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400 Metres Hurdles At The Olympics
The 400 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics is the longest hurdling event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics. The women's event was added to the programme over eighty years later, at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympics. It is the most prestigious 400 m hurdles race at elite level. The List of Olympic records in athletics, Olympic records for the event are 45.94 seconds for men, set by Karsten Warholm in 2021, and 51.46 seconds for women, set by Sydney McLaughlin in 2021. The record has been broken at the Olympics on eight occasions: 1908 (the first official IAAF record), 1920, 1932, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, and 2021. The Women's 400 metres hurdles world record progression, women's world record had never been broken in Olympic competition prior to Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 Metres Hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles was the longer of two hurdling events at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. It was the third time the event had been featured at the Olympics. The Olympic record was beat three times in the course of the Games. The competition was held from Monday, July 20, 1908, to Wednesday, July 22, 1908. 15 runners from six nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 32. The event was won by Charles Bacon of the United States, defeating teammate and defending champion Harry Hillman by 0.3 seconds in the final. It was the third gold medal in three Games for the American team in the event. Hillman was the first man to earn multiple medals in the 400 metres hurdles. Jimmy Tremeer of Great Britain earned bronze, the first medal for the nation in the men's 400 metres hurdles. Background This was the third time the event was held. Introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, the men's 400 metres hurdles was still on the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |