Mark Crear

Mark James Crear (born October 2, 1968) is a double Olympic medalist in the 110 m hurdles from the United States. In 1996 he was second behind Allen Johnson. Four years later he came in third behind Anier García and silver medalist Terrence Trammell. Mark's personal best was 12.98 seconds.

Crear went to Rowland High School, in the Rowland Heights area of southern California, where he finished second in the 300 meters hurdles and fourth in the 110 meters hurdles at the 1987 CIF California State Meet. He then went to the University of Southern California, where he won the 1992 National Championship in the 110 meters hurdles. He still holds the USC school record in the hurdles.

Crear has over 15 years of Olympic performance, including wins of a 1996 Olympic silver medal and 2000 Olympic bronze medal. He earned both medals in the 110M High Hurdles event while overcoming injuries: a broken arm and double hernia, respectively.

After winning the silver medal in 1996, Crear carried his infant daughter Ebony in his victory lap around the Olympic Stadium. Ebony ran for Maranatha High School and later Long Beach Poly, making the finals of the CIF California State Meet in the 100 meters hurdles once for each school and anchoring Poly to the 2014 state championship in the 4 × 400 meters relay before moving on to Texas A&M University.

Mark Crear travels around the world presenting motivational keynotes and peak performance workshops to various organizations.

Personal bests Event Time (sec) Date Venue 40-yard dash 4.26 April 3, 1997 Los Angeles, United States 100 meters 10.19 May 14, 1999 Berlin, Germany 200 meters 20.20 May 22, 2000 Mexico City, Mexico 400 meter hurdles 50.20 June 5, 1989 Walnut, United States 110 meter hurdles 12.98 July 5, 1999 Zagreb, Croatia

Achievements Representing the 1994 Goodwill Games Saint Petersburg, Russia 1st 110 m hurdles 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States 2nd 110 m hurdles 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 7th 110 m hurdles 1998 Goodwill Games Uniondale, New York 1st 110 m hurdles 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 3rd 110 m hurdles 2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 6th 110 m hurdles

Track records

As of 15 September 2024, Crear holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

A performance in red text is wind-assisted.

LocationTimeWindspeedm/sDate Bratislava 13.13 + 0.6 09/06/1998 Fukuoka 13.03 + 0.3 13/09/1997 Jena 13.10 + 3.1 03/06/2000 Lucerne 13.02 + 1.5 27/06/1995 Munich 13.08 + 0.7 11/09/1999 Rhede 13.09 + 1.0 30/07/1995 Uniondale, NY. 13.06 + 0.9 20/07/1998 Zagreb 12.98PB + 0.6 05/07/1999