Julius Sang

Julius Sang (September 19, 1948 – April 9, 2004) was a Kenyan runner. Along with teammates Robert Ouko, Charles Asati and Munyoro Nyamau he won the 4 x 400 relay race at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Kenya. He also took a bronze medal in the individual 400 meter race.

He ran for North Carolina Central University, where he was part of their record-setting team at the Penn Relays. Sang was married to fellow runner Tecla Chemabwai Sang.

References

Olympic champions in men's 4×400 m relay

Medley	1908 Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m	1912 Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath (USA) 1920 Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler (GBR) 1924 Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson (USA) 1928 Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti (USA) 1932 Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr (USA) 1936 Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown (GBR) 1948 Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield (USA) 1952 Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden (JAM) 1956 Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney (USA) 1960 Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis (USA) 1964 Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr (USA) 1968 Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans (USA) 1972 Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang (KEN) 1976 Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks (USA) 1980 Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin (URS) 1984 Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay (USA) 1988 Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon (USA) 1992 Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins (USA) 1996 Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser (USA) 2000 Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama (NGR) 2004 Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie (USA) 2008 Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon (USA) 2012 Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller (BAH) 2016 Hall, McQuay, Roberts, Merritt, Clemons, Verburg (USA)

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