Editing Harrison Dillard (section)

==Olympic Games==
[[Image:TV-icon-2.svg|thumb|110px|'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhXmwCqvz8M Official Video Highlights, Dillard winning 1948 100 meters] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcACtGI0vFc Dillard winning 1952 110 meters hurdles]''']]
At the [[1948 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|trials]] for the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], Dillard failed to qualify for the 110 m hurdles event, but qualified for the 100 m after finishing third.

At the Games, Dillard reached the final, which seemed to end in a [[Tie (draw)|dead heat]] between Dillard and another American, [[Barney Ewell]]. The finish photo showed Dillard had won, equalling the [[World record]] as well. This was the first use of a [[photo finish]] at an Olympic Games.<ref>Jackson, Peter (July 24, 2012) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18782392 London's three Olympic Games compared]</ref> As a member of the 4 × 100 m [[Relay race|relay]] team, he won another gold medal at the London Games.<ref name=sports-reference/>

Four years later, still a strong hurdler, Dillard did qualify for the 110 m hurdles event, and won the event in [[Helsinki]].<ref name=IOC/> Another 4 × 100 m relay victory yielded Dillard's fourth Olympic title. Dillard attempted to qualify for a third Olympics in 1956, but failed (finishing seventh in the trials final<ref>{{cite web |title=US Olympic Trials History - 1956 |author=Richard Hymans |website=[[Track and Field News]] |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1956.pdf}}</ref>). Earlier he took part in and won the gold medal in the 110 m hurdles at the [[1953 Maccabiah Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/mal-whitfield-olympian-and-tuskegee-airman.html |title=Mal Whitfield, Olympian and Tuskegee Airman &#124; Dr. Gabe Mirkin on Health|date=August 7, 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3113612,00.html YNET News: Maccabiah's Best Athletes]. ynetnews.com (July 16, 2005)</ref>