Allen James

American race walker

Allen James
Personal information
Allen James (Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup 2024)
Nationality	American
Born	(1964-04-14) April 14, 1964 (age 60)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking

Allen James (born April 14, 1964) is an American racewalker. He competed in two Olympic Games: the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the 20 km walk^[1] and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 50 km walk.^[2]

He set five (5) American records in the span 7 months from the fall of 1993 to the spring of 1994: 20,000m (track), 25,000m (track), 2 Hour (track), 30 km (road) and 50 km (road).

References

^ Dominguez, Fernando. "Step-by-Step Guide to Olympic Berth : Race walking: Mission Viejo's Allen James will be only U.S. competitor in the 20-kilometer event at Barcelona.", The Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1992.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allen James Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

1992 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification

1992 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes

Michael Bates
Arthur Blake
Leroy Burrell
Mark Croghan
Tony Dees
Brian Diemer
Danny Everett
Mark Everett
Marco Evoniuk
Ed Eyestone
Johnny Gray
Darnell Hall (r)
Terrance Herrington
Steve Holman
Allen James
Chip Jenkins
James Jett (r)
Michael Johnson
Bob Kempainen
Bob Kennedy
Carl Lewis (r)
Steve Lewis
Daniel Lopez
Michael Marsh
Dennis Mitchell
McClinton Neal
Herm Nelson
José Parrilla
David Patrick
Jack Pierce
Steve Plasencia
Aaron Ramirez
Reuben Reina
Carl Schueler
Steve Spence
Jim Spivey
John Trautmann
Andrew Valmon (r)
Quincy Watts
Todd Williams
Mark Witherspoon
Kevin Young

Men's
field athletes

Women's track
and road athletes

Women's
field athletes

Coaches

Mel Rosen (men's head coach)
Harry Groves (men's assistant coach)
Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach)
Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach)
Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach)
Fred Samara (men's assistant coach)
Barbara Jacket (women's head coach)
Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach)
Lance Harter (women's assistant coach)
Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)

v t e 1996 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1996 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Derrick Adkins Brad Barquist Keith Brantly Bryan Bronson Andrzej Chylinski Curt Clausen Mark Coogan Mark Crear Mark Croghan Calvin Davis Marc Davis Jon Drummond Robert Gary Johnny Gray Matt Giusto Tim Harden Alvin Harrison Brian Hyde Allen James Allen Johnson Michael Johnson Bob Kempainen Bob Kennedy Michael Marsh Anthuan Maybank Dan Middleman Derek Mills Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery Herm Nelson José Parrilla Jason Pyrah Butch Reynolds Brandon Rock Jason Rouser Lamont Smith Jim Spivey Eugene Swift Jeff Williams Todd Williams
Men's field athletes	Charles Austin Randy Barnes Ed Broxterman Mike Conley Sr. Lance Deal Steve Fritz John Godina Joe Greene Kenny Harrison Jeff Hartwig Robert Howard Chris Huffins Scott Huffman C. J. Hunter Lawrence Johnson Carl Lewis Kevin McMahon Dan O'Brien Ken Popejoy Mike Powell Tom Pukstys Todd Riech Adam Setliff Dave Stephens Anthony Washington Cameron Wright
Women's track and road athletes	Olga Appell Kim Batten Tonja Buford-Bailey Joetta Clark Gail Devers Sandra Farmer-Patrick Suzy Favor Hamilton Kate Fonshell Chryste Gaines Kim Graham Carlette Guidry Julie Henner Victoria Herazo D'Andre Hill Vicki Huber Regina Jacobs Lynn Jennings Anne Marie Lauck Debbi Lawrence Maicel Malone Jearl Miles Inger Miller Joan Nesbit Meredith Rainey Michelle Rohl Amy Rudolph Mary Slaney Linda Somers Jenny Spangler Rochelle Stevens Lynda Tolbert-Goode Gwen Torrence Linetta Wilson Dannette Young
Women's field athletes	Amy Acuff Valeyta Althouse Lacy Barnes-Mileham Kelly Blair Nicole Carroll Sharon Hanson Aretha Hill Sheila Hudson Jackie Joyner-Kersee Diana Orrange Ramona Pagel Suzy Powell Connie Price-Smith Cynthea Rhodes Connie Teaberry Marieke Veltman Tisha Waller Erica Wheeler Shana Williams
Coaches	—

