James Michael Seymour (born July 27, 1949 in

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) is a retired American track and field athlete. He was a silver medalist in the

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at the

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behind

Ralph Mann Ralph Vernon Mann (born June 16, 1949) is a retired American sprinter and hurdler. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University. In 1969, Mann won his first N ...

. He also represented the USA at the

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where he finished in fourth place, about a meter behind the silver and bronze medalists

and

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and more than a second faster than the 5th, 6th and 7th placers Rainer Schubert, Yevgeny Gavrilenko and

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, but about 6 meters behind gold medalist John Akii-Bua's world record. Seymour ran for the

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, finishing fourth in the 1971 NCAA Championships, then third at the 1971 National Championships. After college he ran for the

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Living people 1949 births American male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes of the United States University of Washington alumni Track and field athletes from California Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub