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Faustin Butéra
Faustin Butéra (born 20 September 1955) is a Rwandan sprint (running), sprinter. He competed in the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, men's 400 metres and Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Butéra won his first international medal at the 1978 Central African Athletics Championships in Libreville, Gabon, where he won gold in the 800 m in 1:55.5 minutes. In 1979, he set his personal best 400 m hurdles time of 53.7 seconds, which despite being faster than the List of Rwandan records in athletics, Rwandan record was not ratified due to the hand timing method used. He set his 400 m best of 49.36 seconds in 1982. Butéra qualified in both the 400 m hurdles and flat 400 m at the 1984 Olympics, which had heats scheduled on back-to-back days. On 3 August, Butéra finished 7th in his 400 m hurdles heat, running 54.36 but not qualifying for the semi-finals. His time set the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
