Jeff Bannister

American decathlete

Jeff Bannister
Personal information
Bannister at the 1972 Olympic Trials
Born	(1945-08-30) August 30, 1945 (age 78) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Club	University of New Hampshire Decathlon Club of America
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 10.4 (1970) 400 m – 46.8 (1972) 1500 m – 4:10.4 (1972) 110 mH – 14.4 (1970) HJ – 1.98 m (1972) LJ – 7.35 m (1972)^[1]

Jeffrey Granville Bannister (born August 30, 1945) is a retired American decathlete. In 1979 he won the U.S. Olympic Trials and placed 21st at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Bannister played basketball as a forward at University of New Hampshire. In 1966 he won the AAU pentathlon title; in the decathlon he finished third in 1969 and second in 1972.^[1]^[2]

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USA Championship winners in men's pentathlon

1920: Brutus Hamilton
1921–22: Edward Gourdin
1923: Not held
1924: Anthony Woostroff
1925: Paul Courtois
1926: Theodore Drews
1927: Harry Flippen
1928: Not held
1929: Paul Courtois
1930: Barney Berlinger
1931: Jim Bausch
1932: Not held
1933–34: Eulace Peacock
1935: Clyde Coffman
1936: Arkie Trenko
1937: Eulace Peacock
1938–39: John Borican
1940: Harry March
1941: John Borican
1942: Not held
1943–45: Eulace Peacock
1946: Charles Beaudry
1947: John Voight
1948: Russell Thomas
1949–50: Wilbur Ross
1951–54: Brayton Norton
1955: Des Koch
1956–58: Howard Smith
1959: Dixon Farmer
1960–61: Bill Toomey
1962: Paul Herman
1963–64: Bill Toomey
1965: Jim Miller
1966: Jeff Bannister
1967: Lynn Baker
1968: Joe Hilbe
1969: Dave Merkowitz
1970: Mike Hill
1971–73: Rick Wanamaker
1974: Jack Carter
1975: Mike Riddle
1976: Mike Conti
1977: Mike Hill
1978: Joe Hilbe

v t e 1972 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1972 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Jon Anderson Jack Bacheler Larry Black Doug Brown Dick Bruggeman Larry Burton Wayne Collett Willie Davenport Tom Dooley Jeff Galloway Eddie Hart Steve Hayden Thomas Hill Leonard Hilton Goetz Klopfer Mike Manley Ralph Mann Vincent Matthews Rod Milburn Kenny Moore Steve Prefontaine Rey Robinson Jim Ryun Steve Savage Jim Seymour Frank Shorter Chuck Smith John Smith Ken Swenson Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker (r) William Weigle Bob Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter Dave Wottle George Young Larry Young
Men's field athletes	Jeff Bannister Jeff Bennett Preston Carrington John Craft Chris Dunn Al Feuerbach George Frenn Tom Gage Bruce Jenner Jan Johnson Ron Jourdan Fred Luke Brian Oldfield John Powell Arnie Robinson Bill Schmidt Al Schoterman Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Dave Smith Steve Smith Milt Sonsky Dwight Stones Tim Vollmer Art Walker Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Iris Davis Debra Edwards Mable Fergerson Barbara Ferrell Pam Greene Kathy Hammond Patty Johnson Wendy Koenig Francie Kraker Francie Larrieu Madeline Manning Mildrette Netter (r) Lacey O'Neal Mamie Rallins Mattiline Render Jackie Thompson Cheryl Toussaint Martha Watson
Women's field athletes	Kim Attlesey Roberta Brown Sherry Calvert Olga Connolly Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Cindy Gilbert Sandi Goldsberry Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Jan Svendsen Martha Watson Deanne Wilson Willye White
Coaches	Bill Bowerman (men's head coach) Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach) Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach) Stan Wright (men's assistant coach) Nell Jackson (women's head coach) Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach) Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)