Pam Marshall is a retired US sprinter.

Career

Marshall competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4x100 m Relay. Her best result was anchoring the U.S 4x100 m relay team to the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships Rome Italy, in a time of 41.58 CR which still ranks as one of the fastest times ever.

She clocked an impressive 10.11 for her final 100 m which saw her bring the team home almost half a second ahead of the GDR team anchored by Marlies Göhr

Marlies Göhr

Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...

 (10.41 secs). Pam came 8th in the 100 m and fourth in the 200 m at the same Championship.

She went on to make the USA Olympic team over 200 m the following season, however due to injury did not get past the preliminary rounds.

Best performances

1987 World Championships
Event	Place	Time
100 m	8th	11.19 s
200 m	4th	22.18 s
4x100 m	Gold	41.58 s (Championship Record)

Personal bests

Event	Time	Place	Date
100 m	11.01 s	Lausanne	15 September 1987
200 m	21.93 s	Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , IN	23 July 1988
400 m	49.99 s	Westwood, CA Westwood, California Westwood is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States. Westwood is located west-southwest of Susanville, at an elevation of 5128 feet...	17 May 1986

Sources

• The International Track and Field Annual '88/9 Simon and Schuster ISBN 0-671-69917-2