Host City: Atlanta, United States |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. |
Date Started: July 29, 1996 |
Format: Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals. |
Date Finished: August 1, 1996 |
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(Competitors: 55; Countries: 35; Finalists: 8) |
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Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
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Overview by IAAF |
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Five of the seven heats were won with times quicker than 49 seconds, with Matete running the fastest ever preliminary in 48.21. The standard was very high, and continued in the semi-finals, with 14 of the 16 contestants running under 49 seconds. Heading the list was local man Adkins, who won the first semi-final with 47.76 from Swedish veteran Nylander, who set a national record of 48.21. Behind them US Trials winner Bryan Bronson ran out of gas in the last 100m and finished last in 50.32. Davis, a recently converted 400m man, won the other race in 47.91. Behind him Teixeira, Robinson (both 48.28), Neil Gardner (JAM, 48.30), Laurent Ottoz, son of 1968 110m hurdles medallist Eddy (48.52), Ibou Faye (SEN, 48.84) and Marc Dollendorf (BEL – 48.91) all ran lifetime bests. Only Matete, third in 48.28, missed his personal record. Nylander, in his last serious attempt at a championship, ran hard from the gun, leading to halfway in 22.9, with Adkins and Robinson right with him. Matete, in fifth at the fifth hurdle, and not enthralled with his lane 1 draw, moved up, and he and Adkins were level at hurdles 8-10, with Nylander 4m behind and a metre clear of Davis, de Araújo and Robinson. Adkins accelerated away from Matete on the run-in despite being half blinded from all the camera flashbulbs in the crowd, while Davis astonishingly gained 4m on Matete in the last 40m, leaving Nylander to settle for fourth despite setting his second national record within 22 hours. |
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Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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The last two World Championships had been won by Americans – 1995 by Derrick Adkins and 1993 by the 1992 Olympic champion, Kevin Young. Both years the runner-up had been Zambia’s Samuel Matete. Matete had been the 1991 World Champion and was favored at the 1992 Olympics, but a hamstring problem kept him from the final. He was favored in Atlanta, having run the best times earlier in the year, and having beaten Adkins in four of five races in 1996. Adkins and Matete moved into the lead in the final at the seventh hurdle, but Adkins took the lead going in to the straight and held on for the gold medal, Matete getting silver. |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
World Record |
46.78 |
Kevin Young |
Barcelona (ESP) |
August 6, 1992 |
Olympic Record |
46.78 |
Kevin Young |
Barcelona (ESP) |
August 6, 1992 |
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Results |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Final |
1 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
47.54 |
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Derrick Adkins |
United States |
USA |
2 Jul 70 |
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2 |
47.78 |
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Samuel Matete |
Zambia |
ZAM |
27 Jul 68 |
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3 |
47.96 |
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Calvin Davis |
United States |
USA |
2 Apr 72 |
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4 |
47.98 |
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Sven Nylander |
Sweden |
SWE |
1 Jan 62 |
NR |
5 |
48.30 |
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Rohan Robinson |
Australia |
AUS |
15 Nov 71 |
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6 |
48.41 |
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Fabrizio Mori |
Italy |
ITA |
28 Jun 69 |
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7 |
48.57 |
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Everson Teixeira |
Brazil |
BRA |
23 Nov 74 |
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8 |
48.78 |
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Eronilde de Araújo |
Brazil |
BRA |
31 Dec 70 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Semifinal 1 |
31 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
47.76 |
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Derrick Adkins |
United States |
USA |
2 Jul 70 |
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2 |
48.21 |
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Sven Nylander |
Sweden |
SWE |
1 Jan 62 |
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3 |
48.43 |
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Fabrizio Mori |
Italy |
ITA |
28 Jun 69 |
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4 |
48.45 |
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Eronilde de Araújo |
Brazil |
BRA |
31 Dec 70 |
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5 |
48.57 |
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Dusán Kovács |
Hungary |
HUN |
31 Jul 71 |
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6 |
48.61 |
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Ken Harnden |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
31 Mar 73 |
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7 |
49.43 |
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Jon Ridgeon |
Great Britain |
GBR |
14 Feb 67 |
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8 |
50.32 |
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Bryan Bronson |
United States |
USA |
9 Sep 72 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Semifinal 2 |
31 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
47.91 |
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Calvin Davis |
United States |
USA |
2 Apr 72 |
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2 |
48.28 |
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Everson Teixeira |
Brazil |
BRA |
23 Nov 74 |
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3 |
48.28 |
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Samuel Matete |
Zambia |
ZAM |
27 Jul 68 |
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4 |
48.28 |
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Rohan Robinson |
Australia |
AUS |
15 Nov 71 |
AR |
5 |
48.30 |
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Neil Gardner |
Jamaica |
JAM |
8 Dec 74 |
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6 |
48.52 |
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Laurent Ottoz |
Italy |
ITA |
20 Apr 70 |
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7 |
48.84 |
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Ibou Faye |
Senegal |
SEN |
13 Dec 69 |
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8 |
48.91 |
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Marc Dollendorf |
Belgium |
BEL |
7 Feb 66 |
NR |
400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 1 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.84 |
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Ibou Faye |
Senegal |
SEN |
13 Dec 69 |
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2 |
48.90 |
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Fabrizio Mori |
Italy |
ITA |
28 Jun 69 |
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3 |
49.07 |
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Kazuhiko Yamazaki |
Japan |
JPN |
10 May 71 |
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4 |
49.16 |
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Dinsdale Morgan |
Jamaica |
JAM |
19 Nov 72 |
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5 |
49.60 |
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Kehinde Alad'efa |
Nigeria |
NGR |
19 Dec 74 |
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6 |
49.78 |
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Peter Crampton |
Great Britain |
GBR |
4 Jun 69 |
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7 |
49.94 |
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Gilbert Hashan |
