Editing Hasely Crawford (section)

==Athletic career==
Crawford ran for [[Eastern Michigan University]] under coach Bob Parks during his college years.
He was the runner up at the [[1975 Pan American Games]] in the 100 metres. His coach prepared him for the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] with a strategy of only allowing him to run in a few races during the season. This tactic paid off, as Crawford, in the inside lane 1, narrowly won the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 metres]] final in a time of 10.06 seconds, just 0.02 seconds in front of [[Don Quarrie]] of [[Jamaica]], winning [[Trinidad and Tobago]]'s first Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{YouTube|hlMUOVsrko8|Video 1976 Olympic 100m}}</ref> He had also qualified for the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres|200 metres]] final, but was forced to pull out mid-race after injuring his pelvis

After these Games, Crawford met with further success, winning the 100 metres event at the [[1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacc.htm|title=Central American and Caribbean Championships (Men)|work=gbrathletics.com|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930185324/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacc.htm|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On returning home, Hasely Crawford had both a jet and a stadium named after him. During his reign as the 100 metre Olympic champion, he also appeared on postage stamps and was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's highest honour, [[Trinity Cross]], in 1978. This award was changed to the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Crawford went on to compete in a total of four Olympic Games as he also represented T&T at both the [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles]] editions in 1980 and 1984, but was unable to qualify for another final. Crawford's last international medals were a bronze and a silver which he won at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] in the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm|title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics (Men)|work=gbrathletics.com|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819224301/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm|archive-date=19 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, he was named the Trinidad & Tobago Athlete of the Millennium. He is a member of the Caribbean Hall of Fame, along with [[Ato Boldon]] and [[Arthur Wint]], one of only three track and field athletes to be inducted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Hasely_Crawford_.html|title=Hasely Crawford|website=Caribbean Hall of Fame|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102957/http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Hasely_Crawford_.html|archive-date=17 July 2011|access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref>

===Personal best marks===
* '''50&nbsp;m:''' 5.78 (indoor, February 1979, Ottawa) <ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely CRAWFORD |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/hasely-crawford-14344109 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* '''100&nbsp;m:''' 10.06 s (July 1976, Montreal) <ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely CRAWFORD |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/hasely-crawford-14344109 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* '''200&nbsp;m:''' 20.93 s (June 1977, [[London]]) <ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely CRAWFORD |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/hasely-crawford-14344109 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>