Lloyd La Beach

Lloyd La Beach
Medal record

Men’s athletics
Representing Panama
Olympic Games
	1948 London	100 metres
	1948 London	200 metres
Bolivarian Games
	1947/8 Lima	100 metres
	1947/8 Lima	200 metres
	1947/8 Lima	Long jump

Lloyd Barrington La Beach (June 28, 1922 – February 19, 1999) was a former sprinter from Panama, who won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medals for Panama and for Central America. He also competed in the long jump.

In the 100 meters, he finished behind Harrison Dillard and Barney Ewell for third place, ahead of favorite Mel Patton.^[1]

Born in Panama City, his parents were Jamaican immigrants. While Lloyd was still in school the family relocated to Jamaica, where La Beach first showed his talent in athletics. He later entered the University of California in Los Angeles, where he was coached during his preparations for the Olympic Games.

In 1948, he set the world record in the 200 meters on a cinder track in Compton, California.^[2] After the race, he was described in Time as "Panama's one-man Olympic hope."^[2] Just a few weeks before La Beach had been involved in a world record setting 100 yard dash, in which he barely lost at the finish line tape to Patton.^[3] These 1948 performances made him one of the expected medal contenders against Patton and Ewell in the Olympics.^[4] His brother Byron LaBeach, also a sprinter, competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics representing Jamaica.^[5]

Lloyd La Beach retired from athletics in 1957, and died in a New York City hospital.

Father of Jason LaBeach, born November 30, 1967.

Notes

↑ "Off the Mark". Time. Time Inc. 1948-08-09. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
1 2 "Winning Ways". Time. Time Inc. 1948-06-14. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
↑ "Winning Ways". Time. Time Inc. 1948-05-24. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
↑ "Two Minutes to Glory". Time. Time Inc. 1948-08-02. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's Long Jump

1926: Alfonso de Gortari (MEX)
1930: Fernando Navarro (PAN)
1935: Norberto Verrier (CUB)
1938: Juan Luyanda (PUR)
1946: Lloyd La Beach (PAN)
1950: Francisco Castro (PUR)
1954: Claudio Cabreja (CUB)
1959: Deryck Taylor (JAM)
1962: Juan Muñoz (VEN)
1966: Wellesley Clayton (JAM)
1970: Abelardo Pacheco (CUB)
1974: Wilfredo Maisonave (PUR)
1978: David Giralt (CUB)
1982: Delroy Poyser (JAM)
1986: Jaime Jefferson (CUB)
1990: Juan Felipe Ortiz (CUB)
1993: Wendell Williams (TRI)
1998: Iván Pedroso (CUB)
2002: Sergio Sauceda (MEX)
2006: Irving Saladino (PAN)
2010: Tyrone Smith (BER)
2014: David Registe (DMA)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x100 m

1926: Mexico (Ahumada, Gómez, Ramírez, Aguilar)
1930: Cuba (Torriente, Rodríguez, Alfonso, Seino)
1935: Cuba (Rodríguez, Acosta, Torriente, Verrier)
1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas, Guerra, Malavé, Vázquez)
1946: Panama (Loney, Thomas, Clarke, La Beach)
1950: Cuba (Fortún, Farrés, Mazorra, Wilson)
1954: Jamaica (LaBeach, Rhoden, Gardner, Laing)
1959: Venezuela (Bonas, Murad, Esteves, Romero)
1962: Venezuela (Herrera, Murad, Romero, Esteves)
1966: Jamaica (Clayton, McNeil, Headley, Fray)
1970: Cuba (Ramírez, Montes, Morales, Triana)
1974: Cuba (Triana, Montes, Bandomo, Leonard)
1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel, Crawford, Husbands, Serrette)
1982: Cuba (Lara, Casañas, Peñalver, Saborit)
1986: Cuba (Lara, Peñalver, Querol, Simón)
1990: Cuba (Simón, Peñalver, Stevens, Isasi)
1993: Cuba (Simón, I. García, Isasi, Aguilera)
1998: Cuba (A. García, Ortiz, I. García, Pérez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Morillo, Sainfleur, Báez)
2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano, Kwidama, Duzant, Martina)
2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo, Burns, Callender, Bledman)
2014: Cuba (Ruíz, Mena, Luis, Carrero)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x400 m

