George Johnson (athlete)

George N. Johnson (born 12 June 1938 in Monrovia) is a Liberian track and field athlete. He competed for Liberia in the country's first Olympic appearance in 1956^[1](Melbourne, Australia) and again at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Roma, Italy). He competed individually in the 400 metres and 800 metres.^[2] In 1956 Johnson competed with Edward Martins, Emmanuel Putu, and James Roberts in the 4x100 metres relay.^[3] His personal best for 400 metres is 51.54 (1960) and his personal best for 800 metres is 1:56.04 (1960).^[4]


Olympic Games	Event	Position^[4]	Time (Round 1)	Time (Quarterfinal)	Time (Semifinal)	Time (Final)
1956 Summer	400 Metres, Men	6 h7	54.8 seconds^[5]	-	-	-
	800 Metres, Men	7 h4	-	-	-	-
	1,500 Metres, Men	DNS	-	-	-	-
	4x100 Metres Relay, Men	5 h1	44.7 seconds^[3]	-	-	-
	4x400 Metres Relay, Men	DNS	-	-	-	-
1960 Summer	400 Metres, Men	6 h5	51.4 seconds^[6]	-	-	-
	800 Metres, Men	6 h1	1 min 55.9 sec ^[7]	-	-	-
	4x100 Metres, Men	DNS	-	-	-	-

DNS: Did Not Start

References

^ "Liberia Olympian Association". Go Team Liberia. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
^ George Johnson Archived September 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com
^ ^a ^b "Olympedia – 4 x 100 metres Relay, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
^ ^a ^b "Olympedia – George Johnson". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
^ "Olympedia – 400 metres, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
^ "Olympedia – 400 metres, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
^ "Olympedia – 800 metres, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.

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