Mauritius |
MRI |
12 Jan 70 |
NR |
8 |
50.55 |
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Salvador Vila |
Spain |
ESP |
20 Oct 69 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 2 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.52 |
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Eronilde de Araújo |
Brazil |
BRA |
31 Dec 70 |
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2 |
48.92 |
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Laurent Ottoz |
Italy |
ITA |
20 Apr 70 |
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3 |
49.09 |
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Carlos Silva |
Portugal |
POR |
8 Jun 74 |
NUR |
4 |
49.27 |
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Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi |
Qatar |
QAT |
30 Dec 77 |
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5 |
49.66 |
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Miro Kocuvan |
Slovenia |
SLO |
15 Jun 71 |
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6 |
49.69 |
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Jean-Paul Bruwier |
Belgium |
BEL |
18 Feb 71 |
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7 |
49.82 |
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Barnabas Agui Kinyor |
Kenya |
KEN |
3 Aug 61 |
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8 |
49.97 |
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Mugur Mateescu |
Romania |
ROU |
13 Jun 70 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 3 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.21 |
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Samuel Matete |
Zambia |
ZAM |
27 Jul 68 |
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2 |
48.89 |
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Rohan Robinson |
Australia |
AUS |
15 Nov 71 |
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3 |
49.03 |
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Erick Keter |
Kenya |
KEN |
22 Jul 66 |
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4 |
49.73 |
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Vadim Zadoinov |
Moldova |
MDA |
24 May 69 |
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5 |
49.94 |
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Hadi Sou’an Al-Somaily |
Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
30 Dec 76 |
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6 |
50.30 |
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Hamidou M'Baye |
Senegal |
SEN |
21 Apr 64 |
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7 |
51.13 |
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Llewellyn Herbert |
South Africa |
RSA |
21 Jul 77 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 4 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.06 |
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Bryan Bronson |
United States |
USA |
9 Sep 72 |
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2 |
49.23 |
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Dusán Kovács |
Hungary |
HUN |
31 Jul 71 |
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3 |
49.63 |
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Paweł Januszewski |
Poland |
POL |
2 Jan 72 |
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4 |
49.88 |
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Hideaki Kawamura |
Japan |
JPN |
15 Sep 74 |
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5 |
50.16 |
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Julius Masvanise |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
7 Feb 66 |
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6 |
50.31 |
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Jozef Kucej |
Slovakia |
SVK |
23 Mar 65 |
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7 |
50.90 |
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Amadou Sy Savane |
Guinea |
GUI |
16 May 74 |
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8 |
52.16 |
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Simon Hollingsworth |
Australia |
AUS |
9 May 72 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 5 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.31 |
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Jon Ridgeon |
Great Britain |
GBR |
14 Feb 67 |
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2 |
49.49 |
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Marc Dollendorf |
Belgium |
BEL |
7 Feb 66 |
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3 |
49.94 |
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Ruslan Mashchenko |
Russia |
RUS |
11 Nov 71 |
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4 |
50.73 |
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Egīls Tēbelis |
Latvia |
LAT |
12 Dec 72 |
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5 |
51.20 |
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Domingo Cordero |
Puerto Rico |
PUR |
17 Oct 65 |
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6 |
51.20 |
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Marcel Schelbert |
Switzerland |
SUI |
26 Feb 76 |
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7 |
55.20 |
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Curt Young |
Panama |
PAN |
18 Jan 74 |
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DNF |
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Winthrop Graham |
Jamaica |
JAM |
17 Nov 65 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 6 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.94 |
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Calvin Davis |
United States |
USA |
2 Apr 72 |
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2 |
49.54 |
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Sven Nylander |
Sweden |
SWE |
1 Jan 62 |
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3 |
49.71 |
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Ashraf Saber |
Italy |
ITA |
2 Apr 73 |
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4 |
49.74 |
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Gideon Biwott |
Kenya |
KEN |
16 Jun 64 |
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5 |
50.76 |
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Tom McGuirk |
Ireland |
IRL |
2 Mar 71 |
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6 |
51.23 |
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Cleverson Silva |
Brazil |
BRA |
5 Sep 73 |
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7 |
51.35 |
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Oscar Pitillas |
Spain |
ESP |
16 Oct 71 |
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8 |
54.79 |
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Lance Gittens |
Guyana |
GUY |
28 Oct 74 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 7 |
29 July |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.46 |
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Derrick Adkins |
United States |
USA |
2 Jul 70 |
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2 |
48.52 |
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Everson Teixeira |
Brazil |
BRA |
23 Nov 74 |
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3 |
48.54 |
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Ken Harnden |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
31 Mar 73 |
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4 |
48.59 |
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Neil Gardner |
Jamaica |
JAM |
8 Dec 74 |
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5 |
48.96 |
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Shunji Karube |
Japan |
JPN |
8 May 69 |
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6 |
50.41 |
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Gary Jennings |
Great Britain |
GBR |
21 Feb 72 |
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7 |
52.23 |
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Íñigo Monreal |
Spain |
ESP |
26 Sep 74 |
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8 |
53.42 |
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Ivan Wakit |
Papua New Guinea |
PNG |
10 Apr 74 |
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