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Mark McKoy

Mark McKoy
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 110 m hurdles
IAAF World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Toronto 60 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Seville 60 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane 4x100 m relay
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton 110 m hurdles
Pacific Conference Games
Gold medal – first place 1981 Christchurch 4x100 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Sudbury 110 m hurdles

Mark Anthony McKoy (born December 10, 1961) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete, winner of 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, Mark McKoy spent his youth in England, before moving to Canada as a teenager. He attended Clemson University in 1980, but dropped out.

McKoy came to the international athletics scene in 1982 by winning a gold medal in 110 m hurdles and silver in 4 x 100 m relay at the Commonwealth Games. In the next year McKoy finished fourth at the first World Championships and repeated this place at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In 1986, McKoy repeated his victory in 110 m hurdles at Commonwealth Games and turned his 4x100 m relay silver to gold medal, but finished seventh at the 1987 World Championships.

McKoy finished seventh in the hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, as he hit a number of hurdles in the final. His compatriot Ben Johnson tested positive for banned substances at the Games. Over the course of the Dubin Inquiry, McKoy was another of Charlie Francis's trainees to admit to doping and he was banned for two years.

McKoy made a come-back at the 1991 World Championships, finishing fourth again in 110 m hurdles. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona, McKoy put his fourth-place streak behind him and won the gold medal in 13.12 seconds. It was the first Canadian Olympic gold medal in track and field since Duncan McNaughton's first-place finish in the high jump competition in 1932. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto he won the 60 m hurdles.


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