LaShawn MERRITT

Country: United States

Born: 27.06.1986

2 x Olympic Games Gold medallist

4 x World Championships Gold medallist

2 x World Championships Silver medallist

1 x World Indoor Championships Gold medallist

3 x World Athletics Final Gold medallist

1 x World Athletics Final Bronze medallist

2 x Olympic Games finalist

6 x World Championships finalist

4 x Golden League meeting winner

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All-Athletics.com World Rankings

Event Group	Place	Score
Men's 400m	3	1342
Men's Overall Ranking	42	1349

Personal Bests

Event	Result	Wind	Venue	Date
55m ind.	6.40		Newport (GBR)	10.01.2004
60m ind.	6.68		Lynchburg (USA)	18.02.2006
100m	10.56	-0.8	Lynchburg (USA)	31.03.2007
200m	19.98	+1.4	Carson (USA)	20.05.2007
200m	19.80	+3.2	Greensboro (USA)	19.04.2008
200m ind.	20.40		Fayetteville (USA)	12.02.2005
300m	31.30		Eugene (USA)	07.06.2009
300m ind.	31.94		Fayetteville (USA)	10.02.2006
400m	43.75		Beijing (CHN)	21.08.2008
400m ind.	44.93		Fayetteville (USA)	11.02.2005
500m ind.	1:03.38		New York (USA)	03.02.2006
600m ind.	1:21.60		Newport News (USA)	26.01.2008
4x100m	38.66		Grosseto (ITA)	18.07.2004
Sprint Medley 1000m	1:46.68		Stockholm (SWE)	25.07.2006
4x400m	2:55.39		Beijing (CHN)	23.08.2008
4x400m ind.	3:03.24		Moskva (RUS)	12.03.2006

Annual Bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date

StarWords II	27.01.2012
StarWords	20.01.2012
Merritt's Olympic ban overturned	06.10.2011
Men's 400m - Final - James edges Merritt in a thriller	30.08.2011
Merritt: Training alone was difficult	28.08.2011
Men's 400m - Heats - Merritt blasts 44.35 world lead	28.08.2011
Men's 400m - PREVIEW	23.08.2011
Team USA in Daegu to include 8 defending champs, 19 medalists	10.08.2011
Cheruiyot, Thorkilden and Watt world leads, Isinbayeva impresses, Bolt gets his first win at DN Galan	30.07.2011
Merritt returns to track after ban	29.07.2011

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All-Athletics.com World Rankings

Current World Ranking Positions - 31.01.2012

Event Group	Place	Score
Men's 400m	3	1342
Men's Overall Ranking	42	1349

Highest Ever World Ranking Positions:

Event Group	Place
Men's 400m	xx	for xxx weeks
Men's Overall Ranking	xx	for xxx weeks
Men's 200m	xx	for xxx weeks

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Personal bests

Event	Result	Wind	Venue	Date	A-T	Score
55m ind.	6.40		Newport (GBR)	10.01.2004	xx	xxxx
60m ind.	6.68		Lynchburg (USA)	18.02.2006	xx	xxxx
100m	10.56	-0.8	Lynchburg (USA)	31.03.2007	xx	xxxx
200m	19.98	+1.4	Carson (USA)	20.05.2007	xx	xxxx
200m	19.80	+3.2	Greensboro (USA)	19.04.2008	xx	xxxx
200m ind.	20.40		Fayetteville (USA)	12.02.2005	xx	xxxx
300m	31.30		Eugene (USA)	07.06.2009	xx	xxxx
300m ind.	31.94		Fayetteville (USA)	10.02.2006	xx	xxxx
400m	43.75		Beijing (CHN)	21.08.2008	xx	xxxx
400m ind.	44.93		Fayetteville (USA)	11.02.2005	xx	xxxx
500m ind.	1:03.38		New York (USA)	03.02.2006	xx	xxxx
600m ind.	1:21.60		Newport News (USA)	26.01.2008	xx	xxxx
4x100m	38.66		Grosseto (ITA)	18.07.2004	xx	xxxx
Sprint Medley 1000m	1:46.68		Stockholm (SWE)	25.07.2006	xx	xxxx
4x400m	2:55.39		Beijing (CHN)	23.08.2008	xx	xxxx
4x400m ind.	3:03.24		Moskva (RUS)	12.03.2006	xx	xxxx

A-T: Position in the All-Time Lists. Click on the event names to see the All-Time lists for that event.

