Harold Blaine Lindgren (June 26, 1939 – October 5, 2019) was an American sprinter who competed mainly in the 110 m hurdles. He won this event at the 1963 Pan American Games, but then was beaten by

Hayes Jones Hayes Wendell Jones (born August 4, 1938) is an American former athlete, winner of the 110 m hurdles event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Starkville, Mississippi. Jones first major title was the hurdles at the 1958 AAU championsh ...

by a small margin in several competitions, including the 1964 national championships and 1964 Olympics, where Lindgren placed second. He graduated from Utah University and worked for the sheriff's department in

Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

. Blaine Lindgren died on October 5, 2019, at the age of 80.

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* * * 1939 births 2019 deaths Track and field athletes from Salt Lake City American male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub