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Malcolm A. E. "Mal" Spence (2 January 1936 30 October 2017) was a Jamaican athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. His twin brother Melville also competed in track and field. Malcolm died five years and two days after his brother.

Malcolm Spence
Personal information
Birth nameMalcolm A. E. Spence
Born2 January 1936
Kingston, Jamaica
Died30 October 2017(2017-10-30) (aged 81)
Boca Raton, Florida
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  British West Indies (BWI)
Olympic Games
1960 Rome 4x400 metres relay
Pan American Games
1959 Chicago 4×400 m
1959 Chicago 400 m
Representing  Jamaica
Commonwealth Games
1962 Perth 4x440 yards
1958 Cardiff 4x440 yards
Central American and Caribbean Games
1962 Kingston 4×400 m
1962 Kingston 400 metres

Spence competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4x400 metres relay with his teammates James Wedderburn, Keith Gardner and George Kerr. Curiously, there were two people named Malcolm Spence running the 400 meters distance at both the 1956 and the 1960 Olympics, both getting a bronze medal in 1960. Malcolm Spence from South Africa took the bronze medal in the Open race, while the South African relay team finished in fourth, one second behind Mal Spence's British West Indian relay team. Both twins returned to run the 4x400 relay in 1964 as members of the first independent Jamaican team.

Living in Florida, he served as a torchbearer for the 1996 Olympics in nearby Atlanta.

Both Mal and his twin brother were recruited to run for Arizona State University during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s, among the first international athletes to come to the USA for athletics.[1][2]

He is the author of The Lives and Times of Mal and Mel: Three Times Jamaican Olympians published in 2011.[3]


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- [en] Malcolm Spence (Jamaican athlete)

[fr] Malcolm Spence

Malcolm A. E. « Mal » Spence (né le 2 janvier 1936 à Kingston et mort le 30 octobre 2017[1]) est un athlète jamaïcain spécialiste du 400 mètres. Mesurant 1,77 m pour 71 kg, il est le frère jumeau de Melville Spence, lui aussi spécialiste du 400 m.

[it] Mal Spence

Malcolm Emanuel Augustus Spence, detto Mal (Kingston, 2 gennaio 1936 – Boca Raton, 30 ottobre 2017[1]), è stato un velocista giamaicano, specializzato principalmente nei 400 metri piani.

[ru] Спенс, Малкольм

Малкольм Эмануэль Огастес Спенс (англ. Malcolm Emanuel Augustus Spence; род. 2 января 1936) — ямайский легкоатлет, бегун на короткие дистанции. Бронзовый призер летних Олимпийских игр.



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