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At the 1920 Summer Olympics, Murchison finished fourth in 200 m and sixth in 100 m.
At the 1920 Summer Olympics, Murchison finished fourth in 200 m and sixth in 100 m.
He also ran the third leg in the gold medal winning United States 4x100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 42.2 in the Olympic final. Murchison was an outstanding indoor runner. Murchison was also a prolific breaker of records indoors.
Amongst the world best times he equaled or broke are:
equaled 60 y best of 6.4 s in 1920, 1922 and 1923;
established new 60 y best of 6.2 s in 1923;
50 m of 6.0 s in 1925;
300 y of 31.2 s;
220 y best of 22.4 son
In 1925 Murchison was struck with spinal meningitis and paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life. A resident of Leisure Village in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Murchison died at the age of 80 on June 11, 1979 at Point Pleasant Hospital in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.