Quincy Hall

Quincy Hall
Hall at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest
Personal information
Born (1998-07-31) July 31, 1998 (age 26)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
EducationUniversity of South Carolina
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m, 400m hurdles
ClubNike
Adidas
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 43.40 (Paris, 2024)
400m hurdles: 48.10 (Eugene, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 400 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 400 m
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Freeport 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Freeport 4×400 mixed relay
NACAC U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Querétaro 400 m hurdles
Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Trujilo 400 m hurdles

Quincy Hall (born July 31, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres and 400m hurdles.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres event.

Early life

From Kansas City, Missouri, Hall participated in track, football and wrestling at Raytown South High School.[3] He is the son of Milton and Iecia Hall, has a brother, Milton, and a sister, Breanna, both of whom also ran track.[4] Hall is a 2016 state champion in the 400 meters where he set a Missouri State High School Activities Association MSHSAA state record in 46.82s.[5]

Hall also attended the College of the Sequoias in California. In 2017, he was the California Community College Athletic Association champion in the 4x400m relay, 400m and 400m hurdles leading the team to a state title at 2017 CCCAA State Track and Field Championships.[6][7]

Quincy Hall earned 7 California Community College Athletic Association National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors.[8]

Career

In 2017, competing at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships, held in Peru, Hall won the 400m hurdles in a new personal best time, and a new championship record time, 49.02 seconds. He set a new meet record at the 2017 Stanford Invitational race over 400m, of 45.32. In 2018, he won at the Stanford Invitational again, this time over 400m hurdles.[9][10]

A student at the University of South Carolina, Hall achieved success in 2019, winning the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 400m hurdles.[11] That year, he also won the NACAC U23 Championship in the 400m hurdles.[12]

At the 2022 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Hall lowered his 400m hurdles personal best time to 48.10s.[13] At the 2022 NACAC Championships, he won gold in the inaugural mixed 4x400 relay contested at the event.[14] He was also a member of the triumphant men's 4x400m relay team at the event.[15]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, Hall reached the final of the 400m competition with the fourth fastest time. In the final, he ran a new personal best time of 44.41s to finish third.[16][17]

Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hall ran a personal best time of 44.37 to win a bronze medal in the 400 metres final.[18][19]

Hall won the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on June 2, 2024.[20] On July 12, 2024, he ran a world-leading and personal best time of 43.80 at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.[21]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Hall came from behind to win gold in the 400m, in 43.40 seconds.[22][23] His sprint is the fifth-fastest all-time, making him the fourth-fastest person in the 400m event in history, across all competitions.[24]

International competitions

Representing the  United States
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Wind (m/s) Notes
2023 2023 World Championships National Athletics Centre 3rd 400m 44.37
1st 4×400 m relay 2:57.31 WL
2024 2024 Summer Olympics Stade de France 1st 400m 43.40

Track records

As of 16 September 2024, Hall holds the following track records for 400 metres.

Location Time Date Notes
Fayetteville, Ark. 44.60 11/05/2019
Saint-Denis, Paris 43.40 07/08/2024
Xiamen 44.38 02/09/2023 Track record shared with Kirani James
of Grenada from the same race.

Personal life

Hall is the son of Milton and Iecia Hall. He has a brother, Milton, and a sister, Breanna. He also has a half-brother, Jaylin Hall, a sister named Corinthia Hall, and a half-brother, Langston Hall. His daughter, A’Lani Hall, was born in October 2021.[25]

References

  1. ^ "HALL Quincy | Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Quincy Hall". World Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Quincy Hall profile South Carolina Gamecocks
  4. ^ "Former Raytown South star Quincy Hall wins NCAA championship in hurdles". Kansascity.com. June 9, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  5. ^ Quincy Hall Raytown South High School 2016 Athletic.net
  6. ^ Yang, Vongni. "COS sprinter Quincy Hall has Olympic aspirations". Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  7. ^ CCCAA California State Championships results May 18-19, 2018 - Bakersfield College TFRRS
  8. ^ Quincy Hall COS results
  9. ^ "QUINCY HALL MAKES ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT, WINNING 400-METER HURDLES AT STANFORD INVITATIONAL". Runnerspace.com. March 31, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "COS sprinter Quincy Hall has Olympic aspirations". visaliatomesdelta.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  11. ^ "NCAA track: Raytown South grad Quincy Hall wins 400 hurdles". Kansas City Star. June 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Hall Named to The Bowerman Mid Indoor Season List". si.com. February 6, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  13. ^ Scully, Kevin (May 29, 2022). "Quincy Hall Runs Personal Best In 400m Hurdles". flotrack. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO, SHERICKA JACKSON SHINE AT NACAC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, WITH AMERICANS ADDING 11 MORE GOLD MEDALS". Runnerspace.com. August 21, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  15. ^ "Highlights From The NACAC Championships in Freeport Bahamas". jamsixty. August 26, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  16. ^ "Men's 400m Results: USATF Outdoor Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  17. ^ "Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coasts to 400 win at US track and field championships in her newest event". The Hamilton Spectator. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  18. ^ "Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  19. ^ Gault, Jonathan (August 7, 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  20. ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  21. ^ "Hull breaks world 2000m record with 5:19.70 in Monaco". World Athletics. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  22. ^ "Paris Olympics 2024 live updates". The New York Times. The Athletic. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  23. ^ "Matt Hudson-Smith denied Olympic gold on line by Hall in 400m thriller". Guardian. August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  24. ^ "Men's 400m".
  25. ^ "Quincy Hall". usatf.org. Retrieved July 9, 2023.