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Bobby Coffman (born February 17, 1951) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He set his personal record of 8274 points in Quebec City on August 12, 1979.^[1]^[2]

Coffman competed at two major international events and won gold in both. He first took the decathlon title at the 1979 Pan American Games with a championship record total of 8078 points.^[3] The following year he qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.^[4] and was the winner of the Olympic boycott games known as the Liberty Bell Classic with a score of 8058 points.^[5]

At national level he won at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in both 1979 and 1980, having placed fifth earlier in his career in 1975.^[1]

International competitions[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	8078 pts
1980	Liberty Bell Classic	Philadelphia, United States	1st	8058 pts

National titles[edit]

USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Decathlon: 1979, 1980^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Bobby Coffman. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-02-11.

^ Bobby Coffman. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-11.

^ Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-11.

^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.

^ Olympic Boycott Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-11.

^ USA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-11.

Pan American Champions in men's decathlon

1951: Hernán Figueroa (CHI)

1955:

Rafer Johnson (USA)

1959:

Dave Edstrom (USA)

1963:

John David Martin (USA)

1967:

Bill Toomey (USA)

1971:

Rick Wanamaker (USA)

1975:

Bruce Jenner (USA)

1979:

Bobby Coffman (USA)

1983:

Dave Steen (CAN)

1987:

Mike Gonzales (USA)

1991:

Pedro da Silva (BRA)

1995:

Kip Janvrin (USA)

1999:

Chris Huffins (USA)

2003:

Stephen Moore (USA)

2007:

Maurice Smith (JAM)

2011:

Leonel Suárez (CUB)

2015:

Damian Warner (CAN)

2019:

Damian Warner (CAN)

2023:

Santiago Ford (CHI)

v t e US National Championship winners in men's decathlon
1915–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1915: Alma Richards 1916–19: not held 1920: Brutus Hamilton 1921: Dan Shea 1922: Harrison Thompson 1923: Harold Osborn 1924: Tony Plansky 1925–26: Harold Osborn 1927: Fait Elkins 1928–29: Ken Doherty 1930: Wilson Charles 1931: Jess Mortensen 1932: James Bausch 1933: Barney Berlinger 1934–35: Bob Clark 1936: Glenn Morris 1937: not held 1938–39: Joe Scott 1940: Bill Watson 1941: John Borican 1942: Bill Terwilliger 1943: Bill Watson 1944: Irv Mondschein 1945: Charles Beaudry 1946–47: Irv Mondschein 1948–50: Bob Mathias 1951: Bob Richards 1952: Bob Mathias 1953: Milt Campbell 1954–55: Bob Richards 1956: Rafer Johnson 1957: Charles Pratt 1958: Rafer Johnson 1959: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Dave Edstrom 1960: Rafer Johnson 1961: Paul Herman 1962: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Paul Herman 1963: Steve Pauly 1964: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Paul Herman 1965–69: Bill Toomey 1970: John Warkentin 1971: Rick Wanamaker 1972–73: Jeff Bennett 1974: Bruce Jenner 1975: Fred Samara 1976: Bruce Jenner 1977: Fred Dixon 1978: Mike Hill 1979: Bobby Coffman
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Bob Coffman 1981–82: John Crist 1983: Mark Anderson 1984: John Crist 1985: John Sayre 1986: Dave Johnson 1987: Tim Bright 1988: Gary Kinder 1989–90: Dave Johnson 1991: Dan O'Brien 1992: Dave Johnson
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–96: Dan O'Brien 1997: Steve Fritz 1998–99: Chris Huffins 2000: Tom Pappas 2001: Kip Janvrin 2002–03: Tom Pappas 2004–05: Bryan Clay 2006–07: Tom Pappas 2008: Bryan Clay 2009: Trey Hardee 2010: Jake Arnold 2011–13: Ashton Eaton 2014–15: Trey Hardee 2016: Ashton Eaton 2017: Trey Hardee 2018: Zach Ziemek 2019: Devon Williams 2021^{2020 OT}: Garrett Scantling
Notes	The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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