Javelin
No MI competitors

Heptathlon
No MI competitors