Dennis Mitchell

Personal information

Full name

Dennis Allen Mitchell

National team

United States

Born

February 20, 1966 (age 50)
Havelock, North Carolina

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Weight

154 lb (70 kg)

Sport

Track and field

Event(s)

100 meters

College team

University of Florida

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

100m : 9.91

200m : 20.09

Medal record

Men's track and field
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	4x100 m relay
	1996 Atlanta	4x100 m relay
	1992 Barcelona	100 m
World Championships
	1991 Tokyo	4x100 m relay
	1993 Stuttgart	4x100 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	100 m
	1993 Stuttgart	100 m
Disqualified	2001 Edmonton	4×100 m relay

100m : 9.91

Dennis Allen Mitchell (born February 20, 1966) is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Mitchell was born in Havelock, North Carolina. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he ran for the Florida Gators track and field team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1986 to 1989. At Florida, Mitchell was coached by Joe Walker. Mitchell placed fourth in the 100 meters race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and missed a probable gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race, because the American team was disqualified in the early heats, after the baton pass between teammates Calvin Smith and Lee McNeill was completed outside the exchange zone. In 1989, Mitchell won the NCAA championships in 200 meters race, and he was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2005.

In 1991, just a month before the World Championships, Mitchell set his first world record in the 4 x 100 meters relay of 37.67 at Zürich. At the World Championships, Mitchell was again a member of the American 4 x 100 meters relay team, in which he set a new world record of 37.50 in the final. Mitchell also won a bronze medal in the individual 100 meters race, just .01 seconds shy of the world record.

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