WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue track & field alumna Devynne Charlton placed sixth in the Olympic final of the 100m hurdles on Saturday, August 10, in Paris.
At her second Olympic Games, Charlton was sixth in 12.56 seconds at the Stade de France. She also placed sixth at the 2020 Tokyo games when she became the first current or former member of the Purdue women's track & field program to run in an Olympic final.
Representing the Bahamas, Charlton's 12.56 was 0.37 seconds ahead of the seventh-place finisher. She reached the final after she was seventh overall in the semifinal in 12.50 on August 9 and ninth in the heats in 12.71 on August 7. Both Charlton's final and semifinal marks bested all three of her times from Tokyo.
Charlton's sixth-place finishes in both the 2024 and 2020 Olympic Games are the best by a Boilermaker runner, male or female, since Larry Burton was fourth in the men's 200m in 1972 in Munich. Burton was the last Purdue runner to make a final until Charlton, who has now done it in back-to-back Olympics. The track & field program's most recent medalist was Chris Huffins, who took bronze in the decathlon in 2000.
One week ago, on August 3, fellow Boilermaker alum Chukwuebuka Enekwechi also competed at his second Olympics and placed sixth in the shot put final. Charlton and Enekwechi will be joined in Paris by incoming Purdue senior Joel Gomez, who qualified for the Paralympic Games and will race in the 1,500m T13 from September 2-3.
Charlton and Enekwechi also were announced on Friday as two of eight Boilermaker greats that will be inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.
A Boilermaker from 2013-18, Charlton is the school record-holder in the 100m hurdles, 100m, 60m hurdles and 60m. She is a nine-time All-American and an 11-time Big Ten Champion, and was named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year three times and the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships four times. Charlton was the national runner-up in the 60m hurdles indoors in 2017 and in the 100m hurdles outdoors in 2018.
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At her second Olympic Games, Charlton was sixth in 12.56 seconds at the Stade de France. She also placed sixth at the 2020 Tokyo games when she became the first current or former member of the Purdue women's track & field program to run in an Olympic final.
Representing the Bahamas, Charlton's 12.56 was 0.37 seconds ahead of the seventh-place finisher. She reached the final after she was seventh overall in the semifinal in 12.50 on August 9 and ninth in the heats in 12.71 on August 7. Both Charlton's final and semifinal marks bested all three of her times from Tokyo.
Charlton's sixth-place finishes in both the 2024 and 2020 Olympic Games are the best by a Boilermaker runner, male or female, since Larry Burton was fourth in the men's 200m in 1972 in Munich. Burton was the last Purdue runner to make a final until Charlton, who has now done it in back-to-back Olympics. The track & field program's most recent medalist was Chris Huffins, who took bronze in the decathlon in 2000.
One week ago, on August 3, fellow Boilermaker alum Chukwuebuka Enekwechi also competed at his second Olympics and placed sixth in the shot put final. Charlton and Enekwechi will be joined in Paris by incoming Purdue senior Joel Gomez, who qualified for the Paralympic Games and will race in the 1,500m T13 from September 2-3.
Charlton and Enekwechi also were announced on Friday as two of eight Boilermaker greats that will be inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.
A Boilermaker from 2013-18, Charlton is the school record-holder in the 100m hurdles, 100m, 60m hurdles and 60m. She is a nine-time All-American and an 11-time Big Ten Champion, and was named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year three times and the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships four times. Charlton was the national runner-up in the 60m hurdles indoors in 2017 and in the 100m hurdles outdoors in 2018.
For more on the Purdue track & field and cross country program, visit PurdueSports.com/TrackField and follow and connect with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.