Paris 2024 Olympics: 16-year-old US sprinter Quincy Wilson is in line to run in Olympic 4x400 relay

According to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the youngest U.S. male in Olympic track was Arthur Newton, who ran the steeplechase in 1904 at age 17.

Published : Aug 08, 2024 20:14 IST , PARIS - 1 MIN READ

Quincy Wilson competes in the men’s 400 meter final at Paris 2024 Olympics at the age of 16.
Quincy Wilson competes in the men’s 400 meter final at Paris 2024 Olympics at the age of 16. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Quincy Wilson competes in the men’s 400 meter final at Paris 2024 Olympics at the age of 16. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Quincy Wilson is in line to race for the Americans in the men’s 4x400 meter relay on Friday, which would make the 16-year-old the youngest male to compete for the U.S. track team.

Wilson posted on his Instagram page a picture of himself with the reminder to “tune in at 5:05 a.m. Friday morning” (on the U.S. East Coast) for the men’s relay.

At the Olympic trials earlier this summer, Wilson broke the under-18 world record twice with times of 44.66 and 44.59 that put him in the final of the 400 meters. He finished sixth there and was later chosen as part of the U.S. relay pool for the Olympics.

“I’m 16 years old running grown-man times,” Wilson said at trials.

According to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the youngest U.S. male in Olympic track was Arthur Newton, who ran the steeplechase in 1904 at age 17. Jim Ryun was 17 when he qualified for his first Olympics in 1964, and Erriyon Knighton was 17 when he made it to Tokyo three years ago.

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