Alvin Harrison

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Alvin Harrison (born January 20, 1974) was a 1996 and 2000 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Harrison was barred from participating in the 2004 Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance. In October of 2004, Harrison agreed to a four-year suspension the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

He is the twin brother of fellow Olympic medalist Calvin Harrison.

Personal Bests

Date	Event	Venue	Time
March 28, 1999	200m	Stanford, California	20.77
June 19, 1996	400m	Atlanta, Georgia	44.09

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1996	1996 Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	1st	4x400m Relay
1998	IAAF Golden League / Grand Prix Final	Moskva, Russia	6th	400m
2000	2000 Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd	400m
2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	1st	4x400m Relay
2000	U.S. Olympic Trials	Sacramento, California	2nd	400m

Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x400 m relay
1912 United States Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath
1920 Great Britain Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler
1924 United States Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson
1928 United States George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti
1932 United States Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr
1936 Great Britain Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown
1948 United States Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield
1952 Jamaica Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden
1956 United States Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney
1960 United States Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis
1964 United States Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr
1968 United States Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans
1972 Kenya Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang
1976 United States Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks
1980 Soviet Union Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin
1984 United States Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay
1988 United States Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds
1992 United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis
1996 United States LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank
2000 United States Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson
2004 United States Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson

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