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| | Current Biography Excerpts: Track and Field |
 | | At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, in September, Griffith Joyner confirmed her star status by winning three gold medals in the 100- and 200- meter races and the 400-meter relay and a silver medal in the 1600-meter relay. |
 | | In his "speed" event, the 200-meter run, Johnson was the world champion in 1991 and 1995, and in the 400, in which stamina is key, he captured the title in 1993 and 1995--becoming, in the latter year, the first man ever to win the 200 and the 400 at a single world championship meet. |
 | | She won two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, in the 200-meter race and the 4 x 100-meter relay. |
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