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{{Short description|American athlete (born 1938)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Hayes Jones
| image = Hayes Jones 1963.jpg
| caption = Jones in 1963
| full_name = Hayes Wendell Jones
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 4, 1938}}
| birth_place = [[Starkville, Mississippi]], U.S.
| height = 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
| weight = 168 lb (76 kg)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint, hurdles, [[high jump]], [[long jump]]
| club = Detroit Varsity Club 
| pb = 100 yd – 9.4 (1957)<br>220yd – 20.9 (1959)<br>110 mH – 13.4 (1962)<br>HJ – 1.93 m (1957)<br>LJ – 7.31 m (1957)<ref name=sr/><ref name=tf/>
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}} 
{{MedalGold |[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1959 Pan American Games|1959 Chicago]] | [[Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games|110 m hurdles]]}} 
}}

'''Hayes Wendell Jones''' (born August 4, 1938) is an [[Americans|American]] former [[Athletics (sport)|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 {{convert|120|yd|abbr=on}} hurdles at the 1958 [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] championships. He won four more AAU titles: 1960 and 1964 in 110 m hurdles and 1961 and 1963 in {{convert|120|yd|abbr=on}} hurdles.

In 1959, Jones, as an [[Eastern Michigan University]] representative, won the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] titles in {{convert|120|yd|abbr=on}} and {{convert|220|yd|abbr=on}} hurdles, following his first major international experience, when he won the 110 m hurdles at the [[Pan American Games]].

A year later, at the [[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome Olympics]] he was third behind teammates [[Lee Calhoun]] and [[Willie May]], after which many observers believed he had reached his peak performance. But he returned to the 1964 Olympic Games in [[Tokyo]], where he won the gold medal and his teammate [[Blaine Lindgren]] won the silver. Jones also ran on a 4 × 100 m [[Relay race|relay]] team that set a [[world record]] in 1961.<ref name=sr/>

After retiring from competition, Jones became [[New York City]]'s director of recreation in 1967. He has worked for [[American Airlines]] and owned his own baggage check-in service at [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]].

== Politics==
From January 2005 through March 2006, Jones served as the director of the Oakland County Department of Economic Development & Community Affairs. In 2006 he left Oakland County to run for State Representative in [[Pontiac, Michigan]] to finish the term vacated by newly elected Pontiac Mayor [[Clarence Phillips (Michigan politician)|Clarence Phillips]] and to win a full two-year term starting in January 2007. Jones was on the primary ballot twice; the first to finish the term left vacant by Phillips, and second, to be the Democratic candidate for the full two-year term in the general election. Oddly Jones won the right to be the Democratic candidate for the remainder of the two months left on Phillips' term while [[Tim Melton]] will be the Democratic candidate for the full two-year term.<ref name=r1/>

On July 1, 2007, Jones assumed the position of General Manager of SMART ([[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation]]), the public transit operator serving suburban Detroit, Michigan.

==Personal life==
In 2003 Jones married Rhonda, they live in Pontiac. Jones has two children and three grandchildren.<ref name=r1/>

==References==
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<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060323131041/http://www.oakgov.com/about/news/pr_05_78.html Hayes Jones Announces Resignation as Oakland County Economic Development & Community Affairs Director]. Oakland County, Michigan (March 14, 2006)</ref>
<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/hayes-jones-1.html |title=Hayes Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172653/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/hayes-jones-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
<ref name=tf>{{cite web |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3102&Gender=M |title=Hayes Jones |website=trackfield.brinkster.net}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=85}}

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{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's 60 m hurdles}}
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