Annual bests:
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002

Event	Result	Wind	Venue	Date	T-L	Score
200m	xxxx	+0.2	Rieti (ITA)	xx.xx.2011	xx	xxxx
400m	xxxx		Daegu (KOR)	xx.xx.2011	xx	xxxx
4x400m	xxxx		Daegu (KOR)	xx.xx.2011	xx	xxxx

T-L: Position in the Annual World Top Lists. Click on the event names to see the Top List of the respective event.

Progression of annual bests:
Men's 55m indoor
Men's 60m indoor
Men's 100m
Men's 200m
Men's 200m indoor
Men's 300m
Men's 300m indoor
Men's 400m
Men's 400m indoor
Men's 500m indoor
Men's 600m indoor
Men's 4x100m
Men's Sprint Medley 1000m
Men's 4x400m
Men's 4x400m indoor

Year	Result	Venue	Date	T-L	Score
2003	xxxx	Richmond (USA)	xx.xx.2003	xx	xxxx
2004	xxxx	Grosseto (ITA)	xx.xx.2004	xx	xxxx
2005	xxxx	Kingston (JAM)	xx.xx.2005	xx	xxxx
2006	xxxx	Stuttgart (GER)	xx.xx.2006	xx	xxxx
2007	xxxx	Osaka (JPN)	xx.xx.2007	xx	xxxx
2008	xxxx	Beijing (CHN)	xx.xx.2008	xx	xxxx
2009	xxxx	Berlin (GER)	xx.xx.2009	xx	xxxx
2011	xxxx	Daegu (KOR)	xx.xx.2011	xx	xxxx

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All-Time Personal Top 10:
All events
Men's 55m indoor
Men's 60m indoor
Men's 100m
Men's 200m
Men's 200m indoor
Men's 300m
Men's 300m indoor
Men's 400m
Men's 400m indoor
Men's 500m indoor
Men's 600m indoor
Men's 4x100m
Men's Sprint Medley 1000m
Men's 4x400m
Men's 4x400m indoor

Event	Date	Competition	Cnt.	Cat.	Type	Pl.	Result	Score
400m	xx.xx.2008	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
4x400m	xx.xx.2008	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
4x400m	xx.xx.2007	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
400m	xx.xx.2007	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F	2.	xxxx	xxxx
400m ind.	xx.xx.2005	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	D	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
400m	xx.xx.2008	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	A	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
400m	xx.xx.2008	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	B	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
400m	xx.xx.2008	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	GL	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx
400m	xx.xx.2007	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	C	F	2.	xxxx	xxxx
400m	xx.xx.2009	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F	1.	xxxx	xxxx

Results by limits:
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60m ind.
100m
200m
200m ind.
300m
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500m ind.
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<	44.00:	xxx
<	44.50:	xxx
<	45.00:	xxx
<	45.50:	xxx
<	46.00:	xxx
<	46.50:	xxx
<	47.00:	xxx
<	48.00:	xxx

Honours

Olympic Games

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Results in:
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2008
2007
2006
2005
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2003
2002
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200m

Date	Competition	Cnt.	Cat.	Type	Nr.	Pl.	Result	Wind	Score
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	B	F		xx	xxxx	+0.2	xxxx

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400m

Date	Competition	Cnt.	Cat.	Type	Nr.	Pl.	Result	Score
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	GL	F	1	xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	H	3	xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	SF	1	xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F		xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	GL	F		xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	B	F		xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	D	F	1	xx	xxxx	xxxx

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4x400m

Date	Competition	Cnt.	Cat.	Type	Nr.	Pl.	Result	Score
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	H	1	xx	xxxx	xxxx
xx.xx.2011	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	OW	F		xx	xxxx	xxxx

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