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is a retired
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese athlete who specialized in the
400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
. He was the first Asian to run under 49 seconds in the event. With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record holder. The Asian record currently belongs to
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily ( ar, هادي صوعان الصميلي, born December 30, 1976, in Ta'if) is a Saudi Arabian athlete. He won the first Saudi silver medal in the Olympics in the 400 metres hurdles, clocking a personal best time of 47.53 ...
with 47.53 seconds,IAAF Area Outdoor Records - Men - Asia
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Dai Tamesue is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men’s 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021). Bronze medalist of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and 2005 World Cham ...
.


International competitions


National titles

* Japanese Championships **
400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
: 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998


Personal bests

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400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
– 46.43 ( Maebashi 1993) *400 metres hurdles – 48.64 ( Kumamoto 1998)


Asian record holder

*400 metres hurdles – 48.68 ( Tokyo 1993): Former Asian record


See also

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List of Asian Games medalists in athletics This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in Track and field, athletics from 1951 to 2018. Men 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10,000 m 110 m hurdles 400 m hurdles 3000 m steeplechase 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 40 ...


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* 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Gunma Prefecture Japanese male hurdlers Japanese male sprinters Olympic male hurdlers Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub