Lee-Roy Newton

South African sprinter

Lee-Roy Newton Medal record

Representing  South Africa
Men's athletics
World Championships
| 2001 Edmonton | 4 × 100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
| 2006 Melbourne | 4 × 100 m relay
African Championships
| 2004 Brazzaville | 4 × 100 m relay
| 2006 Bambous | 4 × 100 m relay

Lee-Roy Newton (born 19 December 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.

Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Newton won a silver medal with the South African team in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

In February 2007 Newton clocked 9.95 seconds in the 100 meters at the KwaZulu-Natal Athletics senior provincial track and field championships in Durban, narrowly beating teammate and training partner Dean Wicks, who clocked 10.00 seconds.[1] In doing so, Newton would have become one of only 50 men to have broken the 10 second barrier in the 100 m. Even Linda Ferns, CEO of Athletics SA, said the application to recognise Newton's time in Durban would be studied. "We will have to look at all the technical details and must ensure that a test for performance enhancers was done.".[2]

On 13 February, the time was disqualified for three reasons: 1) Lee-Roy's reaction time of -0.046 seconds is considered too fast by IAAF rules, and therefore indicates he false started, 2) the finish line camera was not properly aligned with the finish line, possible by much as a meter, 3) he was not escorted to drug testing at the stadium, and rather was tested much later at his residence.[3]

## Personal bests

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* 100 metres – 10.27 (2000); [9.95 (2007) unratified mark]
* 200 metres – 20.75 (2000 & 2001)
* 400 metres – 47.89 (2002)

## References

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1. ^ [1] Newton ran 9.95s www.iol.co.za
2. ^ [2] Archived 8 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine SA sprinter breaks 10s barrier www.news24.com
3. ^ [3] Newton's 100m SA record not ratified

## External links

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* Lee Roy Newton at World Athletics

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World champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay

* 1983:  Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA)
* 1987:  Lee McRae, Lee Vernon McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis (USA)
* 1991:  Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis (USA)
* 1993:  Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell, Calvin Smith (USA)
* 1995:  Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin (CAN)
* 1997:  Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN)
* 1999:  Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene (USA)
* 2001:  Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton, Matthew Quinn (RSA)
* 2003:  John Capel Jr., Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Joshua J. Johnson (USA)
* 2005:  Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy, Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA)
* 2007:  Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon, Rodney Martin (USA)
* 2009:  Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lerone Clarke (JAM)
* 2011:  Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Dexter Lee (JAM)
* 2013:  Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey (JAM)
* 2015:  Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)
* 2017:  CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR)
* 2019:  Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles, Cravon Gillespie (USA)
* 2022:  Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse (CAN)
* 2023:  Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles, J.T. Smith (USA)

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