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{{short description|Trinidadian sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{MedalTableTop|sport=Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]|country_code=TRI|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1975 Pan American Games|1975 Mexico City]] | [[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1970 British Commonwealth Games|1970 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|100 m]]}}
}}

[[File:Hasely Crawford 1975.jpg|thumb|right|Hasely Crawford finishing first in the [[60-yard dash]] at the [[USA Indoor Track and Field Championships]] in 1975]]

'''Hasely Joachim Crawford''' [[Trinity Cross|TC]], [[OLY]] (born 16 August 1950) is a former [[track and field]] athlete from [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. In 1976, he became his country's first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely Crawford |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/hasely-crawford |website=Olympics.com |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> [[Hasely Crawford Stadium]], in [[Port of Spain]], was renamed in his honour in 2001.

==Early years==
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Crawford was born in [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago]], one of the eleven children of Lionel Crawford and Phyllis Holder, and began pursuing athletics at the age of 17. He is a six-time Trinidad and Tobago 100 metres champion, and won the 200 metre title in 1976. He debuted internationally in 1970, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the [[1970 British Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]. Only two years later, he surprisingly qualified for the 100 metres final of the Olympics in [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich]], but pulled his hamstring after 20 metres and failed to finish.

==Athletic career==
Crawford ran for [[Eastern Michigan University]] under coach Bob Parks during his college years.
He was the runner up at the [[1975 Pan American Games]] in the 100 metres. His coach prepared him for the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] with a strategy of only allowing him to run in a few races during the season. This tactic paid off, as Crawford, in the inside lane 1, narrowly won the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 metres]] final in a time of 10.06 seconds, just 0.02 seconds in front of [[Don Quarrie]] of [[Jamaica]], winning [[Trinidad and Tobago]]'s first Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{YouTube|hlMUOVsrko8|Video 1976 Olympic 100m}}</ref> He had also qualified for the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres|200 metres]] final, but was forced to pull out mid-race after injuring his pelvis

After these Games, Crawford met with further success, winning the 100 metres event at the [[1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacc.htm|title=Central American and Caribbean Championships (Men)|work=gbrathletics.com|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930185324/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cacc.htm|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On returning home, Hasely Crawford had both a jet and a stadium named after him. During his reign as the 100 metre Olympic champion, he also appeared on postage stamps and was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's highest honour, [[Trinity Cross]], in 1978. This award was changed to the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Crawford went on to compete in a total of four Olympic Games as he also represented T&T at both the [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles]] editions in 1980 and 1984, but was unable to qualify for another final. Crawford's last international medals were a bronze and a silver which he won at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] in the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm|title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics (Men)|work=gbrathletics.com|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819224301/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm|archive-date=19 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, he was named the Trinidad & Tobago Athlete of the Millennium. He is a member of the Caribbean Hall of Fame, along with [[Ato Boldon]] and [[Arthur Wint]], one of only three track and field athletes to be inducted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Hasely_Crawford_.html|title=Hasely Crawford|website=Caribbean Hall of Fame|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102957/http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Hasely_Crawford_.html|archive-date=17 July 2011|access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref>

===Personal best marks===
* '''50&nbsp;m:''' 5.78 (indoor, February 1979, Ottawa)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely CRAWFORD |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/hasely-crawford-14344109 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* '''100&nbsp;m:''' 10.06 s (July 1976, Montreal)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely CRAWFORD |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/hasely-crawford-14344109 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* '''200&nbsp;m:''' 20.93 s (June 1977, [[London]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Hasely CRAWFORD |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/hasely-crawford-14344109 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{TRI}}
|-
|rowspan=4|1970
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Panama City, Panama]]
|5th
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#100 metres|10.6]]
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#4 × 100 metres relay|41.6]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edinburgh, United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.33]]
|-
|6th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|40.3]]
|-
|1972
|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Munich, West Germany]]
|5th (sf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.36]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|rowspan=3|1975
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Mexico City, Mexico]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres|10.21]]
|-
|15th (h)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metres|21.65]]
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.25]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1976
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Montreal, Canada]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.06]]
|-
|8th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|79.60]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1977
|rowspan=2|[[1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Xalapa, Mexico]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|10.38
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|40.16
|-
|rowspan=3|1978
|[[Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Medellín, Colombia]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#4 × 100 metres relay|39.13]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.09]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.29]]
|-
|1979
|[[Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|7th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|40.44]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Moscow, Soviet Union]]
|8th (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.28]]
|-
|10th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.74]]
|-
|1982
|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Brisbane, Australia]]
|11th (sf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.40]]
|-
|1983
|[[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Caracas, Venezuela]]
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.40]]
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Los Angeles, United States]]
|18th (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.56]]
|}
<sup>1</sup>Did not finish in the final

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/hasely-crawford-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/hasely-crawford-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Hasely Crawford}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616101727/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/BIO-HASELY-CRAWFORD-OlympicMedalist.htm Sunday Guardian, September 17, 2000 Page 21]

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| years = [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]], [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal 1976]],<br>[[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]]
| after = [[Ian Morris (athlete)|Ian Morris]]
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