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Melville "Mel" Spence (2 January 1936 – 28 October 2012)[1] was a Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of Mal Spence, an Olympic sprint medalist.[2]
He was a relay silver medalist at the 1955 Pan American Games and was runner-up in the individual 400 m event at the 1963 Pan American Games.[3] He was part of the winning Jamaican 4×400 metres relay team at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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4 x 440 yards
(1930–1966) |
- 1930:
 Leigh-Wood, Townend, Burghley, Brangwin (ENG)
- 1934: Rathbone, Blake, Stoneley, Rampling (ENG)
- 1938:
 Orr, Dale, Fritz, Loaring (CAN)
- 1950:
 Carr, Gedge, Humphreys, Price (AUS)
- 1954: Higgins, Dick, Fryer, Johnson (ENG)
- 1958:
 Day, Evans, Potgieter, M.C. Spence (RSA)
- 1962:
 Kerr, Khan, M.A. Spence, M. Spence (JAM)
- 1966:
 Yearwood, Bernard, Roberts, Mottley (TTO)
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4 x 400 metres
(1970–present) |
- 1970:
 Nyamau, Sang, Ouko, Asati (KEN)
- 1974: Asati, Musyoki, Sang, Koskei (KEN)
- 1978: Kimaiyo, Ngetich, Njiri, Koskei (KEN)
- 1982: Cook, Brown, Scutt, Bennett (ENG)
- 1986: Akabusi, Brown, Black, Bennett (ENG)
- 1990: D. Kitur, S. Kitur, Kipkemboi, Mwanzia (KEN)
- 1994: McKenzie, Crampton, Patrick, Ladejo (ENG)
- 1998:
 Clarke, Haughton, McDonald, Martin (JAM)
- 2002: Deacon, Baldock, Rawlinson, Caines (ENG)
- 2006: Steffensen, Troode, Ormrod, Hill (AUS)
- 2010: Milburn, Moore, Cole, Wroe (AUS)
- 2014: Williams, Bingham, Awde, Hudson-Smith (ENG)
- 2018:
 Maotoanong, Thebe, Nkobolo, Makwala (BOT)
- 2022: St. Hillaire, Guevara, Cedenio, Richards (TTO)
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- 1951:
 B. Brown, M. Whitfield, J. Voight, H. Maiocco (USA)
- 1955: J. Mashburn, L. Spurrier, J. Lea, L. Jones (USA)
- 1959:
 Mel Spence, G. Kerr, Mal Spence, B. Ince (BWI)
- 1963:
 O. Cassell, J. Johnson, R. Edmunds, E. Young (USA)
- 1967: V. Matthews, E. Taylor, E. Stinson, L. Evans (USA)
- 1971: J. Smith, D. Alexander, F. Newhouse, T. Turner (USA)
- 1975: H. Frazier, R. Taylor, M. Peoples, R. Ray (USA)
- 1979: T. Darden, M. Peoples, H. Frazier, J. Walker (USA)
- 1983: A. Babers, M. Bradley, J. Rolle, E. Carey (USA)
- 1987: R. Pierre, K. Robinzine, R. Haley, M. Rowe (USA)
- 1991:
 H. Herrera, A. Pavó, J. Valentín, L. Martínez (CUB)
- 1995: J. Crusellas, N. Téllez, O. Mena, I. García (CUB)
- 1999: D. Clarke, M. McDonald, D. McFarlane, G. Haughton (JAM)
- 2003: D. Clarke, L. Spence, S. Ayre, M. Campbell (JAM)
- 2007:
 A. Williams, A. Moncur, M. Mathieu, C. Brown (BAH)
- 2011: N. Ruíz, R. Acea, O. Cisneros, W. Collazo (CUB)
- 2015: R. Quow, J. Solomon, E. Mayers, M. Cedenio (TTO)
- 2019:
 J. Perlaza, D. Palomeque, J. Solís, A. Zambrano (COL)
- 2023:
 L. Carvalho, M. Lima, D. Hernandes, L. Vilar (BRA)
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- 1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
- 1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
- 1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
- 1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
- 1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
- 1950: Panama (S. LaBeach, McSween, Prince, L. LaBeach)
- 1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
- 1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
- 1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
- 1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
- 1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
- 1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
- 1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
- 1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
- 1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
- 1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
- 1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
- 1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
- 2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
- 2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
- 2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
- 2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)
- 2018: Cuba (Zamora, Chacón, Rojas, Lescay)
- 2023: Trinidad and Tobago (Quow, Lara, Cedenio, Richards)
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