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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|2|25|dr=7}}

| weight = 70 kg70kg

| pb = 100 m – 10.07 (1976)<br>200 m – 19.86 (1971)<ref name=sr>{{cite web |title=Don Quarrie |url=httphttps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/don-quarrie-1.html |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226123928/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/don-quarrie-1.html |archivedate=26 December 2015 }}</ref><ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=5421&Gender=M Don Quarrie]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>

He nearly equalled the [[Men's 200 metres world record progression|200 meters world record]] in 1971, andcoming equalledwithin the.03 [[Men'sseconds 100of metresthe worldtime recordset progression|100by metresTommie world record]]Smith in 19761968. He has lifetimea bestspersonal best of 1019.0786 seconds andset 19in Cali, Colombia on 3 August 1971.86 secondsAs forof 2024, this remains the eventstrack record.

Quarrie made the Jamaican 100 m team for the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] as a 17-year-old, but he injured himself in training, and could not take part. He moved to the [[United States]] and attended the [[University of Nebraska]] and later the [[University of Southern California]], graduatingwhere he graduated with a degree in Business and Public Administration.<ref name="Nebraska-LincolnHachiya2019">{{cite book|author1=University of Nebraska-Lincoln|author2=Kim Hachiya|title=Dear Old Nebraska U: Celebrating 150 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwmDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA215|date=February 2019|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-1-4962-1629-8|pages=215–}}</ref><ref name=JAAAbio>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080905121222/http://www.jaaaltd.com/IAAA_Execs.htm Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association – Executives]. jaaaltd.com</ref><ref name=USColympians>[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916190511/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf |date=16 September 2018 }}, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed 13 August 2008.</ref> There, his sprinting capabilities gradually increased. At the 1970 [[Commonwealth Games]], Quarrie won the gold medal in both the 100 and 200 m, surprising his more experienced competitors. Anchoring the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team, he pocketed a third Commonwealth title.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

Quarrie repeated his sprint double the following year, at the [[Pan American Games]] in [[Cali]] and his time in the 200 meters was a hand-timed 19.8. One of the favourites for the upcoming [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympics]], Quarrie again suffered from injuries at the Olympic Games. He did compete in the 200 m, but had to abandon his 200 m semi-final after pulling a muscle.<ref name=sr/>

In 1974, Quarrie repeated his 1970 performance by grabbing the 100 and 200 m titles at the Commonwealth Games in [[Christchurch]], becoming the first athlete to retain the title in either event. The next season, he again tied the 200 m world record, 19.8. He also tied the 100 m record with a hand-timed mark (9.9) in 1976 at the [[Modesto Relays|California Relays]] at [[Modesto]] Junior College]], one of only a few athletes to have held these records simultaneously. This time was actually 10.07 seconds.<ref name=sr/>

In 1976 after winning the AAA's 100/200 titles, Quarrie could finally compete at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] without injuries. He first made the 100 m final, which he led until overtaken by Trinidadian [[Hasely Crawford]]. In the 200 m, Quarrie led the pack coming out of the turn, and held off all challenges to take the title in 20.22.<ref name=sr/>

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games, he won his third consecutive 100 m title, but was eliminated in the 200 m after a cramp attack. Quarrie's participation in his fourth [[1980 Summer Olympics|Olympics]], in [[Moscow]] sawwas himin beingdoubt after he was involved in a car crash the previous year. He recovered in time to compete but was eliminated in the 100 m semi-finals. His title defense also failed in the 200 m, but he did make the final, and finished third, adding a bronze medal to his collection.<ref name=sr/>

By 1984, Quarrie was no longer among the world's best in the individual sprint events, and it was therefore no surprise he was eliminated in the heats of the 200 m event at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympics]]. However, he won a fourth Olympic medal with the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team, which finished second behind the United States. His final competitive race was a 200m in London in September 1984, in which he finished 3rd.<ref name=sr/>

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