Keith Gardner

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Keith Gardner

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	6 September 1929 Kingston, Jamaica
Died	25 May 2012 (aged 82) Livingston, New Jersey, USA
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	sprints / hurdles
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  British West Indies Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4x400 metres relay Representing Jamaica British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 Vancouver 120 yard hurdles 1958 Cardiff 100 yard Dash 1958 Cardiff 120 yards hurdles 1958 Cardiff 220 yard dash 1958 Cardiff 4x440yards relay Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City 110 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Games 1954 Mexico City 4x400m

Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner (6 September 1929 – 25 May 2012) was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres, who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1954, Gardner won a gold medal for Jamaica at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada over the 120 yard hurdles.

Gardner won the British AAA Championships title in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1958 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he represented the Jamaican team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he four medals, including two golds.

Gardner competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay, where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Malcolm Spence, James Wedderburn, and George Kerr.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1954	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	6th (sf)	100 m	10.8
			2nd	110 m hurdles	14.5
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.06
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.25
			3rd	Long jump	7.02 m
	British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Vancouver, Canada	1st	120 y hurdles	14.2
			6th	4 × 110 y relay	NT
			6th	4 × 440 y relay	3:19.0
			9th	Long jump	6.66 m
1955	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	100 m	10.5
			2nd	110 m hurdles	14.74
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.63
1956	Olympic Games1	Melbourne, Australia	44th (h)	100 m	11.22
			11th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.65
			7th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.071
1957	British West Indies Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	110 m hurdles	14.7
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.9
1958	British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Cardiff, United Kingdom	1st	100 y	9.66
			2nd	220 y	21.11
			1st	120 y hurdles	14.20 (w)
			3rd	4 × 440 y relay	3:10.08
1959	British West Indies Championships	Georgetown, British Guiana	3rd	100 m
			2nd	200 m
			1st	110 m hurdles	14.4
1960	British West Indies Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	200 m	21.2
			1st	110 m hurdles	14.5
	Olympic Games1	Rome, Italy	5th	110 m hurdles	14.55
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.13

¹Disqualified in the final
²Representing the British West Indies

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.3h (1958)
• 400 metres – 46.3hy (1958)
• 110 metres hurdles – 13.8h (1958)

References

• Profile
• Commonwealth Games Results