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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1973)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|400 m]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|1998 Maracaibo]] |4 × 400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Championships|CAC Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|1993 Cali]] |400 m}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|1993 Cali]] |4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Goodwill Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Goodwill Games|2001 Brisbane]] | [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|400 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1992 Seoul]]|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[CARIFTA Games]] <br /> Junior (U20) }}
{{MedalGold | [[1992 CARIFTA Games|1992 Nassau]] | 400 m }}
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'''Gregory Haughton''' (born 10 November 1973) is a [[Jamaica]]n [[400 metres]] runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and two at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. His personal best for the 400&nbsp;m was 44.56 seconds.

He was coached by [[Clyde Hart]], an individual who also trained world record-holder [[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]. Individually, Haughton was the bronze medallist at the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]] and won bronze medals over 400&nbsp;m at the [[World Championships in Athletics]] in 1995 and 2001. He won gold medals at the [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|2001 Goodwill Games]], [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999 Pan American Games]], [[1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics]]. He was twice NJCAA Champion and a three-time [[List of NCAA Champions in the 400 meter dash|NCAA 400 metres champion]]. He won five Jamaican national titles in his career.

As a long-standing member of Jamaica's [[4 × 400 metres relay]] team, Haughton was crowned 2004 World Indoor Champion, 1998 Commonwealth Champion, 1999 Pan American Games champion. He won Olympic bronze medals in the relay in 2000 and 1996, as well as four silver medals at the World Championships.

Haughton was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1997), George Mason University Hall of Fame (2001), and the Carreras Sports Foundation Male Athlete of the Year (1999–2000). In April 2011 Greg Haughton received the award from the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association for Outstanding Contribution to Track and Field in Jamaica.

==Personal bests==
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! Date
! Event
! Venue
! Time
|-
| 19 May 1996
| [[200 metres]]
| [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], [[Virginia]]
| 20.64
|-
| 9 August 1995
| [[400 metres]]
| [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| 44.56
|}

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" | Representing {{JAM}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1992
| rowspan=2 | [[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| 15th (h)<ref>Disqualified in the semifinal.</ref>
| 400 m
| [[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|47.73]]
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:06.58]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1993
| rowspan=2 | [[1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Cali, Colombia]]
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 400 m
| 45.35
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| 3:02.57
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
| 6th
| 400 m
| 45.63
|-
| 7th
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:01.44]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1995
| rowspan=2 | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 400 m
| 44.56
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:59.88]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1997
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:56.75]]
|-
| [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd<ref name="Pettigrew">The Jamaica 4 × 400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to [[Antonio Pettigrew]] confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.</ref>
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:08.11]]
|-
| rowspan=2|1998
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Maracaibo, Venezuela]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.26]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
| [[Kuala Lampur]], [[Malaysia]]
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:59.03]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1999
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 400 m
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres|44.59]]
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:57.97]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Sevilla]], [[Spain]]
| 5th
| 400 m
| 45.07
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay<ref name="Pettigrew" />
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:59.34]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| [[2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 400 m
| 45.85
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 400 m
| 44.70
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2001
| rowspan=2 | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 400 m
| 44.98
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd<ref name="Pettigrew" />
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:58.39]]
|-
| 2002
| [[2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| 400 m
| 44.87
|-
| 2004
| [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Budapest, Hungary]]
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 4 × 400 m relay
| [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:05.21]]
|}

==References==
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