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{{short description|American sprinter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Ray Armstead
| fullname = Ray Ricky Armstead
| image = Ray Armstead (1984).jpg
| caption = Ray Armstead (1984).
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 27, 1960}}
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| universityteam = Truman State University
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry| the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
}}

'''Ray Ricky Armstead''' (born May 27, 1960 in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]) is an American former track athlete who specialized in the [[400 metres|400 meters]]. He was a [[1984 Summer Olympics]] gold medalist in the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|men's 4 × 400 meter relay]]. In the 1985 [[IAAF Grand Prix]] season, he won the 400 m in [[Rieti Meeting|Rieti]] (time 45.24s)<ref>{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Litsky |title=Aouita Defeats Maree in Italy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/05/sports/aouita-defeats-maree-in-italy.html |access-date=19 September 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 1985 |page=27 D}}</ref> and
[[ISTAF Berlin|West Berlin]] (45.36s)<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Aouita Sets Mark In 1,500-Meter Run |date=24 August 1985 |page=44 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/24/sports/aouita-sets-mark-in-1500-meter-run.html}}</ref> and came second in [[1985 IAAF Grand Prix Final|the final]] in Rome (45.24s). In 1989 he contested the US Trials in [[Baton Rouge]] for [[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres|1989 the World Indoor Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Litsky |work=The New York Times |date=21 February 1989 |page=16 D |title=Track and Field; McKay's First Goal Goes Well Beyond Money |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/21/sports/track-and-field-mckay-s-first-goal-goes-well-beyond-money.html |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>
{{As of|2020}}, he was an elementary-school [[art teacher]] in the [[Hazelwood School District]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Hazelwood School District |url=https://www.hazelwoodschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=43&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=25984&PageID=1 |title=HSD’s Own Olympic Champion}}</ref>

==Sources==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/ray-armstead-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045225/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/ray-armstead-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ray Armstead |access-date=2009-12-27}}

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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Men|1984}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 4x400 m Men}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1984 Summer Olympics}}
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