Harvey Edward Glance (born March 28, 1957) is a former American

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 track athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay

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 at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Born in Phenix City, Alabama

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, Glance equalled the 100 m world record

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 of 9.9 twice in 1976. At first on April 3, he ran 9.9 in Columbia

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 and then a month later in Baton Rouge

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. As an Auburn University

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 student, Glance won the NCAA

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 100 m championships in 1976 and 1977 and 200 m championships in 1976.

At the Montreal

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 Olympics

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, Glance was fourth in 100 m and ran the opening leg in the gold medal winning American 4x100 m relay team. At the 1979 Pan American Games

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, Glance was second in 100 m and won the gold medal as a member of American 4x100 m relay team. He was also second in 4x100 m relay in 1979 IAAF World Cup.

Due the boycott, he didn't compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

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 but competed in the Olympic Boycott Games

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 winning a silver and gold medal. He also won the gold medal at the 1985 IAAF World Cup, 1987 Pan American Games and 1987 World Championships

1987 World Championships in Athletics

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 as a member of American relay team.

After his sporting career, Glance was the head coach at Auburn University until 1997 and since then is a head coach at the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

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