Michael McDonald (runner)

He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay with his teammates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.

A brother of Beverly McDonald, he won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 4 × 400 metres relay event and broke the Commonwealth Games record.

Both at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece, and at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held in Sevilla, Spain, the Jamaica 4 × 400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Therefore, the silver medal was later awarded to the team from Jamaica.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1991	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	800 m	1:56.02
			3rd	1500 m	4:20.8
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	800 m	1:58.59
1993	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	1st	800 m	1:51.43
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.26
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	4th	200 m	21.75
			1st	400 m	47.02
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.47
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	400 m	46.2
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	400m	45.83
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.12
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	8th	400 m	46.21
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.11
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.88
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	12th (sf)	400 m	45.48
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.42
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	13th (sf)	400 m	45.74
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:56.75 NR
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.03 GR
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	400 m	45.21
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.97 GR
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	22nd (qf)	400 m	45.87
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.34
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.85 (h)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd (h)	400 m	45.021
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.40

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

• Michael McDonald at World Athletics
• Michael McDonald at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Picture of Michael McDonald[1]