Keith Gardner

Keith Gardner
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born6 September 1929
Kingston, Jamaica
Died25 May 2012 (aged 82)
Livingston, New Jersey, USA
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
sprints / hurdles
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  British West Indies
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1960 Rome4x400 metres relay
Representing  Jamaica
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1954 Vancouver120 yard hurdles
Gold medal – first place1958 Cardiff100 yard Dash
Gold medal – first place1958 Cardiff120 yards hurdles
Silver medal – second place1958 Cardiff220 yard dash
Bronze medal – third place1958 Cardiff4x440yards relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place1955 Mexico City110 m hurdles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1954 Mexico City4x400m

Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner (6 September 1929 – 25 May 2012) was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres, who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1954, Gardner won a gold medal for Jamaica at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada over the 120 yard hurdles.

Gardner won the British AAA Championships title in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1958 AAA Championships.[1][2][3] Shortly afterwards he represented the Jamaican team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he four medals, including two golds.[4]

Gardner competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Malcolm Spence, James Wedderburn, and George Kerr.[4]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Jamaica Jamaica
1954 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 6th (sf) 100 m 10.8
2nd 110 m hurdles 14.5
1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.06
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.25
3rd Long jump 7.02 m
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Vancouver, Canada 1st 120 y hurdles 14.2
6th 4 × 110 y relay NT
6th 4 × 440 y relay 3:19.0
9th Long jump 6.66 m
1955 Pan American Games Mexico City, Mexico 4th 100 m 10.5
2nd 110 m hurdles 14.74
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.63
1956 Olympic Games1 Melbourne, Australia 44th (h) 100 m 11.22
11th (h) 110 m hurdles 14.65
7th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.071
1957 British West Indies Championships Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 110 m hurdles 14.7
1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.9
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Cardiff, United Kingdom 1st 100 y 9.66
2nd 220 y 21.11
1st 120 y hurdles 14.20 (w)
3rd 4 × 440 y relay 3:10.08
1959 British West Indies Championships Georgetown, British Guiana 3rd 100 m
2nd 200 m
1st 110 m hurdles 14.4
1960 British West Indies Championships Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 200 m 21.2
1st 110 m hurdles 14.5
Olympic Games1 Rome, Italy 5th 110 m hurdles 14.55
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.13

1Disqualified in the final
2Representing the British West Indies

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ "Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 13 July 1958. Retrieved 2 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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