Olympic champions Charles Austin and Pat McDonald and former world record holders Kim Batten and Arthur Duffey were among six people named Thursday to the US Track and Field Hall of Fame.
USA Track and Field announced the selections, which also included former Millrose Games meet directors Fred and Howard Schmertz. All six will be inducted at ceremonies on December 1 at the group’s meeting in Florida.
Austin, 44, was the 1996 Atlanta Olympic high jump gold medalist while Batten, 43, took silver in the 1996 Olympic 400-meter hurdles and set a world mark of 52.61 seconds in 1995.
McDonald, who died in 1954 at age 75, was the 1912 Stockholm Olympic shot put champion and won gold in the weight throw at age 42 at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. Duffey, who died in 1955 at 75, set his mark in the 100-yard dash.
Austin among six to enter US Hall of Fame
