Robin Campbell (athlete)

Robin Theresa Campbell-Bennett (born January 25, 1959 in Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Olympian at 800 meters in 1980 and 1984.^[1] She competed in every Olympic Trials between 1972 and 1984.

At the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic, she won the silver medal at 800 meters, running 2:02.53, finishing between Yvonne Mondesire of Canada 2:02.34 and Ann Mackie-Morelli of Canada 2:02.63.

Her best 800 meter time of 1:59.00 came while winning the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. At the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland later that year, she finished fifth.

At the Olympic Trials in 1972, at age 13, she won the Exhibition Races for girls 14 and under at both 200 meters and 1500 meters. Her times were fast enough to make the U.S. Olympic team, but she was too young to qualify.

Campbell won USA Indoor Track and Field Championships at 400 meters in 1975^[2] and 1500 meters in 1974.^[3] She finished second at eight consecutive U.S. Indoor Championships at 800 meters.

On April 25-April 27, 1975, at the Mt. SAC Relays in California, she won both the 400 meters in 53.5 and the 800 meters in 2:11.6.^[4]

She was born in Washington D.C.^[5] and now resides there, where she heads Fifth Man Track Athletic Club.^[6] She attended Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida; University of Florida, Gainesville; and San Jose State College in San Jose, California, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies and a minor in women's studies. She served on the Drug Testing Committee, Cultural Exchange Committee, and Youth Sports Committee of USA Track & Field.^[7] She is active in the Olympic Alumni Association, Women's Sports Foundation, Stop the Silence: Stop Childhood Sexual Abuse,^[8] Fifth Man Track Club, and Potomac Valley Track Club.^[9]

Notes

1984 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin

Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Edward Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley, Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding

Women's track & road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki

Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Sutfin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker

Coaches	—

US National Championship winners in women's 800-meter dash

1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Marcelle Barkley 1928: Rayma Wilson 1958: Flo McArdle 1959: Grace Butcher 1960–1: Pat Connolly 1962: Leah Bennett 1963–4: Sandra Knott 1965: Marie Mulder 1966: Charlette Cooke 1967: Madeline Manning 1968: Doris Brown 1969: Madeline Manning 1970–1: Cheryl Toussaint 1972: Carol Hudson 1973: Wendy Knudson 1974: Mary Decker 1975–6: Madeline Manning 1977: Sue Addison 1978: Ruth Caldwell 1979: Essie Kelley

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–1: Madeline Manning 1982: Delisa Walton 1983: Robin Campbell 1984: Kim Gallagher 1985–6: Claudette Groenendall 1987: Essie Kelley 1988–9: Joetta Clark 1990: Meredith Rainey 1991: Delisa Walton-Floyd 1992: Joetta Clark

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–4: Joetta Clark 1995–6: Meredith Rainey 1997: Kathi Rounds 1998–9: Jearl Miles-Clark 2000: Hazel Clark 2001: Regina Jacobs 2002: Nicole Teter 2003–4: Jearl Miles-Clark 2005–6: Hazel Clark 2007: Alysia Johnson 2008–9: Hazel Clark 2010–3: Alysia Montano 2014: Ajee' Wilson 2015: Alysia Montano 2016: Kate Grace

Notes	OT: 1928, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 880 yards in 1958, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4

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