University of North Carolina Athletics
Johnson Named To 42nd Track & Field HOF Class
September 15, 2015 | Track & Field
INDIANAPOLIS – Former University of North Carolina track and field standout Allen Johnson will be inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame on Thursday evening. Allen was inducted into the 42nd class along with Hollis Conway, Ralph Mann, Jack Torrance and Harry Gill.
In his time at North Carolina, Johnson won the 1992 National Championship in the 55mH in a meet-record of 7.07. Johnson also set an ACC long jump record and was a four-time conference champion. He owns the school records in the 55mH, 110mH, indoor long jump and outdoor long jump. Johnson is also No. 2 on the school's 60mH list.
Johnson is one of the most decorated 110-meter hurdlers of all time. His illustrious career includes four World Championships, three World Indoor titles (60mH), seven national outdoor titles (four of them in consecutive years from 2000-2003), four national indoor titles, a 14-year streak of global top-10 rankings, and an Olympic gold medal from the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Ranked No. 1 by Track & Field News for four years, Johnson ran a record 11 races under 13 seconds.
Following his retirement, Johnson coached at both Air Force and the University of South Carolina before taking on his current position as an assistant at the University of Kentucky, where he specializes in sprints, hurdles, horizontal jumps and relays. Johnson won USATF's Jesse Owens Award in 1997, which annually recognizes the top male athlete of the year, and he received the USATF/Visa Humanitarian Award in 1999 after leading a successful fundraiser for a new track surface at his former high school.
