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Medal record
Madeline Manning
Women's Athletics
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Mexico City	800 metres
Silver	1972 Munich	4x400 metre relay
Pan American Games
Gold	1967 Winnipeg	800 metres
Summer Universiade
Gold	1967 Tokyo	800 metres

Madeline Manning Mims (born 11 January 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American athlete.

She is a graduate of Tennessee State University and a famed member of their TigerBelles.

Between 1967 and 1981 she won ten national titles and set a number of American records. She participiated in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics. She likely also would have participated in the 1980 Games in Moscow, were they not boycotted by the United States. At the 1968 Olympics she was awarded a gold medal in the 800 m, the only American woman to win this event. At the 1972 Games in Munich she won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 m relay with teammates Mable Fergerson, Kathy Hammond, and Cheryl Toussaint.

She is founder and president of the United States Council for Sports Chaplaincy and has been a chaplain at the 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Madeline is an Author, International Speaker and Contemporary Gospel Recording Artist. She has a ministry through Sports and the Arts known as Ambassadorship, Inc. & the Sports Chaplaincy known as USCSC. ^[1]

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^ Greater Cleveland: The Salvation Army, 40 year anniversary Invitation http://www.use.salvationarmy.org/use/www_use_greatercleveland.nsf

v • d • e Olympic Champions in Women's 800 m

1928: Lina Radke • 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova • 1964: Ann Packer • 1968: Madeline Manning • 1972: Hildegard Falck • 1976: Tatyana Kazankina • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko • 1984: Doina Melinte • 1988: Sigrun Wodars • 1992: Ellen van Langen • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova • 2000: Maria de Lurdes Mutola • 2004: Kelly Holmes • 2008: Pamela Jelimo

v • d • e Pan American Champions in Women's 800 m

1951 – 1959: Not Held • 1963: Abby Hoffman (CAN) • 1967: Madeline Manning (USA) • 1971: Abby Hoffman (CAN) • 1975: Kathy Weston (USA) • 1979: Essie Kelley (USA) • 1983: Nery McKeen (CUB) • 1987 – 1991: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1995: Meredith Rainey-Valmon (USA) • 1999: Letitia Vriesde (SUR) • 2003: Adriana Muñoz (CUB) • 2007: Diane Cummins (CAN)

Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 800 m

1959: Nicole Goullieux (FRA) • 1961: Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) • 1963: Olga Kazi (HUN) • 1965: Laine Erik (URS) • 1967: Madeline Manning (USA) • 1970: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) • 1973: Liyana Tomova (BUL) • 1975: Nina Morgunova (URS) • 1977: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1979: Nadezhda Mushta (URS) • 1981: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS) • 1987: Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1991: Inna Yevseyeva (URS) • 1993: Amy Wickus (USA) • 1995: Stella Jongmans (NED) • 1997: Irina Nedelenko (UKR) • 1999: Yuliya Taranova (RUS) • 2001: Brigita Langerholc (SLO) • 2003: Liliana Popescu (ROM) • 2005: Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) • 2007: Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) • 2009: Madeleine Pape (AUS)

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