Ian Morris (athlete)

Ian ("Frinty") Morris (born 30 November 1961 in Siparia) is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angels in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics until the age of 23. He occasionally ran the 200 metres, and even competed in the 800 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships. He is now a member of the Siparia Rhythm Section.He is also the Coach of the Siparia Athletics Club.

His personal best time was 44.21 seconds, achieved in the semifinal of the 1992 Olympics. The result gives him 23rd place on the all-time performers list. At 44.21, for 24 years he held the Trinidad and Tobago record which was eventually broken by Machel Cedenio in the 2016 Rio Olympics in a time of 44.01.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.521
1986	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santiago, Dominican Republic	2nd	400 m	45.02
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.38
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.57
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	4th	400 m	46.57
			24th (h)	800 m	2:03.82
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Caracas, Venezuela	3rd	400 m	45.90
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	4th	400 m	45.53
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	33rd (h)	200 m	21.36
			43rd (h)	400 m	48.06
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	7th	400 m	44.95
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	16th (h)	200 m	22.19
			2nd	400 m	46.09
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	1st (h)	400 m	47.032
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	2nd	400 m	45.24
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.91
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	400 m	45.12
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th	400 m	44.25
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.31
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	24th (h)	400 m	49.91
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.02
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	18th (qf)	400 m	45.903
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	4th	400 m	46.33
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.96
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.78
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th	400 m	45.75
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.24

¹Representing the Americas
²Did not finish in the semifinals
³Did not start in the semifinals

External links

• Ian Morris at World Athletics
• Ian Morris at Olympics.com
• Ian Morris at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)