Pam Marshall


Pam Marshall is a retired American sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 1987 [World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|sprint relay] and finished fourth in the 200 m final at the 1987 World Championships. She won the 200 m at the 1986 Goodwill Games and was a three-time USA Outdoor [Track and Field Championships|US champion]. Her 200 m best of 21.93 secs in 1988, ranked her 10th on the world all-time list at that time, and still ranks her in the all-time top 30.

Career

Marshall attended and competed for Long Beach City College.
Marshall competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m Relay. Her best result was anchoring the U.S. 4 × 100 m relay team to the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships Rome Italy, in a time of 41.58 CR which still ranks as one of the fastest times ever.
She clocked an impressive 10.11 for her final 100 m which saw her bring the team home almost half a second ahead of the GDR team anchored by Marlies Göhr. Pam came 8th in the 100 m and fourth in the 200 m at the same Championship.
She went on to make the USA Olympic team over 200 m the following season, however due to injury did not get past the preliminary rounds.

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