Career
He did so on 7 July 1986 at a meet in Moscow, Soviet Union, clocking 20.12s. Heard"s personal best for the 200 m was 19.88 seconds, set at the United States. Olympic Trials in Sacramento on 23 July 2000. In a head to head battle, both pulled up during the race, leaving Heard to pick up the pieces behind newcomer John Capel, at age 34 becoming the oldest sprinter to make his first American Olympic team
Heard attended John Marshall High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (graduating 1985) and Texas Agricultural and Mechanical. While at Agricultural and Mechanical, Heard worked with world-renowned conditioning coach Istvan Javorek.
Floyd Heard also owns the American record as part of the Santa Monica Track Club"s scorching performance of 1:18.68 in 1994 in the 4 × 200 m relay run, set at the Mountain. SAC Relays. His teammates in that race were Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, and Carl Lewis.