Art Bragg
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
December 3, 1930 Baltimore, Md, United States |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | 100 meters, 200 meters |
| College team | Morgan State Bears |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
100 y: 9.4 s (1954) |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
 |
1951 Buenos Aires | 4×100 metres |
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1951 Buenos Aires | 100 metres |
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1951 Buenos Aires | 200 metres |
100 y: 9.4 s (1954)
100 m: 10.3 s (1953)
220 y: 20.8 s (1951)
Arthur "Art" George Bragg (born December 3, 1930) is an American sprinter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Baltimore and attended Baltimore's Morgan State College.,
In 1952 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Olympic 100 metres event. Running with a pulled muscle, he finished 'a miserable last' in his race. Bragg was considered the favourite for the title having won the USA Olympic Trials 100m in the absence, through injury, of the man judged to be the best American sprinter, Jim Golliday. Bragg also tried to qualify for the 200 m event but was only fourth in his semi-final at the Olympic Trials.
At the 1951 Pan American Games he was a member of the American relay team which won the gold medal in the 4×100 metres competition. In the 100 metres contest as well as in the 200 metres event he won the silver medal. In both races he lost narrowly to Cuba's Rafael Fortun.
Always a keen college runner, in 1953, Bragg helped, as anchor leg, Morgan State College to victories in the quarter- and half-mile relays at the Penn Relays. Bragg also completed a triple of individual wins.
Bragg continued running after leaving college. In 1954 he won the 100 and 220 yards titles at the AAU Championships. In both he established new AAU meet records of 9.4 and 21.1 s respectively.
Bragg was famed at the time he was racing for his often slow start to his races with a subsequent fast finish and the disappointments he suffered in his career at the major championships.
In 1954, Bragg was one of the candidates for the prestigious James E. Sullivan Award that is presented annually by the AAU to the outstanding American athlete. If he had won he would have been the first African-American recipient of the award. In the end, the award went to Mal Whitfield.
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