Kathy Hammond

Personal information

Full name

Kathryn Hammond

Born

November 2, 1951 (age 65)
Sacramento, California, U.S.

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing United States
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	4 x 400 meters
	1972 Munich	400 meters

Kathryn "Kathy" Hammond (born November 2, 1951) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 400 meters.

Hammond was born in Sacramento, California. She was a child prodigy, winning the National Indoor Championship at 440 yards in 1967, when she was just 15 year old.

She competed for the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 meters. She then competed in the 4 x 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning and Cheryl Toussaint.

References

Profile at football-heroes.net
"Kathy Hammond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter dash

1958–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1958: Chris McKenzie 1959: Kim Polson 1960: Irene Robertson 1961: Jackie Peterson 1962–3: Suzanne Knott 1964: Janell Smith 1965: Janell Smith 1966–7: Charlette Cooke 1968: Jarvis Scott 1969: Kathy Hammond 1970: Mavis Laing 1971: Mable Fergerson 1972: Kathy Hammond 1973: Mable Fergerson 1974–5: Debra Sapenter 1976: Lorna Forde (BAR) 1977: Sharon Dabney 1978: Lorna Forde (BAR) 1979: Patricia Jackson

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Sherri Howard 1981–3: Denean Howard 1984: Valerie Brisco 1985: Lillie Leatherwood 1986: Diane Dixon 1987–8: Lillie Leatherwood 1989: Rochelle Stevens 1990: Maicel Malone 1991: Lillie Leatherwood 1992: Rochelle Stevens

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Jearl Miles 1994: Natasha Kaiser-Brown 1995: Jearl Miles 1996: Maicel Malone 1997: Jearl Miles Clark 1998: Kim Graham 1999: Maicel Malone 2000–1: LaTasha Colander-Richardson 2002: Jearl Miles Clark 2003: Sanya Richards 2004: Monique Hennagan 2005–6: Sanya Richards 2007: DeeDee Trotter 2008–9: Sanya Richards 2010: Debbie Dunn 2011: Allyson Felix 2012: Sanya Richards-Ross 2013: Natasha Hastings 2014: Francena McCorory 2015–6: Allyson Felix

Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4

1972 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1972 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Jon Anderson Jack Bacheler Larry Black Doug Brown Dick Bruggeman Larry Burton Wayne Collett Willie Davenport Tom Dooley Jeff Galloway Eddie Hart Steve Hayden Thomas Hill Leonard Hilton Goetz Klopfer Mike Manley Ralph Mann Vincent Matthews Rod Milburn Kenny Moore Steve Prefontaine Rey Robinson Jim Ryun Steve Savage Jim Seymour Frank Shorter Chuck Smith John Smith Ken Swenson Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker (r) William Weigle Bob Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter Dave Wottle George Young Larry Young

Men's field athletes	Jeff Bannister Jeff Bennett Preston Carrington John Craft Chris Dunn Al Feuerbach George Frenn Tom Gage Bruce Jenner Jan Johnson Ron Jourdan Fred Luke Arnie Robinson Brian Oldfield John Powell Bill Schmidt Al Schoterman Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Dave Smith Steve Smith Milt Sonsky Dwight Stones Tim Vollmer Art Walker Randy Williams George Woods

Women's track athletes	Iris Davis Debra Edwards Mable Fergerson Barbara Ferrell Pam Greene Kathy Hammond Patty Johnson Wendy Koenig Francie Kraker Francie Larrieu Madeline Manning Mildrette Netter (r) Lacey O'Neal Mamie Rallins Mattline Render Jackie Thompson Cheryl Toussaint Martha Watson

Women's field athletes	Kim Attlesey Roberta Brown Sherry Calvert Olga Connolly Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Cindy Gilbert Sandi Goldsberry Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Jan Svendsen Martha Watson Deanne Wilson Willye White

Coaches	Bill Bowerman (men's head coach) Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach) Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach) Stan Wright (men's assistant coach) Nell Jackson (women's head coach) Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach) Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)

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