Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||
Dates | 23 September 1988 (quarterfinals) 24 September 1988 (semifinals) 25 September 1988 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 28 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 47.19 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The men's
Background
This was the 19th time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter.
Three of the eight finalists from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1976 champion)
Barbados, Fiji, Honduras, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and South Korea each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 18th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition format
The competition used the three-round format used every Games since 1908 (except the four-round competition in 1952): quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course. The hurdles were 3 feet (91.5 centimetres) tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line, resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle. The 400 metres track was standard.
There were 5 quarterfinal heats with between 7 and 8 athletes each. The top 3 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals along with the next fastest 1 overall. The 16 semifinalists were divided into 2 semifinals of 8 athletes each, with the top 4 in each semifinal advancing to the 8-man final.[2]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World record | Edwin Moses (USA) | 47.02 | Koblenz, West Germany | 31 August 1983 |
Olympic record | Edwin Moses (USA) | 47.64 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
Andre Phillips set a new Olympic record in the final with a time of 47.19 seconds.
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday, 23 September 1988 | 11:10 | Quarterfinals |
Saturday, 24 September 1988 | 16:00 | Semifinals |
Sunday, 25 September 1988 | 13:35 | Final |
Results
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on Friday September 23, 1988.
Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Amadou Dia Ba | Senegal | 49.41 | Q |
2 | Klaus Ehrle | Austria | 50.10 | Q |
3 | John Graham | Canada | 50.30 | Q |
4 | Hwang Hong-Chul |
South Korea | 50.52 | |
5 | Philip Harries | Great Britain | 50.81 | |
6 | Jasem Aldowaila |
Kuwait | 51.87 | |
7 | Dambar Kunwar |
Nepal | 56.80 | |
— | Sven Nylander | Sweden | DNS |
Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 49.77 | Q |
2 | Simon Kitur | Kenya | 49.88 | Q |
3 | Alain Cuypers | Belgium | 50.42 | Q |
4 | Ahmed Ghanem | Egypt | 50.44 | |
5 | Ryoichi Yoshida | Japan | 50.49 | |
6 | Samuel Matete | Zambia | 51.06 | |
7 | Domingo Cordero | Puerto Rico | 51.26 | |
8 | Jorge Fidel Ponce |
Honduras | 55.38 |
Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Edwin Moses | United States | 49.38 | Q |
2 | Edgar Itt | West Germany | 50.10 | Q |
3 | José Alonso |
Spain | 50.12 | Q |
4 | Leigh Miller | Australia | 50.53 | |
5 | Branislav Karaulić | Yugoslavia | 51.32 | |
6 | Allan Ince | Barbados | 52.76 | |
7 | Oral Selkridge | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.44 |
Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kevin Young |
United States | 49.35 | Q |
2 | Kriss Akabusi | Great Britain | 49.62 | Q |
3 | Gideon Yego | Kenya | 49.80 | Q |
4 | Jozef Kucej | Czechoslovakia | 49.89 | |
5 | Rok Kopitar | Yugoslavia | 50.54 | |
6 | Hamidou M'Baye | Senegal | 50.58 | |
7 | Benjamin Grant | Sierra Leone | 51.73 | |
8 | Joseph Rodan | Fiji | 53.66 |
Quarterfinal 5
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Andre Phillips | United States | 49.34 | Q |
2 | Winthrop Graham | Jamaica | 49.40 | Q |
3 | Joseph Maritim | Kenya | 49.64 | Q |
4 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 49.66 | q |
5 | Max Robertson | Great Britain | 50.67 | |
6 | Ahmed Hamada Jassim |
Bahrain | 51.34 | |
7 | Yousif Al-Dossary |
