Margaret Bailes

American sprinter

Margaret Bailes

Personal information

Full name

Margaret Johnson Bailes

Born

January 23, 1951 (1951-01-23) (age 73)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	4x100 metre relay

Margaret Johnson Bailes (born January 23, 1951) is an American athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 meters.

Early life

Margaret Johnson Bailes was born in the Bronx. When she was five, she moved to Eugene, Oregon with her family after her father, Albert "Duke" Johnson, decided it would be a good place to raise his children.^[1]

Athletic career

When Bailes was 9, a chance attendance as a spectator to an athletics event at Hayward Field led her to meet Wendy Jerome, the wife of Harry Jerome. Wendy Jerome saw that Bailes had talent and soon became her coach.^[1] At 16 Bailes was one of the top U.S. sprinters with a fifth place in the 1967 AAU 200 m.

She competed for the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 4 x 100 meters where she won the gold medal with her teammates 100 m silver medalist Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter and Olympic 100 m champion Wyomia Tyus.

Bailes still holds the all-time Oregon state high school records for 100 meters (11.29s) and 200 meters (22.95s), set in 1968 while she was a student at Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon.^[2] She was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.^[3] She retired from the sport at the age of 17.

References

^ ^a ^b "The Forgotten Champion". The Register-Guard. May 11, 2008.
^ "Track and Field Bests". OregonLive.com. May 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
^ "Inductees: Track & Field". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-14.

Olympic champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay

1928: Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook (CAN)
1932: Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA)
1936: Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens (USA)
1948: Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
1952: Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy (USA)
1956: Shirley Barbara de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
1960: Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph (USA)
1964: Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Kłobukowska (POL)
1968: Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus (USA)
1972: Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl (FRG)
1976: Marlies Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)
1980: Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr (GDR)
1984: Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford (USA)
1988: Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner, Evelyn Ashford, Dannette Young (USA)
1992: Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Gwen Torrence, Michelle Finn (USA)
1996: Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, Carlette Guidry (USA)
2000: Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Lewis (BAH)
2004: Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald (JAM)
2008: Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert (BEL)
2012: Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams (USA)
2016: Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Tori Bowie, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun (USA)
2020: Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison, Remona Burchell (JAM)

v t e 1968 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1968 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Jack Bacheler Wade Bell John Carlos Leon Coleman Willie Davenport Ron Daws Bob Day Tom Dooley Lee Evans Tom Farrell Ron Freeman Boyd Gittins Charles Greene Ervin Hall Rudy Haluza Jim Hines Larry James Goetz Klopfer Ron Kutschinski Ron Laird Tom Laris Marty Liquori Vincent Matthews Kenny Moore Van Nelson Conrad Nightingale Mel Pender Larry Questad Bill Reilly David Romansky Jim Ryun Lou Scott Ronnie Ray Smith Tommie Smith Tracy Smith Geoff Vanderstock Tom Von Ruden Ron Whitney George Young Larry Young
Men's field athletes	Bob Beamon Ralph Boston Reynaldo Brown Ed Burke Gary Carlsen Casey Carrigan Ed Caruthers Hal Connolly Frank Covelli Dick Fosbury Albert Hall Dave Maggard Randy Matson Charles Mays Mark Murro Al Oerter John Pennel Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Rick Sloan David Smith Gary Stenlund Norman Tate Bill Toomey Tom Waddell Art Walker George Woods
Women's track and road athletes	Margaret Bailes Doris Brown Lois Anne Drinkwater Judy Dyer Barbara Ferrell Francie Kraker Madeline Manning Mildrette Netter Mamie Rallins Jarvis Scott Esther Stroy Wyomia Tyus Patty Van Wolvelaere
Women's field athletes	RaNae Bair Estelle Baskerville Sharon Callahan Olga Connolly Barbara Friedrich Cathy Hamblin Eleanor Montgomery Carol Moseke Maren Seidler Martha Watson Willye White Pat Winslow
Coaches	Payton Jordan (men's head coach) Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach) John Oelkers (men's assistant coach) Frank Potts (men's assistant coach) Stan Wright (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's coach) Conrad Ford (women's coach)

v t e US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter dash
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–1924: Frances Ruppert 1925: Helen Filkey 1926: Rosa Grosse 1927–1928^OT: Elta Cartwright 1929: Betty Robinson 1930: Stella Walsh 1931: Eleanor Egg 1932^OT: Wilhelmina von Bremen 1933: Annette Rogers 1934: not held 1935–1936: Helen Stephens 1937: Claire Isicson 1938: Lula Hymes 1939: Olive Hasenfus 1940–1941: Jean Lane 1942: Alice Coachman 1943–1944: Stella Walsh 1945–1946: Alice Coachman 1947: Juanita Watson 1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Jean Patton 1951: Mary McNabb 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953–1954: Barbara Jones 1955–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Barbara Jones 1958: Margaret Matthews 1959–1962: Wilma Rudolph 1963: Edith McGuire 1964–1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Barbara Ferrell 1968: Margaret Bailes 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) * Iris Davis 1971: Iris Davis 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) * (3) Iris Davis 1973: Iris Davis 1974: Renaye Bowen 1975: Rosalyn Bryant 1976: Chandra Cheeseborough 1977: Evelyn Ashford 1978: Leleith Hodges (JAM) * Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Alice Brown 1981–1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984 Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Alice Brown 1985: Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Pam Marshall 1986: Pam Marshall 1987: Diane Williams 1988: Sheila Echols 1989: Dawn Sowell 1990: Michelle Finn 1991: Carlette Guidry 1992^OT: Gwen Torrence
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–1994: Gail Devers 1995–1996^OT: Gwen Torrence 1997–1998: Marion Jones 1999: Inger Miller 2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001–2002: Chryste Gaines 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT: LaTasha Colander 2005: Me'Lisa Barber 2006: Lauryn Williams 2007: Torri Edwards 2008^OT: Muna Lee 2009: Carmelita Jeter 2010: Allyson Felix 2011–2012^OT: Carmelita Jeter 2013: English Gardner 2014: Tianna Bartoletta 2015: Tori Bowie 2016^OT: English Gardner 2017: Tori Bowie 2018: Aleia Hobbs 2019: Teahna Daniels 2021^{2020 OT}: Javianne Oliver
Notes	OT: 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: The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929 to 1931, 1955, 1957 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, 1965 to 1966, 1969 to 1970 and 1973 to 1974.