Dwayne Eugene Evans (born October 13, 1958) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 200 meters. He competed for the United States in the

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held in

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, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres event. That same year, he had just graduated from

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. That year he also set the still standing NFHS national high school records in the 220 yard dash at 20.5. The federation converted record-keeping to metric distances shortly afterward. He was ''

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'' "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1976. He continued to run, achieving his PR of 20.08 in 1987. Evans is currently coaching Track at South Mountain High School in

, and has twin daughters who are track athletes at

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* 1958 births Living people American male sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Track and field athletes from Phoenix, Arizona Arizona State Sun Devils men's track and field athletes Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub