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{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=
|image=Herb McKenley 1948.jpg
| image_size     = 250px
|caption=Herb McKenley in 1948
|birth_date= 10 July 1922 
|birth_place= Pleasant Valley, Clarendon, Jamaica
|death_date=26 November 2007 (aged 85)
|death_place=[[Kingston, Jamaica]]
| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Sprint running
|club= Illinois Fighting Illini
|alma_mater=
|country={{JAM}}
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver | 1952 Helsinki | [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver | 1952 Helsinki | [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]] | [[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]] | [[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|200 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]] | [[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950 Guatemala City]] | [[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|200 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950 Guatemala City]] | [[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950 Guatemala City]] | [[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950 Guatemala City]] | [[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|4×100 m relay]]}}
}}

[[The Honourable|The Hon.]] '''Herbert Henry McKenley''' [[Jamaican Order of Merit|OM]] (10 July 1922 – 26 November 2007) was a Jamaican [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprinter]]. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total, and won one gold and three silver medals.<ref name=sr/>

Born in Pleasant Valley, [[Clarendon, Jamaica]], Herb McKenley enrolled at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] and won the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] championships in {{convert|220|yd|abbr=on}} and {{convert|440|yd|abbr=on}} in 1946 and 1947. He was also the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] champion in the [[440-yard dash]] in 1945, 1947 and 1948, and was also the head of the list of world best times in 100 m (10.3), 200 m (20.4) and 400 m (46.2) in 1947. He is the only person to ever have achieved this feat.

Just before the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London Olympics]], McKenley ran the new [[World record progression 400 metres men|world record]] in {{convert|440|yd|abbr=on}} of 46.0, a record he broke again a month later, clocking 45.9. But at the Olympics itself, McKenley finished only second in 400 m, behind teammate [[Arthur Wint]] and was fourth in 200 m. He probably lost a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay when Wint pulled his muscle in the final. He is the only person to have made the final in all three sprinting events, the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m in the Olympics.<ref name=sr>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/herb-mckenley-1.html |title=Herb McKenley Biography and Olympic Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date=26 November 2007 |access-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117094445/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/herb-mckenley-1.html |archive-date=17 January 2012  }}</ref>

Perhaps because of his success across the wide variation of distances, McKenley was known to have an uneven pace, blasting out to an early lead, but slowing towards the end of a 400 meters. 23 August 1947, on a wind-aided straight, boardwalk at [[Long Branch, New Jersey]], McKenley was timed in 45.0 for 440 yards, a claimant to being the first person to break the 45 second barrier at 400 meters.<ref>Clouder, Justin. [http://run-down.com/guests/jc_sub45.php The First Ever Sub-45 sec 400m], run-down.com</ref>

At the first [[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|1951 Pan-American Games]] in [[Buenos Aires]], McKenley was third in 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, the only person to ever perform this feat.

At the [[Helsinki]] Olympics, McKenley was second in 100 m (the first four clocked 10.4 in a very close race) and also second in 400 m. He finally got his Olympic gold, when he helped the Jamaican 4 × 400 m relay team to win the race with a new world record of 3.03.9. His remarkable 44.6 leg is credited with pulling Jamaica into contention. It is considered one of the greatest relay legs in history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-relays-fastest-4x400m-splits|title = Greatest 4x400m hits and splits – IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 &#124; NEWS &#124; World Athletics}}</ref>

After retiring from sports, McKenley was a coach of the Jamaica national team from 1954 to 1973 and served also as a president of Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association. For his contributions in track and field, he was awarded the [[Jamaican Order of Merit]] in 2004.<ref name=davidson>Davidson, Taneisha. "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20041016T220000-0500_67754_OBS_HONOUR_TO_WHOM_HONOUR_IS_DUE_.asp Honour to whom honour is due.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128055624/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20041016T220000-0500_67754_OBS_HONOUR_TO_WHOM_HONOUR_IS_DUE_.asp |date=November 28, 2009 }}", The Jamaica Observer, 17 October 2004.</ref>

McKenley died at the University Hospital of the West Indies, according to Howard Aris, president of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association, who was speaking for the family. The cause of death was complications of pneumonia.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726161358/http://www.sportsmax.tv/view_feature_details.php?id=3088 Track great Herb McKinley dead]. sportsmax.tv. 27 November 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Litsky |first=Frank |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/sports/othersports/28mckenley.html |title=Herb McKenley, 85, Top Jamaican Runner, Is Dead |location=Jamaica |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|nation=JAM}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1948
|rowspan=2|[[1948 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[London]], United Kingdom
|4th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres| 21.3]]
|-
|400 m
|[[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|46.4]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1950
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Guatemala City]], Guatemala
|2nd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|10.4Aw]]
|-
|1st
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|20.9Aw]]
|-
|1st
|400 m
|[[Athletics at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|47.8A]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1951
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
|3rd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|11.0]]
|-
|3rd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games|21.5]]
|}

== References == 
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==External links==
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/sports/othersports/28mckenley.html Obituary in ''The New York Times'', 28 November 2007]
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{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 100 metres champions}}
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