Charles Olmeus (born February 16, 1947) is a

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an former

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athlete who competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in

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. Charles competed at

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, and completed his qualifying heat in 42:00.11. He finished 14 minutes behind the heat winner Carlos Lopes of Portugal and 8.5 minutes behind Chris McCubbins of Canada who finished next to last. While he completed the last six laps alone on the track, officials argued whether he should be allowed to finish the course. Ultimately he was, which held up the entire track and field schedule by fourteen minutes. Charles was one of the members of the notorious squad of Haitian long distance track and field athletes delegated to the Olympic Games by the

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regime during the 1970s and 1980s, who gained fame by setting all-time worst times on the Olympics, many of which are still standing today. Other notable performers included

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who started his 1972 10000 metres qualifying heat in a sprint then dropped out when he was already a mile behind the leaders, Wilnor Joseph who covered the

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with a time of 2:15.26 in 1976, and Dieudonne Lamothe who finished last at both the

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in 1976 and at the

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race in 1984.And the losers are...
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Olmeus Charles Biography and Statistics
1947 births Living people Haitian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Haiti Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Haiti {{Haiti-athletics-bio-stub

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