Mal Spence

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMalcolm Emanuel Augustus "Mal"•Spence
Used nameMal•Spence
Born2 January 1936 in Kingston, Kingston (JAM)
Died30 October 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA)
Measurements177 cm / 71 kg
NOC Jamaica West Indies Federation
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Mal Spence had the following podium finishes at major championships: 1st in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×440 yards Relay (with George Kerr, Laurie Khan, and Mel Spence), 3rd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×440 yards Relay (with George Kerr, Keith Gardner, and the non-Olympian Gerald James); 1st in the 1959 Pan American Games 4×400 metres Relay (with Mel Spence, George Kerr, and the non-Olympian Basil Ince [TRI]), 3rd in the 1959 Pan American Games 400 metres, 3rd in the 1963 Pan American Games 4×400 metres Relay (with Rupert Hoilette, Mel Spence, and the non-Olympian Anthony Carr). In the 440 yards event Mal Spence finished fifth in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, was eliminated in the quarter-finals in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and in the heats in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In all British Empire and Commonwealth Games he competed for Jamiaca and in the Pan American Games he competed for the British West Indies in 1959 and for Jamaica in 1963.

Personal Bests: 200 – unknown; 400 – 46.4y (1959).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Athletics JAM Mal Spence
200 metres, Men (Olympic) 6 h5 r1/4
400 metres, Men (Olympic) 6 h2 r3/4
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) Jamaica AC r2/2
1960 Summer Olympics Athletics WIF Mal Spence
400 metres, Men (Olympic) 5 h2 r3/4
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) West Indies Federation 3 Bronze
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics JAM Mal Spence
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) Jamaica 4

Olympic family relations

Special Notes