Charles Moses

Charles Moses (born 12 March 1954) is a Ghanaian former sprinter. Based in the United States, he competed in the men's 400 metres for Ghana at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Biography Moses was born on 12 March 1954. He is a native of Ghana. From the winter of 1978 to the spring of 1979, Moses attended Iowa State University in the U.S., where he competed as a walk-on for the Iowa State Cyclones track and field team during his time there. Beginning in 1980, he transferred to and ran for the Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota. While there, he won the state junior college championships and qualified for the rounds of the NJCAA national track and field championships in the 400 m. In an interview with the Post-Bulletin in August 1980, Moses claimed to have competed in the 400 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, competing for Ghana as the United States team boycotted the Games and as the first Olympian from Rochester Community College. He said he ran 45.3 seconds in the quarter-finals and 45.9 seconds his semi-final to place sixth, failing to qualify for the finals by two places. He also claimed to have run with Alberto Juantorena and eventual gold medalist Viktor Markin in his rounds.

Four years later, Moses actually competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics for Ghana, where he split 50.39 seconds to place seventh in his Olympic 400 m heat and failed to advance. According to Bill Mallon, Moses set his personal best of 45.71 seconds in 1984.

Moses eventually enrolled at Mankato State University in Minnesota, where he studied computer science, but did not run for the track team there.