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Walter McCoy (born November 15, 1958) is an American former sprinter who qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott . He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[ 1] He did compete in the 1984 Summer Olympics .[ 2]
A native of Daytona Beach, Florida , McCoy attended Seabreeze High School . The Orlando Sentinel named McCoy among their list of the best high school track and field athletes in Central Florida history.[ 3]
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1981–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1981–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015
1977: West Germany (Krieg , Hofmeister , Schmid , Herrmann )
1979: United States (Frazier , Green , Smith , Darden )
1981: United States (McCoy , Wiley , Smith , Darden )
1985: United States (McCoy , Phillips , Armstead , Franks )
1989: Americas (Martínez , Menezes , Burnett , Hernández )
1992: Africa (Lahlou , Matete , Kemboi , Bada )
1994: Great Britain (McKenzie , Ladejo , Baulch , Black )
1998: Great Britain (Hylton , Baulch , Baldock , Thomas )
2002: Americas (Sánchez , Francique , McDonald , Blackwood )
2006: United States (Ashley , Brew , Merritt , Williamson )
2010: Americas (Brenes , Jackson , Nixon , Chambers )
2014: Africa (Tumuti , Makwala , Kombe , Van Niekerk )
1959 : West Germany (Grawitz , Quantz , Klappert , Oberste )
1961 : West Germany (Hoppe , Schöll , Graßhoff , Grawitz )
1963 : Great Britain (Metcalfe , Boulter , Campbell , Steane )
1965 : Italy (Bianchi , Iraldo , Frinolli , Bello )
1967 : West Germany (Müller , Röper , Krüsmann , Thiemann )
1970 : United States (Ulan , Colglazier , Turner , James )
1973 : United States (Bond , Schultz , Lutz , Jenkins )
1975 : Poland (Hewelt , Pietrzyk , Gondek , Szlendak )
1977 : United States (Jennings , Smith , Dale , Andrews )
1979 : United States (Taylor , Kerr , Harris , McCoy )
1981 : Soviet Union (Zolotaryev , Fedotov , Burakov , Markin )
1983 : United States (Nix , Tabron , Babers , Wiley )
1985 : Cuba (Martínez , Peñalver , Ramos , Hernández )
1987 : United States (Pierre , Daniel , Patrick , Robinzine )
1989 : Jamaica (O'Connor , Morris , Davis , Burnett )
1991 : United States (Wilson , Cannon , Irvin , Luke )
1993 : United States (Jones , Payne , Lyles , Turner )
1995 : United States (Hayden , Byrd , Morris , Maybank )
1997 : United States (Terry , Wheeler , Davis , Woodward )
1999 : United States (Berrian , Couts , Brew , Davis )
2001 : United States (White , Gerding , Couts , Pierce )
2003 : Ukraine (Demchenko , Zyukov , Horbenko , Tverdostup )
2005 : Poland (Wieruszewski , Dąbrowski , Kędzia , Klimczak )
2007 : Poland (Bańka , Klimczak , Kędzia , Dąbrowski )
2009 : Australia (Troode , Cole , Thomas , Wroe , Watkins , Burstow )
2011 : Russia (Sigalovsky , Buryak , Vazhov , Kruglyakov )
2013 : Russia (Dyldin , Buryak , Kashefrazov , Krasnov )
2015 : Dominican Republic (J. Santos , Cuesta , Mercedes , L. Santos )
2017 : Dominican Republic (J. Santos , L. Charles , A. Charles , L. Santos )
2019 : Mexico (Vega , Jiménez , Ramírez , Mendoza )
2021 : Turkey (Çanakçi , Ençü , Akçam , Nezir )
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