Gerald Ashworth won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympic Games, running the second leg of the United States’ 4 x 100 Relay Team with Paul Drayton, Dick Stebbins, and Bob Hayes. The victory
set a new World record for the event—39.0.

In 1961, Ashworth’s 6.1 mark tied the World record in the 60-Yard Dash. He set the World record for 100 Yards, 9.4, in 1962, and matched it again in 1964. That same year, Ashworth established
a new World 100-Meters benchmark, 10.1.

The Dartmouth College sprinter was ranked seventh indoors in the
World in 1963 and eighth outdoors in 1964 in 100 Yards and 100 Meters distances.