1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
1950: Panama (S. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)

US National Championship winners in men's 200-meter dash

1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876: Not held 1877: Edward Merritt 1878: Wm. Willmer

1879–1888 NAAAA	1879–81: Lon Myers 1882–83: Henry Brooks 1884: Lon Myers 1885–86: Malcolm Ford 1887–88^{Note 1}: Fred Westing

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Fred Westing 1889: John Owen 1890: Fred Westing 1891: Luther Cary 1892: Harry Jewett 1893: Charles Stage 1894: Tommy Lee 1895-97: Bernie Wefers 1898: James Maybury 1899: Maxie Long 1900: William Edwards 1901: Frank Sears 1902: Pat Walsh 1903: Archie Hahn 1904: William Hogenson 1905: Archie Hahn 1906: Ralph Young 1907: Harold Huff 1908: W.F. Keating 1909: Waring Dawbarn 1910: Gwin Henry 1911: John Nelson 1912: Alvah Meyer 1913: Howard Drew 1914: Irving Howe 1915: Robert Morse 1916–17: Andy Ward 1918: Loren Murchison 1919: Henry Williams 1920^OT-21: Charley Paddock 1922: Al LeConey 1923: Loren Murchison 1924: Charley Paddock 1925: Jackson Scholz 1926: Tom Sharkey 1927–28^OT: Charley Borah 1929: Eddie Tolan 1930: George Simpson 1931: Eddie Tolan 1932^OT-36: Ralph Metcalfe 1937: Jack Weiershauser 1938: Mack Robinson 1939: Barney Ewell 1940–43: Harold Davis 1944: Charles Parker 1945: Elmore Harris 1946–47: Barney Ewell 1948: Lloyd La Beach (PAN) * Cliff Bourland 1949: Andy Stanfield 1950: Robert Tyler 1951: James Ford 1952–53: Andy Stanfield 1954: Art Bragg 1955: Rod Richard 1956: Thane Baker 1957: Ollan Cassell 1958: Bobby Morrow 1959–60: Ray Norton 1961–63: Paul Drayton 1964: Henry Carr 1965: Adolph Plummer 1966: Jim Hines 1967–68: Tommie Smith 1969: John Carlos 1970: Ben Vaughn 1971: Don Quarrie (JAM) (^USA Larry Black) 1972: Chuck Smith 1973: Steve Williams 1974–75: Don Quarrie (JAM) (^USA Reggie Jones - both years) 1976: Millard Hampton 1977: Derald Harris 1978: Clancy Edwards 1979: Dwayne Evans

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: LaMonte King 1981: Jeff Phillips 1982: Calvin Smith 1983: Carl Lewis 1984: Brady Crain 1985: Kirk Baptiste 1986: Floyd Heard 1987: Carl Lewis 1988: Larry Myricks 1989: Floyd Heard 1990–92^OT: Michael Johnson

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Marsh 1994: Ron Clark 1995–96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Jon Drummond 1998: Gentry Bradley 1999: Maurice Greene 2000^OT: John Capel 2001: Shawn Crawford 2002–03: Darvis Patton 2004^OT: Shawn Crawford 2005: Justin Gatlin 2006: Wallace Spearmon 2007: Tyson Gay 2008^OT: Walter Dix 2009: Shawn Crawford 2010: Wallace Spearmon 2011: Walter Dix 2012^OT: Wallace Spearmon 2013: Tyson Gay 2014: Curtis Mitchell 2015–16^OT: Justin Gatlin

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. *USA: Leading American athlete

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