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{{short description|American middle-distance runner}}
{{for|the American model|Mary Beth Decker}}
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'''Mary Teresa Decker,''' born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the [[1500 metres|1500 meters]] and [[3000 metres|3000 meters]] at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 World Championships]] and was the world-record holder in the [[mile run|mile]], [[5000 metres|5000 meters]] and [[10,000 metres|10,000 meters]]. In total, she set 17 official and unofficial [[List of world records in athletics|world records]], and she was the first woman to break 4:20 for [[mile run world record progression|the mile]]. She also set 36 [[United States records in track and field|U.S. national records]] at distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, and has held the U.S. record in the 2000 meters and 3000 meters since the early 1980s, while her 1500 meters record stood for 32 years and her mile record stood for 38 years. In 2003, she was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]].<ref name=usaf>[http://www.legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=196 Mary Slaney (Decker)] at USA Track & Field Hall of Fame</ref> She was retroactively banned for two years from June 1996 for a doping violation for a high testosterone to epitestosterone ratio.

==Career==
In 1973, she set her first world record, running an indoor mile in 4:40.1. By 1974, Decker was the world indoor record holder with 2:02.4 for 880 yards, and 2:01.8 for 800 meters.

By the end of 1974, Decker had developed a case of the muscle condition [[compartment syndrome]]. This resulted in a series of injuries that prevented her from competing in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] because of [[stress fracture]]s in her lower leg. After recovering from surgery, she spent two seasons at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] on a track scholarship.<ref name="cnn_si_11_29_1999" /><ref name="people_sept29196">{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Susan Champli|title=Mary Decker Takes a Run at Happiness with Husband Richard Slaney|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094636,00.html|access-date=June 13, 2010|date=September 29, 1986}}</ref> In 1979, she became the second American woman (the first was [[Francie Larrieu Smith|Francie Larrieu]]) to break the 4:30 mile.<ref>[http://bringbackthemile.com.oniric.us/history/pdf?pdf=USWomenSub430List.pdf Chronological Listing of U.S. Women Who Have Broken 4:30 in the Mile as of May 5, 2013]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. bringbackthemile.com</ref> Decker was the first woman to break the 4:20 barrier for the mile in 1980 when she ran it in 4:17.55. Decker did not compete at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Summer Olympics]] because of the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|American boycott]]. However, she received one of 461 [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Congressional Gold Medal]]s created especially for the American athletes.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|year=2008|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, Illinois|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}}</ref>

In 1981, Decker married fellow American distance runner [[Ron Tabb]]. The couple divorced in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20094636,00.html|title=Mary Decker Takes a Run at Happiness with Husband Richard Slaney|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111454/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20094636,00.html|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1982, under the name Mary Tabb, she ran the mile in 4:18.08, breaking the official record of 4:20.89 by the [[Lyudmila Veselkova]] of the USSR, and this time was ratified.

===Career peak===
In 1982 Decker-Tabb set six world records at distances ranging from the [[mile run]] to [[10,000 metres|10,000 meters]]. She received the [[James E. Sullivan Award]] as the top amateur athlete in the United States.

The following year she achieved the "Double Decker,"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Mary_Decker/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/5/36/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203114404/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Mary_Decker/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/5/36/index.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 3, 2014 | work=CNN | title=Covers}}</ref> winning both the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 meters]] and [[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 meters]] events at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland. Her history of relatively easy wins in the United States left her tactical abilities suspect in Helsinki, as she chose not to run in close order because so few athletes could keep up with her, a situation that the Soviet runners hoped to use to their advantage. Her wins against Soviet World Record holders proved a redemption of her competitive guile. After her double win she won the [[Jesse Owens Award]] from [[USA Track and Field]] and ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' magazine named her Sportsperson of the Year.<ref name=sr/> Shortly before her World Championship victories, Decker improved her U.S. 1500 meters record to 3:57.12 in Stockholm on July 26, 1983. This record stood for 32 years until [[Shannon Rowbury]] ran 3:56.29 on July 17, 2015.

