
Olympic Champion (1920 & 1924), Charley Paddock, was the
first man to be coined as "The Fastest Human;" and also may have been the
first man in Olympic History to be allegedly used and abused by the
A. A. U. and U. S. A. Olympic Committee.
Charley Paddock was an outstanding athlete -- whose sprinting
style was never duplicated as he alone knew how and when to swiftly take off in
flight through the air to a successful 1st place finish.
Paddock loved traveling the world, and became a sports writer for
both the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and the Pasadena Star-News in California.
When WWII broke out (1941), Paddock joined the U. S. Marines and
became a captain for the Pacific Department. He was killed in an air crash
near Sitka, Alaska on July 23, 1943.
Statistics:
Olympics 1920, Antwerp:
Olympic Gold in the 100M (10.8s)
Olympic Silver in the 200M (22.1)
Olympics 1924, Paris:
100 M
(placed 5th)
Olympic Silver in the 200M (21.7s)
Olympic Gold - 400M Relay
World Record -- 1921 - 100M (10 2/5s)
World Record -- 200M - 21.00

E-Mail concerning Charley Paddock
Derek Griffin wrote:
Re Charley Paddock. Charley Paddock did not win the 100M gold at the 1924
Olympics, Harold Abrahams of Great Britain won the gold , Jackson Scholz the
silver. Paddock was 5th. Is this another case of Americans rewriting History.
FrankWykoff2.Com replied:
Dear Derek,
Thank you for your interest in FrankWykoff2.com and your correction to the
statistics concerning Charley Paddock winning a Gold medal in the 100M at the
1924 Olympics. I am making the correction immediately. Jackson Scholz also won
Gold in the 200m run in 1924.
No, USA is not attempting to rewrite history -- we in the USA make a FEW HONEST
MISTAKES just like everyone else in the world.
I really do appreciate you thinking enough to write to me about this, because I
don't want to have errors on my web site. If you see anything else, be sure to
contact me so I can check it out and make the corrections.
Terri Wykoff,

Jim Miller wrote:
Thanks so much for the work done
on this site. I came here looking
for information on Charles William
Paddock and didn't go away
disappointed! I also now know more
about Frank W. Thanks!
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Other pages found at FrankWykoff.Com concerning
Charley Paddock
USA Track & Field Biography - Charley Paddock:
http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=127
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