Arnold Betton

Arnold Lee "Arnie" Betton (July 28, 1929 – November 19, 2009)^[1] was an American track and field athlete, known primarily for the high jump. He was an American competitor at the 1952 Olympics, where he finished in seventh position. In the qualifying round, he had been tied as the leading qualifier. While jumping for Drake University, he had a personal best of 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in), set the previous year. 2.05 was better than the winning jump of the Olympics by Walt Davis.^[2]^[3] In 1951 he was ranked #6 in the world. In 1952, he was ranked 7th, same as his place in the Olympics.^[4]

References

^ "Arnold Betton". Olympedia. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
^ Arnie Betton at Sports Reference
^ "Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 160, ed. 1 Monday, July 21, 1952". July 21, 1952.
^ https://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/14-mHJRank.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Arnold Betton at Olympedia

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[1] "Arnold Betton". Olympedia. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

[2] Arnie Betton at Sports Reference

[3] "Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 160, ed. 1 Monday, July 21, 1952". July 21, 1952.

[4] ttps://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/14-mHJRank.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e 1952 USA Olympic track and field team
Men's track and road athletes	Bill Ashenfelter Horace Ashenfelter Thane Baker Art Barnard John Barnes Roland Blackmon Art Bragg Charlie Capozzoli Gene Cole Ted Corbitt Jack Davis John Deni Harrison Dillard Warren Druetzler Victor Dyrgall James Gathers Tom Jones Price King Henry Laskau Ollie Matson Bob McMillen Javier Montez Charles Moore Reggie Pearman Lindy Remigino Browning Ross Wes Santee Leo Sjogren Dean Smith Andy Stanfield Curt Stone Adolf Weinacker Mal Whitfield Fred Wilt Lee Yoder
Men's field athletes	Walter Ashbaugh Bob Backus Arnold Betton Jerome Biffle George Brown Milt Campbell Walt Davis Jim Dillion Marty Engel Samuel Felton Jim Fuchs Jim Gerhardt Fortune Gordien Meredith Gourdine Bud Held Darrow Hooper Sim Iness Don Laz Bob Mathias George Mattos Bill Miller Parry O'Brien Bob Richards George Shaw Floyd Simmons Ken Wiesner Cy Young
Women's track athletes	Constance Darnowski Dolores Dwyer Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones (r) Janet Moreau
Women's field athletes	Janet Dicks Mabel Landry Marjorie Larney
Coaches	Brutus Hamilton (men's head coach) Clyde Littlefield (men's assistant coach) Larry Snyder (men's assistant coach) Charles Werner (men's assistant coach) Lucile Wilson (women's manager-coach)