==The 1984 Olympic incident==
[[File:Zola Budd, Mary Decker, Maricica Puică 1984.jpg|thumb|left|Decker leading the 3000 m final at the 1984 Olympics, with Zola Budd and Wendy Sly to her right, and Maricica Puică just behind to her left]]
Decker was heavily favored to win a gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 meters run]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]]. In the final, barefoot runner [[Zola Budd]], representing Great Britain, had been running even with Decker for three laps and then moved ahead. In an attempt to place pressure on Budd, Decker remained close by in a crowded space. However, Decker collided with Budd and fell to the curb, injuring her hip, and she did not finish the race, which was won by [[Maricica Puică]] of [[Romania]] (Budd finished seventh). Decker was carried from the track in tears by her boyfriend (and later husband), British [[discus throw]]er [[Richard Slaney]]. At a press conference, she pinned the blame for the collision on Budd. While it is generally the trailing runner's responsibility to avoid contact with the runner ahead, it is also an accepted convention among most distance runners that the leader should be at least one full stride ahead before the trailing runner moves directly behind her. International track officials initially disqualified Budd for obstruction, but she was reinstated just one hour later after officials viewed films of the race. Despite the fact that she had been running behind Budd, Decker's claim that Budd had bumped into her leg was supported by a number of sports journalists. The claim was not accepted by the director of the games or by the [[IAAF]].<ref name=sr2>{{cite Sports-Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175006/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-3000-metres.html |title=Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 3,000 metres |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-3000-metres.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Decker and Budd next met in July 1985 for a 3000-meter race at [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre]] in London. Decker won the race, and Budd finished in fourth place. After the race, the women shook hands and reconciled. Decker later claimed that she was robbed of the 1984 Olympics 3000-meter gold medal by Budd, but many years after the event said: "The reason I fell, some people think she tripped me deliberately. I happen to know that wasn't the case at all. The reason I fell is because I am and was very inexperienced in running in a pack."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/an-olympic-blast-from-the-past | work=The New York Times | title=An Olympic Blast From the Past | first=Tara | last=Parker-Pope | date=August 1, 2008 | access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref> Budd and Decker later reunited for a 2016 documentary about the incident, ''The Fall''.<ref name="guard-21jul2016">{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |title=The Fall review – Mary Decker and Zola Budd reunite for dramatic finale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/21/the-fall-review-mary-decker-zola-budd-documentary-1984-olympics |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 July 2016}}</ref>

Decker had a successful 1985 season, winning 12-mile and 3000-meter races in Europe, including a new official [[Mile run world record progression#Women's IAAF era|world record for the women's mile]] of 4:16.71 in Zurich ([[Natalya Artyomova]]'s 4:15.8 in 1984 was not ratified by the IAAF), a race in which she beat both Budd and Puică. Since that race in 1985, Decker's time has only been bettered four times.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middlelong/one-mile/outdoor/women/senior One Mile – women – senior – outdoor]. iaaf.org. Retrieved on October 9, 2016.</ref>

[[File:Mary Decker 1988.jpg|thumb|Decker at the 1988 Olympic trials]]
Decker missed the 1986 season to give birth to her only child, and then missed the 1987 season because of injury. She qualified for the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul, South Korea]], competing at 1500 meters and 3000 meters, but finished in 8th and 10th respectively, failing to win a medal. She did not qualify for the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].

==Doping controversy==
In 1996, at the age of 37, as she qualified for the [[5000 metres|5000 meters]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Olympics]], a [[Urinalysis|urine test]] taken in June at the Olympic trials showed a [[testosterone (medication)|testosterone]] to [[epitestosterone]] (T/E) ratio greater than the allowable maximum of 6:1.<ref name="nyt_04_14_99">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/14/sports/track-and-field-slaney-suing-the-iaaf-in-dispute-over-a-drug-test.html|title=TRACK AND FIELD; Slaney Suing the I.A.A.F. In Dispute Over a Drug Test|last=Litsky|first=Frank|date=April 14, 1999|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref> At the time of the positive test, Decker was being coached by [[Alberto Salazar]].<ref name="decker_salazar">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/cntdown/0501oly-run-slaney.html|title=TRACK AND FIELD; Slaney Tries New Approach to Olympic Quest|last=LONGMAN|first=JERE|date=May 1, 1996|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>

Decker and her lawyers contended that the T/E ratio test is unreliable for women, especially women in their late 30s or older who take [[combined oral contraceptive pill|birth-control pills]]. In the meantime, Decker was eliminated in the heats at the Olympics.<ref name="cnn_si_11_29_1999">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/top_100/31/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010524184348/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/top_100/31/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2001|title=Mary Decker Slaney, Track and Field |last=MacDonald|first=Jamie|date=November 29, 1999|work=Sports Illustrated for Women|publisher=CNNsi.com|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref>