Saudi Arabia | 53.51 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on Saturday September 24, 1988.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | LANE |
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1 | 3 | Edwin Moses | United States | 47.89 | Q |
2 | 5 | Kevin Young |
United States | 48.56 | Q |
3 | 1 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 48.93 | Q |
4 | 6 | Kriss Akabusi | Great Britain | 49.22 | Q |
5 | 4 | Joseph Maritim | Kenya | 49.50 | |
6 | 8 | José Alonso |
Spain | 49.57 | |
7 | 2 | Klaus Ehrle | Austria | 51.04 | |
8 | 7 | John Graham | Canada | 51.33 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | LANE |
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1 | 5 | Andre Phillips | United States | 48.19 | Q |
2 | 6 | Winthrop Graham | Jamaica | 48.37 | Q |
3 | 4 | Amadou Dia Ba | Senegal | 48.48 | Q |
4 | 2 | Edgar Itt | West Germany | 48.86 | Q |
5 | 3 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 48.90 | |
6 | 1 | Simon Kitur | Kenya | 49.74 | |
7 | 7 | Alain Cuypers | Belgium | 49.75 | |
— | 8 | Gideon Yego | Kenya | DSQ |
Final
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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6 | Andre Phillips | United States | 47.19 | OR | |
5 | Amadou Dia Ba | Senegal | 47.23 | NR | |
3 | Edwin Moses | United States | 47.56 | ||
4 | 2 | Kevin Young |
United States | 47.94 | |
5 | 4 | Winthrop Graham | Jamaica | 48.04 | |
6 | 7 | Kriss Akabusi | Great Britain | 48.69 | |
7 | 1 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 48.76 | |
8 | 8 | Edgar Itt | West Germany | 48.78 |
Results summary
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Notes |
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Andre Phillips | United States | 49.34 | 48.19 | 47.19 | OR | |
Amadou Dia Ba | Senegal | 49.41 | 48.48 | 47.23 | NR | |
Edwin Moses | United States | 49.38 | 47.89 | 47.56 | ||
4 | Kevin Young |
United States | 49.35 | 48.56 | 47.94 | |
5 | Winthrop Graham | Jamaica | 49.40 | 48.37 | 48.04 | |
6 | Kriss Akabusi | Great Britain | 49.62 | 49.22 | 48.69 | |
7 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 49.77 | 48.93 | 48.76 | |
8 | Edgar Itt | West Germany | 50.10 | 48.86 | 48.78 | |
9 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 49.66 | 48.90 | Did not advance | |
10 | Joseph Maritim | Kenya | 49.64 | 49.50 | ||
11 | José Alonso |
Spain | 50.12 | 49.57 | ||
12 | Simon Kitur | Kenya | 49.88 | 49.74 | ||
13 | Alain Cuypers | Belgium | 50.42 | 49.75 | ||
14 | Klaus Ehrle | Austria | 50.10 | 51.04 | ||
15 | John Graham | Canada | 50.30 | 51.33 | ||
16 | Gideon Yego | Kenya | 49.80 | DSQ | ||
17 | Jozef Kucej | Czechoslovakia | 49.89 | Did not advance | ||
18 | Ahmed Ghanem | Egypt | 50.44 | |||
19 | Ryoichi Yoshida | Japan | 50.49 | |||
20 | Hwang Hong-Chul |
South Korea | 50.52 | |||
21 | Leigh Miller | Australia | 50.53 | |||
22 | Rok Kopitar | Yugoslavia | 50.54 | |||
23 | Hamidou M'Baye | Senegal | 50.58 | |||
24 | Max Robertson | Great Britain | 50.67 | |||
25 | Philip Harries | Great Britain | 50.81 | |||
26 | Samuel Matete | Zambia | 51.06 | |||
27 | Domingo Cordero | Puerto Rico | 51.26 | |||
28 | Branislav Karaulić | Yugoslavia | 51.32 | |||
29 | Ahmed Hamada Jassim |
Bahrain | 51.34 | |||
30 | Benjamin Grant | Sierra Leone | 51.73 | |||
31 | Jasem Aldowaila |
Kuwait | 51.87 | |||
32 | Allan Ince | Barbados | 52.76 | |||
33 | Oral Selkridge | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.44 | |||
34 | Yousif Al-Dossary |
Saudi Arabia | 53.51 | |||
35 | Joseph Rodan | Fiji | 53.66 | |||
36 | Jorge Fidel Ponce |
Honduras | 55.38 | |||
37 | Dambar Kunwar |
Nepal | 56.80 | |||
— | Sven Nylander | Sweden | DNS |
See also
- 1987 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Rome)
- 1990 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Tokyo)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
External links
- (in English) Official Report