Mary Decker Autographs
Mary Teresa Decker, (born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and was the world-record holder in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters. In total, she set 17 official and unofficial world records, and she was the first woman to break 4:20 for the mile. She also set 36 U.S. national records at distances ranging from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, and has held the U.S. record in the 2000 meters and 3000 meters since the early 1980s, while her 1500 meters record stood for 32 years and her mile record stood for 38 years. In 2003, she was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. She was retroactively banned for two years from June 1996 for a doping violation for a high testosterone to epitestosterone ratio.
In 1973, she set her first world record, running an indoor mile in 4:40.1. By 1974, Decker was the world indoor record holder with 2:02.4 for 880 yards, and 2:01.8 for 800 meters.
By the end of 1974, Decker had developed a case of the muscle condition compartment syndrome. This resulted in a series of injuries that prevented her from competing in the 1976 Summer Olympics because of stress fractures in her lower leg. After recovering from surgery, she spent two seasons at the University of Colorado at Boulder on a track scholarship. In 1979, she became the second American woman (the first was Francie Larrieu) to break the 4:30 mile. Decker was the first woman to break the 4:20 barrier for the mile in 1980 when she ran it in 4:17.55. Decker did not compete at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics because of the American boycott. However, she received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the American athletes.
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Current items with a signature of Mary Decker
These are the most current items with a signature of Mary Decker that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Mary Decker Signed Autographed Photo Olympic Runner Beckett COA | $35.98 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Mary Decker
The most expensive item with a signature of Mary Decker (Mary Decker Slaney Original Signed Autograph Letter Zola Budd 1984 Olympics) was sold in October 2025 for $853.99 while the cheapest item (Mary Decker Hand Signed 1976 FDC 1983 Gold Medal Winner) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2010 with an average selling price of $41.50 for an autographed item of Mary Decker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2024 with $69.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.26 was October 2012. In average, an autographed item from Mary Decker is worth $10.30.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mary Decker were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Mary Decker *SIGNED* Vintage 1980 Sports Illustrated With Letter Of Authenticity | $19.99 |  |
| Mary Decker Autographed Photo Card Famed Medal Winning Track Athlete | $4.49 | |
| Mary Decker Slaney **Signature / Autograph** | $34.98 | |
| MARY DECKER SLANEY * HAND SIGNED 1982 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED * WITH EVENT CARD | $19.99 | |
| Mary Decker Slaney Autograph Signed 1996 UD USA Olympicard #M15 | $4.99 | |
| Mary Decker Slaney Signed Sports Illustrated 7/29/85 Track Gold Autograph JSA | $69.99 | |
| Mary Decker Slaney Tabb Signed Autograph FDC First Day Cover Olympics Track | $14.38 | |
| Mary Decker Slaney USA Track Signed Dec. 26, 1983-Jan. 2, 1984 SI Magazine JSA | $1.25 | |
| Mary Decker Slaney USA Track Signed Feb 18, 1980 Sports Illustrated Magazine JSA | $4.25 | |
| MARY DECKER SLANNEY SIGNED Sports Illustrated Autographed Cover COA | $19.99 | |
| MARY DECKER SLANNEY USA olympic SIGNED Autograph photo 1983 Helsinki | $75.00 | |
| Mary Decker Sports Illustrated Autograph Cover 7/26/82 Olympic Track JSA AUTO | $19.99 | |
| Mary Decker-Slaney Track Athlete Gold Medalist US Champion Signed Card C7984 | $6.00 | |
| Olympians Mary Decker-Alberto Salazar AUTOGRAPHED-SIGNED 1983 Magazine Ad Photo* | $19.99 | |
| Olympic Great Mary Decker Slaney Autographed Card | $7.00 | |