In June 1997, the [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] banned Decker from competition. In September 1999, a USATF panel reinstated her.<ref name="business_week">{{cite news|url=http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/08/0808_unretired_athletes/8.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017175612/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/08/0808_unretired_athletes/8.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2010|title=Athletes Unretiring: The Comeback Kids|work=Business Week|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref><ref name="retuers_july_25_2009">{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2009/07/25/2003449504|title=Runner still feels regret over 1984 Olympics wipeout|date=July 25, 2009|agency=Reuters|publisher=Taipei Times|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref> The IAAF cleared her to compete but took the case to [[arbitration]]. In April 1999, the arbitration panel ruled against Decker, and although she was cleared to compete, the IAAF instituted a retroactive ban of two years from June 17, 1996 that stripped her of the silver medal that she had won in the 1500-meter race at the [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 World Indoor Championships]].<ref name="ind_4_27_1999">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/athletics-slaney-doping-ban-upheld-at-iaaf-hearing-1089981.html|title= Athletics: Slaney doping ban upheld at IAAF hearing |last=Rowbottom |first=Mike|date=April 27, 1999|work=The Independent|access-date=December 19, 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="Sopot 2014">{{ Citation | title = IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 | chapter-url = http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/Sopot2014/projet/SOPOT-2014.pdf | publisher = [[IAAF]] | editor=Mark Butler | chapter= DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS | pages = 47–48 | access-date = September 27, 2015 }}</ref>

In April 1999, Decker filed suit against both the IAAF and the [[United States Olympic Committee|U.S. Olympic Committee]] that had administered the test, arguing that the test is flawed and cannot distinguish between [[androgen]]s caused by the use of banned substances and those resulting from the use of birth-control pills.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pKkBbf7doAUC&pg=PA367 | page = 367 | title = Anabolic steroids in sport and exercise | first = Charles | last = Yesalis | edition = 2nd | publisher = Human Kinetics | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-88011-786-9 }}</ref> The court ruled that it had no jurisdiction, and the decision was upheld on appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/244/580/636568/|title=Mary Decker Slaney, Plaintiff-appellant, v. the International Amateur Athletic Federation and the United States Olympic Committee, Defendants-appellees, 244 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 2001)|access-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref>

The T/E test threshold has since been tightened to a 4:1 ratio, and laboratories now also run a carbon isotope ratio test (CIR) if the T/E ratio is unusually high.<ref name="five rings">{{cite magazine |url=https://eic.rsc.org/feature/five-rings-good-four-rings-bad/2020144.article |title=Five rings good, four rings bad|magazine=[[Education in Chemistry]] |publisher=[[Royal Society of Chemistry]] |volume=47 |issue=3 |date=1 March 2010 |last=Cotton |first=Simon |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref>

==Later life==
Throughout her later career, Decker had suffered a series of stress-induced fractures. After the loss of her 1999 legal case, she underwent more than 30 [[orthopedic]] procedures, mainly on her legs and feet, in an attempt to enable her to run competitively in marathons. However, after the surgeries, she continued to experience injuries. As a result, she retired with her husband to a {{convert|55|acre|ha|adj=on}} property in [[Eugene, Oregon]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=ncs-import |title=Mary Decker Slaney goes the distance at alpine Death Ride |url=https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2015/jul/14/mary-decker-slaney-goes-the-distance-at-alpine-dea/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.nevadaappeal.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vecsey |first=by George |date=1986-08-19 |title=SPORTS OF THE TIMES; MARY DECKER SLANEY: MOTHER AND MILER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/19/sports/sports-of-the-times-mary-decker-slaney-mother-and-miler.html |access-date=2025-04-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> where she [[jogging|jogs]] every other day.<ref name=retire>{{cite magazine|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-41362720090728|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709141106/http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-41362720090728|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2012|title=Mary Slaney still yearns to run|author= Gene Cherry|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=July 28, 2009|access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>

==International competitions==
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!colspan=6|Representing {{flagu|United States}}
|-
|1979
|[[Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|1500 m
|4:05.7
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|rowspan=2|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|1500 m
|4:00.90
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|8:34.62
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|Los Angeles, United States
|DNF
|3000 m
|8:44.32<small> (heat)</small>
|-
|1985
|[[1985 IAAF Grand Prix Final|Grand Prix Final]]
|Rome, Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|8:46.38
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seoul]], South Korea
|8th
|1500 m
|4:02.49
|-
|10th
|3000 m
|8:47.13
|-
|1991
|[[1991 IAAF Grand Prix Final|Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Mile
|4:28.35
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta]], United States
|21st (h)
|5000 m
|15:41.30
|-
|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|Paris, France
|bgcolor=pink|DQ (2nd)
|1500 m
|<s>4:05.22</s>
|-

!colspan=6|<small> (h) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats. DNF = did not finish. DQ = disqualified.</small>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|name=Mary Slaney}}
* {{USATF|name=Mary Slaney (Decker)}}
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|name=Mary Slaney (Decker)}}
* {{Olympics.com|mary-slaney|Mary Slaney}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Mary Decker-Slaney}}

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