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James Edwin "Ted" Meredith (November 14, 1891 - November 2, 1957) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, Ted Meredith made the 1912 Olympic team while still in high school.
In Stockholm, he won a gold medal in the 800 m run with a world record 1:51.9. He ran on to the 880 yd mark and also set a world record for that distance, with a 1:52.5. He won another gold medal on the 4 x 400 m relay team, also taking fourth in the 400 m.
After Stockholm, Meredith entered the University of Pennsylvania. He was the IC4A 440 yd champion from 1914 to 1916 and the 880 yd champion in 1914 and 1915. He also won the AAU 440 yd title in 1914 and 1915. In 1916, he set a world record in the 440 yd of 47.6, which wasn't broken until 1928. At the same year he lowered his own world 880 yd record to 1:52.2.
Meredith retired from competition in 1917 and served in the army during World War I. He made a comeback for the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the 400 m trials and ran on the 4 x 400 m relay team that finished fourth.
After the second retiring from competition, he became a real estate broker.
Ted Meredith died in Camden, New Jersey.
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 800 m |
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Teddy Flack | Alfred Tysoe | Jim Lightbody | Paul Pilgrim | Mel Sheppard | Ted Meredith | Albert Hill | Douglas Lowe (twice) | Thomas Hampson | John Woodruff | Mal Whitfield (twice) | Tom Courtney | Peter Snell (twice) | Ralph Doubell | Dave Wottle | Alberto Juantorena | Steve Ovett | Joaquim Cruz | Paul Ereng | William Tanui | Vebjørn Rodal | Nils Schumann | Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x400 m relay
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| 1912 United States Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath 1920 Great Britain Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler 1924 United States Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson 1928 United States George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti 1932 United States Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr 1936 Great Britain Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown 1948 United States Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield 1952 Jamaica Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden 1956 United States Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, James Mashburn, Tom Courtney 1960 United States Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis 1964 United States Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr 1968 United States Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans 1972 Kenya Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang 1976 United States Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks |
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