Johnny Gray

Johnny Gray

Gray finishing 5th in the 800m at the 1988 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	John Lee Gray Jr.
Born	(1960-06-19) June 19, 1960 (age 64) Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event	800 meters
College team	Santa Monica College Arizona State University
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	600 metres: 1:12.81 WB 800 metres: 1:42.60[1] 1000 metres: 2:17.27
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 800 metres Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis 800 metres 1999 Winnipeg 800 metres

John Lee Gray Jr. (born June 19, 1960) is a retired American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and the holder of the 600m world best. A four-time-Olympian (1984-1996) in 1985 he set the US record of 1:42.60 at a meet in Koblenz. That time puts Gray as the nineteenth fastest performer of all time. He came seventh in the 1984 Summer Olympics, fifth in 1988, and won the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics of 1992. In 1993 Gray was one of the favourites to win a gold medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart as he had won the A-race at the prestigious meeting in Zurich. However, he failed to qualify for the final in Stuttgart. He also set the world 600 meter record in 1986 at 1:12.81. In 1992 and 1993 Gray came close to breaking the world indoor record over 800 m several times. He held the US indoor record at 1:45.00 (Sindelfingen 1992) till February 2019.