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's racewalking (1500 m walk, mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 5000 m walk, 3 miles walk)
Mile walk (1500 m walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1920: Joseph Pearman 1921: Richard Remer 1922: William Plant 1923: William Plant 1924: William Plant 1925: Alexander Zellar 1926: Harry Hinkel 1927: William Plant 1928: Harry Hinkel 1929: Harry Hinkel 1930: Michael Pecora 1931: William Carlson 1932: Michael Pecora 1933: William Carlson 1934: Charles Eschenbach 1935: Henry Cieman (CAN), Charles Eschenbach (2nd) 1936: Charles Eschenbach 1937: Nat Jaeger 1938: Otto Kotraba 1939: Otto Kotraba 1940: Charles Eschenbach 1941: Nat Jaeger 1942: Al Cicerone 1943: Sune Carlsson (SWE), Joe Medgyesi (2nd) 1944: Joe Medgyesi 1945: Joe Medgyesi 1946: Joe Medgyesi 1947: Ernie Weber 1948: Henry Laskau 1949: Henry Laskau 1950: Henry Laskau 1951: Henry Laskau 1952: Henry Laskau 1953: Henry Laskau 1954: Henry Laskau 1955: Henry Laskau 1956: Henry Laskau 1957: Henry Laskau 1958: John Humcke 1959: John Humcke 1960: Frank Sipos (HUN), Jack Blackburn (2nd) 1961: Ronald Zinn 1962: Ronald Zinn 1963: Ronald Zinn 1964: Ron Laird 1965: Ronald Zinn 1966: Rudy Haluza 1967: Don DeNoon 1968: Ron Laird 1969: Dave Romansky 1970: Dave Romansky 1971: Ron Laird 1972: Dave Romansky 1973: Ron Daniel 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman
3000 m walk (2 miles walk)	1913: Dick Gifford 1914: Richard Remer 1915: Edward Renz 1916: George Goulding (CAN), Edward Renz (2nd) 1917: Richard Remer 1918: Richard Remer 1919: Edward Renz 1974: Larry Walker 1975: Ron Daniel 1976: Ron Laird 1977: Todd Scully 1978: Todd Scully 1979: Todd Scully 1980: Todd Scully 1981: Ray Sharp 1982: Jim Heiring 1983: Ray Sharp 1984: Jim Heiring 1985: Jim Heiring 1986: Jim Heiring 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2011: Patrick Stroupe 2012: Trevor Barron 2013: Tim Seaman 2015: Nick Christie 2016: John Nunn 2017: John Nunn 2018: Nick Christie 2019: Nick Christie 2020: Nick Christie 2023: Nick Christie 2024: Nick Christie
5000 m walk (3 miles walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1910: Sam Liebgold 1911: Frank Kaiser 1987: Tim Lewis 1988: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN), Tim Lewis (2nd) 1989: Tim Lewis 1990: Tim Berrett (GBR), Doug Fournier (2nd) 1991: Doug Fournier 1992: Gary Morgan 1993: Allen James 1994: Jonathan Matthews 1995: Allen James 1996: Allen James 1997: Allen James 1998: Tim Seaman 1999: Tim Seaman 2000: Tim Seaman 2001: Tim Seaman 2002: Tim Seaman 2003: Tim Seaman 2004: Tim Seaman 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2007: Tim Seaman 2008: Matthew Boyles 2009: Tim Seaman 2010: Tim Seaman
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field. Distances have varied as follows: Mile walk all years except 1933-1939 when 1500 m walk was contested, 2 miles walk until 1986 (3000 m walk since except for odd years since 2015), 3 miles walk until 1911 (5000 m walk since).